Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) vs. Splashtop

Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan)

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
RDCMan	Score7.7 out of 10	N/A	RDCMan, or Remote Desktop Connection Manager from Microsoft, is a utility for managing multiple remote desktop connections. Once shut down due to a vulnerability in version 2.7, RDCMan is now updated and part of the Sysinternals family of tools. The 2.8 release fixes CVE-2020-0765, the XML parsing vulnerability. As of May, 2025, RDCMan is in version 3.1.	$0
Splashtop	Score8.5 out of 10	N/A	Splashtop is a software solution for both remote access and remote support. Boasting 30+ million customers worldwide and users among both large and small organizations across the globe, Splashtop presents their solution as secure, high-performing, and fit to specific use-cases. Splashtop is ISO certified, SOC 2 and GDPR compliant. Splashtop Remote Access provides remote desktop connections for business professionals and teams to work from anywhere, using any device.…	$99 per year per user

Pricing

RDCMan

Splashtop

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Splashtop Remote Access Pro: $8.25
per month per user, billed annually
Splashtop Remote Access Performance: $13.00
per month per user, billed annually
Splashtop Remote Support Enterprise: Contact Sales
per month per concurrent technician, billed annually
Splashtop Remote Access Enterprise: Contact Sales
per month per user, billed annually
Splashtop On-Prem: Contact Sales
Splashtop Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM): Contact Sales
per month per endpoint, billed annually
Splashtop Remote Support SOS: Starting at $22.00
per month per concurrent technician, billed annually

Pricing Offerings
RDCMan	Splashtop
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

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Features

RDCMan

Splashtop

Comparison of Remote Administration features of Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) and Splashtop
Feature	Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) 8.1 3 Ratings	Splashtop 7.8 43 Ratings
Screen sharing	6.72 Ratings	9.337 Ratings
File transfer	10.03 Ratings	9.039 Ratings
Instant message	9.01 Ratings	7.930 Ratings
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication	5.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers	7.01 Ratings	3.013 Ratings
Over-the-Internet remote session	10.03 Ratings	9.342 Ratings
Initiate remote control from mobile	10.02 Ratings	7.626 Ratings
Remote management of servers & workstations	10.03 Ratings	9.07 Ratings
Remote Active Directory® management	8.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Centralized management dashboard	8.01 Ratings	7.132 Ratings
Session record	7.01 Ratings	7.219 Ratings
Annotations	8.01 Ratings	9.02 Ratings
Monitoring and Alerts	7.01 Ratings	6.05 Ratings
Multi-platform remote control	8.01 Ratings	8.733 Ratings

User Ratings
	RDCMan	Splashtop
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (3 ratings)	9.3 (481 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	9.4 (35 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (25 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	9.8 (5 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	9.8 (5 ratings)
Support Rating	8.3 (2 ratings)	9.6 (440 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.3 (16 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	5.0 (2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	9.8 (5 ratings)
Professional Services	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	5.1 (3 ratings)