What is the best alternative to TeamViewer?

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score 61 · Answer 1

Chrome Remote Desktop

Top Pro

Impressively fast

Faster than most similar applications. See More

Top Con

Single user only

If multiple users want to connect to a device, they have to take turns. See More

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Simple set-up

All you need to do is install a Chrome extension. See More

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Completely free

There are no restrictions on how you use it. See More

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Cross-platform

Works on Windows, Mac and Linux. See More

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Easy to install

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Keeps making sure connection is still wanted

Every few minutes the sharer gets a popup asking if they want to continue sharing the screen, while the popup is shown the viewer can't control anything. This is important in case the sharer forgets to close the connection. See More

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Allows viewer to make actions

If the user that shares their screen doesn't touch the mouse/keyboard the viewer can control them which makes it easy take actions instead of explaining by voice. See More

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score 22 · Answer 2

AnyDesk

Top Pro

Very lightweight file size

At 1.1MB, it's a lightweight program that you can set up quickly. See More

Top Con

Recently used in Ransomware BlackHeart

Top Pro

Free version has no time restrictions

The free version of the program has no time restrictions or nag screens, and you don't need to give your email when signing up. See More

Top Con

Slow

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Cross-platform

Available for Windows, Mac OSX, Android, iOS, and Linux (32/64 bit and armhf). See More

Top Con

Frustrating user experience

There are many malfunctions (bugs) in the program. See More

Top Con

No whiteboard

There are no whiteboard tools for drawing on the screen in order to clarify points. See More

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score 7 · Answer 3

Splashtop

Top Con

Too many variations of clients and servers (apps) and paid subscriptions to choose from for different scenarios

There's a host of downloads involved. It shouldn't be so complex to decide what software to download because of their respective services or featuresets. It should just be one client and one server with options to turn on or off different feature sets. See More

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Gesture support

There's gestures support on mobile devices for easier navigation. See More

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Cross-platform

Available for iOS, Android, Windows, OS X and Linux. See More

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score 8 · Answer 4

Thinfinity Remote Desktop Workstation

Top Pro

Freee / Paid licenses

A free seat license is offered to anyone who requests it on the product website. Paid license cost $24.95. See More

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Online collaboration / Presentation

You may share only one app or your entire desktop with up to 16 remote users. No plugins needed. See More

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Screen sharing

Besides the RDP mode, there is an VNC-like connection mode to share the desktop that is secure and fast. See More

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Secure RDP from any browser

Securely access your Windows Desktop from any device with an HTML5 compatible browser See More

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score 18 · Answer 5

PaizaCloud IDE

Top Pro

3 seconds instant launch

PaizaCloud launches new development environment server just in 3 seconds. So, you can casually create or destroy server. See More

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Floating window manager

PaizaCloud provides Floating window manager like Windows or Mac by default. It makes the environment more flexible. PaizaCloud also provides Tab window mode when you want to use the full screen for one purpose. See More

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HTTP/HTTPS access to any ports

PaizaCloud allow you to access almost all ports for HTTP/HTTPs access. See More

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No credit card required

No credit card is required for FREE plan. See More

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Internationalization

PaizaCloud's Editor or Terminal fully support non-ASCII languages like Japanese, Chinese, European languages. See More

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Extensible PaizaCloud app

PaizaCloud provides standard application like File manager, Editor, Terminal. But, PaizaCloud also provides the possibility to add or even create new App-for-PaizaCloud using HTML/CSS. See More

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Terminal with root

In PaizaCloud, you can sudo to root. So, you can install packages, or run service freely. See More

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Supports Jupyter notebook

PaizaCloud has Jupyter Notebook support with Python libraries like NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, or matplotlib built-in. See More

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Google Home / Google Assistant development in the browser

As PaizaCloud runs in the cloud, you can develop and run the Google Home / Google Assistant application, without deploying to another server. See More

Specs

Cross Platform:Yes

Auto Complete:Yes

Multi Language Support:Yes

Bracket Matching:Yes

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score 19 · Answer 6

LogMeIn

Top Con

The sound and chat can be buggy

The quality of the sound and chat is fairly inconsistent. See More

Top Pro

Access through a website

You can access a computer that you've previously installed LogMeIn on from any computer that has an internet connection through their browser. There is nothing to install on the computer you are accessing from. See More

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Easy setup

To set up, you need to create an account on LogMeIn, download and run their software on the computer you wish to be able to access, and set the software to allow accessing that computer from the Internet. See More

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score 5 · Answer 7

ApowerMirror

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Other useful functions

ApowerMirror also supports to record screen, control phone from PC, take screenshots, and mirror system sound to PC. See More

