LiveAction vs. NinjaOne

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LiveAction
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
LiveAction’s LiveNX is a network performance monitoring and analytics platform. It supports packet-level, network-wide visibility and proactive alerts. It can be deployed on-premise, virtually, or in the cloud.N/A
NinjaOne
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
NinjaOne automates the hardest parts of IT, delivering visibility, security, and control over endpoints. The NinjaOne endpoint management platform increases productivity for IT teams and managed service providers, and comes with unlimited onboarding, training, and support.N/A
Pricing
LiveActionNinjaOne
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LiveActionNinjaOne
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsNinjaOne is a subscription service with a charge rate per month. For more detailed pricing information, contact NinjaOne directly to request a demo or to start 14-days free trial.
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Community Pulse
LiveActionNinjaOne
Features
LiveActionNinjaOne
Network Performance Monitoring
Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
LiveAction
6.9
2 Ratings
16% below category average
NinjaOne
-
Ratings
Automated network device discovery7.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Network monitoring7.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Baseline threshold calculation5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Alerts6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Network capacity planning6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Packet capture analysis7.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Network mapping6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Wireless infrastructure monitoring8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Hardware health monitoring6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Monitoring Tasks
Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Product A and Product B
LiveAction
-
Ratings
NinjaOne
9.1
43 Ratings
21% above category average
Remote monitoring00 Ratings9.040 Ratings
Network device monitoring00 Ratings7.838 Ratings
Activity Monitoring00 Ratings8.726 Ratings
Management Tasks
Comparison of Management Tasks features of Product A and Product B
LiveAction
-
Ratings
NinjaOne
8.7
42 Ratings
17% above category average
Patch Management00 Ratings9.041 Ratings
Policy-based automation00 Ratings9.042 Ratings
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.4 out of 10
Action1
Action1
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.4 out of 10
TeamViewer
TeamViewer
Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
LiveActionNinjaOne
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(4 ratings)
9.3
(49 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
LiveActionNinjaOne
Likelihood to Recommend
BlueCat
From a packet tracing standpoint, it was easy to setup and analyze an issue we were having with eigrp errors between 2 data centers. Took a few minutes to stand up on both sides and compare the traffic to determine hellos weren't being sent. On the other spectrum, had it had the analytics of such products as Extrahop, it could have recognized and alerted us of an internal DNS attack we had.
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NinjaOne
I like the constant development most. We now have MDM for all of the tablets and phones, which is great for a lot of the point of sale devices where they aren't necessarily logged into the device with a M365 account for Intune management. We like the NinjaOne remote tool over Splashtop or other remote software we've seen. It just works and has nice integration for printing, and file access without remoting onto the PC. The same goes for being able to run command line or PowerShell without removing the user from his or her session. It is unobtrusive to the end users.
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Pros
BlueCat
  • Network QOS Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
  • Network L2/L3 Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
  • Network Security Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
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NinjaOne
  • Remote connections: the NinjaRemote client is spectacular and very easy to use and navigate. It quickly connects to customer systems so my engineers are able to work. As a bonus, they also offer a really good mobile app to connect to client systems.
  • Antivirus: Bitdefender Endpoint Protection is built directly into the NinjaOne portal. This makes deploying and maintaining AV very easy.
  • OS Patching: NinjaOne makes it very easy to handle patching across multiple clients and locations. It is very easy to use and doesn't take long to set up.
  • Support: NinjaOne support is always very prompt and helpful.
  • Documentation: the NinjaOne Dojo is a one-stop shop for all of your FAQs, guides, and forum needs. You can find almost anything here to help you deploy and maintain NinjaOne.
  • Automation Library: NinjaOne comes preloaded with a large number of ready-to-go automations. They also provide you with a scripting module to create your own.
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Cons
BlueCat
  • I use it primarily as a monitoring tool from a security standpoint, so one complaint is that the filter creation process takes a little time to learn.
  • In the digital days of printing less, I do still need to print network diagrams for compliance documentation and some of the larger network diagrams documents do not print easily.
  • I wish the network connection lines were easier to see. They are typically very light and you have to drill down to see them more clearly.
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NinjaOne
  • NinjaOne does support Mac, however I would like to have more options for automation and scheduled task on Mac devices.
  • I would like it if NinjaOne also provided an MDM solution.
  • It would be nice is NinjaOne could integrate a PAM solution as well.
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Likelihood to Renew
BlueCat
No answers on this topic
NinjaOne
I have not had any real issues with NinjaOne and as long as it keeps doing what it is meant to do, I do not plan on looking elsewhere. I need software to be stable and NinjaOne is stable.
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Usability
BlueCat
No answers on this topic
NinjaOne
Ninja's interface is clean and simple. Overall usability from an interface perspective is good. Some items, policies and scripting for instance, are a bit cumbersome and it's really not clear how to implement with a best practice mind-site. Ninja RMM got the job done for us but as we pushed our needs more into automation and efficiency we felt it wasn't keeping up with our speed of growth. There is definitely usability in the product, and it will get the job done, but there are other RMM's out there that fit better in our business.
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Support Rating
BlueCat
Can't really rate this, we never had to call support. The product wasn't complicated to setup and learn. We have a high level of network knowledge so the product was self-explanatory.
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NinjaOne
Support has been very responsive and my account rep Brian K. has communicated with me continuously making sure we had everything we need. Not like other MDMs where they sign you up and that's the last you hear from them. NinjaOne makes sure you use the product to its best application and you are successful and continue as the product features grow.
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Alternatives Considered
BlueCat
There is not any other product that does exactly what LiveAction does. Some come about halfway close, like scrutinizer by Plixer. However, there is a gap with that product as it doesn't give proper quality of service recommendations, or to update l2/l3 configs to head off problems. Plixer's scrutinizer product costs about the same. It was a no-brainer to pick LiveAction.
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NinjaOne
For ease of use NinjaOne seems to be easiest to get up and running and just how they present everything seems easier than the other solutions we looked at and then bottom line was it had the features we wanted and the price was very reasonable compared to the other vendors.
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Return on Investment
BlueCat
  • Real time insight to network issues whether security related or not.
  • Great reporting features for executives.
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NinjaOne
  • Seeing as how we are a remote/hybrid workforce, using NinjaOne has saved us hundreds of hours in remote management.
  • If we did not use Ninja and then migrated to using Ninja, it would pay for itself in one or two months for a whole years worth of costs!
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ScreenShots

NinjaOne Screenshots

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