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    Kaseya VSA

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AKaseya Virtual System Administrator (VSA) is a cloud-based Remote Monitoring and Management software. VSA unifies the monitoring of system infrastructure and endpoints and is designed for use by IT teams and MSP’s. It offers a robust crowd-source automation scripts library, as well as antivirus and malware capabilities with real-time threat alerts.N/A

    Riverbed Aternity

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ARiverbed Aternity delivers AI-enabled insights based on real end user experience data and high-fidelity telemetry across endpoints, application, infrastructure and network.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Kaseya VSARiverbed Aternity
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    Kaseya
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    81%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Kaseya VSARiverbed Aternity
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Kaseya VSA and Riverbed Aternity
    Feature
    Kaseya VSA
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Riverbed Aternity
    -
    Ratings
    Virtualization monitoring8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Kaseya VSA and Riverbed Aternity
    Feature
    Kaseya VSA
    6.7
    13 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Riverbed Aternity
    -
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    Remote monitoring9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network device monitoring8.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Activity Monitoring8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of Kaseya VSA and Riverbed Aternity
    Feature
    Kaseya VSA
    7.5
    12 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Riverbed Aternity
    -
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    Patch Management8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based automation9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote Access
    Comparison of Remote Access features of Kaseya VSA and Riverbed Aternity
    Feature
    Kaseya VSA
    6.8
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Riverbed Aternity
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    Attended device access8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Unattended device access8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtual device access9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple-display support1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple concurrent sessions8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Kaseya VSARiverbed Aternity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (30 ratings)
    8.5
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    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
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    Usability
    8.0
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    Support Rating
    5.5
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    Kaseya VSARiverbed Aternity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kaseya
    If the software functioned as it was intended, it would be probably a 7 out of 10. It lacks the majority of customization that SolarWinds N-central supplies, but also supports some customization that other solutions we have tried do not. Again, if the software didn't consistently break, the ability to implement automated scripting via PowerShell and the capacity to manage 10+ endpoints at once in different windows is great.
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    Riverbed Technology
    We are a services organization and we use Riverbed SteelCentral AppInternals with our customers. It has allowed us to expand the footprint in the application management business with virtually all of our major accounts. We were able to expand and go into other applications that we weren't in or offering previously. Now, we have a new value proposition for our customer enhanced visibility, enhanced stability, and we can reduce our cost to them because our cost structure is reduced by using Riverbed SteelCentral AppInternals.
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    Pros
    Kaseya
    • Being able to see systems that are not within the local network allows us to be able to troubleshoot and work with the end users no matter where they are or where we are as it is cloud based.
    • Several functions can be "automated" so staff do not have to keep going back and scanning for updates, push Windows updates and or push sensor updates.
    • VSA offers a variety of system information about all of the assets that have the endpoints installed on them so we can easily see the system specs without having to actually connect to them and pull up the SysInfo on each unit.
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    Riverbed Technology
    • Root cause finding/remediation (it goes beyond analysis).
    • Shows latency between applications and servers.
    • Identifies long-running SQL queries, and puts the onus back on developers to clean up their SQL code.
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    Cons
    Kaseya
    • Support - Like all other competitors support is OK but the product is robust enough to reduce support requirements.
    • Customer Service - another team that is a bit poor especially when the issue involves multiple departments. Otherwise, the direct rep is very friendly and professional.
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    Riverbed Technology
    • The tool demands High CPU resources to perform monitoring which reduces the overall performance and the user experience is sluggish
    • Also a good amount of training is required to set up the different use cases and monitoring parameters which in return demands a dedicated resource to work on the tool
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Kaseya
    Excellent product with easy learning curve
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    Riverbed Technology
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    Usability
    Kaseya
    I think this is a solid tool for enterprise IT, however it would be higher if Kaseya VSA addresses the areas raised around recent stability, their support team, multiple session & screen support etc. It does do it's main job and allows an easy way for IT to operate and is mostly fine.
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    Riverbed Technology
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    Support Rating
    Kaseya
    It was lots of back and forth email communication whenever I tried to solve my connection issues. I would send them detailed logs of the date, time, computer, and more of when I was experiencing connection issues. All I would get is an email back a few days later saying that they didn't find an issue in the service
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    Riverbed Technology
    The support I give the highest rating because it is really amazing. Every time we triggered the tool support, we were very well served very quickly and efficiently. The problems were solved quickly and without stress. The staff helped us within minutes and had a lot of patience with us
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kaseya
    There are other products that do some of what Kaseya does, but I've not personally worked with another product that does everything Kaseya does. Sure there are plenty of remote control products, but products that do as much as Kaseya are few and far between. Hard to go wrong with the sheer scope of functionality!
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    Riverbed Technology
    There is a wide variety of APM solutions out there for companies to pick from. Riverbed AppInternals sits near the top of the stack certainly. We already deploy steelhead units across the estate with client licenses, that aided us in our decision to select AppInternals. We found the costs of AppDynamics and New Relic ( which we had trials for) both costly against AppInternals.
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    Return on Investment
    Kaseya
    • It has increased the efficiency of operational tasks for our technicians
    • It has change the speed at which we are able to deploy updates and software patches
    • It caused us to spend additional money on more security tools due to concern from breaches
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    Riverbed Technology
    • This product has really wonderful features and one of the most valuable ones is the transaction searches into TTW.
    • This will show you the operations that occurred under conditions that the user specifies, giving you the opportunity to drill down on the things that are more important and affecting system performance.
    • Besides that, the capability of analyzing each individual transaction captured to a very low-level detail (method call/line of code). This ability empowers the testing teams to provide more visibility to developers on how they can improve.
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