Top Con

Spends lots of battery

It drains the phone battery very quickly. See More

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No delay

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Installs 3rd party software

It installs the 3rd party software Bonjour, which works permanently as a service in the background. See More

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High resolution

The mirroring screen on PC is high quality, and we can adjust the resolution. See More

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Super easy to use

Everyone can easily mirror screen by clicking the mirror button on its interface. See More

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score 31 · Answer 8

Join.me

Top Pro

Joining a meeting is straightforward

To join you need only enter a 9-digit code on the join.me website, that you get from the person sharing. See More

Top Con

No Linux support

Only available on Windows and OSX. See More

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Easy to set up

To start sharing, download and run a file from join.me. You'll be given a 9-digit code to share with anyone you wan't to be able to access your screen. See More

Top Con

Bought out by Logmein

Logmein is notorious for buying out small companies and disregarding the wants and needs of the customer base of the newly bought-out company. See More

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Collaborative

You can give others the ability to control your screen. See More

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Up to 10 participants

10 people can view your screen. See More

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File sharing

Join.me allows for easy file transfers among participants. See More

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Mobile support

Join.me supports iOS, Android and Kindle. See More

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Multi-monitor support

Works well with multiple monitors. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Mac, iOS, Android

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score 1 · Answer 9

Parallels Access

Top Con

Unskippable tutorial

The app plays a 7 minute unskippable video tutorial once the first connection is established. Even closing the app and starting it back up doesn't skip the video. See More

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Requires an account

Does not work without an account. See More

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Requires installing separate utility on target computer

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Locks down the target machine by default

The app locks down the target machine by default. See More

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score 191 · Answer 10

Codenvy

Top Pro

Easy setup

Once an account is set up and the user has logged in, all that's needed to start is to pick a language, a framework and a PaaS. Codenvy also allows anonymous logins albeit with some important limitations. See More

Top Con

No custom keyboard shortcuts

No possibility to create custom keyboard shortcuts. See More

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Partly open source

Codenvy is a full multi-user, multi-account, multi-tenant implementation of Eclipse Che. See More

Top Con

No SSH, FTP mode

For example, "Code everywhere" allows using SSH, FTP as base of project. In Codenvy it's possible only through VM. See More

Top Pro

On-demand, instant-access, real-time collaborative IDEs

Codenvy "Factory" feature enables developers to create temporary IDE workspaces with full code, build, test, deploy, and collaboration functionality that can be shared with a URL. Multiple people can work in the same workspace making code reviews and teaching simpler and faster. And there's no limit to collaborators. Factories also work with external git repositories and can be shared with not registered users of Codenvy. It also allows counting how much a factory is used. See More

Top Con

No Collaborative editing

At the moment, Codenvy does not have real-time collaborative-editing. But this is on roadmap, and would be implemented soon. See More

Top Pro

Has a fully functional free tier

Codenvy provides a fully functional free tier with 3 GB of RAM and unlimited workspaces, free and public projects and developers. Premium subscription start at $1/month and offers machines with up to 200GB of RAM. Codenvy also offers an on-premises solution that costs $300/user/year. See More

Top Con

Lacks two-factor authentication

Top Pro

Powerful editor

Codenvy has a fast, secure browser-based editor that supports syntax highlighting, code completion, refactoring and more. It can be used to edit, build, run and debug projects. It even has multi-cursor support. The layout will be familiar to most developer, especially those experienced with Eclipse, with a file explorer on the left, code on the right and tabs for builders, runners, terminal and events at the bottom. See More

Top Con

Slow installation by default

Trying to install with "npm install" and the server restarts before the installation. However, you can circumvent this by using npm install --no-bin-links. See More

Top Pro

Beginner-friendly

It allows going to any box and pick up a project and work on it. See More

Top Con

Non-optimistic UI, typing results in letters being sent to server and back and then they show

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Fantastic Java support

All Java builders, syntax highlighting, class navigator, jump to package and declaration, and JavaDoc are present in Codenvy. See More

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Can provide a custom runtime environment

Codenvy can provide a runtime environment to test and debug code. This can also be used to share work progress with a client. Codenvy uses Docker as the runtime application and gives access to Dockerfiles allowing any environment that runs on Linux to be built. This allows using any database, reverse proxy or builder, etc. Codenvy even provides SSH access to running container in every image. There's also a selection of pre-built environments to speed up the development. See More

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Git support

Codenvy supports all Git commands through UI and Codenvy CLI. Codenvy also integrates well with all major Git hosting providers including GitHub, BitBucket, GitLab. Sign up, sign in, repo cloning, uploading SSH keys are supported. Tutorials for integrating various providers can be found here. See More

