Avast Business Remote Control vs. SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Avast Business Remote Control
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Avast Business Remote Control is a software solution designed to empower IT admins to quickly and securely connect to a user’s device, anytime, anywhere, to access files, manage applications, and troubleshoot issues.
$499.99
per year
SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere provides help desk technicians a simple, cloud-based, remote-support solution to easily access endpoint devices. It features diagnostic and troubleshooting tools to help resolve issues more quickly. Using a laptop or a mobile app users can access end-device details, running sessions, and deep registry editing capabilities. The user can record sessions, add notes, view reports, and create customized surveys for additional end…N/A
Pricing
Avast Business Remote ControlSolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
Editions & Modules
Premium Remote Control
$499.99
per year
Basic Remote Control
Free
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Avast Business Remote ControlSolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Features
Avast Business Remote ControlSolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
Remote Administration
Comparison of Remote Administration features of Product A and Product B
Avast Business Remote Control
8.3
2 Ratings
1% above category average
SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
9.1
13 Ratings
10% above category average
Screen sharing7.52 Ratings8.113 Ratings
File transfer8.02 Ratings10.013 Ratings
Instant message8.02 Ratings10.012 Ratings
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers7.01 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Over-the-Internet remote session9.02 Ratings9.113 Ratings
Initiate remote control from mobile8.52 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Remote management of servers & workstations8.01 Ratings9.112 Ratings
Remote Active Directory® management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Centralized management dashboard9.01 Ratings9.112 Ratings
Session record8.52 Ratings8.99 Ratings
Annotations9.02 Ratings5.95 Ratings
Monitoring and Alerts8.52 Ratings9.99 Ratings
Multi-platform remote control7.01 Ratings10.010 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
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Support Rating
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User Testimonials
Avast Business Remote ControlSolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
Likelihood to Recommend
Avast Software
The program is well suited for businesses or individuals who require remote access to other computers or devices. This is especially true of IT support or program administrators who may have to troubleshoot or tutor users. Screen sharing is beneficial and seeing actions helpful for regular program use and problem solving
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SolarWinds
I think for ANY environment it's worth taking it out for a test drive. It's very powerful, especially when using the agent to connect to sessions where the end user doesn't need admin rights but when not in a VDI environment it likely would perform better with its built in functionality to ask for elevation. It is really powerful, even with the ability to run command line scripts without the user seeing (kind of a built in psexec) and it does work with Mac and Linux to some degree too so it really is worth trying out regardless of your environment. It may be just what you're looking for and the sales folks at DRE are not pushy at all, at least in my experience, and give great advice even at the expense of selling less licenses!
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Pros
Avast Software
  • Best in class sharing
  • Secured from a named brand
  • Well utilized resources
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SolarWinds
  • The ability to send ad hoc links to a Samanage ticket allows users to be helped even if they're on their home computer and need assistance logging into our VPN was essential for us in the COVID-19 transition to an at home workforce!
  • The methods of deployment are nice and easily managed through GPO.
  • The interface of seeing waiting sessions and options to collaborate with other technicians is nice and user friendly.
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Cons
Avast Software
  • Ability to install and use at any time
  • Remote access full control
  • Sharing all screens
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SolarWinds
  • Connectivity to a helpdesk/knowledgebase would be nice feature so users can do self-help
  • Offering a branded version of the client/agent would be a nice touch for businesses
  • A web-only version of the technician console for remote support would be a nice feature
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Support Rating
Avast Software
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SolarWinds
SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere is an easy to use software package. The manuals are easy to understand, and the installation is simple and straightforward. The Maintenance and support costs are relatively reasonable, and we maintain support and maintenance strictly for the upgrades rather than support. Over the years, SolarWinds has released numerous feature enhancements to the software package, making SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere indispensable on our network.
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Alternatives Considered
Avast Software
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SolarWinds
We basically selected this for our one of the SolarWinds Project. In that we needed to take remote session and screensharing and do the analysis and troubleshooting. In our initial analysis itself we got the excellent result, and it was too quick. We were very much inspired from this. Later on, we started using SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE) for almost all the projects of SolarWinds. Highly appreciated, thanks team.
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Return on Investment
Avast Software
  • We’ve not paid for it but used it so it’s been beneficial
  • We would benefit with the remote access control monitored for many situations where problem solving would come into play
  • Any sharing app or program is beneficial if a user can access remotely
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SolarWinds
  • seamless installation of MSI or EXE
  • No Codes to enter when installing agent
  • Agent automatically connects to cloud dashboard
  • our deployment tool has messed up a couple of times, so agents get uninstalled or not installed when this occurs, and we can't see a computer in the dashboard
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ScreenShots

SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE) Screenshots

Screenshot of Fast remote controlScreenshot of Live chatScreenshot of Remote desktop on mobileScreenshot of Reporting engineScreenshot of Secrets vaultScreenshot of Session information details