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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    cWatch

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AComodo Cybersecurity headquartered in Clifton offers cWatch, a website malware and vulnerability scanner that provides content filtering as well at the free service level, and at paid premium subscription levels supplies WAF, DDoS protection, as well as load balancing and website performance protection.N/A

    ConnectWise Automate

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AConnectWise Automate, formerly LabTech, is a remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform. It provides powerful automation to discover and manage devices, monitor for problems, and scripts repetitive action.

    $700

    Pricing
    cWatchConnectWise Automate
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Agents
    $1.00-$6.00
    per month/per agent
    Implementation Fee
    $700
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    cWatchConnectWise Automate
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Considered Both Products
    Comodo
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    ConnectWise
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    86%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    20 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    73%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    cWatchConnectWise Automate
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Comodo cWatch and ConnectWise Automate
    Feature
    Comodo cWatch
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    Ratings
    ConnectWise Automate
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Virtualization monitoring00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Comodo cWatch and ConnectWise Automate
    Feature
    Comodo cWatch
    -
    Ratings
    ConnectWise Automate
    7.4
    22 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Remote monitoring00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Network device monitoring00 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Activity Monitoring00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of Comodo cWatch and ConnectWise Automate
    Feature
    Comodo cWatch
    -
    Ratings
    ConnectWise Automate
    7.8
    22 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Patch Management00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Policy-based automation00 Ratings9.022 Ratings
    Remote Access
    Comparison of Remote Access features of Comodo cWatch and ConnectWise Automate
    Feature
    Comodo cWatch
    -
    Ratings
    ConnectWise Automate
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Attended device access00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Unattended device access00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile device access00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Virtual device access00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Multiple-display support00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Multiple concurrent sessions00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    Panda Systems Management
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    N-able N-sight RMM
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    cWatchConnectWise Automate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (14 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    cWatchConnectWise Automate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Comodo
    Comodo cWatch is well suited for security solution and protection to web servers, websites and web application. It ensures complete security management and early threat detection so that organization can take necessary action on time. It provides real time monitoring to medium size as well as enterprise level organization. Comodo cWatch would not be suitable for Mobile security or small scale business.
    Incentivized
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    ConnectWise
    I recommend it to all IT colleagues; regardless of the size of the PCs with which you work most of the time, the application allows connection stability between computers that make it possible to continue working or taking care of the infrastructure from afar.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Comodo
    • on demand scanning - you can set up a scan whenever you like.
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    ConnectWise
    • Desktop sharing / view with chat to the operator, file sharing and pass-through for keyboard strokes
    • Computer/server monitoring with thresholds and warning
    • Search - tracking down computers when you have many by name, logged in user, IP
    • End user ticket raising is built into the tray icon which make access really easy
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    Cons
    Comodo
    • Support is quite late, no swift response from the support team.
    • Ad-blocker works intermittently, sometimes doesn't block the ads.
    • cWatch on Linux is not efficient and needs a major update.
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    ConnectWise
    • They have conflicting scheduling paradigms. When scheduling patching for clients, the 1st Friday is interpreted as the very first Friday of the month, even if this is the 1st of the month. For scripting, the 1st Friday of the month is interpreted as the 1st Friday of the 1st FULL WEEK of the month. This makes no sense to have two different interpretations, and makes it unreliable to schedule recurring scripts to fall when recurring maintenance does. The scripts need to be done manually because of this.
    • There is no way to dictate reboot orders for patch policies. This tied directly in with my first point. We have some clients that require reboot orders. This is not possible without having different patch policies for each server and specifying a time this way. But, there aren't small enough increments of time to make this reliable, plus patching duration might vary. Excluding reboots with patching and scheduling reboot scripts fixes this. However, this can't be done once on a recurring schedule due to the different scheduling paradigms already discussed. We have to schedule these manually each month.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Comodo