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Provides a terminal with root access

Codenvy offers a terminal with full root access into the machine. Since machines can be defined with Dockerfiles this gives the ability to create any custom environment for building, running or debuging and all the access that's needed to use it as a local machine. See More

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Complete build lifecycle

The IDE allows validating, compiling, testing, packaging and deploying. See More

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Integrates with a wide variety of tools

Codenvy offers first class support for code management, continuous integration, PaaS, and project management tools. See More

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Self-hostable (priced)

Codenvy has an on-premises solution that allows running it on own hardware and behind a firewall. The service costs $300/user/year. See More

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Automation of contribution to GitHub projects

Codenvy provides contribution button that can be placed in Readme.md file on GitHub. It automates contribution to the Github's projects. User clicks this button and it opens a ready to run/edit version of the project in Codenvy. If a user makes changes, Codenvy takes care of everything needed for the contribution on GitHub. fork of the origin project on github add ssh keys to push to github commit push create pull request in the origin project create factory url for review of this pull post this factory in pull request. Then project's owner can use posted link to code review/run project with changes. See More

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Badge to start developing in one click

You can create a .codenvy.json containing the Factory configuration which includes what binaries to install and how to set up the IDE, may be even start the development server. Then create a badge and put it on your GitHub repository and people can start coding and may be compile and run your server with one click. See More

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Lots of built-in templates

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Nice interface

Look and usability of Codenvy IDE are nice and pleasant. See More

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Can be used for Android development

Can be used for android development by adding Eclipse plugin. See More

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Easy projects sharing

Projects are share by sharing the link (public projects), adding access rights (private and public projects) and factory. Factory allows to share projects along with build/run settings. To try run/review project recipient just need an URL. Factory also works with external git repositories so it allows share github/bitbucket/other git hosting projects. Recipient doesn't have to be registered. It also allows giving out a share button that activates the factory and counts how many times it is used. See More

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Custom build system support

Codenvy allows setting up any build system via Dockerfile. Instructions on how to do it can be found here. See More

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Has Eclipse plugin

Codenvy can be plugged into Eclipse offering choice between online and offline builds. Plugin can be found here. See More

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Developer workspace replicas

Codenvy can create a recipe for a developer workspace that includes the build and run environment configuration plus all the IDE plug-ins, syntax rules, policies and other items. Then version and store that with the code in a repository. Makes it impossible to get a code change that doesn't build and run. See More

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Quick support from staff

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One-click automation

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SSH Access

Can connect to the workspace via SSH for use with desktop editors. See More

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Provides Java debugger

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Portable workspaces

You can send someone a short JSON file and your whole workspace (projects, config and runtime) can be replicated for them in a separate container. Great for coordinating among team members. See More

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Includes Subversion support

Codenvy includes full subversion version control support. See More

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Install anywhere Docker runs

You can install Codenvy on any OS that has Docker running on it. The simple install syntax can work through proxies and even offline. You can use this for proxy install: https://codenvy.com/docs/admin-guide/installation/index.html#proxy-installation You can use this for offline install: https://codenvy.com/docs/admin-guide/installation/index.html#offline-installation See More

Specs

Platforms:Browser-Based

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score 11 · Answer 11

Remmina

Top Pro

Straightforward user interface

It's easy and fast to find what you want, nice for daily use. See More

Top Con

No RDP server, only client

Remmina is only a remote client (VNC, RDP). It has no server features. See More

Top Pro

Supports multiple remote desktop protocols

Remmina supports a number of protocols for accessing remote desktops - RDP, SSH, XDMCP, NX, and SPICE. See More

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All connections are organized in groups

All connection profiles can be neatly organized into groups, making managing a large of machines simple. See More

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You can manually adjust the quality of connection

To more effectively manage the available bandwidth, you can change the speed of your connection. This lets you sacrifice some of the quality of multimedia in favor of more speed. See More

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score 9 · Answer 12

Remote Desktop Connection

Top Con

Not available in the Home edition (only as clients)

Top Pro

Part of Windows

If you're on Windows XP or later, Remote Desktop Connection is already installed on your machine. See More

Top Con

It's not for screen sharing, but for remote management

Microsoft Remote Desktop is developed for mostly enterprise users for remote control, not to share the screen with a friend. It lacks firewall support, and is much more complicated to setup properly than some other apps, designed for fast and easy sharing. See More

