BeyondTrust Remote Support vs. ISL Light

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BeyondTrust Remote Support
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
BeyondTrust Remote Support (formerly Bomgar) helps support teams of all sizes improve business performance by enabling secure, controlled remote support to nearly any device or system, anywhere in the world. BeyondTrust offers deployment options that can fit a company’s business needs. The vendor says their on-premises physical and virtual appliances have helped enterprises satisfy regulatory requirements for years. Additionally, the vendor says the unique segmentation capabilities of…N/A
ISL Light
Score 9.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
ISL Light is remote support and remote access software that enables SMBs and large enterprises to offer fast and efficient support and maintenance for Windows, Mac and Linux computers as well as mobile device support for Android and iOS.
$125
per 500 minutes (.25 per minute)
Pricing
BeyondTrust Remote SupportISL Light
Editions & Modules
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Pay-Per-Use
$0.25
per minute (billed at $125/500 minutes) 5 users
Standard
$34.90
per month (billed annually) per concurrent user
Self-Hosted
$44.90
per month (billed annually) per concurrent user
Premium
$54.90
per month (billed annually) per concurrent user
Enterprise (Managed Private Cloud)
$23,976
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BeyondTrust Remote SupportISL Light
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsISL Online designed their pricing model to be straightforward with no hidden fees. The number of licenses you purchase determines the maximum number of concurrent users within your organization. A concurrent user is defined as anyone running one or more sessions simultaneously from any device. There are no restrictions on the number of ISL Light users within your company or the remote devices you manage. For example, if you purchase three licenses, an unlimited number of users in your company can use ISL Light and you can access an unlimited number of remote devices, but only three users can use it concurrently at any given time. When one of these three users ends their session, a fourth user can begin their session, and so on.
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Community Pulse
BeyondTrust Remote SupportISL Light
Top Pros
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Features
BeyondTrust Remote SupportISL Light
Remote Administration
Comparison of Remote Administration features of Product A and Product B
BeyondTrust Remote Support
9.2
53 Ratings
6% above category average
ISL Light
8.1
55 Ratings
2% below category average
File transfer9.250 Ratings7.951 Ratings
Instant message9.351 Ratings7.344 Ratings
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers6.331 Ratings7.340 Ratings
Session record9.242 Ratings8.637 Ratings
Annotations9.035 Ratings8.331 Ratings
Screen sharing00 Ratings8.553 Ratings
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication00 Ratings7.313 Ratings
Over-the-Internet remote session00 Ratings8.552 Ratings
Initiate remote control from mobile00 Ratings8.036 Ratings
Remote management of servers & workstations00 Ratings8.843 Ratings
Remote Active Directory® management00 Ratings8.617 Ratings
Centralized management dashboard00 Ratings8.633 Ratings
Monitoring and Alerts00 Ratings7.923 Ratings
Multi-platform remote control00 Ratings8.242 Ratings
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User Ratings
BeyondTrust Remote SupportISL Light
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(112 ratings)
8.7
(56 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(63 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(29 ratings)
8.5
(18 ratings)
Availability
8.8
(9 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
8.4
(7 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(28 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.8
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(13 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Configurability
8.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(5 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BeyondTrust Remote SupportISL Light
Likelihood to Recommend
BeyondTrust
I've been working with BeyondTrust's teams, with multiple customers and environments, and they consistently offer top-shelf support whether your environment has 250 users or 25000. Their staff is always patient and friendly in answering questions, working to resolve technical issues (should they occur), and they provide the information to help you understand how to do it yourself rather than perpetually relying on their technical consultants or engineers. They support Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, and macOS, providing instructions on how to interface with each system and make it as simple as possible to help your users regardless of what system they are working on.
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ISL Online
ISL Light suites all scenarios, whether you run an enterprise or a small business. The ability to self-host makes you absolutely independent of any price increase or vendor security problems. The online support is remarkable. The chat support solved every question within minutes. They are all very professional and trained.
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Pros
BeyondTrust
  • Remote access for macOS computers. We support primarily businesses that use Macs and good macOS support is very important.
  • Maintains logs and screen sharing videos of all sessions. It's peace of mind for us and also helps meet compliance standards that we can tell exactly what happened, every time we access a machine remotely.
  • Allows for easy management of hundreds of computers in a single app. We support hundreds of computers for dozens of companies. Finding the right computer to access is very easy and able to be done with just a few clicks.
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ISL Online
  • Allow remote control of Windows, Mac, Android and iOS
  • Automatically record support / remote sessions
  • Allow UAC easy control remotely
  • Auto-recognize the OS of the client, to download the correct remote file for them to execute
  • Very fast connection speed (initial connect, and on-going session speed)
  • Allowing us to use our own website AND the islonline.net in case there are issues
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Cons
BeyondTrust
  • Only issue I really have is the jump client goes to queu when our remote vendors shut down their machine. Works in our favor if we lose our connection but that never happens. And this is such a small issue but had to put something in here.
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ISL Online
  • Need a control toggle at least on AlwaysOn. User moves the mouse and you lose all control instantly.
  • Clipboard features are a bit wonky still, and your clipboard seems to get emptied a lot. So if you're trying to copy and paste you might lose something
  • Passwords for the systems are saved per machine, so if you work from multiple devices it can be tricky if you have complex passwords
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Likelihood to Renew
BeyondTrust
