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Distant Desktop Description

Remote desktop software that is free for personal and business use. Distant Desktop allows you to access and manage computers anywhere in the world. There is no installation or registration. It's very easy to download the application to your computer, and to the computer that you want to control. To establish a remote desktop connection, write down your unique ID number and password.

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Reviews - 13 Verified Reviews

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Company Details

Company:
Distant Desktop Software
Headquarters:
United States
Website:
www.distantdesktop.com

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Product Details

Platforms
SaaS

Distant Desktop Features and Options

Remote Desktop Software

Chat
Cross-Platform Access
File Transfer
Group View
Mobile Device Access
Multi Monitor Support
Record Remote Sessions
Remote Print
Remote Wake
User Management
  • Name: Alexandru B.
    Job Title: Senior Solutions Architect
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 10,000 - 19,999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Lightweight portable solution

    Date: Jan 31 2024

    Summary: Overall experience is really good. The software has everything for everyday work. Even if you need to connect to your remote PC on the go, Distant Desktop allows you to do it (Android app is available as well).

    Positive: Lightweight and portable. All options and functions are packed into the simple and easy interface.
    Good and stable connection.

    Negative: Strange warning on the connection window saying that upnp is not enabled. I contacted vendor and was told to ignore this warning.

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  • Name: Tefat S.
    Job Title: Tech Assistant
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Nice for helping other people

    Date: Jun 20 2021

    Summary: Perfect remote software for home and work. On work, I'm using it for access to the documents on my company PC. And at home I'm using it for helping my mom with her laptop.

    Positive: DD is perfectly designed, so even a child could use it. Also I like the support. These guys helped my a lot when I had some problems.

    Negative: You can't change the output directory for the transferred files.

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  • Name: Annette I.
    Job Title: Remote Assistant
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User, Deployment
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Compact and simple tool

    Date: Jun 18 2021

    Summary: Connection would drop out briefly at random times. May be because my remote PC is too far from me. But in general I am very happy with this product. It's free, can I ask more?

    Positive: First of all, it is really free. Second, it is compact and simple. And finally, it simply works as it should.

    Negative: Connection would drop out briefly at random times.

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  • Name: ALvaro S.
    Job Title: Programmer
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Good for remote access

    Date: Jun 13 2021

    Summary: Overall it is a very good program, especially compared to the commercial alternatives. Nice interface and full of features.

    Positive: Personally I like the interface. It is very convenient for me. All controls are available on the title bar, the options can be adjusted right from the main menu. Everything is clear and easy to understand.

    Negative: The signal speed could be higher. Sometimes there is a gap of 2-3 seconds.

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  • Name: Marius S.
    Job Title: Remote Assistant
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User, Deployment
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Handy tool for remote support

    Date: Jun 11 2021

    Summary: The program is very easy to deploy. I just send a download link to my clients who require technical assistance. All they need to do is to click the "Download" button, then run application and tell me the ID and password. That's it, I'm ready to connect!

    Positive: The program is very easy to deploy. It has a minimalistic user-friendly interface, so even a child could use it.

    Negative: The ID and password (which are generated by the program) could be shorter. My clients frequently make mistakes when they tell me this info.

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  • Name: Igor I.
    Job Title: Lead Software Developer
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great for remote work

    Date: Jun 10 2021

    Summary: Very easy, helpful and free remote desktop tool. Yes, It has some bugs, but I believe that this software will become one of the most popular on the market.

    Positive: Good connection speed. Helpful customer support. On the other hand, it has all features of the modern remote access software, although it's free.

    Negative: Cannot get it to work on virtual machine. Sometimes the software shows "No signal" message.

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  • Name: Julie H.
    Job Title: Local Marketing Manager
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Good Screen Sharing App

    Date: Jun 09 2021

    Summary: We use Distant Desktop for screen sharing. There is a demonstration mode that allows you to show your desktop to another people. We are holding online lessons this way.

    Positive: This is quality, user-friendly software. Besides, there are no other options for our company currently.

    Negative: Sometimes connection is interrupted. Although it may be caused by issues in our network.

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  • Name: Jorn T.
    Job Title: Tech Assistant
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User, Deployment
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    My favourite app for remote access

    Date: Jun 04 2021

    Summary: Overall this is a very good software. Especially if you compare it with commercial alternatives. It has 90% features of commercial apps.

    Positive: The most easy-to-use remote access software I ever tried. There is no limitation for commercial use. It just works.

    Negative: Lack of features, e.g. address book, direct connection to IP address, unattended access.

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  • Name: Peter B.
    Job Title: Programmer
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: Administrator
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Little Diamond

    Date: Mar 17 2021

    Summary: I am 100% satisfied with this small handy app. When you don't need too much options with your remote work, you can rely on this software.

    Positive: It's free for business use (all other remote desktop softwares are not).
    It's very easy-to-use.
    And it just works.

    Negative: It may not work with complex network configurations.

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  • Name: Bjorn T.
    Job Title: Senior Developer
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    OK

    Date: Jun 15 2021

    Summary: Overall this is a good application, but definitely not the best. If you are limited in your budget, then you can stop on it.

    Positive: It's free - this is the main advantage of this software. Second advantage is simplicity and ease of use.

    Negative: Sometimes the signal is interrupted, and I have no mind why it's happening.

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  • Name: Luke B.
    Job Title: Technical Expert
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    A must-have tool for remote work

    Date: Jun 06 2021

    Summary: If you don't use video calls (or use another software for this purpose), this is a good product. Although I'd like to have this feature in the future.

    Positive: Simplicity of interface, good connection speed and signal quality. There are no annoying ads, it's REALLY free.

    Negative: There are no some important features such as unattended access and video calls.

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  • Name: Andy R.
    Job Title: Admin
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: Administrator
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Nice software for admins

    Date: Jun 05 2021

    Summary: This is what we need for simple tasks in our company network. But sometimes connection quality is far from perfect.

    Positive: Easy to deploy and use. Complete set of tools for administration, such as file transfer and installation as a service.

    Negative: Multiple monitors are not supported. Sometimes connection quality is far from perfect.

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  • Name: Jose A.
    Job Title: IT Consultant
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Worst customer service

    Date: Jun 27 2023

    Summary: Disappointed!!! I email them thru their platform to fix an issue/error I was having, that was on 06/22/23 and 06/27/23, and still no help from them or I have not been contacted.

    Positive: Just get the free version. Free is great, cause customer service sucks. They claim to contact you within 24 hrs, but they don’t.

    Negative: Customer service sucks. They claim to contact you within 24 hrs, but they don’t.

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