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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Impero Remote Manager (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AImpero Remote Manager, from the education management software company Impero Software in the UK, was a remote access and administration tool for troubleshooting and assistance. It is no longer available.N/A

    N-able Take Control

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AN-able™ Take Control is a cloud-based remote control solution for MSPs, to access & troubleshoot end devices. With support for Windows®, Mac®, and Linux® machines, MSPs can work from these or iOS® or Android® devices with the N-able native app.

    $45

    per month

    Pricing
    Impero Remote Manager (discontinued)N-able Take Control
    Editions & Modules
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    Take Control Plus
    $45
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Impero Remote Manager (discontinued)N-able Take Control
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—No credit card required. Login info sent directly to your email. Access technical support during your trial.
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    Community Pulse
    Impero Remote Manager (discontinued)N-able Take Control
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    67%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Impero Remote Manager (discontinued)N-able Take Control
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of Impero Remote Manager (discontinued) and N-able Take Control
    Feature
    Impero Remote Manager (discontinued)
    4.5
    1 Ratings
    55% below category average
    N-able Take Control
    7.9
    14 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Screen sharing7.01 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    File transfer4.01 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Instant message5.01 Ratings5.012 Ratings
    Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication5.01 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Access to sleeping/powered-off computers2.01 Ratings1.05 Ratings
    Over-the-Internet remote session5.01 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Initiate remote control from mobile4.01 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Remote management of servers & workstations6.01 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Remote Active Directory® management3.01 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Centralized management dashboard3.01 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Session record6.01 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Annotations3.01 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Monitoring and Alerts5.01 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Multi-platform remote control5.01 Ratings7.011 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Impero Remote Manager (discontinued)N-able Take Control
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
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    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
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    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Impero Remote Manager (discontinued)N-able Take Control
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Where we use the Impero Remote Manager is in a school setting and it works really well for us. We have our teachers use it every day to make sure their students are always on track. It works really well for students that we know are likely to get off track. We can see their screen and know exactly when they get off track and can get them back on track quickly.
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    N-able
    I have used a number of remote access systems over my IT/MSP career, and Take Control stands out as the best I have ever used. If you are using the N-Able RMM I highly recommend, Take Control over the other options that can be integrated into the platform
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • It allows us to keep track of our students.
    • The user interface is really easy to use and understand.
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    N-able
    • Take Control is really good at accessing a device with no end-user involvement. The user doesn't have to click on permissions or visit a particular site. We simply can take control of their device from the RMM dashboard.
    • If Microsoft issues a patch/update, I can schedule a release of a mass install to all client sites at the click of a mouse from within my office.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • It crashes frequently, so that could be fixed.
    • The ability to take over a student's screen could be a little easier as well.
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    N-able
    • Performance on low-end machines.
    • Verbosity when changing stream quality.
    • File manager needs improving, dragging files causes graphical issues.
    • Connection time needs to be reduced.
    • Ability to adjust re-connection time.
    • Integration with more password-storage applications.
    • Screen blanking is buggy in some instances and makes the session unusable.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
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    N-able
    The interface needs a lot of updating. It's just too "busy."
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    The support for Impero Remote Manager is actually really good and I have been pleased every time I have had to work with them. Any time I've had an issue with the software, I've been able to call support and have the issue resolved very quickly and things start working again.
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    N-able
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    In overall features and what LanSchool can do, we actually like that product better than Impero. The reason why we went with Impero was because of the price. It has similar features but ultimately was a lot cheaper, so we chose Impero. We are a small charter school, so our budget is a lot smaller than in other school districts.
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    N-able
    We were primarily a team-viewer customer before this point but the continued increases on cost, feature issues as well as core functionality and load issues we were beginning to see on the host machines we started looking for other options. As we were already a solar-winds customer utilizing the SAAS and Take Control for our Managed customers it was a no-brainer to look into Take Control. After a short review and the fact that we are already very familiar with the system via our management dashboard, it was an easy yes
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • It keeps students on task.
    • It allows our teachers to better manage how their students are using Chromebooks.
    Incentivized
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    N-able
    • We we're able to bundle Take Control into our RMM pricing removing the need to pay for a separate system and maintain its intergration
    • Remote access is only a click away saving our techs time
    • Reliable connection mean issues are resolved without having to 'fix' the remote access first
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