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Re: LogMeIn: Limited to 10 Free computers (Alternatives?) Using central with the free client IS the lite version. Most of the bells and whistles central offers only work with pro clients. |
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mikefxu
join:2004-10-05
Titusville, FL | said by Camelot One:Using central with the free client IS the lite version. Most of the bells and whistles central offers only work with pro clients.
I don't see it that way.
Central (Free Clients) includes: VPN Connectivity, Host Configuration, Reporting, User Management, Deployment.
Central (Pro Clients) include all of the above plus the following: Computer Inventory, Alerts and Monitoring, One2Many, Anti-Virus Management, Windows Updates.
I don't need or want anything Central provides. All I want is more than 10 Free clients maybe 50-100 a la Central Lite at $99 for the year. |
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 veloslaveGeek For GodPremium
join:2003-07-11
Pleasant Hill, CA | reply to mikefxu
Got my notice today.... Dannng!
$200 a year?
Going to have to re-read this thread and see what people are doing. I am not against paying... it is a very reasonable cost of doing business... not to mention they did bro buddy it free for a LONG time so....
Just the same, if it is time to reach for the wallet... it is time to shop as well.
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| said by veloslave:Got my notice today.... Dannng!
$200 a year?
Going to have to re-read this thread and see what people are doing. I am not against paying... it is a very reasonable cost of doing business... not to mention they did bro buddy it free for a LONG time so....
Just the same, if it is time to reach for the wallet... it is time to shop as well.
they purposely left it as a free service to get everyone using it that way when they did put a price on it, they knew it would make it hard for people to dump it.
to be honest, there isnt really a great alternative (free) if you were also using ignition. |
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join:2001-12-27
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Around xmas time Logmein had a special going for Logmein Central at $149. If you still manage to have that email click on the link and the special should still work. I got Central for 149+tax much better than $199.
The subject was "Central Sale ends Friday" I got the email on 12/12/2012 |
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mikefxu
join:2004-10-05
Titusville, FL | said by quaker:Around xmas time Logmein had a special going for Logmein Central at $149. If you still manage to have that email click on the link and the special should still work. I got Central for 149+tax much better than $199.
The subject was "Central Sale ends Friday" I got the email on 12/12/2012
Still works for me. Here's the link for others: »secure.logmein.com/products/cent···YWZ-IIVX |
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said by tomdlgns:said by Danny62382 :A flavor of VNC and a little routing/firewall knowledge goes a long way. Won't catch me paying for any of this. Even if VNC isn't "optimal".
i was like this, too, until i had some family members that had one of those all in one home routers that they had no clue what the password was. over the phone, i am not looking to do add onto the issues i have. visit join.me, have them give me access, install logmein free and within minutes it is tied into my account. i was using ignition. no matter your knowledge of vnc and firewalls, it doesnt come close to beating logmein free, sorry. also, vnc wasnt working all that great with xp and certain programs (programs with transparency windows...vnc couldnt pull them up. the user saw something, i didnt (i was on the logmein side). anyway, doesnt matter, it is what it is. Then you're using the wrong "flavor" of VNC. As long as you can configure your own router to allow a port through to your computer, you can give someone a URL link to download and run a VNC "server" that's preconfigured to connect to the "client" on your PC and allows you to control it.
»www.uvnc.com/products/uvnc-sc.html
The "one click" servers even survive a reboot and re-contact your PC once they're up again.
So all I need to do is get them to type in a url to the oneclick installer. As long as the client is open on my end, I'm golden.
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you would be wrong i have 70 computers i access for free i just received a email stating they will no longer allow this and limit to 10. |
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veloslaveGeek For GodPremium
join:2003-07-11
Pleasant Hill, CA | reply to mikefxu
said by mikefxu:I don't think they will have a way to stop you from making multiple accounts.
You mean something real complicated like say um... originating/in use IP?
Maybe they will huh?