    No answers on this topic
    ConnectWise
    The primary reason for this rating is that ConnectWise Automate is currently so integral to our operations that moving away would involve more man hours than we would realistically have to invest. However, ConnectWise Automate is also completely capable of meeting all of our business needs and customizable to the point where if something is not meeting those needs out of the box, it can be modified to do what we want. From only installing software on machines if a different software package exists, to push a new version of that software is available, to check if credentials for user/machine have been updated to our new standards and then updating them if they have not, ConnectWise Automate is capable of doing everything we ask of it.
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    Usability
    Comodo
    No answers on this topic
    ConnectWise
    Basic use of the product is fairly easy. Information about the machines you manage can be found in customizable dashboards, which can be unique for each user, and, therefore, properly suited to the users' needs/job function. This is not a 10 because some of the interfaces are very clunky (Patch Management), and some features are not intuitive and not well documented (reporting). Scripting and Patch Management have a fairly steep learning curve (For structure in patch management and syntax in scripting), but once learned, they work well.
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    Performance
    Comodo
    No answers on this topic
    ConnectWise
    It used to be great, but then they broke reporting, speed and responsiveness with version 11 and the new Patch Manager. It's really bad and their support people are way behind on fixing so many bugs. They have really gone downhill. If they don't get it together soon, we'll start looking around.
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    Support Rating
    Comodo
    Support is chat only and was not very easy to deal with. I had to spend hours on chat with them just to get my server connected properly. I was getting cookie cutter answers for a while before they were able to get someone more higher up to me. Didn't seem US based either.
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    ConnectWise
    ConnectWise Automate lets you manage more endpoints, with enhanced productivity and improved service, all without increasing expenses. It can manage patches and updates across thousands of computers. We also use it for customized monitoring and alerting on workstations and servers. Monitoring is really robust and granular. It does a great job of gathering a TON of data about the network, and that data is searchable. There are a bunch of different reports built in. Integrates with Manage, Control, and other applications. It does a ton of stuff out of the box, and has endless customization options.
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    Online Training
    Comodo
    No answers on this topic
    ConnectWise
    The Online training has been re-done and needs a lot more work. When you look at training in different roles, it shows a lot of the same topics but no explanation to what is different about them. Several times that topics are the exact same, but they make you re-take the same information for a different topic, instead of marking that you have already completed that portion of training.
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    Implementation Rating
    Comodo
    No answers on this topic
    ConnectWise
    Start small and learn the in's and out's before making policies and rolling things out company wide. Ask the questions of why if you don't agree with something or your company does things a different way. Usually they are done a certain way for a reason. Start simple with roll out and slowly enable or add on the functionality that is needed.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Comodo
    The features and functionalities Comodo cWatch provide compared to other MDR solutions, such as the types of threats it can detect, the level of automation it provides, and the types of incident response and remediation services it offers are much appropriate for our needs. The solution can scale to meet the needs of our organization, and it can be customized to meet our specific requirements. By providing a comprehensive security solution that helps us protect sensitive data and customer information, Comodo cWatch helps our organization maintain a positive reputation and build trust with our customers.
    Incentivized
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    ConnectWise
    I believe the monitoring and alerts in Continuum command is better, but [ConnectWise Automate (formerly LabTech)] does have stronger scripting, and perhaps a better interface. N-Central is inferior on all fronts to both. I did not make the purchasing decision. I would myself likely pick Continuum if I had to make a on the spot choice.
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    Return on Investment
    Comodo
    • Application uptime is key. Managing risk of downtime saves much more than the cost of this platform.
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    ConnectWise
    • We found we were able to provide good monitoring of our customers sites which was an objective. However, that came at a significant time investment that never seemed to be finished.
    • We were able to negotiate a price that worked for us for an up-front purchase which was nice.
    • We found the pricing to be very competitive.
    • Bottom line for us was despite the pros of the product, we found other RMM solutions to be a better overall "value" due to not having to dedicate technicians to maintaining the product.
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