Open-source alternative  ·  Remote Access

Replace ConnectWise ScreenConnect with RustDesk.

Self-hosted remote desktop with end-to-end encryption, file transfer, and unattended access. Your own relay server. No per-session fees, no data through third-party servers.

You'd keep~R6 660 to ~R111 000/year

Current licence  ·  Remote Access

ConnectWise ScreenConnect

~R6 660 – ~R111 000/yr

10-user estimate

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RustDesk

Self-hosted, R0 licence

You keep ~R111 000/yr

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Today's licence price

2 tiers. ConnectWise ScreenConnect's prices.

Vendor-advertised pricing converted to ZAR, 10-user estimate. Pick the tier closest to what your team is on today.

One

R6 660/yr

R555/month

Flat rate

With RustDesk

Keep R6 660/yr

Standard

R111 000/yr

R925/user/month

Per technician

With RustDesk

Keep R111 000/yr

Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.

Five years on the books

What the spend looks like compounding.

ConnectWise ScreenConnect grows around 10% per year on average. RustDesk hosting stays flat. Watch the gap open up.

R0kR49kR98kR147kR197kYear 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5R179kR12k flatSalesforce (50 users, 10%/yr inflation)SuiteCRM (self-hosted, maintained)

Five-year cumulative saving

R0.78M

Salesforce alone, single tool, 50 users. Stack multiple tools and the maths compounds harder.

How this migration runs

ConnectWise ScreenConnectRustDesk, in four moves.

01

Audit

Workflows, customisations, integrations, users. Mapped against the OSS feature set.

02

Plan

Migration sequence, rollback path, parallel-run schedule. You approve every step before we move.

03

Migrate

Stream the data, verify checksums, replay the audit trail. Both stacks run side by side until cutover passes every test.

04

Operate

Documentation in your repo, monitoring on your infra. We stay on as the team that maintains and grows it.

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Other remote access migrations.

Running one of these alongside? Same migration shop covers both.

Check the project

Migrate ConnectWise ScreenConnect.
Keep the money.

Free audit. 30 minutes. We map your current setup, surface the real licence costs, and show you the migration in time and rand.