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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

    Zoom Workplace

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AZoom Workplace, Zoom’s open collaboration platform with an AI Companion, empowers teams to be more productive, and strengthen customer relationships throughout the customer lifecycle with Zoom’s Business Services for sales, marketing, and customer experience teams, including Zoom Contact Center.

    $16.99

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Remote Desktop ManagerZoom Workplace
    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
    Add-On Zoom Translated Captions
    $5
    per month per license
    Pro
    $16.99
    per month per user
    Business
    $21.99
    per month per user
    Add-On - Conference Room Connector
    $499
    per year
    Basic
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Add-On - Zoom Whiteboard
    starting at $2.49
    per month per user
    Add-On - Large Meetings
    starting at $600
    per year
    Add-On - Cloud Storage
    starting at $120
    per year
    Add-On Audio Conferencing
    starting at $1200
    per year
    Add-On Zoom Phone Power Pack
    Starting at $300
    per year per user
    Add-On - Quality of Service Subscription
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Remote Desktop ManagerZoom Workplace
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Remote Desktop ManagerZoom Workplace
    Considered Both Products
    Devolutions
    No answer on this topic
    Zoom
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    412 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    386 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    24 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    437 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    287 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    327 Answers
    Features
    Remote Desktop ManagerZoom Workplace
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of Remote Desktop Manager and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Remote Desktop Manager
    9.1
    54 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Zoom Workplace
    -
    Ratings
    Screen sharing10.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    File transfer9.836 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant message9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication7.919 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access to sleeping/powered-off computers8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Over-the-Internet remote session9.246 Ratings00 Ratings
    Initiate remote control from mobile7.427 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote management of servers & workstations10.051 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote Active Directory® management8.324 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized management dashboard9.843 Ratings00 Ratings
    Session record9.323 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annotations10.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring and Alerts8.118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-platform remote control9.843 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Remote Desktop Manager and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Remote Desktop Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.5
    1004 Ratings
    1% above category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings8.8996 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings8.9996 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Remote Desktop Manager and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Remote Desktop Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.7
    1004 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings9.31003 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Remote Desktop Manager and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Remote Desktop Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.7
    1010 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings9.0921 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings9.1984 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings9.2959 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Remote Desktop Manager and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Remote Desktop Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.5
    872 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Live chat00 Ratings9.1854 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Remote Desktop Manager and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Remote Desktop Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.9
    862 Ratings
    12% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.9753 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.7827 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Remote Desktop Manager and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Remote Desktop Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.1
    234 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings8.3111 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings7.8139 Ratings
    Directory of employee names00 Ratings8.2216 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Remote Desktop Manager and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Remote Desktop Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.2
    262 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Answering rules00 Ratings8.6190 Ratings
    Call recording00 Ratings8.7238 Ratings
    Call park00 Ratings7.9146 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings8.1163 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings8.2208 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings8.0134 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings8.0181 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Remote Desktop Manager and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Remote Desktop Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.8
    295 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings8.8261 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android00 Ratings8.9180 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Remote Desktop Manager and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Remote Desktop Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.7
    247 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Centralized communications management00 Ratings9.0197 Ratings
    Team messaging00 Ratings8.9213 Ratings
    Team document sharing00 Ratings8.6191 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings8.4200 Ratings
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    Remote Desktop ManagerZoom Workplace
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Remote Desktop ManagerZoom Workplace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (54 ratings)
    8.8
    (1068 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.4
    (27 ratings)
    Usability
    9.7
    (12 ratings)
    9.4
    (46 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    6.4
    (46 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (11 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (13 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (8 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Remote Desktop ManagerZoom Workplace
    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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    Zoom
    In most cases, and I mean almost all, Zoom is vastly superior to Teams in terms of functionality and ease of use. Case in point: I recently tried to join a Teams meeting in the web browser, and it took me multiple attempts to access it. This NEVER happens with a Zoom link.
    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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    Zoom
    • Audio quality of phone calls is spot on. Calls are clear and crisp.
    • Video quality of video meetings are clear and there aren't any pixelization artifacts that some systems can have.
    • Having AI summaries have been life changing for us. We no longer have to concentrate on note taking, like we did in the past. The summaries are accurate and enable us to put our efforts in the meeting or conversation. Plus, we can save them into our practice management system as required.
    Incentivized
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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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    Zoom
    • Love notes - allow insertion of table or grid
    • Allow admin to turn off DND
    • Allow a way to group individual people chats - not channels just individual peeps into groups for ease of finding - like how you can group shared calendars into sections in Outlook
    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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    Zoom
    We're sticking with Zoom for the foreseeable future--given its compelling feature set, ease of use, and advanced technology, there's just no other competition to be excited about. Plus it's a Gartner-recognized industry leader, so it's a rather easy choice.
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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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    Zoom
    Zoom is made for the non tech office. It has features that can be made to do what you need to run things on a day to day basis. Immediately we we able to get meetings going with remote employees. The ability to be able to add smartphone connected people was a big plus. Zoom met our needs at the time.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Devolutions
    No answers on this topic
    Zoom
    There have been less than a handful of outages during our two years with Zoom, and whenever there was one, an email informing us of the outage went out immediately, and they had the issue resolved shortly thereafter.
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    Performance
    Devolutions
    No answers on this topic
    Zoom
    Zoom has among the best performance of any video conference platform, as I've mentioned several times. Besides that, their Chat platform works great, and their back end always runs smooth. It's unfortunate that reporting can now only be done by one month at a time, but nonetheless, it only takes a second to run any kind of Zoom report, whether it's an attendee report, Poll results, a user report, a list of meetings from the past month, etc.
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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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    Zoom
    Because I got a response right away, and was assigned one specific individual to work with me from the beginning to the resolution. I had an actual email address and direct contact with this person without having to start over and over every time I contacted Zoom - this singular individual remained attentive and was well informed on the subject matter and quite able to resolve my needs.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Devolutions
    The implementation was completely successful. We had no issues!
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    Zoom
    If you receive any pushback from higher ups, point to any of the various positive reviews like this one. Or show Zoom's excellent Gartner report, or articles describing Zoom's partnership with Sequoia capital. It's not difficult to show how Zoom is a trustworthy industry leader with best-in-class technology.
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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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    Zoom
    Zoom Workplace is typically on the more expensive end against other options, but it's the industry leader for a reason. It has the most brand credibility by far, but that doesn't mean it's perfect. There are limitations when it comes to technical performance, customization and video/audio quality. I prefer Slack myself for communication apps, but Zoom Workplace is a good alternative.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Devolutions
    No answers on this topic
    Zoom
    The billing and price model is really fair for so many functions that they offer, our remote work requires each of the features that Zoom offers, so accepting payment for a tool like this is the least we can do. I like that billing arrives on time and that they offer opportunities and payment times.
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    Scalability
    Devolutions
    No answers on this topic
    Zoom
    Because the Basic licenses are completely free, and because it's very easy to configure and install Zoom, and because anyone can join Zoom from a link without needing an account, scaling is a Breeze. There are absolutely no roadblocks. My company keeps adding more Zoom Pro license every week since it's so in demand. We were able to convert users from several different platforms onto Zoom with no trouble at all.
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    Professional Services
    Devolutions
    No answers on this topic
    Zoom
    Zoom is perfect for our business. We use it to video chat with prospective clients. The name recognition alone gives us credibility and it is very easy to screen share and send content out.
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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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    Zoom
    • We have not lost much productivity in our teamwork during the pandemic because of the ability to have Zoom video calls and keep everyone in touch. This is definitely a positive.
    • We are able to have more people participate in coaching sessions (described earlier) because we don't have room space limitations. This is a big positive.
    • Being able to start a meeting instantly is great when we are doing support and/or training with a client over the phone and need to be able to share a visible
    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.

