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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LogMeIn Rescue

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ALogMeIn Rescue is an enterprise remote support solution that provides IT helpdesks and customer support organizations with the ability to remotely access, diagnose, and resolve issues across endpoint devices. The platform includes in-session diagnostic tools, security controls, and workflow configuration features. The solution is utilized by IT help desks, global enterprises, Business Process Outsourcers (BPOs), and Managed Service Providers (MSPs). It is designed to support…

    $149

    per month

    VMware Workstation Player

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AVMware Workstation 17 Player is a platform for running a single virtual machine on a Windows or Linux PC to deliver managed corporate desktops. Organizations can use Workstation Player to deliver managed corporate desktops, while students and educators use it for learning and training.N/A
    Pricing
    LogMeIn RescueVMware Workstation Player
    Editions & Modules
    Remote Device Support
    $149
    per month per seat
    Rescue Enterprise
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    Pricing Offerings
    LogMeIn RescueVMware Workstation Player
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing. Contact sales for Enterprise pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    LogMeIn RescueVMware Workstation Player
    Considered Both Products
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
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    VMware by Broadcom
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    146 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    120 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    152 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    106 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    LogMeIn RescueVMware Workstation Player
    Security
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    Feature
    LogMeIn Rescue
    9.4
    4 Ratings
    7% above category average
    VMware Workstation Player
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    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of LogMeIn Rescue and VMware Workstation Player
    Feature
    LogMeIn Rescue
    8.4
    209 Ratings
    2% below category average
    VMware Workstation Player
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    File transfer8.6188 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant message8.1128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access to sleeping/powered-off computers9.363 Ratings00 Ratings
    Session record8.6144 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annotations8.666 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of LogMeIn Rescue and VMware Workstation Player
    Feature
    LogMeIn Rescue
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    VMware Workstation Player
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    Ratings
    Third-party software integrations8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote Access
    Comparison of Remote Access features of LogMeIn Rescue and VMware Workstation Player
    Feature
    LogMeIn Rescue
    8.6
    6 Ratings
    5% above category average
    VMware Workstation Player
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    Ratings
    Attended device access8.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Unattended device access7.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtual device access9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple-display support8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple concurrent sessions9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score7.3 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LogMeIn RescueVMware Workstation Player
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (228 ratings)
    6.9
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.0
    (23 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (81 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (39 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LogMeIn RescueVMware Workstation Player
    Likelihood to Recommend
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    LogMeIn is extremely appopriate when you have to perform something remotely or mutltask and perform work from your location. It gives you the ability to almost be at the site and perform work. While LogMeIn is an excellent toolkit. It can not always save the day. Sometimes it is more efficient to be on site to perform hardware upgrades, multiple software upgrades, technology refresehes and or have someone send you their hardware for rescue and repair as it is too messed up to fix and or perform the tasks remotely. However if you win 60 percent of the time - it's still a great benefit
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    VMware by Broadcom
    VMware will work great for the following test scenarios:
    • Testing windows updates on a system
    • Testing a new software or a new software version
    • Creating a sandbox to test options/features of an OS
    • Creating different VM to test a software on different OS without the need to have physical machines for all of them
    You can also use it as a "player" only where you have that static VM that you run from time to time as with my use for SAS University. Whenever you need to use the software, you simply start that VM.
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    Pros
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    • To be able to connect through email or through the website.
    • To be able to remotely control our client's computers.
    • To be able to see what is on our clients' screens after a remote session has been established.
    • To be able to chat with our clients through both the web and the desktop app versions in case we get disconnected.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • VMware Player is easy to use.
    • VMware Player supports a wide variety operating systems.
    • Unity mode makes it easy for the end user to utilize needed legacy applications while maintaining their familiar Host OS desktop. It's seamless to the point where the end user doesn't know they're running applications from a VM.
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    Cons
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    • By default it would be good to have clipboard sync enabled - disabled instead. So difficult when copying from my computer doesn’t work because of an agent sharing the connection and it will not let us copy information into the client’s computer.
