HelpWire vs. ISL Light

I use HelpWire for training new employees and fixing software issues. When a new hire joins, I can easily access their computer to help them set up their development environment and answer questions right away. It’s also a great tool for troubleshooting. If someone has a problem, I can log in to their computer, see what’s wrong, and help them fix it. HelpWire makes this process quicker and easier.

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

• Cross-platform access for easy testing
• Simple and quick to set up and easy to access
• Excellent customer service with quick responses to any questions

• 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

• Limited Features Compared to Paid Options: As a free software, HelpWire delivers impressive core functionality. However, it might lack some advanced features found in paid remote desktop software. These could include things like: 1. Unattended Access,
• Advanced User Management: For larger teams or organizations, more granular user management controls might be desired. This could allow for assigning different access levels or permissions to different users within the organization.

• 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

It's free, but I love their service, so I will buy their service if they introduce any paid program.

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.

HelpWire has been really great for me. It’s easy to use, works fast, and the chat helps a lot when talking to clients. And it’s free, which is awesome. I’d definitely recommend it to anyone who needs remote support.

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

During the entere time of use, I have never come across any availability issues.

High performance!

Incentivized

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.

It was so easy!

Incentivized

We felt a lag in movement of mouse on AnyDesk but on HelpWire we do not face any such issue. The movement of cursor and mouse is as smooth as working on your own system.

Multi-monitor handling is super easy with ISL Light. The licensing model of ISL Light's self-hosted version is unbeatable. Great technical support, which often used before I purchased. The unbelievable price increase during and after the covid time of remote tools, has ended, when I found ISL Light. ISL Light is really a underdog in the remote utility market. I'm glad that I found it.

Easy to deploy onto new devices. Ability to group devices so they can managed remotely efficiently.

No professional services used

Incentivized

• a handy tool to simplify my work that I can use for free
• Using HelpWire has made me more productive because I can focus on solving problems here and now, rather than wasting time on long explanations.

• Saves time: able to help our customers right-away. No need to visit them physically
• Fastest aid in problem-solving: customer happy and more likely to return
• Negative: not much negativity about ISL Light, although I get even less in-person contact with clients :-)