ISL Light vs. N-able Take Control

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ISL Light
Score 8.9 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)
N-able Take Control
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
N-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
ISL LightN-able Take Control
Editions & Modules
Starter
$16.90
per month
Standard
$34.90
per month
Self-Hosted
$44.90
per month
Premium
$54.90
per month
Take Control Plus
$45
per month
Take Control Plus
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ISL LightN-able Take Control
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
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.No credit card required. Login info sent directly to your email. Access technical support during your trial.
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Community Pulse
ISL LightN-able Take Control
Features
ISL LightN-able Take Control
Remote Administration
Comparison of Remote Administration features of Product A and Product B
ISL Light
8.2
108 Ratings
4% above category average
N-able Take Control
7.9
14 Ratings
0% above category average
Screen sharing8.7102 Ratings8.013 Ratings
File transfer8.6102 Ratings10.014 Ratings
Instant message8.083 Ratings5.012 Ratings
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication8.125 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers6.378 Ratings1.05 Ratings
Over-the-Internet remote session8.799 Ratings10.013 Ratings
Initiate remote control from mobile8.264 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Remote management of servers & workstations8.787 Ratings10.013 Ratings
Remote Active Directory® management8.832 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Centralized management dashboard8.364 Ratings7.011 Ratings
Session record7.771 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Annotations8.456 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Monitoring and Alerts7.947 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Multi-platform remote control8.379 Ratings7.011 Ratings
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User Ratings
ISL LightN-able Take Control
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(91 ratings)
6.0
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(54 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ISL LightN-able Take Control
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
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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
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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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.
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Cons
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
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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.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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N-able
No answers on this topic
Usability
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.
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N-able
The interface needs a lot of updating. It's just too "busy."
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Reliability and Availability
ISL Online
During the entere time of use, I have never come across any availability issues.
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N-able
No answers on this topic
Performance
ISL Online
High performance!
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N-able
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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N-able
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
ISL Online
It was so easy!
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N-able
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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.
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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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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
ISL Online
tot perfecte
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N-able
No answers on this topic
Scalability
ISL Online
Easy to deploy onto new devices. Ability to group devices so they can managed remotely efficiently.
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N-able
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
ISL Online
No professional services used
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N-able
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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
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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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ScreenShots

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.

N-able Take Control Screenshots

Screenshot of N-able Take Control DashboardScreenshot of Take Control - home