Atera vs Pulseway | TrustRadius

Likelihood to Recommend

Atera is well suited for small to medium sized MSPs. Enterprise grade sized MSPs may find some of the menus and details difficult to work with. Mac Houses should feel good about the platform - the reporting and alerting works like a charm. Patching is as good as any I've seen.

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Professional in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Pulseway is well suited for just about any situation where there is a need to remotely monitor and manage computers. The most basic features are available to anyone with a free account, so even a home user can set it up and use to keep an eye on computers. The more sophisticated features require a fairly inexpensive subscription, but are well worth the cost for a business wanting to monitor the health of their servers, etc.My experience with Pulseway is limited to using it in situations where there are fewer than a dozen or so computers/servers being monitored. I'm not really sure how well it scales up, so I can't say if it is a good solution for a large corporation with hundreds or thousands of machines that need to be monitored.

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Richard Hogan

Engineering Technician

Hogan's Systems Consulting, LLCInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Atera

Pulseway

Remote monitoring

Network device monitoring

Multiple Server Monitoring

Multi-device monitoring

Automated alerts and notifications

Atera

Pulseway

Patch Management

Service configuration management

Software and hardware inventory

Policy-based automation

Atera

Pulseway

Performance data reports

Customizable reporting

Data visualization

Risk analysis

Atera

Pulseway

Data backup and recovery

Antivirus and malware management

Adinistraor access control

Pros

Remote Access--Splashtop provides direct access so we can see what users see and help them with current issues
Sound Troubleshooting--Splashtop is phenomenal in pulling sound from the machine and helping with remote sound troubleshooting
Remote Background Access
Patch Management--While we have other solutions for mass patch management, whenever we run into a machine being stubborn, I just turn to Atera and target that machine directly to install the annoying patches. Seems to work beautifully. I rarely get an error on install.
CMD/Powershell Access--The ability to remote CMD and remote Powershell is key to solving lots of remote issues. This access is better than most other platforms and once setup is easier than actual Powershell remoting. A real plus.

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Verified User

Project Manager in Information Technology

Computer & Network Security Company, 201-500 employees

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Easy To implement.
Easy to use, even for non-technical users.
Automation. Set tasks to happen based on different triggers, like a service crash.
The mobile application is very convenient and easy to use.
The Windows Server Module integration is very convenient, especially if you run a local domain.

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Marouane Tohme

Information Technology Officer

National Farmers And General Workers Co-operative Credit Union Society LimitedFinancial Services, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Ticket automation, more options to specific cases or conditions, and change client assigned to ticket, or be able to assign a ticket for the client without hassle of emailing them back or having to create a fake contact.
Include notes for client that are not file attachments, maybe integration with a cloud service like Google Docs or OneDrive.
Integration with other remote access tools would be helpful.

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Maycon Menezes

Service Desk Technician

TekworksInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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It would be nice if they increased their scope of supported third-party apps.
It would be great if they would create an ios app for their ticket system.
If they could possibly build in a location service for tracking devices, that would be helpful.
If they had two-factor authentication, it would be nice.

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Nathan Weber

Network System Administrator

Chamber + AssociatesReal Estate, 51-200 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Atera 9.1

Based on 1 answer

As of right now, we have found nothing that can offer as many features as Atera does along with the affordability. They are doing monthly releases each month and not just making small changes (shared scripting library, chocolatey support, Install packages, Splashtop SOS support, Scheduled tickets to name a few). The uptimes are great and accessibility to the dashboard has yet to be limited. We are a happy customer and bordering on fanboy status now

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Chris Miller

Solutions architect

CPAKManagement Consulting, 11-50 employees

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Usability

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Pulseway 10.0

Based on 2 answers

Pulseway is very user friendly. The system is labeled in terms and grouped together by function so that anyone can understand and locate the functions that they need. We use this system to monitor a file server that we have that can have an unstable power supply. This allows us to easily see that the system is offline and get it back to operational with minimal downtime.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Consumer Goods Company, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

Atera 8.7

Based on 7 answers

Atera support provides answers to my questions lightning fast. They have never left me feeling like I'm out there on my own. I can ask questions by email, or by chat, or by opening a ticket with them and they are always on it quickly. They also have a forum where other Atera users can help you if you need it, and you can also add feature requests via the forum.

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Terry Irwin

IT Specialist

Grandview Police DepartmentLaw Enforcement, 51-200 employees

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Pulseway 9.5

Based on 2 answers

I haven't really needed much support for Pulseway, so I can't really say a whole lot about their support. Pulseway has been pretty much trouble-free for us. There are regular updates and new features. The updates never seem to break anything or cause problems. It just works.

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Richard Hogan

Engineering Technician

Hogan's Systems Consulting, LLCInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Atera is a lightweight cloud application that handles most every need of small and large IT Firms alike. It closely resembles Ninja, N-Able, and Syncro in performance and scale. The biggest difference is the pricing models as Atera and Syncro charge per user as opposed by device it is managing. When speaking of Connectwise, it truly is an apple to oranges comparison. Connectwise Licensing is very expensive and the program is so robust that you basically have to be trained really well in order to manage the system itself. Onboarding can take precious too many hours, whereas with Atera you can have your basic setup running in a matter of an hour or 2. I think my biggest applause to Atera is the live support chat that is not a bot and is very responsive right within the console as opposed to having to draft emails to create tickets. Questions truly are answered in real-time.

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Michael Kubelka

Information Technology Manager

Renewal by Andersen St LouisConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Pulseway is best suited for small to mid-size organizations. Its design and cost structure lend themselves to being extremely useful for organizations that don't have a huge IT team but have significant IT infrastructure. Most other tools are more difficult to implement or have a much higher cost. Pulseway is the best of both worlds.

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Mikel Seidl

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

Seidl Enterprises LLCMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

High ROI is beacuse of the licencing model by technician instead of by agent.
Negative impact is that we are not billed in our own currency, so we have to add exchange rate fee.
Give us a good challenge on our customer offer.

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Dominic Larouche

IT Manager

AD.InfogestionInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Problems can be dealt with more rapidly because I have access to systems from anywhere. I don't have to carry a computer with me nor do I have to find a location with potentially non-secure wifi to gain access to my systems.
I can handle 99% of my system admin tasks using Pulseway and never have to touch a system or connect to the console.
Pulseway gives so much control over a system that I don't need to spend extra money on other software to perform management tasks.

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Kenneth Hess

Senior Systems Analyst

CymSTAR, LLCDefense & Space, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Atera Editions & Modules

Edition

Pro	$79¹
Growth	$119¹
Power	$149¹

Per Technician

Additional Pricing Details

Unlimited devices & agents. No hidden fees. No contracts.

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Pulseway Editions & Modules

Edition

Enterprise	1.76¹

per endpoint

Additional Pricing Details

Pay as you go. No hidden fees or contracts. Term based discounts!

Rating Summary

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Feature Rating Comparison

Remote monitoring

Network device monitoring

Multiple Server Monitoring

Multi-device monitoring

Automated alerts and notifications

Patch Management

Service configuration management

Software and hardware inventory

Policy-based automation

Performance data reports

Customizable reporting

Data visualization

Risk analysis

Data backup and recovery

Antivirus and malware management

Adinistraor access control

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Cons

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Atera Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Pulseway Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

Rating Summary

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