Everything about remote desktop, in plain words
How VVDesk compares with the tools you know, what teams use it for, and step-by-step guides for the jobs that come up every week.
Comparisons
VVDESK VS ANYDESKAn AnyDesk alternative that costs less as your team growsAnyDesk is fast and well known. VVDesk gives you the same everyday remote desktop — sessions in tabs, unattended access, file transfer — for less money, with end-to-end encryption and support in your own language.Read VVDESK VS TEAMVIEWERA TeamViewer alternative with prices you can predictTeamViewer can do almost anything, and its price list shows it. VVDesk covers what most teams use every day — remote control, unattended access, files and a shared address book — at a fraction of the cost.Read VVDESK VS RUSTDESKA RustDesk alternative with no server to look afterRustDesk is open source and lets you run your own server. VVDesk is for teams that would rather not: install the app, sign in and connect — with the servers, updates and team features taken care of.Read VVDESK VS CHROME REMOTE DESKTOPA Chrome Remote Desktop alternative built for workChrome Remote Desktop is free and simple — perfect for reaching your own PC. When you start helping customers or looking after a fleet of PCs, VVDesk adds the tools for that job.Read
Use cases
USE CASE · UNATTENDED ACCESSUnattended remote access to every PC you look afterServers, tills, kiosks and the PC under the reception desk — reach them at any hour, without asking anyone to click Accept.Read USE CASE · IT TEAMSRemote access software for IT teamsOne address book for the whole team, a tab for each PC you are working on, and a record of every session — so you can look after hundreds of PCs without losing track.Read USE CASE · PHONES & TABLETSRemote desktop from your phoneCheck on a till, restart a stuck program or grab a file from the office PC — from your Android phone, iPhone or iPad, wherever you are.Read USE CASE · FILESTransfer files between computers, inside the sessionA driver to install, a report to fetch, a folder of photos to move — drag it across while you are connected, without email, USB sticks or cloud links.Read
How-to guides
GUIDE · CONNECTINGHow to access a PC on another network without port forwardingThe PC is at home, the office or a customer’s shop, behind a router you don’t control. Here is how to reach it in a few minutes — no router settings, no VPN.Read GUIDE · WAKE-ON-LANHow to wake a PC remotely with Wake-on-LANLet PCs sleep at night and still reach them when you need to. Set Wake-on-LAN up once, then wake any PC from your address book.Read GUIDE · DEPLOYMENTHow to roll out remote desktop silently to many PCsTen tills or five hundred office PCs — install VVDesk on all of them at once and find them in your team’s address book.Read GUIDE · PORT FORWARDINGHow to open a router or printer page on a remote networkThe receipt printer’s setup page, the router’s admin panel or the store’s database live on the customer’s network. With port forwarding you open them in your own browser or tools.Read
Engineering
ENGINEERING · CONNECTIONSWhy VVDesk feels fast: direct connections between your devicesA remote desktop feels instant when the two computers talk directly, and sluggish when everything takes a detour. Here is why that matters, and what VVDesk does about it — without you touching a router.Read ENGINEERING · OUR OWN CODECHow VVDesk keeps text sharp and the picture fastMany remote desktops send the screen as one standard video stream. That is simple, but text gets blurry and every pixel costs bandwidth. VVDesk uses VVR, a codec we designed and built ourselves for remote desktop, which treats the screen as what it mostly is — still text and windows with a few moving parts.Read ENGINEERING · SECURITYEnd-to-end encryption in VVDesk, explainedRemote desktop tools see everything: your screen, your keystrokes, your files. So the question is not only whether the connection is encrypted, but who could read it. In VVDesk the answer is: only the two devices in the session.Read
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