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Features no alternative fully offers
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Cliqer features missing on Hardware cue kits (DSAN PerfectCue, Interspace MasterCue, RF clickers)
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The remote presentation landscape in 2026
Hybrid events are now the default: a keynote speaker in one country, a panel in another, and slides running on a machine backstage. The tools fall into two camps: web services that relay clicks through their servers, and hardware cue kits wired into the lectern. Cliqer was built to cover both jobs at once: peer-to-peer remote control with live video, plus native bridges into the DSAN hardware and broadcast (NDI, vMix, Stream Deck) workflows AV teams already run.
The phone is part of that, in three ways. Cliqer Remote, the native app for iPhone, iPad and Android, is a presenter's remote that shows the shared screen, the speaker notes and the timer. It is also the AV engineer's remote for the host: pair a device to the computer by QR code and it runs the screen share, the timer, the presenter list and Studio wherever the engineer is standing. And an Apple Watch or Wear OS watch can move the slides from your wrist, linked to the phone or joined to the room by its code on its own. Browser presenters still work, with nothing to install.
Who are we comparing against?
- InternetClicker.com, the long-standing web remote. Presenters click from a browser; PowerPoint and Google Slides plugins run on the host. Basic at £5.99/mo covers clicking; the cue light, countdown timer, laser pointer and live screenshots need Pro at £9.99/mo. Custom clicker layouts (£299/yr) and a JavaScript SDK (£499/yr) are paid add-ons.
- OctoCue, a UK show-control tool from the live-events world. Strong cueing pedigree: cue lights, count-up/down clocks, and UDP/TCP/OSC outputs into vMix or OBS. Presenters use its dedicated iOS/Android app. £20/mo, £180/yr, or £30 for a single event month; the free trial pauses all clicks for 30 seconds every 10 minutes.
- Hardware cue kits, the DSAN PerfectCue / Interspace MasterCue class of cue-light systems plus RF clickers. Bulletproof in the room and completely offline, but bound to radio range: no remote presenters, no screen sharing, and each function (cueing, timing) is a separate four-figure box. Cliqer integrates with this gear rather than just competing with it.
Pricing and feature claims below come from each vendor's public pages as of October 2026. Tell us if something changed and we will fix it.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
Every feature across all four approaches. Green = included, red = missing, amber = partial, gold = paid extra.
Cliqer Studio vs video tools
Studio, the live production app, against vMix, OBS, Wirecast, Ecamm Live, StreamYard, Restream and Riverside. Grey means we have not checked it yet, never a no.
Cliqer Live vs streaming services
Cliqer Live against LiveKit, Red5, Amazon IVS, Cloudflare Stream, Wowza, Dolby OptiView, Ant Media and Mux. Grey means the vendor does not say, never a no. Scroll sideways for every service.
Cliqer Timer vs show timers
Cliqer Timer against Stagetimer, CueStride, OnCueTimer, Ontime, ProTimer, CueTimer, ProPresenter and the DSAN Limitimer. Grey means the vendor does not say, never a no. Scroll sideways for every timer.
What Only Cliqer Has
The capabilities none of the alternatives offer, web service or hardware.
Virtual Display Creator
Create a system-level second monitor so PowerPoint runs Presenter View on a single-screen laptop, then share it like any display. No dummy plugs.
Callers as NDI Sources
Every remote guest in your room becomes its own NDI video source for vMix or OBS: the clicker room doubles as your remote-guest contribution system.
Two-Way DSAN Bridge
Remote clicks drive a real PerfectCue; its wireless remote feeds back into Cliqer. The Limitimer syncs both ways too: on-stage and remote share one cue system.
True Peer-to-Peer Encryption
Clicks and video flow directly between host and presenter over WebRTC with DTLS-SRTP, not through a relay server that sees everything.
Native Per-Monitor Capture
Hardware-encoded H.264 screen capture that knows which monitor it is sharing, so draw and laser overlays land exactly where viewers see them.
Stream Deck & Companion
A first-party Elgato Stream Deck plugin and Bitfocus Companion support put cueing and the timer on the buttons your operators already use.
Seat-Pooled Licensing
One serial covers your main and backup machines up to its seat limit: no per-computer licence juggling for redundant show setups.
Enterprise Identity
SSO with Okta and Google, SCIM provisioning, role-based access control and audit logs: the compliance features corporate AV teams get asked about.
The Host, From a Phone, iPad or Tablet
In Cliqer Remote on iPhone, iPad or Android, Control the host runs the presenters, the timer, the room link, Studio and the host settings on a computer you paired by scanning a QR code. Pairing is free; Studio and caller controls follow your plan. Apple Watch and Wear OS apps add Next and Back, the slide number and the timer on your wrist.
Pricing at a Glance
Public list prices, October 2026. Cliqer and InternetClicker in GBP incl. options; OctoCue ex. VAT.
| Plan | Cliqer | InternetClicker | OctoCue | Hardware cue kits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free option | Free + Free trial | 24h trial | Pauses 30s / 10min | - |
| Monthly | Plus £15 / mo | £9.99 / mo (Pro) | £20 / mo | - |
| Yearly | Plus £149 / yr | £59.99 / yr (Pro) | £180 / yr | - |
| Team / enterprise | Ultra £79 / mo | £1,199 / yr (50 seats) | 4-for-3 accounts | Per kit |
| Buy once | Timer Pass from £29 | - | - | - |
| Hardware required | None | None | None | £743.56 + per kit |
The Verdict
If all you need is a phone that advances slides, InternetClicker does it cheaply and OctoCue does it with show-control polish. A hardware cue kit is still the right call for an offline ballroom with an operator at the desk.
Cliqer is for everything past that point: live screen sharing with draw-overlay, remote video guests delivered as NDI sources, a virtual display for single-screen presenters, two-way DSAN PerfectCue and Limitimer hardware sync, Stream Deck and vMix control, and multi-host redundancy on one seat-pooled licence, with clicks travelling peer-to-peer and encrypted end to end rather than through a relay server.
The Cliqer Remote app for iPhone, iPad, Android, Apple Watch and Wear OS is free to install, and joining a room from it needs no account.
The free plan previews every feature with no card. For a one-off show, the Event Pass is a single payment of for 30 days and does not renew. Try it against your current setup and judge for yourself.
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