TeamViewer & AnyDesk alternative
For unattended devices, a remote desktop is the wrong shape.
Tools like TeamViewer and AnyDesk are built around a person watching a screen and clicking. Device fleets need the opposite: scripted, automatable access to many machines — and to the other devices on their LAN.
Short answer: Remote-desktop tools such as TeamViewer and AnyDesk are GUI-first, priced per seat, and reach a single host. ProxyPass gives you scriptable access — CONNECT proxy, REST bridge and WebDAV — to the whole LAN behind each node, priced per node, with no inbound port on the customer side.
The honest comparison
| ProxyPass | TeamViewer / AnyDesk & similar | |
|---|---|---|
| Access style | Scriptable: proxy + REST + WebDAV | GUI session, mostly manual |
| What you can reach | The whole LAN behind the node | The single host running the agent |
| Automation / CI | Standard HTTP & TCP — fits any tooling | Limited; built for humans |
| Pricing model | Per node, from €3/month | Typically per seat / per technician |
| Attack surface | Outbound only, ingress/egress rules | Vendor agent with broad reach |
| Unattended devices | Designed for it | Often needs attended confirmation |
Where a remote-desktop tool still makes sense
If a human needs to sit in front of one machine and drive its desktop — ad-hoc support of an attended PC, walking a user through something — a remote-desktop tool is purpose-built for that and hard to beat.
ProxyPass is for fleets of unattended devices where you want to automate: push a config to 40 sites, pull diagnostics from 200 machines, script a firmware check across everything.
How ProxyPass does it instead
One outbound-only node per site exposes everything on that LAN to your tooling. RDP into a player when you do need a screen — but also curl a device's REST API, SSH a box, or mount its files, all through the same node, all scriptable. You pay per node, not per technician, so adding teammates costs nothing.
See it on your own devices
Start a pilot — the typical first invoice is €0. We'll send your install script within 24 hours.