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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Support (DRS)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ADameWare Remote Support from Austin IT company SolarWinds is remote administration software for the remote control of desktops, laptops, and servers behind or outside the firewall, allowing registry editing, restart services, logging activity, account and password management, and more. The mobile app also provides access from a phone or tablet. DameWare Remote Support licensing is per technician, the number of end-user remote machines is irrelevant; one technician may receive a license for…

    $520

    one-time fee

    Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/ARed Hat Virtualization (formerly Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, broadly known as RHEV) is an enterprise level server and desktop virtualization solution. Red Hat Virtualization also contains the functionality of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktop in later editions of the platform.

    $999

    Per Year Per Hypervisor

    Pricing
    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Support (DRS)Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Dameware Mini Remote Control
    $370
    one-time fee
    Dameware Remote Support
    $520
    one-time fee
    Standard
    $999.00
    Per Year Per Hypervisor
    Premium
    $1,499.00
    Per Year Per Hypervisor
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Support (DRS)Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDameWare Remote Support and Mini Remote Control are licensed based on the number of technician users that use the software for remote administration. There are no limits or restrictions for the number of end-users supported or the number of remote endpoints/computers supported. As you buy higher counts of licenses, the per-seat pricing goes down giving you a reduced total price.—
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    Community Pulse
    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Support (DRS)Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    SolarWinds
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Support (DRS)Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of SolarWinds Dameware Remote Support (DRS) and Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Feature
    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Support (DRS)
    8.6
    65 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Screen sharing10.053 Ratings00 Ratings
    File transfer10.050 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant message8.347 Ratings00 Ratings
    Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication8.716 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access to sleeping/powered-off computers9.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Over-the-Internet remote session8.548 Ratings00 Ratings
    Initiate remote control from mobile9.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote management of servers & workstations9.158 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote Active Directory® management7.239 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized management dashboard8.238 Ratings00 Ratings
    Session record8.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annotations7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring and Alerts8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-platform remote control7.131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of SolarWinds Dameware Remote Support (DRS) and Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Feature
    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Support (DRS)
    -
    Ratings
    Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    7.7
    10 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Virtual machine automated provisioning00 Ratings7.910 Ratings
    Management console00 Ratings7.310 Ratings
    Live virtual machine backup00 Ratings7.29 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration00 Ratings6.910 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
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    Score7.2 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Remote Desktop Manager
    Score9.6 out of 10
    VMware vSOM (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Support (DRS)Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (66 ratings)
    6.6
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Support (DRS)Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SolarWinds
    I feel like this is a very robust solution that I would recommend to anyone who relies heavily on remote support. Most of the colleagues I work with already use SolarWinds products to one extent or the other. I feel the price for the solution is very fair and a good value for the product.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    RHEV is well suited for organizations that need a cost-effective and flexible solution for their environment. As its vendor-independent software, easily install on any type of hardware. RHEV provides a GUI interface to manage the software, which makes the management of the software easier for the end-user. RHEV is best for non-production or less critical applications. RHEV can be easily integrated with other REDHAT software.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    SolarWinds
    • Troubleshooting computers remotely without the need for the user to even be around.
    • Install software that needs to be installed manually without having to travel.
    • Viewing what the user is doing specifically that triggers the issue, making replicating issues way simpler.
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    Discontinued Products
    • RHV issues/bugs can be reported via Bugzilla to RH support. The service is great and typically responds soon.
    • Red Hat distribution integration is seamless as it is integrated into the kernel.
    • OpenStack support enables more customized VM templates and network configuration control.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    SolarWinds