Top Pro

Cross-platform

Works on Windows, OS X, iOS and Android. See More

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score 871 · Answer 13

Discord

Top Pro

User friendly

Discord follows the same type of interface design popularised by Slack, which is extremely clean and attractive, and doesn't clutter the interface with unnecessary chrome and cruft. See More

Top Con

No self-hosting avaliable

Discord is wholly hosted by Discord (the company), you cannot run private instances, and all servers are hosted on their infrastructure. For most people, this won't really impact their usage. See More

Top Pro

Can be used in browser

Users can invite others to join a Discord channel via a web link, which means no installation is required to use the software - which is one of the big typical barriers to entry for social software. See More

Top Con

Proprietary software

Discord is closed-source, meaning their code isn't available for inspection or reproduction See More

Top Pro

Free for unlimited users

Unlimited amount of users. See More

Top Con

Developer's previous company was sued for privacy violations, among other things

See: http://classactionlawsuitsinthenews.com/class-action-lawsuit-complaints/openfeint-green-international-privacy-class-action-lawsuit-complaint/ https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/cases-proceedings/closing-letters/openfeint-inc Discord's privacy policy also states that while they might not sell your data, a company they get sold to will quite possibly attain said data and thus may be in "more" shady hands. See More

Top Pro

Good 1-click invite system

Discord allows inviting people to a specific channel with a link. Links can be set to expire. Low effort/passive invite mechanics. See More

Top Con

Not a generic "team chat" tool

All the UI and the features are aimed specifically at communicating with your gaming team/clan. See More

Top Pro

Easy setup

You can quickly send invites to people and they can join in using the web client without having to create an account or install the app. See More

Top Con

Anti-privacy license terms

Top Pro

Open source bots and management tools

Discord has a wide variety of bots for things from airhorn noises to automated server management, to leveling systems for chat. The bot API is open and there are dedicated sites for finding bots. See More

Top Con

Can change "Now Playing" status to something inappropriate

Top Pro

Game integration

Discord shows which game each user is currently playing, which among other things helps users to form PUGs with minimal hassle. See More

Top Pro

Supports video and text communication

Behaves and looks like Slack for regular text channels, but with the ability to create voice channels as well See More

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Has low-latency VoIP support

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Android app has push notifications

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Familiar for Slack users

For those that are used to the way Slack (a similar chat client) works, Discord will be familiar in its use, which lowers the learning curve quite a bit for those that have switched or tried Slack before. See More

Top Pro

Syntax highlighting and Markdown support

The support is limited but still exists. It's a killer feature for dev teams. See More

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Low effort invite mechanics

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Numerous controls for setting member roles.

Deny access, Deny write message, Allow read messages etc. See More

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Targeting of roles

Targeting roles allows for quickly requesting someone from a group e.g. artist, moderator, etc. See More

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DDoS mitigation

Discord prevents users from being DDoSed out of games. See More

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Ability to thread channels

Ability to create channel categories for channels to sit inside of. See More

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Ability to create bots

Discord provides an API for creating custom bots. See More

Top Pro

Friendly payment policy

Free account have no tangible restrictions. Premium account is just a way to say "thank you" to developers. And it work for all servers of discord (not as in slack). And it can be purchased by one who wants. In contrast to Slask, where all active members of the server should be "premium". See More

Top Pro

Language localization

Have localization for many language, including Russian. See More

Top Pro

Does not allow NSFW related things to be posted unless in a NSFW channel

Specs

Platforms:Web / Android / iOS / Mac / Windows / Linux

Search:Yes

End-to-end encryption:No

Media:All files under 8MB for free users

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score 88 · Answer 14

Google Hangouts

Top Con

Poor video call quality

Only goes up to 720p30 + low bitrate. See More

Top Pro

Mobile support

Hangouts offers both an Android and iOS app so users can participate from nearly any mobile device in addition to his Desktop. See More

Top Con

Lacking clients for older versions or windows/linux, etc.

Top Pro

Screen sharing

Any user can share his screen (or only a specific desktop or window) while still continuing an audio conversation. See More

Top Con

Not recommended for long sessions

Top Pro

Free group video support

Hangouts works with up to 10 participants using video out of the box or up to 15 if you are a business, government or school. It determines who is the primary speaker at any given time, and the camera view automatically switches to that user. See More

Top Con

High hardware usage

Top Pro

Completely free

Google offers all features of Hangouts completely free. There are business, education and government solutions that increase the participant count to for video calls to 15 and offers support. See More

Top Con

Won't work on Windows 8-style UI

As Hangouts uses a browser plugin on the desktop and it doesn't work with Windows 8-style UI, it has to be used in desktop mode. See More

