Skip to main content

Logmein Free - Not Free anymore - What are the alternatives to Logmein Free

I have been singing the praises of Logmein software as a service (SaaS) for many years now and really, it came as a bit of a shock to me (though not entirely, from a business point of view) that Logmein has decided to pull it's major draw-card, Logmein (LMI) Free, from service today.
It was likely that the number of users out there that used the LMI Free service was probably posing a burden on their network or systems, but this particular move has likely cost Logmein, as a business, a major chunk of their current and potential future clients.

Anyhow, alternatives to Logmein Free... here we go...

For personal users, there are some free alternatives to the Logmein SaaS. Here are my top 3 alternatives to Logmein Free.
  1. Teamviewer


    Teamviewer was very quick off the bat to point out that they are very happy to pick up where Logmein left off (who doesn't want an instant database of new users), so much so that the 'team' at Teamviewer have posted a page specifically on how to switch' over to the Teamviewer SaaS, 'How do I switch from Logmein Free to Teamviewer'

    Teamviewer has remote control abilities from IOS and Android devices and will run on Apple MAC OSX.
  2. Splashtop



    In the early days, Splashtop was touted as a method of being able to run Flash based sites from smartphone devices that couldn't use Flash. It has since developed a relatively strong remote control software with many interesting features (though not very uniformly covered over the IOS and Android platforms).

    Splashtop has remote control abilities from IOS and Android devices and the client will run on Apple MAC OSX. Unfortunately, it is not free for MAC users, who will have to purchase the Splashtop Client from the Mac App Store.
  3. Chrome Remote Desktop


    Chrome is clunky... very clunky but free is free. It requires that you first install Chrome as a web browser before installing the remote control app. It is based on your Google account and is basic in terms of facilities, but the beauty about it is the fact that Google is almost entirely (if not entirely) a cloud based facility. If you know of, or are already using Google Drive or any of the other products Google offer, you will find using this system has it's merits. Remote control is relatively fast as it is not bogged down by the 'extras' that the others provide. Also be aware that if you are running multiple monitors,
    Chrome Remote Desktop, can be a pain to navigate.
    The bad news... no IOS and Android remote control capabilities... yet. It will run on Apple Mac OSX systems.
There are a whole lot of other alternatives to Logmein Free out there, Wyse PocketCloud, RemotePC, GoToMyPC, etc. Each one will suit individuals for different reasons but the three listed here, were the first to come to mind and have been great alternatives for me in the past, and I hope it will make a good alternative for you on your quest to find a free alternative to Logmein.

Comments

DeanO said…
Went for Teamviewer. Just the ticket - thanks for the advice
Unknown said…
Another very good alternative is RHUB`s remote support servers. It works well.

Popular posts from this blog

Cloud computing - what it is and how it has evolved

Many years ago Internet Service Providers (ISP's) and internet hosting companies languished in profits when users used the ISP's servers and hosting services to hold emails and files. At that time, these services were simply known as FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and just plain email (or POP3 email) services. During the noughties (2000-2009) or the oo's (ooh's) some may call it, Microsoft, developed their server systems and brought us newer technologies that allowed small and medium enterprises to host their own mail and filing systems, in the form of Microsoft Servers or Microsoft Small Business Servers (SBS), running Microsoft Exchange and Sharepoint services. This left many an ISP with little joy as they saw their profits from hosting, eroded by users and enterprises migrating away from their hosted services and starting up their own Microsoft server systems. So the question was, how do the hosting companies get users to come back to their hosted systems, which the

How to use your Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 Android Tablet with S Pen LTE Edition (2016) as a pseudo laptop

If you are anything like me and are a technology buff, you quite possibly have a lot of devices that are lying around that you haven't used for ages. In my case, while trawling through some of my old gear, i came across a lot of bluetooth devices that were sitting derelict in a box. Needing a mobile solution for work and play, i recently purchased a Samsung Tab A 10.1 with S Pen (2016 LTE edition). I must say, I have probably gotten more done since buying this tablet than I have for awhile. Stuff you will need to make this work 1. Bluetooth Keyboard - If you don't have one, you can get one from eBay from around $20 2. Bluetooth Mouse - again, if you don't have one - eBay from around $12 3. Bluetooth Headphones - I have an old pair of Plantronics Backbeat GO2 4. Samsung Tab A 10.1 with S Pen (2016 LTE edition) from Officeworks for about $389 or the LTE version from JBHiFi for around $599 With these three items, you can effectively transform this tablet into a ro

Microsoft Fixes 19 Year old "Six Figure Black Market" Windows Bug

Microsoft has just patched a critical bug that has been present in every version of Windows since Windows 95. Read the original full article here... Microsoft fixes 19 year old Windows bug As far as conspiracy theories go - this is another way of Microsoft 'urging' it's users to move away from the Windows XP Platform to the newer operating systems. And considering that the demise of Windows 7 is around the corner (end of life for Windows 7 is January 13th, 2015) - users will have little choice but to adopt the Windows 8 system or Windows 10. This being said, users and system administrators should be more mindful when using Windows XP, as compromising an XP system is now more likely considering the whole world and all it's hackers have been made aware of the exploit.