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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Remote Desktop Manager

    Score9.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Remote Desktop Manager (RDM) from Canadian software company Devolutions is a remote administration and credential management tool for securely centralizing multiple remote connections and sensitive data.

    $20

    per month per user

    ISL Light

    Score8.9 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.

    $16.90

    per month (1 concurrent user)

    Pricing
    Remote Desktop ManagerISL Light
    Editions & Modules
    Team Remote Access Management
    $20
    per month per user
    Starter
    $25
    per month per user, up to 5 users
    Team Remote Connection Management
    $30
    per month per user
    Team Privileged Access Management
    $50
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Unlimited Users, Multiple Sites, Worldwide
    Platinum
    Contact Sales
    Unlimited Users, Multiple Sites, Worldwide
    Starter
    $16.90
    per month
    Standard
    $34.90
    per month
    Self-Hosted
    $44.90
    per month
    Premium
    $54.90
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Remote Desktop ManagerISL Light
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsISL Online's pricing model considers the number of licenses purchased, which determines the maximum number of concurrent users within the 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 a company or the remote devices managed. For example, with three licenses, an unlimited number of people in a company can use ISL Light and can access an unlimited number of remote devices, but only three users can use it concurrently. When one of these three users ends their session, a fourth user can begin their session, and so on.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Remote Desktop ManagerISL Light
    Considered Both Products
    Devolutions
    No answer on this topic
    ISL Online
    Chose ISL Light
    Good feature support, on premise installation
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    108 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    101 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    24 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    107 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    101 Answers
    Features
    Remote Desktop ManagerISL Light
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of Remote Desktop Manager and ISL Light
    Feature
    Remote Desktop Manager
    9.1
    54 Ratings
    14% above category average
    ISL Light
    8.1
    108 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Screen sharing10.026 Ratings8.6102 Ratings
    File transfer9.836 Ratings8.3102 Ratings
    Instant message9.01 Ratings8.183 Ratings
    Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication7.919 Ratings8.125 Ratings
    Access to sleeping/powered-off computers8.75 Ratings6.378 Ratings
    Over-the-Internet remote session9.246 Ratings8.799 Ratings
    Initiate remote control from mobile7.427 Ratings7.964 Ratings
    Remote management of servers & workstations10.051 Ratings8.787 Ratings
    Remote Active Directory® management8.324 Ratings8.832 Ratings
    Centralized management dashboard9.843 Ratings8.364 Ratings
    Session record9.323 Ratings7.671 Ratings
    Annotations10.026 Ratings8.456 Ratings
    Monitoring and Alerts8.118 Ratings7.947 Ratings
    Multi-platform remote control9.843 Ratings8.179 Ratings
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Remote Desktop ManagerISL Light
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (54 ratings)
    8.7
    (108 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.7
    (12 ratings)
    8.7
    (71 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Remote Desktop ManagerISL Light
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Devolutions
    If you have lots of servers to manage, lots of credentials, different protocols, documents, other files, and need a single tool to manage it, this is the tool. Active Directory integrated, user and groups permissions, audit everything, keep data in encrypted files or in a database, customize everything, even the installer,
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    ISL Online
    ISL light is suitable for anyone who plans to provide remote assistance services on a medium to large scale. Due to the high entry price, it is less suitable for consultants with a smaller number of clients or remote stations that need management. Their smallest package in which minutes are rented does not seem suitable for most cases.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Devolutions
    • Customer service delivery, whereby you can connect to clients to assist and resolve an incident.
    • Working from home logging onto office based machine.
    • It helps to attend to a problem more quickly, thereby saving the cost of relocation and commuting to distant places.
    • Speed and cost elements are critical here.
    Incentivized
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    ISL Online
    • Prikaz strani na kateri se nahaja uporabnik
    • Prikaz kontaktov uporabnikov
    • Zgodovina pogovorov s strankami
    • Možnost spreminjanja statusa dosegljivosti
    • Nalaganje datotek, zajemov slik,..
    • Klepetalnik, ki je enostaven za uporabo
    • Nas obvesti, da smo dobili sporočilo, tudi če smo izven klepetalnika
    • Display the page the user is on
    • Displaying user contacts
    • Customer conversation history
    • Ability to change availability status
    • Uploading files, capturing images, etc.
    • An easy-to-use chatbot
    • Notifies us that we have received a message, even if we are outside the chat room
