teamviewer

Does anyone know when teamviewer became not free? Looks like you have to get a 14 day trial now?


Can you get an old version from something like filehippo? How far back do you need to go to get a free version of it?

I thought it was free for personal use along with multi-monitor support and file transfers.

Try AnyDesk; it's fast, lightweight, cross-platform software well-suited for quick remote support and mobile connections.

cokedude said:

Does anyone know when teamviewer became not free?

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If you want to occasionally help friends and family then it's still free. Have a look here. Note that it says "Free for personal use" at the top.

In latest versions you need to create an account and sign in before you can use it. Also the remote computer must have the same version with you. If it has an older version there will be a message to upgrade. Not really helpful for inexperienced users that ask for our help. Every computer you connect to is added to your account and if you reach the limit (not sure which it is) your account might be locked unless you upgrade to a paid version. Also connecting too many times or too many hours on the same computer might be count as "commercial use". Same with AnyDesk and good old AMMYY, only limited computers and connection time for free use. A free alternative, so far, is RustDesk but recently requires using an account to connect to a public server before using. Alternatively you can use a Google or other service account. This happens once. The only issue is that connecting using Google or other service is not supported in the Windows x86 (32-bit) version, so you can connect to 32-bit computers but you cannot use a 32-bit computer to connect to others.

What can I do with the TeamViewer free version?​

The free version is available for personal use only. This includes connecting between your personal devices or helping friends and family with remote support. Using TeamViewer for work-related purposes, within an organization, or any activity generating revenue (e.g., connecting to your work computer, supporting clients, or monitoring business devices) requires a commercial license.

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A Guy

Another alternative is to use Microsoft Quick Assist to temporarily connect to others to help them. If you want to connect to another computer without requiring a remote user to establish the connection you can use Remote Desktop Connection instead, but you have to do some configuration to the remote router and probably use a DDNS service. See Google AI instructions in the link I posted and also in this Microsoft site:

The best remote access solution for us is the Google Chrome Remote Desktop feature.

FreeBooter said:

Try AnyDesk; it's fast, lightweight, cross-platform software well-suited for quick remote support and mobile connections.

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+1 for AnyDesk
Been using it for a few years, great for supporting friends and family, free for personal use
On security side, you can enable 2FA token and also lock clients so they only accept connections from your specific AnyDesk ID
Great for preventing anyone but you to connect or even reach the AnyDesk session on remote computers

HTA said:

The best remote access solution for us is the Google Chrome Remote Desktop feature.

Chrome Remote Desktop

remotedesktop.google.com

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Again the free version is up to 3 computers and I don't remember the time limit.