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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ScreenConnect

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AConnectWise ScreenConnect is a remote support, access, and meeting solution. With it, users can utilize remote support and access to repair computers, provide updates, and manage machines. Users can also conduct online seminars and presentations using remote meetings.

    $39

    per month

    ManageEngine Remote Access Plus

    Score7.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Remote Access Plus is a secure and comprehensive enterprise troubleshooting solution that helps system administrators and IT help desk technicians to remotely resolve troubleshooting requests. The vendor says this solution provides powerful remote desktop sharing, over 12 diagnostic tools, wake on LAN, remote shutdown and precise reporting system, which enables users to seamlessly access and rescue computers at lightning speed. According to the vendor key features and business…

    $145

    access for 5 techs and 50 computers billed annually

    Pricing
    ScreenConnectManageEngine Remote Access Plus
    Editions & Modules
    One
    $39
    per month
    Standard
    $59
    per month
    Premium
    $69
    per month
    Standard
    $145
    access for 5 techs and 50 computers billed annually
    Professional
    $195
    access for 5 techs and 50 computers billed annually
    Standard
    200$
    access for 5 techs and 50 computers billed annually
    Professional
    300$
    access for 5 techs and 50 computers billed annually
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ScreenConnectManageEngine Remote Access Plus
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Remote Access Plus comes free with access up to 10 computers. Pricing options are determined by the number of technicians and the computer range needed. Pricing represented here allows for 5 technicians and a computer range of 50. Additional technician licenses can be purchased at an additional cost.
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    Community Pulse
    ScreenConnectManageEngine Remote Access Plus
    Considered Both Products
    ConnectWise
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    25 Answers
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    27 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    27 Answers
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    ScreenConnectManageEngine Remote Access Plus
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of ScreenConnect and ManageEngine Remote Access Plus
    Feature
    ScreenConnect
    8.3
    626 Ratings
    5% above category average
    ManageEngine Remote Access Plus
    5.4
    7 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Screen sharing9.8596 Ratings5.67 Ratings
    File transfer8.6569 Ratings3.87 Ratings
    Instant message8.3501 Ratings4.77 Ratings
    Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication7.074 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Access to sleeping/powered-off computers6.9311 Ratings7.66 Ratings
    Over-the-Internet remote session10.0602 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Initiate remote control from mobile7.1389 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote management of servers & workstations8.7517 Ratings4.77 Ratings
    Remote Active Directory® management9.2172 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized management dashboard7.5479 Ratings4.77 Ratings
    Session record8.1316 Ratings2.75 Ratings
    Annotations7.7266 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring and Alerts9.2188 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Multi-platform remote control8.7399 Ratings4.77 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ScreenConnectManageEngine Remote Access Plus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (626 ratings)
    6.4
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (40 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (55 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (63 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.5
    (24 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (20 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ScreenConnectManageEngine Remote Access Plus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ConnectWise
    We often need to create an ad-hoc session with a device that is not under our management. We find ourselves doing this more than ever in the COVID world. Many people are working from home on personal machines with their employer, our client's permission and we are facilitating more support for these personal machines. Connectwise Control [(formerly ScreenConnect)] gives us a robust resource to control the device, navigate anywhere we need, execute various commands, and engage in an on-screen chat with the client. The session is very simple to create and very user-friendly to initiate. We do not recommend it for Android, Apple, or Chromebook applications. There is little to no support for these platforms.
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    Remote Access Plus works well within the LAN, but it's a bit slower outside of it. Its ease of connection is a plus. It is not very suitable for connection through the APP, and consumes too much RAM during the connection, sometimes even causing the endpoint to freeze.You can access the CMD and perform tests without disturbing the user, or review the underlying services.
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    Pros
    ConnectWise
    • The interface is easy to use and makes sense. It's easy to understand how to organize a large number of machines involving multiple clients. But, it's also applicable for smaller set of machines too.
    • The connection speed is very quick. I've used solutions in the past that take a variable amount of time to connect, or they just take a long time every time. Control is quick every time. It doesn't get in the way of being able to support the machines on the other end.
    • The connections are reliable. I haven't experienced random disconnects throughout hundreds of instances. It was a breath of fresh air coming from the previous solution we used. I consider Control a gold standard for what a great remote connection solution can be.
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • It is embedded with great features like voice support, video assistance, and even text support, which provides a great user experience.
    • It provides features like remotely shut down the end system, renaming the endpoints, full list of applications running, process use, memory consumption, disk usage which are very beneficial.
    • We can even uninstall unwanted applications, delete malicious files, kill heavily used process, modify registry values.
    • It helps in to keep track of windows event that occurs in the system, it also provides report in desired format.
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    Cons
    ConnectWise
    • I'd like to see the ability to selectively log off the remote machine via a button on the toolbar. Currently it's a setting to always lock on disconnect, or never lock on disconnect, requiring the tech to manually lock the machine if called for at the end of a session. Its a small time save that would add up!
