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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    SysAid

    Score8.9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    SysAid is an ITSM platform that enhances service delivery with AI Agents, chatbots, workflow automation, and asset management. AI Copilot categorizes tickets, provides case summaries, and offers sentiment analysis. The AI chatbot, available via chat, email, and Teams, speeds support.

    $89

    per month Per Admin

    Pricing
    Kaseya VSASysAid
    Editions & Modules
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    Kaseya VSASysAid
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details—SysAid Copilot is available as an add-on for any plan. It bakes generative AI into every aspect of service management.
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    Kaseya VSASysAid
    Considered Both Products
    Kaseya
    No answer on this topic
    SysAid Technologies
    Chose SysAid
    The value of SysAid just seemed to be much better than Kaseya. The review was relatively short with Kaseya, but I immediately liked what SysAid offered. The overall capability compared to the costs associated with SysAid made it a great choice.
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    Chose SysAid
    Both assets management and ticket system integrated and a pc agent. Most systems do not have both. Some other products do not support SSO with AzureAD. Kaseya does have VSA and BMS (Vorex) - those systems work separately. It is possible to connect both but this did not work for …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    81%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    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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    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    176 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
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    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    144 Answers
    Features
    Kaseya VSASysAid
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Kaseya VSA and SysAid
    Feature
    Kaseya VSA
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SysAid
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    Virtualization monitoring8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Kaseya VSA and SysAid
    Feature
    Kaseya VSA
    6.7
    13 Ratings
    6% below category average
    SysAid
    -
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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 SysAid
    Feature
    Kaseya VSA
    7.5
    12 Ratings
    11% above category average
    SysAid
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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 SysAid
    Feature
    Kaseya VSA
    6.8
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SysAid
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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
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Kaseya VSA and SysAid
    Feature
    Kaseya VSA
    -
    Ratings
    SysAid
    8.7
    197 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.6197 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.9163 Ratings
    Service restoration00 Ratings8.5144 Ratings
    Self-service tools00 Ratings7.7190 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings9.3145 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings9.0164 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings8.7173 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Kaseya VSA and SysAid
    Feature
    Kaseya VSA
    -
    Ratings
    SysAid
    8.3
    171 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Configuration mangement00 Ratings9.0162 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard00 Ratings8.9169 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings6.9120 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Kaseya VSA and SysAid
    Feature
    Kaseya VSA
    -
    Ratings
    SysAid
    8.6
    161 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Change requests repository00 Ratings9.0148 Ratings
    Change calendar00 Ratings7.8127 Ratings
    Service-level management00 Ratings9.0154 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Kaseya VSASysAid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (30 ratings)
    9.0
    (200 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.9
    (48 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.5
    (8 ratings)
    8.4
    (59 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    7.5
    (13 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
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    9.1
    (15 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
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    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    9.1
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    Vendor pre-sale
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    Kaseya VSASysAid
    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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    SysAid Technologies
    The system is really good at helping manage first-line requests and incidents. There are workflows that can be set up on templates to give direction to the team and help ensure that all the correct procedures are followed. There are some limitations with the system when it comes to Problem and Change management, as it is very ingrained with the normal ticket system. This can lead to a "clunky" change management process.
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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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    SysAid Technologies
    • Help Desk Ticketing works well and integrates easily with e-mail. IT staff is immediately notified when a new ticket is created.
    • Device management and inventory is easily tracked within SysAid. A full report is easily generated for a device detailing hardware and software specifics.
    • SysAid Copilot AI is phenomenal. It has been designed with the end user in mind. The user can speak to the prompt in natural language and expect a custom response according to their incident or service needs.
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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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    SysAid Technologies
    • The Help tool could use some refining. Particularly indicating the order in which steps must be done. A clear example is the creation of customized fields or lists.
    • Formatting of the ticket. There is no possibility to create dynamic tables, use more than one column. I would want to have more flexibility without having to pay for Professional Services
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Kaseya
    Excellent product with easy learning curve
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    SysAid Technologies
    Here’s your text in natural, professional English:Currently, we are continuously improving our internal AI chatbot within SysAid by feeding our datapool on a daily basis. This is making a real impact on our IT team, as the knowledge base keeps growing and allows us to resolve common incidents and service requests much faster.In addition to that, SysAid helps us manage software licenses and gives us clear visibility of our actual annual costs, which is very useful for tracking upcoming renewals.On the other hand, we would like to see improvements in the reporting area. The interface there feels more basic compared to the rest of the platform and doesn’t offer the same level of depth as other sections.That said, we are really looking forward to seeing how the new Connect module evolves.
