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LogMeIn Central vs LogMeIn Pro comparison

 

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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

LogMeIn Central
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) (8th)
LogMeIn Pro
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Remote Access (22nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

LogMeIn Central and LogMeIn Pro aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. LogMeIn Central is designed for Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) and holds a mindshare of 4.3%, down 4.7% compared to last year.
LogMeIn Pro, on the other hand, focuses on Remote Access, holds 1.3% mindshare, up 1.0% since last year.
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)
Remote Access
 

Featured Reviews

Kelsey Braun - PeerSpot reviewer
Has good stability and an easy initial setup process
We use the solution for remote access control and endpoint protection features The solution has the best remote access control and protection features. They should provide intermediate device limit options. It would be helpful for users who require more remote control capabilities than the lower…
Kelsey Braun - PeerSpot reviewer
Good remote services feature and easy to setup
With LogMeIn Pro, we could connect up to 10 computers, and having an option for something in between would be good. Like, we went from 10 to the next level, which was around 50 or so. If there was a tier, perhaps around 20, that I would have probably purchased, and it would have been a better fit for what I needed.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I have called for help to their technical support, and they have been extremely helpful."
"I would not want to tell other companies about it because it is so powerful, it does so much, and it makes me look so good."
"Using the product, we provide a quicker response when supporting customers.​"
"This solution has allowed granular permission access to machines, very consistent and solid most of the time."
"Unattended Access, allows me to do support on machines that people are having trouble with, during non-working hours."
"The ability to manipulate and do things to the computer and file manager, then boot to safe mode, and see what is going on and track alerts. I use it all."
"For me, it's convenience because I cover three different offices, and I need to be able to remotely access any of those three offices from anywhere, anytime. With LogMeIn Central, I can do that."
"​The initial setup was pretty straightforward."
"It's the only product I need to be able to get to my office Outlook, to get my emails off that particular computer. Going the other way, sometimes I'll go to my home computer to do adjustments to my accounting system there."
"The ability to easily connect back and retrieve data from the computer systems that I have."
"User interface."
"​It must have been straightforward. My IT person set it up for me. It is a friendly program."
"The biggest thing is the flexibility, you can use it as long as you can get an internet connection. You can use it pretty much anywhere you're at. It just makes it a lot easier. We are a small staff, and if nobody is in the office, LogMeIn gives us secure access to get in there."
"I would tell others who are looking into this solution that I feel that it's a secure solution. I never had any issues with its security element. I think that it's very simple to use. I think it is user-friendly, and you can work between computers pretty well on it."
"The most valuable feature is having it in a central location, all the different groups, and being able to ad-hoc or at will log on to whichever computer system I need to get to from a central spot."
"I can connect to them remotely and do all the functions I would have to do by manually driving to them, so it does make things a lot easier."
 

Cons

"The screen. Make it clearer. The screen resolutions don't always line up. So clarity of the screen, and speed."
"The file transfer could be better. They could make it a lot easier to deal with. LogMeIn Central is not that intuitive. It's a lot harder to figure out."
"It's not really a true RMM product but more of just a remote access."
"They should provide intermediate device limit options for the users."
"Do not use the technical support."
"I have had issues where LogMeIn has not been useful, then we have not been able to work that day. This happens probably two or three times a year."
"There are some screens that are just ugly and difficult to manipulate."
"Sometimes it just fails to load."
"With Windows 10 we've had some issues with it crashing, and certain antivirus products cause it to fail. For the most part it's stable, but we do have an occasional crash mainly related to new operating systems. The new Microsoft Server and the new Windows operating systems sometimes have issues with it. But for the most part, in anything under, say, Windows 7, Windows 8, those seem to be pretty stable, and with the Microsoft Server 2012 and below, it's all stable. And I don't necessarily think it's LogMeIn. I think it may be Microsoft, to be honest with you."
"It's never cheap enough. If we got it for free, that would be perfect. But I know it's not and won't be free. It's always going to be too expensive for me because we're a small company."
"The high pricing of the product is its only shortcoming that needs improvement."
"Unfortunately, LogMeIn is a long ways from being perfect. It has a lot of really great features, though they don't always work well."
"The user interface needs improvement. Mostly, it's pretty intuitive for what I need to do, but the extra elements to it seem very complex, so I don't really try to even use those. For example, document sharing, file stuff. I can do the log-in part, but the additional features are kind of complex."
"The only issue is that they could have a tier between 10 seats and 50."
"Maybe they can come up with a plan if you only use it for login and, occasionally, printing. Maybe you can charge what you used to charge and then if we want to use it for files or things that are more sophisticated, charge a little more."
"It would be helpful if there were more things that you could do outside of having to log into the machine, such as being able to raise a command line and reboot the computer if, for whatever reason, it doesn't want to let me in."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's probably worth the value, but the price increases over the last five years are getting harder to justify."
"We are an educational institution, so anything to make it cheaper would be better because we don’t grow money on trees."
"It is a little pricey. I have more than five seats, so I pay a $1000/year."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"Pricing is a little on the expensive side, compared to what TeamViewer has offered."
"Having to spend so much money on remote access is what I feel to be a necessary evil."
"It used to be a lot cheaper but then the price shot up (doubled over the span of two years), but it's hard to switch, and most competing products are similarly priced anyway."
"It really is an expensive product for me.​"
"Pricing is what I'm upset with. Now, that they bought everybody up, the price doubled."
"To be honest with you, I use it just for login and the prices are getting too high so we're going to look for an alternative solution. It used to be a couple of hundred dollars a year, now it's like $600 a year. We're definitely going to be switching shortly. Every year they have significant increases."
"If you subscribe the package of 100 Agents, but install 5, you are still paying for the 100 agent package."
"Pricing has been going up for just going back and forth between two computers. Last year I called and complained, they gave me a deal. This year, it's gone up to $350. I'm looking for a new source. It seems to be getting expensive for me to look back and forth. Come up with a different level of service for just communicating with two computers; I use it, maybe, five minutes a day."
"The company does not scale the price based upon use."
"It is pricey. When they renew me, they always boost it up, I call them and they cut it back a little bit."
"I am very happy to say that I have been very satisfied with the LogMeIn product, except for the escalation of the price. ​"
"I did not deal with the financial aspect but my impression is that they are more expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Educational Organization
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with LogMeIn Central?
They should provide intermediate device limit options. It would be helpful for users who require more remote control capabilities than the lower device limit plans.
What do you like most about LogMeIn Pro?
The remote services feature is definitely the most valuable, along with the capability to print remotely.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for LogMeIn Pro?
The only issue is that they could have a tier between 10 seats and 50. But for 10 seats, the price is fair.
What needs improvement with LogMeIn Pro?
With LogMeIn Pro, we could connect up to 10 computers, and having an option for something in between would be good. Like, we went from 10 to the next level, which was around 50 or so. If there was ...
 

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