Backup Radar vs. Pulseway

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Backup Radar
Score 8.4 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Backup Radar is a backup monitoring solution for MSPs designed to reduce risk of data loss, drive business and process efficiency, and achieve greater visibility across backup platforms. It is an automation software that helps MSP’s of all sizes and enterprise IT departments catch missed or failed backups in real-time, streamline backup checking workflows and give full customization for reports, alerts and dashboards. Backup Radar makes it possible for MSP's to see the "unseen". …N/A
Pulseway
Score 7.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Pulseway is an IT monitoring and management solution that enables users to monitor, manage and control all systems and servers from a smartphone, tablet or browser. For system administrators, Pulseway sends a notification, so they can see an issue and sort it in seconds. Pulseway features: Automation: Auto-remediation workflows, so that IT issues are fixed before users even notice them. Mobile Access: Customers can monitor, manage, connect with…
$0.80
per month per installation
Pricing
Backup RadarPulseway
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Enterprise
$0.80
per month per installation
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Backup RadarPulseway
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional DetailsNo hidden fees or contracts. Term-based discounts.
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Community Pulse
Backup RadarPulseway
Features
Backup RadarPulseway
Monitoring Tasks
Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Product A and Product B
Backup Radar
10.0
1 Ratings
24% above category average
Pulseway
-
Ratings
Remote monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Server Monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-device monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated alerts and notifications10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Tasks
Comparison of Management Tasks features of Product A and Product B
Backup Radar
10.0
1 Ratings
28% above category average
Pulseway
-
Ratings
Service configuration management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Policy-based automation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting
Comparison of Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Backup Radar
10.0
1 Ratings
25% above category average
Pulseway
-
Ratings
Performance data reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reporting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Risk analysis10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Backup RadarPulseway
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
6.0
(13 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Backup RadarPulseway
Likelihood to Recommend
ScalePad
We have more than 2500 individual backup jobs across our customer base. With Backup Radar, I now have a detailed, accurate insight into all jobs. I do not have to wonder or doubt if the backup job did not run, it logs a "no result in 24 hours" ticket for me and if it failed, I get a failure ticket logged. It cannot be more simple. This is done across multiple different backup software. The reporting, be it on demand, or scheduled, is absolutely brilliant and super valuable
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Pulseway
If you have to manage a large number of computers, especially spread over multiple clients or a large physical area. This is one of the main products that allows us to act as a Managed Service Provider (MSP) and actually manage our clients devices and not just react to issues as clients call them in. Clients really love the proactive approach it allows us to take. Sadly as we became more familiar with options out there we found this area lacking and what was actually holding us back.
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Pros
ScalePad
  • Backup Monitoring (no successful backups in 24 hours)
  • Automated Ticketing (Backup Radar logs the tickets in our PSA system)
  • Automated Reporting (Daily, Weekly, and Monthly reporting)
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Pulseway
  • It monitors computers and notifies us of any issues with any computer.
  • It allows remote control of computers, such as requesting a computer to reboot itself.
  • It is very highly configurable to monitor exactly what we need to monitor. For example, on server, we can have it notify us any time the server is shutdown or rebooted. On the other hand, for a desktop computer, we don't have to be bothered with notifications when a user decides to reboot his computer.
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Cons
ScalePad
  • None offhand that I can think of
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Pulseway
  • 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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Usability
ScalePad
No answers on this topic
Pulseway
The tool is easy to use however it is can be daunting with the amount of features available in it. Last I checked, their knowledge base was not very expansive and they relied a lot on the changelog for how to do some stuff. This can make it hard to learn how to do some more advanced things like the automation.
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Support Rating
ScalePad
No answers on this topic
Pulseway
I have never had to use the support for Pulseway. However, when initially starting out, we would receive emails every so often asking how we are doing and if there is any support that they can provide. I would imagine that any request would be supplied with the same great support!
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Alternatives Considered
ScalePad
Never used anything else similar to this
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Pulseway
Pulseway has the most features, the best looking app with the best design and better usability than any others we evaluated. We liked the uniformity of the app design across all platforms (Windows, Android, Apple) and the notifications displayed on each platform. The price was a major contributor to our selection of Pulseway compared to the competition.
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Return on Investment
ScalePad
  • Positive, the ROI is no match compared to the integrity and business reputation value we get by using Backup Radar, as we do not "resell" Backup Radar to our customers, it is our internal monitoring and reporting tool for the customers we look after.
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Pulseway
  • 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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ScreenShots

Pulseway Screenshots

Screenshot of Cross-device functionalityScreenshot of Auto-Remediate IT IssuesScreenshot of Visibility Across the Entire NetworkScreenshot of Remote Control to Any SystemScreenshot of Systems and Application patchingScreenshot of Detailed Custom Report