    Zoom Workplace Screenshots

    Screenshot of an example collaboration feature. These are used to:
Transcribe, summarize, and capture action items with AI Companion from your in-person meetings.
Improve visibility and alignment by sharing emails to chats
Elevate a chat to a meeting or phone call to get to resolution faster. 
Continue meeting conversations and easily access shared information in Team Chat.Screenshot of an example of Zoom's productivity features. These features are used to:
Improve productivity across teams, locations, and time zones.
Organize project deliverables and assets in a centralized, collaborative doc.
Collaborate and map out projects visually on a whiteboard.
Jumpstart brainstorming sessions using AI and templates.
Gather valuable team input for well-informed decision-making with surveys and polls.
Stay on top of action items surfaced from across Zoom Workplace.Screenshot of some additional collaboration features. These are used to:
Optimize office experiences and in-person time.
Make sure remote participants feel connected with what is going on in the room.
Collaborate across remote and in-person teams on a virtual whiteboard.
Easily know and identify who is in the room and who is speaking in a Zoom Room with smart name tags and smart speaker tags.Screenshot of an example of Zoom's AI companion. This feature is used to streamline communications, improve productivity, increase employee engagement, and optimize flexible work.Screenshot of additional AI Companion features. The tools is also used to:
Launch internal campaigns.
Deliver visually rich updates with live streams, billboards, and videos.
Ensure critical comms are never missed with read receipts.
Send updates to deskless workers with Workvivo TV and Chat.