When comparing Chrome Remote Desktop vs Splashtop, the Slant community recommends Chrome Remote Desktop for most people. In the question“What are the best ways to share your screen with others?” Chrome Remote Desktop is ranked 2nd while Splashtop is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Chrome Remote Desktop is:
All you need to do is install a Chrome extension.
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Pros
Pro Simple set-up
All you need to do is install a Chrome extension.
Pro Impressively fast
Faster than most similar applications.
Pro Easy to install
Pro Completely free
There are no restrictions on how you use it.
Pro Cross-platform
Works on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Pro 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.
Pro 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.
Pro Gesture support
There's gestures support on mobile devices for easier navigation.
Pro Cross-platform
Available for iOS, Android, Windows, OS X and Linux.
Cons
Con Single user only
If multiple users want to connect to a device, they have to take turns.
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.