Help Lightning vs. Splashtop

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Help Lightning
Score 10.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Help Lightning in Birmingham aims to reimagine how businesses, customers and employees are able to give and receive help using Virtual Expertise. The vendor states their merged reality adds missing visual cues, gestures, and non-verbal communication methods to any session. While providing remote assitance, users simply simply reach into a device's field of view and a colleague will see the user's hand merged into their field of view. Users can telestrate, freeze images, use hand gestures,…
$580
per user, per year
Splashtop
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Splashtop is a software solution for both remote access and remote support. Boasting 30+ million customers worldwide and users among both large and small organizations across the globe, Splashtop states they have a secure, high-performing solution to fit specific use-cases. Splashtop is ISO certified, SOC 2 and GDPR compliant. Splashtop Business Access is a remote desktop software solution for business professionals and teams, allowing them to work from wherever, using…
$5
per month per user, billed annually
Pricing
Help LightningSplashtop
Editions & Modules
Enterprise
$580
per user, per year
Splashtop Business Access Solo
$5.00
per month per user, billed annually
Splashtop Business Access Pro
$8.25
per month per user, billed annually
Splashtop Business Access Performance
$13.00
per month per user, billed annually
SOS
$17.00
per month per concurrent technician, billed annually
SOS+10
$19.00
per month per concurrent technician, billed annually
SOS Unlimited
$34.00
per month per concurrent technician, billed annually
Remote Support
$40.00
per month billed monthly or annually
Splashtop Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Help LightningSplashtop
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsWe offer our solution as an annual subscription and the pricing is based on the number of licenses required within your organization. The price per license will vary based on your needs including the number of experts providing help and the number of technicians or engineers needing help.
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Community Pulse
Help LightningSplashtop
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Help LightningSplashtop
Remote Administration
Comparison of Remote Administration features of Product A and Product B
Help Lightning
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Ratings
Splashtop
7.8
43 Ratings
6% below category average
Screen sharing00 Ratings9.337 Ratings
File transfer00 Ratings9.039 Ratings
Instant message00 Ratings7.930 Ratings
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers00 Ratings3.013 Ratings
Over-the-Internet remote session00 Ratings9.342 Ratings
Initiate remote control from mobile00 Ratings7.726 Ratings
Remote management of servers & workstations00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Centralized management dashboard00 Ratings7.132 Ratings
Session record00 Ratings7.219 Ratings
Annotations00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Monitoring and Alerts00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
Multi-platform remote control00 Ratings8.733 Ratings
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User Ratings
Help LightningSplashtop
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.9
(473 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(34 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(24 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(432 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(15 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(5 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.7
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Help LightningSplashtop
Likelihood to Recommend
Help Lightning
I think that there are different scenarios where the platform can be used, an example is the realization of remote consultancies, individually or in the group. In this sense, I must highlight that it is great whenever you need to work with other people while sharing information, videos, or specific content.
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Splashtop
In my position Splashtop is perfectly suited for my needs. Allows me to connect to remote workers, or those who work from home. I use it while in the office as well as if I am doing after hours support at home. If you have workers who are local but at a different address, also useful. If you are supporting users just in the office you are in, obviously, it's not going to be a tool you will need
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Pros
Help Lightning
  • Sharing graphics, images and other resources.
  • Connect remotely with different experts.
  • Favors team work, even remotely.
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Splashtop
  • Splashtop lets me see what my clients see.
  • Splashtop usually works even when my client's computer isn't in great shape. I can sometimes do things remotely that an onsite user cannot.
  • Splashtop lets me work on many computers from one location, without leaving my own desk.
  • Splashtop allows me to serve clients who are hundreds and even thousands of miles away. I can do work for people I've never met.
  • My clients can usually install Splashtop by themselves, preventing the need for a costly and time consuming site visit.
  • Splashtop lets me create installation links for remote access that have been configured specifically to my particular needs and the needs of my clients.
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Cons
Help Lightning
  • It needs a strong network or signal connection.
  • Nothing else.
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Splashtop
  • Web Access should be available to all Splashtop Versions so support personnel do not need to have their laptop with them or Executable on USB Drive etc..