    • It would be nice if the installed agent would be able to check in with the server so that I can connect to laptops, etc that have the agent pre-installed for when they are off network.
    • DameWare could do better with the mobile app. I cannot connect in from the outside with the mobile app to provide quick support if needed. This kind of defeats the purpose of a mobile app. If I am on the network, I probably have access to my workstation.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • 1- RHVM API is pretty slow, especially after creating a VM it is not possible to retrieve the VM details (i.e VM's MAC Address) fast enough, where we need to place a pause in our Ansible Playbook, make the automation process slow.
    • 2- RHV is still using collected to monitor the hypervisors which is deviating from Red Hat policy for other RHEL based applications to use PCP to monitor, which is richer in features.
    • 3- It will be great if it is possible to patch the hypervisors using other tools such as satellite and not only via RHVM.
    • 4- In the past Red Hat used to present patches in the z release (i.e. 4.3.z), and features in the y release (i.e 4. y), but starting from 4.4 that is mixed together wherein the Z release you get both patches and features, that is not good because that requires a lot of time to test when we patch as it includes features as well.
    • 5- Engineering team has to be more reactive when new feature is requested.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SolarWinds
    This application is one of my most used tools when it comes to supporting end users and the network as well. I don't have to run all over the place to get things done when I can access multiple computers on the network at the same time to accomplish multiple tasks in a minimal amount of time.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    Usability
    SolarWinds
    Because it has enhanced my ability to trouble shoot more issues during the day. Instead of having to go to each machine and spend time at the machine, I can remote in from my desktop and assist the person 90 per cent of the time. I also use it from home to remote in which saves me the time from having to return back to the workplace.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    SolarWinds
    Yes, always available.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    SolarWinds
    The application always seems responsive to me
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    Support Rating
    SolarWinds
    I use a Samsung mobile device; DameWare Mobile was working and then after an Android update it started crashing. I reported the issue to DameWare and worked with the technicians and developers to gather data for them to correct the issue. They quickly published a beta release for me to test (which corrected the crashes) and then published an update to the Google Play Store.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    SolarWinds
    It was excellent
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    SolarWinds
    The videos were more than sufficient to learn the product
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    SolarWinds
    It helps greatly if you know someone already using DameWare Remote Support. I was fortunate as my tech support guys were using it at their hospital and assisted me through the purchase, download and implementation of remote support. As well as, knowing how many licenses to purchase at the time. You have to make sure that anyone assisting in IT can have access to the program with their own license.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    SolarWinds
    We previously utilized LogMeIn. They increased the pricing of their solution which made us reconsider it. I inherited LogMeIn. I am not a big fan of hosted solutions for some vital IT processes. There was convenience in LogMeIn, but there were also risks about the solution that I was never completely comfortable with. I had utilized DameWare at a previous company, so I knew what I was getting with it. It was an easy decision for me to make. DameWare is an exceptional product.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    RHEV is an excellent product, includes more features, is less expensive, and has rock solid reliability and is backed with the best Red Hat Support in the industry. RHEV uses KVM under the hood which is used by all the big players in the industry (AWS, Rackspace, etc) to lower their overall costs and improve efficiency and profits and that's why RHEV is an excellent solution!
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    SolarWinds
    You get an 8 because of the constant initial freeze on most connections. Takes a reconnect to have it work.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    Return on Investment
    SolarWinds
    • DameWare has allowed us to maintain our non-traditional approach to IT support. It allows our administrators to work from anywhere and has extended their reach to clients domestic and abroad.
    • Return on investment was realized as soon as we purchased the licenses. We don't have to maintain a large office space or overhead costs due to the flexibility it allows our administrators.
    • First call resolution has increased drastically since implementing DameWare company-wide. The user no longer has to wait to reproduce an error. We can screen share and view it as it happens and mitigate the issues.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • RHEV has provided a positive ROI as our customers are not experiencing as many outages during maintenances.
    • We have not experienced any catastrophic failures as a result of vsphere losing connection to the ntp.
    • There has been a level of stability in our environment that was not previously experienced with our previous vendor.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Support (DRS) Screenshots

    Screenshot of DameWare Remote Support Management ConsoleScreenshot of Remotely Connect to Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X ComputersScreenshot of Over-the-Internet Remote Session via Secure Proxy ServerScreenshot of Connect to Remote Computers from iOS and Android Mobile Devices