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said by H_T_R_N:I don't understand the complaints. There is a service that performs so well that you have a connection to over 60 PC at your fingertips at any point of the day from any Internet connected device, saving you from even getting dressed to perform diagnostics or maintenance on a PC thousands of miles away and being asked to pay $.042 per month for that is enough to cause one to look elsewhere? (No I didn't take a breath or even pause) Perhaps it is not the great service you think it is. I guess I just don't see the issue.
So based on your not understanding the complaints, I guess if Google started charging for using their search engine that is currently free to use, you wouldn't see the issue either.
Can you send me $300 please as you seem to feel it's "not all that expensive"? If you do, I'll let you keep using Google for free... until I randomly decide to charge you more in the future. |
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| said by Mr Snarky :said by H_T_R_N:I don't understand the complaints. There is a service that performs so well that you have a connection to over 60 PC at your fingertips at any point of the day from any Internet connected device, saving you from even getting dressed to perform diagnostics or maintenance on a PC thousands of miles away and being asked to pay $.042 per month for that is enough to cause one to look elsewhere? (No I didn't take a breath or even pause) Perhaps it is not the great service you think it is. I guess I just don't see the issue.
So based on your not understanding the complaints, I guess if Google started charging for using their search engine that is currently free to use, you wouldn't see the issue either. Can you send me $300 please as you seem to feel it's "not all that expensive"? If you do, I'll let you keep using Google for free... until I randomly decide to charge you more in the future. I don't even begin to know where to start with this. |
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veloslaveGeek For GodPremium
join:2003-07-11
Pleasant Hill, CA | reply to Mr Snarky
said by Mr Snarky :said by H_T_R_N:I don't understand the complaints. There is a service that performs so well that you have a connection to over 60 PC at your fingertips at any point of the day from any Internet connected device, saving you from even getting dressed to perform diagnostics or maintenance on a PC thousands of miles away and being asked to pay $.042 per month for that is enough to cause one to look elsewhere? (No I didn't take a breath or even pause) Perhaps it is not the great service you think it is. I guess I just don't see the issue.
So based on your not understanding the complaints, I guess if Google started charging for using their search engine that is currently free to use, you wouldn't see the issue either. Can you send me $300 please as you seem to feel it's "not all that expensive"? If you do, I'll let you keep using Google for free... until I randomly decide to charge you more in the future. Actually I agree with H_T_R_N and that is why I plan to pony up my $$
Any normal minded person that has had this service (for free) for so many computers for so long... and DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING is the person not dealing with reality.
It has been smart business on their part... give it away while you build it up and perfect it... and when everyone is hooked, get real. I have around 100 regular customers that love me just asking "mind if I remote in?"
I guess just those 100 (give or take) will have to pay $3.00 more per year for my fine tech support... gee, I hope I don't lose all of them because of this.
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said by Mr Snarky :So based on your not understanding the complaints, I guess if Google started charging for using their search engine that is currently free to use, you wouldn't see the issue either.
Can you send me $300 please as you seem to feel it's "not all that expensive"? If you do, I'll let you keep using Google for free... until I randomly decide to charge you more in the future.
Mr Snarky,
I got my notice and was surfing around when I landed on this thread. As a person with over 100 systems in three Log Me In accounts, it was a punch in the gut. But then reality set in... I don't know a single IT person that does ANYTHING for free, let alone for over a decade! I got the email in December 2011 for $99 and unfortunately pass it up. By my calculations, the current offer is for $199/year. That is less then $17/month. Any shop that can't afford that doesn't need to be in business.
And to help you with your analogy. If a new client called you and told you that they always got support from the IT guy down the road for free. Would you offer them support for free? I mean, you wouldn't want to upset the norm, would you?
Since this is my first time on here, I don't know anyone's story. However, after 20 years in IT I would have to say that Heraclitus said it correctly, “The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change"! Send LogMeIn an email and ask for a discount. I just did and the guy just replied at almost 10PM on a Sunday with a $199 special.
