You get what you pay for
February 20, 2023

You get what you pay for

Melissa Heck | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with TeamViewer

I strongly dislike TeamViewer. It does work well (when it isn't down, which is a weekly occurrence) but the fact remains that our company pays for a license with this software and I (and my colleagues) are consistently plagued with issues while trying to use it to do our jobs. I severely miss LogMeIn (the software my company switched to TeamViewer from) as we used it for 4 years without a single issue. It is unacceptable to me how frequently we are all left unable to service our clients because the software is down.
  • GUI
  • End-user experience
  • Availability across end points
  • WHY IS IT DOWN ALL THE TIME?
  • TeamViewer experiences outages that affect licensed users at least once a week
  • WHY IS IT ALWAYS DOWN???
  • Works well when it works
  • Experiences outages too frequently
  • Negatively impacts business because engineers cannot do their jobs when it is out
I miss LogMeIn, we never had one issue with it in over 4 years of use. Our company switched to TeamViewer in the beginning of the pandemic, likely to save money. It is clear to me that TeamViewer is cheaper because the quality from LogMeIn to TV is a big difference. It doesn't hold up in the way that LogMeIn does. The file transfer feature constantly causes the session to freeze, even when transferring a file smaller than 60kB. You have to exit the session and re-enter the session to get it to pick back up. Every feature LogMeIn has is better than TV's.

Do you think TeamViewer delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with TeamViewer's feature set?

Yes

Did TeamViewer live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of TeamViewer go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy TeamViewer again?

No

I was not involved in the implementation process in my organization. If it were up to me, we would have never downgraded from LogMeIn.
I am not sure how the org has used these features, I myself utilize single sign on to minimize the amount of times I need to sign in
TeamViewer is well suited for people/businesses that do not solely provide remote support to clients. It's a great software for occasional use, but unfortunately it does not have the legs to be a full solution for businesses supporting clients remotely every day, 8 hours a day. Obviously something needs to be done to make it more reliable and robust. I would expect this type of performance for the free version, but the fact that the paid version is this awful is just embarrassing.

TeamViewer Feature Ratings

Screen sharing
5
File transfer
2
Instant message
10
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication
Not Rated
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers
10
Over-the-Internet remote session
5
Initiate remote control from mobile
8
Remote management of servers & workstations
10
Centralized management dashboard
10
Session record
10
Monitoring and Alerts
Not Rated
Multi-platform remote control
Not Rated