Top Pro

Easy to start using

Hangouts is integrated with Gmail & Google+, does not require you to download desktop software, and all chats can take place directly in your browser, significantly reducing the barrier to entry for a new user. See More

Top Pro

Cross platform

Hangouts work on Android, iOS, Chrome OS, web and as a Chrome extension. See More

Top Pro

Useful for businesses

Hangouts can scale to become a videoconferencing solution for an entire company, since the software can run on nearly all platforms. In fact, Google itself uses Hangouts as its meeting room video conference software. See More

Top Pro

Live broadcasting and instant recording

With Google+ “Hangouts on Air”, you can broadcast any hangout to an unlimited audience via your Goolge+ Profile or simply a generic YouTube link. Moreover, any Hangout on Air (public or private) is automatically saved as YouTube video that you can keep for private reference or use in any way that you would normally share a YouTube video. This allows you to record conversations without additional obtrusive software. See More

Top Pro

Google Voice integration

Allows for a fixed phone number, receiving and making calls. Calling US or Canada is free. See More

Top Pro

Integrates with Google Maps for sharing locations

When chatting with people while trying to plan a meet up, the share map button can be extremely useful. See More

Top Pro

Android app does both sms and hangouts messaging

Specs

Platforms:iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, Web

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score 3 · Answer 15

Leaps

Top Con

No longer available

It is now commercial only through the SLACK application. See More

Top Pro

Zero configuration required

Just run it in the directory you wish to share. See More

Top Con

Not suitable or secure for over the internet

Designed for use on LANs. See More

Top Pro

Cross-platform

Supports macOS, Linux and Windows. Also includes Linux ARM support. See More

Top Pro

No dependencies

A single binary, with no dependencies, very simple. See More

Top Pro

Open-source

Top Pro

Low latency and bandwidth

Because all it does is synchronise the text changes made, it is much lower in latency and bandwidth usage than some of the other alternatives See More

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score 74 · Answer 16

Skype

Top Con

Plagued by bugs on all platforms

Crashes and other bugs are prevalent on Android, Windows and other platforms. See More

Top Pro

Easily connect with others due to how popular the service is

There's a good chance that whoever you're trying to reach has Skype already set up and familiar with it, avoiding the hassle of installing and getting to know new software. See More

Top Con

Not a feasible alternative as a professional team chat

Missing key feature such as centralized mgmt, centralized billing, data retention policies, ... See More

Top Pro

Screen sharing

You can show your whole desktop, a select part of the screen or a specific window over Skype. See More

Top Con

Poor quality when screensharing

It is not possible to manually set resolution or bitrate, and Skype often defaults to a resolution so low that text is unreadable. It is also not possible to transfer control over mouse and keyboard. See More

Top Pro

Cross-platform

There's software for Windows, Mac & Linux and apps are available on iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone. See More

Top Con

Slow filesharing speed

Top Pro

Group video for free

You can hold video calls with up to 10 people. See More

Top Con

Owned by Microsoft

Top Pro

Available on Linux

A stripped down, minimalist version of Skype is available for Linux. See More

Top Con

Obnoxiously large ads

Ads take up over 25% of the usable space. See More

Top Pro

File sharing

Skype allows you to send any files (MP3s, images, text, etc.) by simply dragging and dropping then in the chat window making it simple to share things with colleagues. See More

Top Con

Poor Linux support

The version available for linux users is quite outdated, and does not support some of the newer functionality, such as the free group video calling and screen sharing. See More

Top Pro

Cheap fixed phone number

Starting at $5/mo you can get a Skype number. See More

Top Con

Requires both ends to be online (if neither end is using a cloud-enabled device)

Messages are sent and received only when both ends are online, if neither end is using a cloud-enabled device. In this case, if you are online 9-17 and your recipient is online 18-3, messages will never be delivered. See More

Top Pro

Send SMS and make regular calls

With Skype Credit bought or a subscription, you can send SMS and make direct calls. See More

Top Con

MIcrosoft (Skype's owner) actively assists eavesdroppers

On the other hand, if you lose your copy of one of your conversations, you may be able to get a copy of it from your government with a little bit of luck and a public records request. See More

Top Pro

Group chat with archive / records

Top Con

Subpar video quality with more than 5 users

Skype has significant problems with multiple users and video quality. Skype recommends that a max of 5 users group chat as video quality is severely affected. Even webcams tested with other chat services showed lower quality when used with Skype. See More

Top Pro

Powerful 1:1 chat and also group chat

Specs

Platforms:iOS Android WP OSX Windows Linux

Publisher:Skype

File Size:Varies with device

Required Android Version:Varies with device

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