Cheaper option than teamviewer

would anyone be interested in screenconnect more if it was an all-in-one solution (as in hosted) and a monthly basis on pricing or maybe quarterly?
 
Not sure I follow. I already host my own Screenconnect; that's the whole point (and bonus) in buying it outright. I bought it for $200ish; why would I prefer to keep paying even $20/mo forever when I just plain own it?
 
krtechsolutions said:
would anyone be interested in screenconnect more if it was an all-in-one solution (as in hosted) and a monthly basis on pricing or maybe quarterly?
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Quite possibly. I'm not ready to use a machine as a server for it constantly and paranoid about opening ports in my router.
Would probably use it in a hosted VPS situation, if I felt it was easy enough to install and configure on a Linux VPS or if there was an installation service I could pay for.
I could probably get it running on a Linux VPS myself but don't have the time to spend playing around learning to do something I'm only going to do once. Plus, what if I decide I don't like it? All that for nothing.
Not meaning to sound cynical as it does look good from what I've seen on the website.
Perhaps if there was a working demo I could access in a few minutes then that would swing me.
 
krtechsolutions said:
would anyone be interested in screenconnect more if it was an all-in-one solution (as in hosted) and a monthly basis on pricing or maybe quarterly?
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I would be more interested in a scripted system that I could install on my web host where the hosts/clients connect via HTTP requests through the system to manage the connections. ScreenConnect has a great premise, pricing structure and product, but like was mentioned, I'm not ready to dedicate a machine solely for that purpose.

If they were to build a system that used HTTP requests using scripts to manage the IP addresses and ports of the hosts/clients - which could be installed in a conventional shared hosting environment - they would quite literally crush everyone else's product on the market and I'd be the first in line for it.

All RATs (Remote Administration Tools) need an IP adddress and port number to bind to. The concept of managing this through a centralized web interface has revolutionized the industry where there's way more possibilities for it and no longer have to fumble with the wrong configuration to connect.

The problem is that they always require a dedicated machine whether that be something you pay a regular fee for or host in-house. If they moved it to HTTP requests they could eliminate the need for a dedicated machine to just a site. Eliminate the need for machine code to be installed and you have something anyone can host themselves.
 
nightkingdoms said:
I would be more interested in a scripted system that I could install on my web host where the hosts/clients connect via HTTP requests through the system to manage the connections. ScreenConnect has a great premise, pricing structure and product, but like was mentioned, I'm not ready to dedicate a machine solely for that purpose.

If they were to build a system that used HTTP requests using scripts to manage the IP addresses and ports of the hosts/clients - which could be installed in a conventional shared hosting environment - they would quite literally crush everyone else's product on the market and I'd be the first in line for it.

All RATs (Remote Administration Tools) need an IP adddress and port number to bind to. The concept of managing this through a centralized web interface has revolutionized the industry where there's way more possibilities for it and no longer have to fumble with the wrong configuration to connect.

The problem is that they always require a dedicated machine whether that be something you pay a regular fee for or host in-house. If they moved it to HTTP requests they could eliminate the need for a dedicated machine to just a site. Eliminate the need for machine code to be installed and you have something anyone can host themselves.
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If you are saying what I think you are saying pretty sure that would be impossible, server would still need to have special software.

Edit: to clarify some server would still need to be running special software, if its going to be the remote company themselves hosting that special software I wouldn't expect low prices.
 
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Why do you need a dedicated machine?

I've got Screenconnect hosted on our own sbs2008 box and have had no issues at all.
 
kwest said:
Thank you for all of the suggestions. I bought teamviewer today after trying a couple other ones.

I had two clients sign up for a remote tune up once a month to one of their home computers for $360 each so i will use that money to buy the license.

Now i need to come up with a maintenance routine for them or i will just use my tune up practices.

Thanks again
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I've used TV in the past, but it was and still is, very expensive compared to other options (that offer the same or even more).
The solution I'm using right now is so much better than TV and so much cheaper!
 