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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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    SysAid Technologies
    Whilst it delivers on most of the features it comes with, I feel Change Management needs a complete re-do as it is really complicated, and think it should be made to be straightforward. For the free services of their Market Place, they should develop a platform where one can just browse for the script (downloaded) and apply the patch, without having to go into various places in code to activate the service. or at least, build the integrations into the system and have [a] section under settings, or even straight from the Market Place, where one can just enable the service, and if required, be prompted to input additional information, including credentials.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Kaseya
    No answers on this topic
    SysAid Technologies
    Another of the benefits of sysaid is that it is highly available when working in on-premise environments.The only times the system is down is when a restart of the services is required to add a new feature. Apart from that, we have not had any problems.In the case of the cloud, the only condition I have seen where sysaid is not available is because the internet link is down or damaged.
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    Performance
    Kaseya
    No answers on this topic
    SysAid Technologies
    In the case of system performance, I have seen that no matter the number of assets and users, Sysaid responds in the same way and at the same speed. The reports that are scheduled do not have any details because they arrive directly to your email. In the same way, when it is integrated with other systems, for example through the API or by email, we have not seen any failure due to the integration. It works very well with or without integrations.
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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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    SysAid Technologies
    SysAid support is fast and effective. They support their own product, so they know it well. I can expect a response to my request in less than 24 hours and often in less than an hour. Their sales, customer support, and technical support staff are experts in the area of the support request ticket, so we seldom are transferred to another support agent. Their system is well designed and one of the best of all the applications we use.
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    In-Person Training
    Kaseya
    No answers on this topic
    SysAid Technologies
    My team was greatly assisted and trained well. Despite the time zone difference the trainer made every effort to be available during times that were suitable for us and the assistance and help offered was extremely appreciated by my team. A wonderful experience by the team.
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    Online Training
    Kaseya
    No answers on this topic
    SysAid Technologies
    The training I received was very good, they gave me tasks to carry out and then they checked what I had done.It was gratifying that the instructor noticed that I had made very fast progress because I had done the implementation myself and it was very fast. At least I remember that after 5 days I had already finished almost 90% of all the implementation tasks.
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    Implementation Rating
    Kaseya
    No answers on this topic
    SysAid Technologies
    It is recommended that it be synchronized with the active directory for a better experience, also using the network scanning tools are very useful both to maintain your hardware and software inventory. See all the documentation found on the portal where they suggest good practices for the use of SysAid and exploit it from the first time
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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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    SysAid Technologies
    SysAid is very cost-effective and flexible and integrates ITSM and asset management tools in one platform, reducing the need for separate tools. They have an intuitive interface that ensures a smooth user experience, reducing the learning curve for IT teams. SysAid offers easy-to-set-up integrations and automation to streamline workflows and reduce manual tasks.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Kaseya
    No answers on this topic
    SysAid Technologies
    When we purchase it, the plans were different and mainly we acquired lifetime licenses. in the past year, we migrated to the cloud version. In both cases, the pricing structure was accurate, although they could provide some extra flexibility to pay for exactly what we need in the business.
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    Scalability
    Kaseya
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    SysAid Technologies
    Le doy esta calificación porque los módulos que contiene se pueden usar para casi cualquier departamento, tanto gestión de tickets como inventarios de equipos, hemos utilizado una versión gratuita en Ingeniería para gestionar sus tiempos en las tareas asignadas, es lo único que utilizan pero podrían usar fácilmente el módulo de inventario para su herramienta y el módulo de proyectos también
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    Professional Services
    Kaseya
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    SysAid Technologies
    We have used SysAid since 2008. Through out these years, we find that SysAid support is very helpful and professional. The respond that we get is very fast and they will help us until we have solved our problem that we reported to them. So far, we are very happy with SysAid support.
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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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    SysAid Technologies
    • Our resolution time has increased a lot compared to not using a ticketing system.
    • We have reduced communication load significantly for our helpdesk admins.
    • The knowledgebase is rough, but still allows us to preserve and share our collective experience and expertise.
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    ScreenShots

    SysAid Screenshots

    Screenshot of Monitoring & Fine Tuning - Gives the admin control over the quality of answers that the AI Chatbot provides, through the ability to edit and fine-tune the answers.Screenshot of Ticket Journey - Admins can deep dive into the history and context of a ticket, quickly, with ticket journey filters, while reviewing a chronological, consolidated view of everything to help reach a resolution, faster – including all actions takenScreenshot of a Ticket Queue, which offers a consolidated, easy-to-navigate view of the ticket queue to help admins resolve issues more more efficiently.Screenshot of AI Chatbot, a conversational self-service experience that uses Generative AI to help employees work through issues by delivering answers based on what it has learned by absorbing knowledge base articles, internal data, and ticket resolution historyScreenshot of the workflow automation that digitizes processes without coding or scripting. Users can automate complex processes with simple design and editing capabilities, and real-time visibility of the end-to-end process.Screenshot of the SysAid AI Agents that empower IT teams with intelligence that thinks, learns, and acts securely. Designed to enhance—not override—IT operations, they anticipate needs, make informed decisions, and adapt responsibly