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Teams is built for enterprises. Pairio is built for the people who actually build things.
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Teams is built for the enterprise calendar. It’s not built for the work that happens inside a screen — a design review, a client walkthrough, a quick pairing session, onboarding someone new. Pairio is a lightweight native Mac app for one job: sharing a screen, with remote control and live drawing.
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| Pixel-perfect screen quality | ||
| Draw on shared screen | Basic |
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| Remote keyboard & mouse | Basic |
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| Hide apps while sharing | ||
| One-click calling | ||
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| Native Mac app | ||
| End-to-end encrypted | ||
| EU hosted |
Teams works for standups and sharing a slide. For pair programming it has the same problems as other conferencing tools: compressed video, weak drawing, a bloated UI, and a Mac client that lags behind Windows. Pairio is built specifically for the shared-keyboard, live-annotation workflow developers need.
Teams is built for enterprise chat and meetings, not for pair programming. The reasons come up in this order: the macOS client is heavy and slow, 'Give control' is clunky and often disabled by IT policy, and a developer team that just wants focused screen sharing does not want a Microsoft 365 dependency to get it. Pairio is a lightweight native Mac app with first-class remote control and no Microsoft licensing required.
Teams has a basic 'Give control' option during screen sharing, but it is clunky to initiate and often disabled in enterprise configurations. Pairio treats remote keyboard and mouse as a first-class feature — either side can drive, and handoff is instant.
The Teams macOS client has historically trailed the Windows version in performance and features. It bundles chat, files, calendar, and channels into one heavy process. Pairio is a lightweight native menu-bar app — no Electron, no extra surface area.
No. Pairio is a standalone product. You do not need Microsoft 365, an Office license, Entra ID, or any Microsoft infrastructure. Sign up with an email address and start pairing.
Pairio is hosted in the European Union and is GDPR-compliant by design. Microsoft Teams data can be stored across multiple regions depending on your tenant configuration. If European data residency matters to your company, Pairio is the simpler choice.
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