TideDesk AnyDesk too expensive for one person? Prices and an option
If you work alone and your AnyDesk renewal costs more than you expected, here is what its single-user plan costs today, what it includes, and when a simpler tool is enough.
What AnyDesk Solo costs
From AnyDesk's pricing page, as we read it on 4 October 2026 (prices in euros, excluding VAT):
- Solo: €24.90 a month, billed yearly, which is €298.80 a year. The first year is 20% less (€19.92 a month, €239.04).
- It covers 1 licensed user, 1 connection at a time, 3 registered devices to connect from and 100 managed devices for unattended access.
- All AnyDesk plans are billed yearly: the monthly figure is the yearly price divided by twelve.
- The next plan, Standard, is €41.90 a month for 1 connection (€502.80 a year), for teams of up to 20 users.
Prices change, so check AnyDesk's page for the current ones.
First: do you need a paid plan at all?
If you only use AnyDesk privately and it asks you to pay, that is a different problem: see AnyDesk says commercial use detected.
TideDesk Solo, side by side
| For one person, for work | AnyDesk Solo | TideDesk Solo |
|---|---|---|
| A year, excluding VAT | €298.80 (first year €239.04) | €99 (€79 for the first 100 customers) |
| Paying monthly | No: billed yearly | €11.90 a month, cancel at any time |
| Unattended access | 100 managed devices | A saved password or trusted viewers; the computers you reach need no licence |
| Phones and tablets | Included | An Android viewer, as an experimental preview |
The TideDesk column is from our pricing page and terms; the AnyDesk column is from its pricing page on the date above. TideDesk Solo also costs 10% less from the second year and 20% less from the third, and needs no account to create: you paste the licence into the app.
When TideDesk is enough
- You reach Windows computers from Windows: your office PC from home, or customers' PCs while someone is there or the PC stays signed in.
- You want the session to go directly between the two computers, encrypted, never through a server, with no account anywhere.
- You want a record you can show: every computer keeps its own session history, and Solo adds search and CSV export.
- You are in the EU and prefer a tool made and sold in the EU.
When to stay with AnyDesk, or look elsewhere
TideDesk is an early alpha and does less. It is not the right tool yet if you need any of these:
- Mac, Linux or iPhone. TideDesk runs on Windows; its Android viewer is a preview.
- Windows' permission prompts and the sign-in screen. TideDesk does not show or control UAC prompts or the sign-in screen, so someone must be signed in at the other computer.
- Every network. TideDesk never relays a session. On some networks (for example mobile data on both sides) you need the router to open a port, port forwarding or a VPN: see remote desktop over mobile data.
- Managing a team, session recording, or installing on many computers at once. Not there yet.
For other tools, see TideDesk vs AnyDesk, TeamViewer, RustDesk and VNC.
Try it before you decide
TideDesk is free for personal use, so you can try it on your own computers first: it is the same app and the same sessions. If it does the job, Solo licenses it for work, with a 14-day money-back guarantee on your first payment.