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Germany
1 review
3 helpful votes
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When it works it is pretty good. But after a while it claims commercial use (which is absolutely not true), stops working properly and try to sell you a insanely expensive subscription.
Don't waste your time.

Date of experience: March 18, 2020
Finland
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Product itself was OK, but they refused to refund after accidental renewal of an yearly subscription. I ended up paying for 2 years now, when I only needed one.

They are essentially making business on people not reading their EULA. On yearly subscriptions:
"In order to terminate a subscription, a written request must be submitted at least 28 days prior to the date of renewal"

I respectfully asked for a refund, but they are unapologetic about it.

Date of experience: October 31, 2022
South Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I cannot believe I received an automatic renewal notification from TeamViewer today... the very day of the automatic renewal. There was no notification prior to today. I had no intentions of renewing and since the subscription was completed online, via a phone conversation, I was completely unaware of a 28 day prior to renewal policy which can only be delivered in writing!

Of course, I have closed the credit card account before they were able to make the charge but I do suspect I will receive some sort of attempt to damage my credit in retaliation of their shady business practices.

We are entirely too busy to keep up when every online subscription will be renewing. To not send out an invoice at least 30 days in advance is an absolutely horrible business practice. I will be voicing this review on every outlet possible in order to keep other businesses from an obvious trap set by a predatory company.

Date of experience: July 25, 2019
GB
1 review
11 helpful votes
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The software was great when it worked.
The customer service was the most appalling i have EVER received.

They tried to renew my subscription but without notifying me in advance, just took the money.
I ended up having to get it back via the bank.

They offered no apology, no way of making it right and basically threatened me that i had to pay.

I didn't and they won't be getting it.

Absolute joke of a company.

Date of experience: November 13, 2020
GB
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Unethical company
December 20, 2021

Didn't want a business licence in the first place as I only intended to use the software to support my elderly father with his I. T. needs but the software kept saying that I was using it for commercial purposes. Quick call to their support line ended up convincing me to buy a business licence. When I tried to cancel on renewal, I was told it was too late because I hadn't given them 28 days notice. Told if I didn't pay, they would use debt collectors to collect money. Yet, they only sent me a reminder email 14 days prior to renewal. So, I'm left with a £460 bill to use a bit of software once or twice a month to help my father make his Westfield claims. Clearly I would advise NO ONE to use Teamviewer, let them go out of business and then maybe they'll reflect on how human beings SHOULD treat one another.

Date of experience: December 20, 2021
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Overpriced software with predatory hidden terms and conditions. Numerous complaints online about their unexpected renewal conditions and they are quick to threaten customers with legal action and submission to collections.

If you account should reach a status where an invoice is outstanding, they will refuse to communicate or work with you unless you pay. Don't pay? It will go to collections. Absolutely no customer service.

Date of experience: August 20, 2019
Greece
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It is very difficult to work, i had a call with the client and it was very difficult for me to explain the new interface to the customer. Addiosionally when i was given the id from the customer the Teamviewer demanded log in, thus an already frustraded customer had to wait for me to log in. Finally i asked him to switch to anydesk which did the job in the end.

Date of experience: September 11, 2023
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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The company will automatically renew your subscription and charge you the annual fee even if you send them a cancellation notice. If you have been victimized by this company and you are a resident of California or your company does business in CA, please file a complaint with the CA Dept. of Consumer Affairs. They are easy to find online. You should also pursue a claim through your credit card company and sue TeamViewer in your local small claims court to get your subscription refunded. TeamViewer is RIP off!

Date of experience: August 28, 2019
Finland
17 reviews
30 helpful votes
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Poor business practices
November 12, 2020

Very poor business practices: Forcefully feeding ads to their paying customers about further paid upgrades. Also a very shoddy pricing model for the products. Choose a competing product instead who actually see their customers as something more as a bag of money!