  • Remote access and scaling of screens sometimes is very difficult and have to resort to using keyboard commands to Navigate a screen because the mouse does not show where it is accurately on the remote screen no matter what changes you make on the client although I think this has been improving.
  • Intermittent loss of streamer access and showing that a system is online in the Dashboard has been flakey lately. What I mean by this is systems show offline then they come back online their own then offline again - intermittent
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Likelihood to Renew
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
I believe that I will renew Splashtop without any problems in the coming years as eating stable costs without increases even in critical periods such as the Covid virus, Splashtop allows access to 25 unattended stations and has continuous updates and new features. It also allows resale to users with sub-accounts
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Usability
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
It's hard to find any significant faults with Splashtop. It offers a very responsive remote access experience with clear and simple interface. There's very little learning curve as it's toolbar mimics other popular remote access solutions graphical user interface. It's gives you access to your remote computer quickly and stays out of your way
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Reliability and Availability
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
I've never had any issues with it, nor any connectivity issues. They always say when they'll be maintaining the system and it's always in the odd hours, so nobody uses then. But I've never had any issues.
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Performance
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
Pages and servers load fast, normal speed. It doesn't lag or anything like that. I don't integrate it with anything else.
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Support Rating
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
Tickets lingered in the support queue. Our environment is complex and some solutions never work in it but inconsistency and long turn around time on seemingly simple support issues force our pursuit of alternative solutions. Our environment is atypical and should not be used as a litmus test for solutions however we found the support issues were more wide spread with other orgs voicing the same delays.
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Implementation Rating
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
It couldn't have been any easier to setup and I have had no issues with it since it was implemented. It's a great product and makes remotely connecting to another device so simple and quick. I can't recommend it enough
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Alternatives Considered
Help Lightning
I think it is very important to make it clear that most of these tools compliment and complement each other rather than oppose or surpass each other. In this sense, it is important to know when to apply one or the other, in addition to taking the time to get to know them thoroughly and master their functionalities. However, the different tools that Help Lightning contain put it above most platforms used for remote conferencing.
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Splashtop
Splashtop Business Enterprise is actually easier to implement and get it up and running, all users have to do is download the standard or personalize file and run it, then share the code with you and you are all set to go, i like it because you can even do it from your phone if necessary
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
Terms were simple, straightforward, and acceptable.
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Scalability
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
It's a product that allows us to work remotely and access our servers from anywhere in the world. Our team works from different parts of the world and it's a great tool for us.
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Professional Services
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Splashtop
Easy to work with
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Return on Investment
Help Lightning
  • Makes work team better, even remotely.
  • Allows to share important information and get constantly retro alimentations.
  • Helps us to respect the Covid-19 prevention measures, while continue working.
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Splashtop
  • Clients are happy that we can support them almost instantly without needed to come on site
  • Clients have asked us to do more work on their computers remotely and more often which means increased billing
  • Clients rely on our rapid response with Splashtop which helps build a stronger relationship with them
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ScreenShots

Help Lightning Screenshots

Screenshot of Our AR-enabled remote assistance software.Screenshot of An expert providing help can reach into the field of view of an onsite technician or customer.Screenshot of Common tools can also be brought into the field of view to help solve problems.Screenshot of Tour experts can be made available to work virtually side-by-side with anyone, anywhere in the world.Screenshot of Are we support your ability to solve problems evolving complex and critical equipment.

Splashtop Screenshots

Screenshot of Splashtop Business Access - The solution enables users to connect with remote computersScreenshot of Splashtop Business Access - Managers can assign role-based access and define permissionsScreenshot of Splashtop SOS - Access with a 9-digit session codeScreenshot of Splashtop SOS - View current sessionsScreenshot of Splashtop Remote Support - Files can be transferred between local and remote computersScreenshot of Splashtop Remote Support -  Administrators can control remote capabilities