    • Copying into excel is difficult. It will deselect things that you have highlighted when copying.
    • Would be nice to make the hierarchy easier when sharing files between clients and us.
    • Logging into certain environments can be challenging and require customers to be fairly techy to be able to understand how to get logged into client’s computers.
    • Sometimes login is pretty unstable on certain internet connections even though they are fine when they use team viewer with their IT.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • Would be nice to use more VMs at once, but this is basically trial software, so it's hard to fault them.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    Since we have not had anything other than a couple minor hiccups with LogMeIn Rescue and due to the overwhelming success we have had in implementing as well as utilizing LogMeIn Rescue, I cannot see any reason why would consider looking elsewhere. Overall, we have been highly satisfied with LogMeIn Rescue and have no intentions of making a switch.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    I give a rating of 8 because VMware Player has its use cases, for example it requires the host OS to be logged in, and the VMware Player application to be opened and the Guest VM started. Only one VM can run at a time. I'd give a 9/10 to VMware Workstation because you can run shared VMs at startup without logging in or starting the workstation application. and i'd give ESX a 10/10 because ESX is the leader in enterprise visualization.
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    Usability
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    Sometimes connecting with a PIN has a delay that confuses users. If there is a way to minimize the delay, that would be ideal. If the user's individual account does have administrator permissions, the user has to click on elevated prompts even if administrator credentials are on hand. Yes, except if the user's individual account does not have administrator permissions. I have never gotten the option to input the admin credentials and start as system server to work across hundreds of sessions. I absolutely dread using LogMeIn Rescue during this type of scenario and may even need to use an alternative temporarily. Frequently clashes with users' security software. Otherwise, I love the application.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    Great product. Its user-friendly GUI and overall performance are really the biggest strength of this tool. The reason why I don't give a higher note is because of the price. Although it's decent (starting at around $200 for a license), there is a good free alternative in VirtualBox. Not everyone values friendly GUI as something worth paying for. For people that are more tech-savvy, I would recommend looking into VirtualBox as they might actually like the model better (with downloadable add-ons and packages).
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    Reliability and Availability
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    Log me in has never failed me
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    VMware by Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    no complaints
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    VMware by Broadcom
    Integration isn't really relevant here but I see this question more as an OS compatibility for the VM. They state that they support over 200 different OS versions. I honestly have never tried anything else other than Ubuntu and Windows myself but nonetheless, this is impressive. I have not hit any limitation in my use of this software in terms of limitation or conflicts with other software.
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    Support Rating
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    We have never had to access support because the software has always worked as expected. It is great to have a software vendor from whom we know we will have no issue with glitches or incompatibility. We do know, however, that if we did have an issue, we would have our issue resolved quickly.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    VMware support is very knowledgeable on their products, eveything from AirWatch to ESX clusters. VMware is easy to contact, they stay in touch and see the issue through to the end and a final resolution. They keep you up to date on your issue status and don't leave you waiting for answers.
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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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    VMware by Broadcom
    Installing the application was easily completed on the twenty computers that needed VMware Player. Once those 20 users were configured we copied our virtual machine template to the 20 users and turned on their newly provisioned virtual machines. We then configured unity mode so the user could easily work from within the virtual machine from their host desktop.
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    Alternatives Considered
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    I haven’t reviewed other platforms like LogMeIn Rescue because I am not aware of any alternative tools available to us for assisting clients and performing troubleshooting. Additionally, LogMeIn Rescue is the first tool I have used that allows me to view a client’s screen, which is why I am unable to compare it with others.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    Both free, VMware supports USB 3.0 while VirtualBox does not. VMware supports nested hardware-assisted virtualization while VirtualBox does not.
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    Scalability
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    it's perfect
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    VMware by Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    • For businesses with small to midsize IT staff, the ability to remotely control devices that are not on-site and occasionally out of state is extremely cost-effective.
    • The speedy response time of LogMeIn Rescue has been very helpful in resolving issues for IT staff.
    • The administrative process has been made more efficient by the ability to remotely log into servers.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • A positive impact is that it require little to no funding to use.
    • Negative impact is that because it is free it can be hard to get support.
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    ScreenShots

    LogMeIn Rescue 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.