I've got my Screenconnect hosted on an Amazon EC2 (and I pair that with DlinkDDNS so I've got a URL rather than an IP). It's about $.23 a month, IIRC; technically free but I think I turned on a tiny option somewhere.

I just RDP into it when I want to manage the software.
 
Xander said:
I've got my Screenconnect hosted on an Amazon EC2 (and I pair that with DlinkDDNS so I've got a URL rather than an IP). It's about $.23 a month, IIRC; technically free but I think I turned on a tiny option somewhere.

I just RDP into it when I want to manage the software.
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Ah that sounds great Xander.
Don't suppose you have the time to outline how you set this up? :)
 
ComputerRepairTech said:
If you are saying what I think you are saying pretty sure that would be impossible, server would still need to have special software.

Edit: to clarify some server would still need to be running special software, if its going to be the remote company themselves hosting that special software I wouldn't expect low prices.
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The "special" software is only needed to manage the IP address and port open for the associated account that "owns" it. For instance, if you have a customer you want to connect to... You create a "session" where the server registers a random string and your program's public IP address and port. Client goes to a web site, types in the code and gets a program along with the configuration information for your program. Client's program starts, connects with your program and you're good to go.

At least, that's the way it used to work. The only reason I can think of nowadays for having to have specialized software is for punching through firewalls which may be the reasoning for it. If you're behind a NAT you obviously have a different IP address and may not have a port accessible through a router and the client as well. If they run the entire session directly through the server rather than the 2 programs directly it would require specialized software to handle real-time communications.

Now that I think about it, that's probably what they're doing which solves a lot of problems. Don't mind me. Not enough coffee today. lol :confused:
 
JustInspired said:
Ah that sounds great Xander.
Don't suppose you have the time to outline how you set this up? :)
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Someone on the SC forums referenced it, I just muddled my way through.

You need an Amazon account, obviously, and then I just went to:
http://aws.amazon.com/free/

From there, you're looking for the EC2 service. FWIW, using Snapshots is what will add some charges for their storage. My first bill was a few bucks but, like I said, once I cleared those up, I've only had a few cents per month on my credit card.
 
Note the free tier is only for the first year. You are most likely getting charged for extra bandwidth or space outside the free alottment.
 
Well today a friend of mine set up the trial of ScreenConnect on his Windows VPS for me.
It is frickin' awesome and I am pretty sure that I'm going to buy this as soon as possible.
Going to play a bit more tomorrow. :)
 
JustInspired said:
Well today a friend of mine set up the trial of ScreenConnect on his Windows VPS for me.
It is frickin' awesome and I am pretty sure that I'm going to buy this as soon as possible.
Going to play a bit more tomorrow. :)
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You won't regret it and the latest preview version of SC is awesome, and it will prob be released in the next couple of weeks.

Cheers
 
I was about to buy ScreenConnect today. My friend and I have been testing it out on various virtual and real PCs and on about three different clients' computers.

We ran into problems where Norton 360 ate the client executable without even offering the choice of ignoring it. Also, Avast is blocking it, saying it's a Trojan and we had issues with Kaspersky as well.
Since over half of our tests have had false positives from antivirus programs I am now very unsure.

Absolutely gutted since I was feeling so positive about buying it and getting it working for me right away. Not sure what to do now. :(
 
JustInspired said:
I was about to buy ScreenConnect today. My friend and I have been testing it out on various virtual and real PCs and on about three different clients' computers.

We ran into problems where Norton 360 ate the client executable without even offering the choice of ignoring it. Also, Avast is blocking it, saying it's a Trojan and we had issues with Kaspersky as well.
Since over half of our tests have had false positives from antivirus programs I am now very unsure.

Absolutely gutted since I was feeling so positive about buying it and getting it working for me right away. Not sure what to do now. :(
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What version were you testing? 2.5 should be fine, but 3.0 is a pre-release(read beta) that they don't submit to antivirus software lists until it is a stable release. That could be where some of your problem comes from.
 
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