LogMeIn Rescue by GoTo vs. Join.me (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LogMeIn Rescue by GoTo
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Rescue is a remote support solution for PCs, Macs, and mobile devices. Rescue is designed to help IT teams to offer fast technical support and ensure a secure remote support session for both the IT professional and the end user. From small teams of IT helpdesk technicians to enterprise-level organizations, Rescue aims to offer the…N/A
Join.me (discontinued)
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
Join.me, once acquired by LogMeIn in 2019, was an audio, video, and web conferencing tool targeted at SMBs. Its software can be used across various devices and includes features such as one-click scheduling, personal links, interactive whiteboards, and presenter swapping. It has since been discontinued.
$10
per month
Pricing
LogMeIn Rescue by GoToJoin.me (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Lite
$10.00
Month
Pro
$10.00
Month
Business
$10.00
Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LogMeIn Rescue by GoToJoin.me (discontinued)
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
LogMeIn Rescue by GoToJoin.me (discontinued)
Considered Both Products
LogMeIn Rescue by GoTo
Chose LogMeIn Rescue by GoTo
We have used Team Viewer, GoToMyPC, Join.me, Chrome Remote Desktop, RealVNC, Windows Remote Desktop and the regular LogMeIn.

For end-user support, LogMeIn Rescue has worked better than any of them. Several of these are not good when users do not already have the client software …
Chose LogMeIn Rescue by GoTo
LogMeIn product was purchased without evaluation by a manager that is no longer with our company.
Join.me (discontinued)
Chose Join.me (discontinued)
Join.me is the easiest and quickest of all of the tools, but the least functional and efficient for long-term use. If an end user is unsure of providing unattended remote access, it remains as a top tool. Otherwise, once connected, installation and use of the other tools are …
Chose Join.me (discontinued)
Honestly most of these are about the same in terms of functionality. Join.me has a competitive price but is not necessarily the cheapest. We selected it to consolidate things internally.
Chose Join.me (discontinued)
WebEx (Cisco) is the same thing as Join.me...just more expensive. It's not worth the money for the Cisco name when I can do what needs to be done with Join.me for free.
Chose Join.me (discontinued)
Our IT dept supports several products remotely. From what we have seen Join.Me is slightly cheaper that some of the others.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
LogMeIn Rescue by GoToJoin.me (discontinued)
Remote Administration
Comparison of Remote Administration features of Product A and Product B
LogMeIn Rescue by GoTo
8.2
165 Ratings
1% below category average
Join.me (discontinued)
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Ratings
Screen sharing9.6160 Ratings00 Ratings
File transfer8.6150 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant message7.189 Ratings00 Ratings
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication8.327 Ratings00 Ratings
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers7.340 Ratings00 Ratings
Over-the-Internet remote session9.1160 Ratings00 Ratings
Initiate remote control from mobile7.142 Ratings00 Ratings
Remote management of servers & workstations9.768 Ratings00 Ratings
Remote Active Directory® management8.432 Ratings00 Ratings
Centralized management dashboard9.849 Ratings00 Ratings
Session record7.6113 Ratings00 Ratings
Annotations6.941 Ratings00 Ratings
Monitoring and Alerts6.776 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-platform remote control8.8116 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
LogMeIn Rescue by GoTo
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Ratings
Join.me (discontinued)
7.8
75 Ratings
2% below category average
High quality audio00 Ratings8.566 Ratings
High quality video00 Ratings8.269 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings7.059 Ratings
Mobile support00 Ratings7.336 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
LogMeIn Rescue by GoTo
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Ratings
Join.me (discontinued)
7.9
73 Ratings
0% below category average
Desktop sharing00 Ratings8.573 Ratings
Whiteboards00 Ratings7.433 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
LogMeIn Rescue by GoTo
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Ratings
Join.me (discontinued)
8.0
69 Ratings
2% below category average
Calendar integration00 Ratings8.551 Ratings
Meeting initiation00 Ratings8.464 Ratings
Integrates with social media00 Ratings7.121 Ratings
Record meetings / events00 Ratings8.052 Ratings
Slideshows00 Ratings8.035 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
LogMeIn Rescue by GoTo
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Ratings
Join.me (discontinued)
8.1
59 Ratings
3% below category average
Live chat00 Ratings8.759 Ratings
Audience polling00 Ratings7.720 Ratings
Q&A00 Ratings7.826 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
LogMeIn Rescue by GoTo
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Ratings
Join.me (discontinued)
8.3
58 Ratings
0% below category average
User authentication00 Ratings8.244 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.251 Ratings
Confidential attendee list00 Ratings8.433 Ratings
Best Alternatives
LogMeIn Rescue by GoToJoin.me (discontinued)
Small Businesses
Getscreen.me
Getscreen.me
Score 9.8 out of 10
ClickMeeting
ClickMeeting
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
mRemoteNG
mRemoteNG
Score 9.7 out of 10
ClickMeeting
ClickMeeting
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Remote Desktop Services
Remote Desktop Services
Score 9.0 out of 10
Google Meet
Google Meet
Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
LogMeIn Rescue by GoToJoin.me (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(181 ratings)
7.1
(76 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(19 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(33 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(38 ratings)
8.8
(25 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.9
(3 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Configurability
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LogMeIn Rescue by GoToJoin.me (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
GoTo (formerly LogMeIn)
Not all of our team members are as PC computer savvy as we would like, Rescue allows any issue that arises to be quickly and correctly solved the first time no matter the level of comfort with our systems. We have not come across any situations where it did not work for our set up.
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Discontinued Products
I would neither recommend nor dissuade anyone from using Join.Me. When it first came on the scene, it was a game-changer as far as providing remote access to other authorized individuals and helped save a great deal of time trying to walk someone less proficient through all the detailed steps of computer repair. However, with the proliferation of Zoom and other conferencing products that also provide built-in remote access through its service, the need for a separate application is now limited and not as essential as its own product.
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Pros
GoTo (formerly LogMeIn)
  • The rescue lens feature has come in handy to save us plenty of times. being able to have eyes on the end users' side to see how things are actually physically connected.
  • Having the ability to collaborate with other technicians is a feature that I have not seen in other applications. normally the other person has to connect as well which results in lowered connection speed on the end user's side since 2 connections are running.
