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GoToMeeting vs ScreenConnect comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 29, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

GoToMeeting
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
10th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ScreenConnect
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
17th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Remote Access (13th), Remote Visual Support (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of GoToMeeting is 3.1%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ScreenConnect is 2.3%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Meetings Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
GoToMeeting3.1%
ScreenConnect2.3%
Other94.6%
Virtual Meetings
 

Featured Reviews

Steve Abshire - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Systems Specialist III at a university with 10,001+ employees
It features low latency, which is crucial because everybody is using VPN to connect to their PCs at work.
Using GoToMeeting in a meeting-sized conference room is kind of a letdown. The camera is supposed to track the speaker and focus on that person so that they can be on the screen. That feature rarely worked. We tested it thoroughly, so maybe it was an issue with the size of the conference room. It may not be suitable for large conference rooms.
Todd Blake - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Specialist at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees
Simple to set up, reasonable pricing, and useful remote control capabilities
I'm on the latest version of the solution. I just updated it yesterday. While we have the solution on-premises at this time, we'll likely move to the cloud later this year. They have a trial version that you can try. They have a free version that you can try as well. I use it myself to support my family. I would try the free version or the trial version depending on your business. They can set you up and you can get to see all the features. I would also advocate going to the cloud version. Don't bother with the on-prem. It's just easier to jump to the cloud. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The stability and performance of the solution were good."
"The key advantage of GoToMeeting is the ability to use it without installing anything."
"Classic GTM is an amazing product and much better than the competition."
"We like that this solution allows us to assign separate numbers to people without having to have a physical telephone system in place."
"I have no issues with the performance and no issues with the way it works."
"We need a meeting thing, hey, go find a meeting thing."
"GoToMeeting is an awesome product and it worked perfectly fine for us whether we used it through a browser or as a client."
"I think all the features are very useful, especially the rooms features and we present with screen sharing. Instead of organizing conferences, we are able to do that online. This has been saving us from spending on travel. From the beginning of this year, because of GoToMeeting, I have canceled I think three or four business trips."
"ConnectWise Connect is very convenient as we can remote to a PC even when it is not within our LAN."
"It's very low maintenance."
"Extremely user friendly"
"If you are looking for a quick and easy web-based connection session without the need to be on intranet, then this is the solution for you."
"Being able to flip quickly between however many monitors that I have running, detune the video for black and white, or with fewer colors to make it faster, is amazing."
"It's much easier to use ProtectWise Control than to use, for instance, TightVNC or VNC Viewer."
"We switched over from LogMeIn Rescue, which was okay but became very expensive, and while ConnectWise is our backup method and we don't use it as much as we do our RMM software and remote support, it has definitely really helped in terms of speed and ease."
"I've noted an ROI while using the solution."
 

Cons

"In the next release, I would for it to incorporate files more efficiently from one computer to another when we covert things and send them out. I'm not sure if it's capable of that."
"The product itself doesn't stand out against other options on the market."
"The solution could scale a bit easier if you need to add more people to meetings."
"Lacks ease of connectivity, calendar integrations, and third-party app integrations."
"The tool needs to have a virtual room where users can pass through. It also needs to integrate a real-time translator."
"The solution must include archive options to save the recorded meetings for future reference. The recording functionality can benefit our team by improving how meetings are recorded and shared. Previously, only admins could record meetings, sometimes leading to issues if recordings were missed or not shared properly. The recent update now allows hosting GoToMeeting sessions with the ability to delegate recording rights to other team members."
"The enrolment for a non-IT user should be easier. It should be simplified for non-IT users."
"The interface is a little outdated and could be better."
"The solution is a little bit complicated when you want to implement it."
"If it had Chrome capability, that would be great; being able to use it on a Chrome device. Right now, I can't use it on my Chrome device."
"Something that I would like to see in the future is mobile video streaming."
"Something that I would like to see in the future is mobile video streaming. They do provide audio conferencing, but seeing the problem makes it easier to solve the problem. If they had video streaming, if a client had a physical problem with something and I couldn't get remote access, the client could use his mobile phone to show me the problem. In these cases, even if a client's systems were down, I could help, so long as I had a mobile phone environment."
"Reporting could definitely use improvement. With LogMeIn Rescue, I used to be able to, for instance, at the end of the month, pull off a report of every session. It was very simple... I could see the name that was typed in, the IP address to the computer that it was connected to, if it was running Windows... It just doesn't seem - there might be but I haven't found it - to be a way of pulling that information out of ConnectWise."
"My immediate supervisor said it was lacking in documentation and had too many words to describe how to use the product when crafting instructions to send to our third party consultant who was going to connect to our system behind our firewall."
"The solution should add the ability to video chat with the user on the other end."
"Eventually, we're going to be moving to them and shutting off ConnectWise."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a little expensive although now, with the competition from Zoom and other products, they have lowered their prices and it is better."
"Negotiate for discounts."
"GoToMeeting is a little bit expensive compared to other products."
"Good price and works well."
"I think the product's pricing is a good value. I paid $600 a year and that was fine for me. It was about $50 a month. Licensing is all very straightforward."
"For the price we pay, we definitely feel it's worth it, but there are some contenders in the market that are coming out now, whose products are as good; they are offering more features and the price is actually less than ConnectWise. All things considered, the biggest thing is the lack of patching in ConnectWise. If they could integrate that into the product, that would be a game changer, if offered at the same price point."
"We pay $3,000 USD for the service, yearly upfront."
"It is priced fairly."
"Make sure you have enough licensing for all the techs that you have."
"The cloud version is relatively inexpensive, but the on-premise version is expensive if you do not need three technicians, only one or two for concurrent sessions."
"ConnectWise Control is not an overly expensive tool. Its pricing is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
17%
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Construction Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise7
 

Also Known As

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ConnectWise Control
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

AAPT, ACD Groupe, Addison Fire, Avigilon Corporation, Basic Industries Ltd., Bitdefender, Branson School Online, Budd Van Lines, Business Fitness, Business Wire
Jon Rosen Systems
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