    • The chat feature could be expanded to be a lot more useful. Allowing clients to start conversations, and have conversations ping an email address if no one is monitoring the dashboard would be extremely valuable.
    • Some clarity on licensing when providing host-passes to guest technicians would be a boon, especially for one-off support sessions with vendors.
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • The mobile app is not very functional and causes a lot of problems.
    • The bandwidth it consumes on each connection is a lot.
    • It consumes too much RAM during connection.
    • The keyboard, and basic functions like pasting or transferring files are more complicated.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ConnectWise
    I would recommend this product for both internal remote control of end user workstations and remote access to other clients over the internet. It provides a secure and feature rich product that allows me to complete any necessary tasks without ever leaving the office. I will continue to renew as I'm eager to see what they do next. I would however wish the cloud service had a better API to work in conjunction with team collaboration or chat services to make it easier to connect with end users who use multiple workstations. (Slack or Stride provide this functionality)
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    ConnectWise
    On the whole SC is a very powerful tool that is a vital part of the IT service arsenal. On-site visits are an "emergency" only type of scenario. Just "showing your face" is not winning any browny points for me. If my client sees my face, it's usually just to upgrade hardware or to deal other aspects of business. SC provides me and my client the bulk of the info I need to get projects done.
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    My rating is due to the fact that there are still many things to improve, and things that could be opened up a little more to allow the administrator to have greater control, such as being able to have one more endpoint in a custom group, which is essential and cannot be done.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ConnectWise
    In my 5 years of using the product, I am only aware of one time when the service was down and is was due to a backbone outage upstream.
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    Performance
    ConnectWise
    It performs well. It also has full control over windows security and does not get hung up like GoToMeeting when trying to install remote software at the prompt to install as admin / override. I have used TeamViewer, WebEx, LogMeIn and GoToMeeting. This is by far the best at spontaneous, remote control. It is also very easy to get a novice user connected to the session.
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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    Support Rating
    ConnectWise
    There have been two times when something has went wrong and I needed immediate assistance in order to be able to use Screenconnect to be able to help clients and response has not been immediate. The response time has been within 24 hours. Both times if there had been easier to navigate self help I would have been able to help myself. With better self help and a speedier response it would definitely be a 10 as they always respond and help. Just a little more difficult or slow than it should be at times
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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    Online Training
    ConnectWise
    I find ScreenConnect to be very simple and effective overall, with the main problem being that a number of my clients can't download the app due to existing firewalls and so on. Otherwise it does its job well, and I'm happy with it.
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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    Implementation Rating
    ConnectWise
    ConnectWise has done everything they could to help us in any situation. Great support team and their new updates are always providing features that we need. Its a simple solution that works the way we need it to. Their legacy pricing model is still much better than their subscription based model however it is still fair pricing
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    Alternatives Considered
    ConnectWise
    I have worked with Citrix, AnyDesk, LogMeIn, VNC Connect, and many others. I ultimately installed ConnectWise as a self-hosted solution, based on the incredible list of features and capabilities, and the pricing at the time. I continue to use the product as it is still one of the best solutions out there and is certainly capable of growing and expanding to meet the needs of my business.
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    Remote Access Plus is a lot more user friendly and can easily be used by junior IT staff efficiently.
    It is also a lot more powerful with a range of additional features and functions
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    Scalability
    ConnectWise
    I have used multiple remote desktop support software in the past (Bomgar, Team Viewer, Logmein and Join.me) and this is far the easiest of the bunch to use. It is very easy to create a session and easy to maintain remote desktops from their access view (where you install the software and can get in at any time) I highly recommend this product from ConnectWise!
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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    Return on Investment
    ConnectWise
    • Instead of waiting 30+ seconds to initiate sessions, they initiate and display a desktop in two or three seconds. The amount of frustration this avoids is immeasurable.
    • Once installed it doesn't need more handholding, i.e., having the remote enter a username/password. It is always just there.
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • Faster recovery of issues from screen sharing
    • managing patches without manual intervention
    • deploying software to multiple workstations at the same time
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    ScreenShots

    ScreenConnect Screenshots

    Screenshot of the guest page, where end-users enter a code to join a session with a technicianScreenshot of connecting from a Windows machine to a macOS machineScreenshot of the Extension Marketplace, where administrators can install and configure new features and integrationsScreenshot of the Access view of the Host page, where a technician can connect to unattended machinesScreenshot of the toolbox menu, which allows technicians to store and run executables, scripts, and other frequently-used filesScreenshot of the Host page, where a command can be run directly without connecting to the machine

    ManageEngine Remote Access Plus Screenshots

    Screenshot of One tap access to remote computers, with over 12 diagnostic toolsScreenshot of Seamlessly control multiple monitors connected to remote computersScreenshot of Integrated tools to perform administrative tasks in just clicksScreenshot of Perceive audit-ready and real-time reports