  • The tools to be able to locate and audit sessions are also very valuable for measuring the performance of my technicians.
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  • No need to download anything to get started. Once you sign up you can get started from within your browser. This is probably the single best feature, its a get up and go solution for video conferencing and you do not need any software for it to work.
  • The one click join a meeting URL is genius. Users who struggle with remembering passwords or invites can just click a link and immediately participate in a meeting which means one email and a couple of clicks and a meeting can start.
  • Good control features - As the main user, you have many control features including deciding who can speak, annotations, screen sharing easily.
  • Screen Recordings to the Cloud - This can save on time when you have had a long conference, you can save a recording to the cloud and download it later.
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Cons
GoTo (formerly LogMeIn)
  • one of the prompt in windows users is not vissible, somethimes users missed it and you must start from scratch
  • more documentation for apple users
  • never could record a session, all the time was a permissions issue, don't know how to do it
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Discontinued Products
  • There should be a complete guide to understand its features before installation because if one feature will be missed then, we can’t get them working properly.
  • Furthermore, there should be high-quality internet for getting its function and it won’t work without good network coverage.
  • I think its interface is a little hard for beginners and is not that user friendly.
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Likelihood to Renew
GoTo (formerly LogMeIn)
We may continue using Logmein as it is the best remote support application in terms of connection latency and control. However, since several of our client sites have stricter security policies they block this application and we have to switch to other ways which is inconvenient
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Discontinued Products
This platform enables a very high ROI for the solution that it provides to our team to support our end-users.
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Usability
GoTo (formerly LogMeIn)
LogMeIn Rescue is easy to start and use and does not consume resources on your computer slowing it down. We are also often providing support for non-tech savvy end users who might have a hard time downloading and installing remote access software, especially when firewall warnings start to appear. LogMeIn Rescue's process is intuitive and easy to follow for our users.
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Discontinued Products
Join.me is one of the easiest programs I've ever used. It's so easy to get it set up and installed and even easier for someone to join a meeting. The controls are very intuitive and labeled appropriately. The UIX makes sense. It's been a reliable product in my app stack-I love it!
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Reliability and Availability
GoTo (formerly LogMeIn)
Log me in has never failed me
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Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Performance
GoTo (formerly LogMeIn)
no complaints
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Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
GoTo (formerly LogMeIn)
I'd say support for LogMeIn is ideal because I haven't ever been in a situation where additional support was necessary. The program runs so efficiently and simply that nothing was needed beyond initial training that was provided by my company. I am saying this as a user that strictly uses the technician console
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Discontinued Products
I honestly haven't reached out to their Support team. I get notifications of what they are working on which is good to see, but I haven't directly spoken with any of them. I think my main reason for this is that join.me gives me just what I need (not much more and not much less).
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Implementation Rating
GoTo (formerly LogMeIn)
Make sure you have your LogMeIn Rescue account sign-in details handy when installing on multiple support systems.
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Discontinued Products
This is a fairly simple product which doesn't require much "implementation" work for our use cases.
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Alternatives Considered
GoTo (formerly LogMeIn)
UI (user interface) is pretty easy to use, you can use rescue from a desktop version or the web when others such as dameware you needed to have the software installed and the affected user needed to be on VPN, so you could take over their system. TeamViewer is good but with Rescue you can link your chat support team members and rescue to work from the same system. Other benefits in rescue is that you can add Ticket to track your IT personnel usage for reporting purpose. For instance if you want to track-down how many sessions the agent A did on a day and link the Ticket from your ITSM system with the information in rescue. I didn't see this option in other tools
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Discontinued Products
If you're looking for something basic that handles a little bit of everything when it comes to meetings, screen shares and remote desktop control join.me is a great options. If you're a super user and really wanting a lot of detailed features and rich user interfaces and money is not an issue you may want to consider use specific options.
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Scalability
GoTo (formerly LogMeIn)
it's perfect
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Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
GoTo (formerly LogMeIn)
  • We kept our help desk staff to a minimum since we no longer needed a tech on each floor.
  • Time of resolution went up 65% since our techs were able to quickly see the problem and resolve [it].
  • We no longer needed additional software to transfer files, saving us up to $5000 in subscription fees.
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Discontinued Products
  • Customer support solution - join.me has made it so much easier to quickly get with a customer and see their trouble and show them a solution. This saves lots of back and forth time and gives the customer more power over owning their solution.
  • More efficient communication - without join.me we would waste time going back and forth on emails or slack trying to get our message across. Join.me lets us quickly show AND tell others what's going on. I honestly don't know how we ever functioned without it.
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ScreenShots

LogMeIn Rescue by GoTo Screenshots

Screenshot of Technician Group Configuration - Where users can create technician groups and subgroups with granular agent permissionsScreenshot of the console where repetitive tasks automated by running pre written scripts in the background, without disturbing end usersScreenshot of a smartphone camera being used to troubleshoot offline computers and hardwareScreenshot of remote control of Macs, PCs and Linux/AndroidScreenshot of reboot sessions and automationScreenshot of the central dashboard where common mobile device issues on iPhone and Android can be identified and addressed without the need to navigate the end user's device.