Bomgar has improved the support we have given as an ICT department and improved the ICT department reputation within the organisation. We have had no issues with Bomgar as a product and it works well. The team at Bomgar are also a pleasure to work with, they follow up with us to see how they can help us use more of the features of the system and really take time to get to know their users and how they use the product.
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ISL Online
We are renew the license for 10 years now and we do not see why would change that. It just gets better with every new version.
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Usability
BeyondTrust
Bomgar is so simple to use that we didn't need to have training to show engineers how to use it, we had them install the client, login, and play around with it, they got the hang of it quite easily and embraced using it with customers. When we were acquired by another company they wanted to use Bomgar, all we needed to do is add them into our LDAP directory and allow them to login, they picked it up and began using it with their customers immediately. The software BEGS people to use it once you try it, you will be hooked! Whether you use it to support internal customers, external customers, access your own machines remotely, or just do file transfers, there is nothing that is as feature rich as Bomgar.
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ISL Online
It is easy to connect with clients in multiple situations, persistent software, or ad-hoc user requested sessions. The more transparent support software can be the better, and ISL Light make technician and client interactions quick and intuitive. It provides tools needed for creating a web accessible landing page, chat, and conferencing.
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Reliability and Availability
BeyondTrust
The only time I have ever been down was due to needing to update the software on our appliance. Bomgar has always been available when I need it! It's the best product I have used in the last 30 years of working in IT. I highly recommend it to anyone considering purchasing a remote support product.
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ISL Online
During the entere time of use, I have never come across any availability issues.
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Performance
BeyondTrust
There is no lag-time at all, no matter how many users we have on the box, it is always entirely dependant on the customers internet speed (as we have a very fast connection), that is the only issue I've EVER seen with Bomgar, no matter how many sessions we run the box is always up, always fast, always working.
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ISL Online
Extremely small footprint. No impact on system resources at all.
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Support Rating
BeyondTrust
The support team at Bomgar always goes beyond the call of duty. No question seems to little or big for them to handle. They are there with you from the time you initiate a session or call with them until there is a resolution. You get awesome service. Their reps are always friendly and knowledgeable
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ISL Online
We had issues with mouse skipping on mobile devices. Support is immediatly availabe, they examined our case and in one of the new versions of the app this problem was gone.
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In-Person Training
BeyondTrust
we didn't have in-person training because their online training was so overwhelmingly well done. Start by looking at the docs: http://www.bomgar.com/docs/content/index.htm if that alone doesn't answer all your questions, there will be a window that pops up asking if you would like to chat with a sales representative, or a support engineer. Either of them can answer all of your questions as easily as if they were standing there with you, or talking to you on the phone, it is truly the power of Bomgar!
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ISL Online
No answers on this topic
Online Training
BeyondTrust
Since we have installed and been running Bomgar software for quite some time now, we have taken the opportunity to attend various web trainings, and they are always very prompt, informative and open to questions/discussions. We appreciate the work that Bomgar does to keep their customer community informed of new features and discussions of further product developments.
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ISL Online
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
BeyondTrust
It was easy to get going. You have to pick your features to enable disable and then configure any customizations for the enabled features. It could not be easier to get started. The number of options can be a bit overwhelming at first
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ISL Online
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
BeyondTrust
When we used Webex our customers often had issues because staff in medical offices don't always have easy access to browse the internet. We could send them an invitation but we would often go round and round with them. With BeyondTrust Remote [Support (Legacy)] we don't have that problem as it allows easy access for these customers.
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ISL Online
- Biggest turnoff for TeamViewer: The different version (Connection doesn't work if there are different versions running) - No password or such things needed, just a code which is automatically generated - Easy Modus to see UAC-Windows and complete administrative tasks - Stay connected even after a restart - Wide range of options and customization - Easy Interface and super maneuverability
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Scalability
BeyondTrust
Since the Bomgar Box is BOTH hardware and software, it can be purchased in any capacity deemed necessary, so scalability isn't an issue, Bomgar has the experience necessary to create a design that can support as many customer and agent sessions as you can throw at it. We have never had any issues with the Bomgar box and licenses that we have installed.
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ISL Online
Easy to deploy onto new devices. Ability to group devices so they can managed remotely efficiently.
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Return on Investment
BeyondTrust
  • Bomgar will easily turn a 45 minute phone call into a 5 minute support session. You can't get back that extra 40 minutes any faster.
  • Customers who complete the post session survey have all rated the service either high or very high. We love having happy customers.
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ISL Online
  • Saves time: able to help our customers right-away. No need to visit them physically
  • Fastest aid in problem-solving: customer happy and more likely to return
  • Negative: not much negativity about ISL Light, although I get even less in-person contact with clients :-)
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ScreenShots

ISL Light Screenshots

Screenshot of remote access control in ISL Light.Screenshot of unattended access setup. Access can be allowed to as many computers as desired.Screenshot of a connection with a remote client, which can be set up by sending an email or sharing a link.Screenshot of interactions with the Windows UAC on a remote device.Screenshot of the dual panel File Manager, used to transfer files.Screenshot of the web console where remote desktop sessions can be managed from a web browser.