Best wishes and good luck in business! |
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realize
join:2013-03-06
Johnson City, TN | reply to mikefxu
Teamviewer sucks with the licensing. If you, say, buy version 9 you're stuck with it. My old job is still at version 6 and they can't connect if users upgrade their server versions. You have to pay to upgrade to new versions.
Either way, I've been very impressed with my ScreenConnect trial. I'm guessing with all the TeamVIewer complaints they give them a run for their money. About to goodbye to LMI forever! |
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mikefxu
join:2004-10-05
Titusville, FL | reply to FROG5PAWN
said by FROG5PAWN :I got the email in December 2011 for $99 and unfortunately pass it up. By my calculations, the current offer is for $199/year. That is less then $17/month. I am 99.9% certain that that is just the offer for the first year and it goes to regular rates at renewal. So fortunately I won't pay until they force me to. I have no problem with the pay model just wished they had something in between Free and Central for those that don't want or need the additional features. |
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H_T_R_NPremium
join:2011-12-06
Valencia, PA
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I too am liking the ScreenConnect. Not sure if It is worth migration 100+ connections, but for a fresh start I think its a no brainer! |
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realize
join:2013-03-06
Johnson City, TN | reply to mikefxu
I appreciate LogMeIn Free while it lasted. It is great they could give us years of a free offering- I really can't complain. But it's $199 for Central now and you can expect that to go up to $299 next year and the year after. So the migration of 100 computers to ScreenConnect is worth it to me. Not to mention ScreenConnect has a lot more functionality and features than Central offers. Central is just access/management. ScreenConnect really gives me more than I need as of right now, but I'd rather pay $325 once and migrate all my crap than let LogMeIn make promises again. |
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 ekiMOh Well
join:2001-01-06
/usr/home | With ScreenConnect - if I understand their pricing model correctly...
The $325 gives you one active connection/session.
That is fine if only YOU need to remote to one of the 100 client machines. If you are going to give them the option to remote in it will use a license. For $325 only you OR the client/customer can be active at one time. If you have multiple customers needing access you pay $250 per connection until you hit $4000 when you purchase the unlimited license.
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veloslaveGeek For GodPremium
join:2003-07-11
Pleasant Hill, CA | said by ekiM:With ScreenConnect - if I understand their pricing model correctly...
The $325 gives you one active connection/session.
That is fine if only YOU need to remote to one of the 100 client machines. If you are going to give them the option to remote in it will use a license. For $325 only you OR the client/customer can be active at one time. If you have multiple customers needing access you pay $250 per connection until you hit $4000 when you purchase the unlimited license.
Let's not overlook their "Upgrade policy"
Not terrible... not thrilling either.
Your original ScreenConnect purchase provides access to new releases and product support for one year (365 days). Upgrading is essentially a new purchase with applied trade-in credit, based on the chart below. The credit can be applied to any equal or greater volume license purchase. Once complete you will receive a brand new license key, which resets the purchase date.
Period Percent Credit
From purchase date to 1 year (365 days) 100-80%, pro rata
From 1 year (365 days) to 2 years (730 days) 80%
From 2 years (730 days) to 3 years (1095 days) 70%
From 3 years (1095 days) to 4 years (1460 days) 60%
From 4 years (1460 days) to 5 years (1825 days) 50%
From 5 years (1825 days) to 6 years (2190 days) 40%
From 6 years (2190 days) to 7 years (2555 days) 30%
From 7 years (2555 days) to 8 years (2920 days) 20%
8 years (2920 days) or more 10%
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veloslaveGeek For GodPremium
join:2003-07-11
Pleasant Hill, CA | reply to mikefxu
Just thinking out loud here... should we invite some sales reps from a few various companies to come in and join the conversation?
Let's have a remote solution shoot out...
Let the biatch slappin.... er, I mean competition begin!
??? Anybody?
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