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Adobe Connect vs ConnectWise ScreenConnect comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Adobe Connect
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
14th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ConnectWise ScreenConnect
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Remote Access (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of Adobe Connect is 3.0%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ConnectWise ScreenConnect is 1.5%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Meetings Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
ConnectWise ScreenConnect1.5%
Adobe Connect3.0%
Other95.5%
Virtual Meetings
 

Featured Reviews

LAWAL YUSUF - PeerSpot reviewer
Stable product with a straightforward setup process
We use Adobe Connect for communication purposes using messaging and video chat features The product has valuable communication features. It also has good performance and stability. We encounter issues while connecting headphones via Bluetooth. This particular area needs improvement. We have…
Todd Blake - PeerSpot reviewer
Simple to set up, reasonable pricing, and useful remote control capabilities
I'm on the latest version of the solution. I just updated it yesterday. While we have the solution on-premises at this time, we'll likely move to the cloud later this year. They have a trial version that you can try. They have a free version that you can try as well. I use it myself to support my family. I would try the free version or the trial version depending on your business. They can set you up and you can get to see all the features. I would also advocate going to the cloud version. Don't bother with the on-prem. It's just easier to jump to the cloud. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I like Adobe Connect because of its flexibility."
"Screen share and document share are good features."
"The solution can scale well."
"It is straightforward to set up."
"The most critical feature is the POA, but Breakout sessions are definitely my favorite."
"It is a stable product."
"It trains providers for on-premise deployment in several locations."
"The product has valuable communication features. It also has good performance and stability."
"The unattended access functionality is a valuable feature, because I can go in at any time that I want, deploy fixes, or do maintenance."
"Better than TeamViewer and useful for fixing problems remotely."
"Unattended access is the most important feature."
"Remote support is efficient and easy for our end users to receive support."
"Remote connect via webpage. I use it to support employees when I am not in the office or when they are at a remote location."
"The flexibility to manage bandwidth and organize connections, and the price, make ConnectWise a really good choice."
"You can bring up a command prompt remotely and execute commands without having to disturb the user."
"Setup was very straightforward. All I had to do was write a GPO on my domain controller and it automatically installed the agent that I downloaded from the software. I literally had to do nothing."
 

Cons

"I would like to see btter integration."
"We would like to see support for exportable files that have been uploaded into Adobe Connect as templates for activities."
"We encounter issues while connecting headphones via Bluetooth. This particular area needs improvement."
"It needs faster and easier upgrades."
"Other solutions have more marketing and more visibility. Nobody knows Adobe Connect exists."
"Interface and layout options could be improved."
"The price is a problem."
"Adobe's products are difficult to grasp."
"The solution is a little bit complicated when you want to implement it."
"There needs to be a way to run the agent without installing, like GoToAssist."
"There is one back-end issue that I am running into at some of locations where I login to provide support, and sometimes port 443 is blocked. That is what it uses to connect. So, I am having to do workarounds to get a session started."
"There can be some complexities when running patches or when building up all the profiles, making them areas where improvements are required."
"We have had issues. We have had circumstances, for reasons we don't know, where the service will stop running, and when the service stops running that computer no longer becomes reachable. We haven't really seen that so much on desktops, but we have seen that happen quite frequently on server operating systems, Server 2008, Server 2012. You can install the product and then a week down the road it will just stop."
"On a Linux machine, there are different limitations that are not there on a Windows Server. Much more limitations exist on Linux deployments."
"Reporting could definitely use improvement. With LogMeIn Rescue, I used to be able to, for instance, at the end of the month, pull off a report of every session. It was very simple... I could see the name that was typed in, the IP address to the computer that it was connected to, if it was running Windows... It just doesn't seem - there might be but I haven't found it - to be a way of pulling that information out of ConnectWise."
"There could be improvement to the remote command line tools."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Adobe Connect is free of cost."
"The purchasing process is complicated. It would be beneficial if it were more simplified."
"It is expensive."
"We pay $3,000 USD for the service, yearly upfront."
"It is priced fairly."
"I download the product for free with ConnectWise RMM's license."
"Good price and works well."
"Pricing is fair for Control and the licensing is simple."
"ConnectWise Control is not an overly expensive tool. Its pricing is reasonable."
"We pay an annual licensing fee."
"Make sure you have enough licensing for all the techs that you have."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Manufacturing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
14%
Performing Arts
8%
Educational Organization
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Adobe Connect?
The product has valuable communication features. It also has good performance and stability.
What needs improvement with Adobe Connect?
I would like to see btter integration and better features on integrating, especially in the UI, because it's so obvious when you use Adobe Connect.
What is your primary use case for Adobe Connect?
Adobe Connect is not bad for connecting and integrating for remote connecting and video streaming. I think it was not bad, actually. I don't integrate it in my project. Some other guys work on that...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ConnectWise Control?
I download the product for free with ConnectWise RMM's license.
What needs improvement with ConnectWise Control?
All the features provided by the product in terms of screen connectors have been good. There can be some complexities when running patches or when building up all the profiles, making them areas wh...
 

Also Known As

No data available
ConnectWise Control, ScreenConnect
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Blue Sky Broadcast, Wiley and Georgetown University, New South Wales (NSW) Schools, BMO Financial Group, The Ministry of Education, Church, Culture & Gender Equality in Greenland, HealthSTAR Communications, IDEXX Laboratories, Philips Healthcare
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