7 Awesome Free Screen Sharing Web Services
Screen sharing works great when you want to get help from your friend or relative by letting them see and even remotely control your desktop screen/applications. Below are some free screen sharing/remote control(desktop)/web collaboration/web conference/online meetings web services. Most of these require that you (and in some cases, the other other wanting to remotely control your computer) to download a small client.
Mikogo is an easy to use screens sharing tool using which you can instantly show your computer screen to anyone online
- Screen Sharing
- Ability to Change Presenters
- Remote Control
- Pause Transmission
- Application Selection
- File Transfer
- Skype integration
I have used Mikogo in the past and it worked as advertised.
Yuuguu is the easiest way to share your screen, host online meetings and work in real time on the same documents over the web.
- Allows up to 30 participants
- Screen sharing possible not only between Yuuguu to Yuuguu users, but also between Yuuguu to non Yuuguu (those who don’t have Yuuguu installed)
- Remote control
- Instant messaging
- Integration with GMail and GTalk - Once you have entered your Gmail or Google Talk account details into Yuuguu, your Gmail and Google Talk contacts will automatically appear in your Yuuguu contacts list. You can share your screen with only one click each. Your contacts will be notified that you want to share your screen by way of a web address and, on clicking this, they will be automatically taken to a browser window containing your screen share.
VyewMyPC provides easy desktop sharing, whiteboarding and web conferencing. Share your desktop with anyone, anywhere with any browser. Broadcast with your webcam and free voice conferencing or voice over IP (VoIP).
- Supports Webcam
- Text chat
- Whiteboarding
- Allows people to follow you as you browse the Web
Adobe ConnectNow is a great way to share ideas, discuss details, and complete work together — all online. Reduce travel costs, save time, and increase productivity with a web conferencing solution that is easy to access and simple to use.
Meet live over the web and share your screen with anyone.
- The free version of this service supports up to three meeting participants
- Unique meeting room URL - Your own personal online meeting room has a permanent URL that is easy to remember
- Screen sharing - With just a click, enable meeting attendees to see what’s happening on your screen
- Whiteboard
- Video conferencing - With a webcam, you can even use multipoint video for a real in-person feel to your online meeting
- Integrated audio choices - Use the microphone on your computer to speak with other meeting attendees using VoIP
- Chat pod - Send instant messages to one person or the whole group to raise questions and share ideas
- Remote control - A meeting participant can take control of another participant’s desktop with permission
TeamViewer is the fast, simple and friendly solution for remote access over the Internet. You can remote control your partner’s PC as if you were sitting right in front of it.
- Remote control of computers - Instantly take control over a computer anywhere on the Internet, even through firewalls. No installation required.
- Share your files, chat, switch the direction during a teamwork session
CrossLoop enables any two people anywhere in the world to connect live via computer without having to change any network connections.
- Lets you to see the screen and control the mouse and keyboard on a remote computer. It is as if you are working side by side at the same PC.
- Puts emphasis on global computer support and training. Help seekers can take utilize the marketplace of CrossLoop to find experts in several areas.
Dimdim is a free web conferencing service where you can share your desktop, show slides, collaborate, chat, talk and broadcast via webcam with absolutely no download required for attendees.
- Open source edition available so you can install it on your own server (Free edition limits the maximum number of people in the meeting to 20)
- Easily share your desktop
- In-built VoIP (free teleconferencing) capability
- Video conferencing
- Meetings can be recorded and archived
- Multiple Presenters
- Whiteboard and annotations
Other noteworthy remote solutions:
http://www.componentx.com/ScreenShare/index.php
http://www.livelook.net/index.asp
http://www.openacircle.com/ (presently invite-only beta)
Further reading:
- Screen Share Top 25 - The Best Screen Sharing Tools - Sharewood Guide
12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings | Mashable!
Below is a comparison table put together by Robin Good.
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October 11th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Seen this one? http://www.FreeRemoteSupport.com
More of a remote assistance application than conferencing.
October 12th, 2008 at 10:46 am
You should include Yugma in your review!
We have screen sharing as part of our instant web-conferencing products and solutions. For more information please see http://www.yugma.com
October 12th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Shanker: I did look at and wanted to include it. But looking at Yugma’s homepage, it didn’t appear to me as if it’s free. The words “Try Yugma Today” made me feel it’s a trial version that I will be signing up for and hence I didn’t bother.
But that’s not the case I guess?
October 12th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Thanks for the list. I’ve used Yugma and their basic service is free. It worked well for sharing desktops with others that have Macs. It’s supposed to work with Linux users too - haven’t tried that function yet.
October 13th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Hi, thanks for taking the time to review Mikogo and include it on your site. You might be interested to know that we’re working on a new version of the software. There is a sneak preview of the new features available on our blog: http://www.mikogo-blog.com
If you would like to know more about Mikogo, please feel free to contact me.
Cheers,
Andrew
The Mikogo Team
October 13th, 2008 at 4:54 am
I’d also include Techinline Remote Desktop (www.techinline.com) in the list above. The simplicity of running a connection is probably second to none (requires no installation on either end). Although the feature set is not as advanced as Webex, it’s still a much better tool to use for a small helpdesk such as mine which also happens to have a limited budget
October 24th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Everybody probably knows the well known application RealVNC, which is payware of course there is a freeware alternative called UltraVNC.
While these are great applications offering relatively more features and somewhat more control IMO the downside is that it can have a learning curve and somewhat complicated depending on your use. Also note, that the makers of UltraVNC have Single Click which allows a tech to create a small .exe file that will self activate when an end user clicks on it and when the connection breaks it will automatically deactivate/deinstall so there are no traces.