Date of experience: November 12, 2020
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Be careful when using this solution as things always seem to change with regards to what your are licensed for and able to do with this utility. It appears this company is now being predatory with their pricing/licensing and taking advantage during the current Pandemic.

Date of experience: March 20, 2020
Alabama
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Teamviewer has outdated cancellation policy. Buyer beware they require a 28 day cancellation before contracts ends. Most states have laws against this type of cancellation. Call your BBB agency and complain. Don't take this laying down.

Date of experience: July 19, 2019
Michigan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I do not recommend this company please stay away from them if you can. I reached out to them several times about a pro rated refund because our policy auto renewed during the Coronvirus shutdowns. They refused any refund and said that it clearly states in their cancellation policy they don't do refunds. I think it is unethical for a business like this to not work with a small business likes ours to help us in a time of a global pandemic when cash flow is critical. We will never do business with this company again because of this and the poor customer service I received as well. The company blocked my email after the 4th request I sent that went unanswered looking to get answers. Horrible business practice I'm very disgusted.

Date of experience: July 16, 2020
AE
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Fraud Company
September 8, 2021

The company is fraud and try to lute money from the customer. As business user there is no option to cancel your account, only option is sending email. If you forgot they will threaten to pay money. We have to think seriously to take legal action against their cooked policy and payment options

Date of experience: September 8, 2021
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Was in a relationship with a man who stole my identity and put all of my private details on TeamViewer. Illegally stalking and harassing me through my devices and spying on my 11 year old with his clients tagging along, hacking my emails and fb accounts. TeamViewerneeds to be shut down. Shawn Jensen

Date of experience: June 26, 2021
Sweden
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Only needed it for a project of 1 month. Now it got renewed automatically for an entire year. And the product wasn't even good. I just had to go with it due to my customer. So even I didn't use it for over 10 months they refuse to refund me.

Date of experience: November 1, 2022
Netherlands
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Do not be fooled to pay this company any money. The product is under developed and not cross version compatible. It is also infested with security risks. Meaning you will only be able to remote to a unit unless its using the exact same version. Even though you pay.

Use ANY other remoter and save yourself a lot of money and grief

Date of experience: April 18, 2019
Slovakia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I used this program for 2-3 years with not many issues, but with newer versions, I started to find more and more bugs and know it escalated into disconnection after 1-2 minutes of sessions. When I try to reconnect it give me a message that time is up, and should buy this program, but how? Even if I wanted this program, which I don't, thank you. There is no option for personal use (cause it should be free, which isn't) and only business which is like 30 bucks, don't have, even if I had not for this.

As you can see in image this message pops up and even after I wait the given time it resets time and the same message pops up again.

Date of experience: March 31, 2021
New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Really?
April 22, 2023

I would like to contrast all others in stating that I have had an EXCELLENT experience with Team Viewer. I have had on brief interaction with tech support, well because I know how to utilize the software. Simply put, the easiest platform to roll out to users that are not so tech savvy. I strongly advise if not a huge company it works great. Would not know how the platform operates on a corporate level, but would assume it would meet all stakeholders interests

Date of experience: April 21, 2023
New Zealand
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Like the other reviews say - very sneaky renewal conditions.
In the small print, unless you cancel 28 days prior to renewal, you get charged for a full year in advance.
And it's so convoluted to cancel - I couldn't even find out how to do so. So guess what - up for another $1800 for just 3 users!

We started using Chrome Desktop Remote (free) Seems to work just fine

Date of experience: December 17, 2019
Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terrible Customer service. Even if you use the free version, they will mark you as commercial and make you pay. I was attempting to access personal photos and they would not remove my block. They said I had to fill out a form that could take up to a month to review. STAY AWAY! Bad Service, Bad Business. BAD!

Date of experience: December 20, 2019

Overview

TeamViewer has a rating of 1.2 stars from 167 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with TeamViewer most frequently mention customer service, credit card and year subscription. TeamViewer ranks 12th among Remote Desktop sites.

service
54
value
53
shipping
29
returns
42
quality
53
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