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    Cons
    Devolutions
    • Occasionally there is a UI bug where the sidebar goes missing and you have to delete some files in %localappdata% to bring it back
    • Would be great if it could also connect to serverless SQL instances like Azure SQL
    • If computer sleeps and wakes with Remote Desktop Manager open it will comtimes ask you to re-login for no reason - as when you close and reopen Remote Desktop Manager it works
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Devolutions
    I've been using RDM for about 10 years now. I started with the free version, which I used for a few years, and eventually switched to the Enterprise version. I can never go back now! I use this tool for everything and cannot see doing my job without it! Whenever we have someone new come in or bring in a vendor/contractor, they always ask me what RDP tool I'm using. Once I explain about it's features and all, they're usually instantly sold on it. :)
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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
    Devolutions
    Due to the way our business works, the use of Remote Desktop Manager is limited to the IT staff. For that reason have given it a rating of 8, but only a limited number of employees benefit from this solution as the bulk of our consultants that support customers can not benefit from this solution due to security mandated separation between internal and external systems
    Incentivized
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    ISL Online
    Everything works well and quickly, and that's all we need. ISL Light always works, and we've never had a situation where the server was inaccessible or the website was down. It simply gives us a 100% guarantee that we can always log in to our customers' systems. We can install the ISL Light client at our customers' sites without any problems, even though security is high.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Devolutions
    No answers on this topic
    ISL Online
    During the entere time of use, I have never come across any availability issues.
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    Performance
    Devolutions
    No answers on this topic
    ISL Online
    High performance!
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Devolutions
    I've never had to use support as I've never had an issue. That said, you can open a support ticket right from the UI. The user forums are active, and there are thousands of threads covering many topics. Very easy to get support if needed. This is an easy ten.
    Incentivized
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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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    Implementation Rating
    Devolutions
    The implementation was completely successful. We had no issues!
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    ISL Online
    It was so easy!
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Devolutions
    VisionApp is not in the list. This is the application we used before we got introduced to RDM. VisionApp was great but it did not have the same features as RDM did. Perhaps VisionApp has had some updates but we haven't found any reason to switch applications again
    Incentivized
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    ISL Online
    The main reason was price initially, after TeamViewer jacked up the price 3 fold come covid in start of 2020, told them to get stuffed and went elsewhere, back then they had a good reliable product, then after I switched to another provider, the came crawling back and offer me the same price I was paying before the COVID tax (3 times increase in price) like I said, told them to get stuffed, ISL on the other hand didn’t increase their price when covid started, so have been with them ever since.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Devolutions
    No answers on this topic
    ISL Online
    tot perfecte
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Devolutions
    No answers on this topic
    ISL Online
    Easy to deploy onto new devices. Ability to group devices so they can managed remotely efficiently.
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    Professional Services
    Devolutions
    No answers on this topic
    ISL Online
    No professional services used
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Devolutions
    • A common place for storage for all users. Instead of employees using multiple different password management systems, they all use Remote Desktop Manager to store them now.
    • We don't have to buy licenses from multiple vendors when everyone uses Remote Desktop Manager.
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    ISL Online
    • It allows you to hold meetings with clients from other cities.
    • Ease of training staff from large groups
    • Resolving problems in a short time, which is an optimal strategy for improving delivery times
    • permite realizar reuniones con clientes de otras ciudades
    • Facilidad de capacitar personal de grupos numerosos
    • Resolucion de problemas en tiempo corto, lo cual es una estrategia optima para mejorar los tiempos de entrega
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Remote Desktop Manager Screenshots

    Screenshot of the interface to manage remote connections.Screenshot of where entries can be customized.Screenshot of the interface for password analysis and policy enforcement.Screenshot of a user working with multiple connections at the same time.Screenshot of auditable activity, with customizable reports and logs.

    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.