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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ManageEngine Remote Access Plus

    Score7.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Remote Access Plus is a secure and comprehensive enterprise troubleshooting solution that helps system administrators and IT help desk technicians to remotely resolve troubleshooting requests. The vendor says this solution provides powerful remote desktop sharing, over 12 diagnostic tools, wake on LAN, remote shutdown and precise reporting system, which enables users to seamlessly access and rescue computers at lightning speed. According to the vendor key features and business…

    $145

    access for 5 techs and 50 computers billed annually

    Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASpiceworks Connectivity Dashboard is a free network and systems monitoring tool. It emphasizes the website and application monitoring capabilities, as well as monitoring and identifying connectivity issues.N/A
    Pricing
    ManageEngine Remote Access PlusSpiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $145
    access for 5 techs and 50 computers billed annually
    Professional
    $195
    access for 5 techs and 50 computers billed annually
    Standard
    200$
    access for 5 techs and 50 computers billed annually
    Professional
    300$
    access for 5 techs and 50 computers billed annually
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ManageEngine Remote Access PlusSpiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsRemote Access Plus comes free with access up to 10 computers. Pricing options are determined by the number of technicians and the computer range needed. Pricing represented here allows for 5 technicians and a computer range of 50. Additional technician licenses can be purchased at an additional cost.—
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
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    Features
    ManageEngine Remote Access PlusSpiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of ManageEngine Remote Access Plus and Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    Feature
    ManageEngine Remote Access Plus
    5.5
    7 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Screen sharing5.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    File transfer3.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant message4.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access to sleeping/powered-off computers7.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Over-the-Internet remote session8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote management of servers & workstations4.87 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized management dashboard4.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Session record2.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring and Alerts5.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-platform remote control4.87 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ManageEngine Remote Access PlusSpiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.5
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ManageEngine Remote Access PlusSpiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    Remote Access Plus works well within the LAN, but it's a bit slower outside of it. Its ease of connection is a plus. It is not very suitable for connection through the APP, and consumes too much RAM during the connection, sometimes even causing the endpoint to freeze.You can access the CMD and perform tests without disturbing the user, or review the underlying services.
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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    hassle free of IT resources is plus point. Monitoring the external resources related to Websites, service provider links or any hosted applications is a great feature in Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard. Alert reporting on monitored resources is at ease. Integration with custom devices needs to be improved. devices integrated with snmp protocol is not reported with full details which needs to be rectified by Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard.
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    Pros
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • It is embedded with great features like voice support, video assistance, and even text support, which provides a great user experience.
    • It provides features like remotely shut down the end system, renaming the endpoints, full list of applications running, process use, memory consumption, disk usage which are very beneficial.
    • We can even uninstall unwanted applications, delete malicious files, kill heavily used process, modify registry values.
    • It helps in to keep track of windows event that occurs in the system, it also provides report in desired format.
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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    • Monitoring Applications
    • External resources monitoring related to ISP
    • Alerting mechanism via email and dashboard monitoring
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    Cons
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • The mobile app is not very functional and causes a lot of problems.
    • The bandwidth it consumes on each connection is a lot.
    • It consumes too much RAM during connection.
    • The keyboard, and basic functions like pasting or transferring files are more complicated.
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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    • Integration with custom devices needs to be improved
    • providing more insight of device is required when added to monitoring list
    • the feel and look of dashboard needs some improvement
    • Agent is resource hungry, to be made light weight for systems
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    Usability
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    My rating is due to the fact that there are still many things to improve, and things that could be opened up a little more to allow the administrator to have greater control, such as being able to have one more endpoint in a custom group, which is essential and cannot be done.
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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
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    Alternatives Considered
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    Remote Access Plus is a lot more user friendly and can easily be used by junior IT staff efficiently.
    It is also a lot more powerful with a range of additional features and functions
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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    Spiceworks Network Monitor being a free tool, can easily be overtaken against any other product which is cost involved and most of the features are available which are provided by any leading network monitoring tool available in the market. Few of the features which are not present in spiceworks tool (like autodiscovery of resources) needs to be added which will give a great competition for the product. Alerting features, response tickets, sending alerts via email is one of the great features in the product
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    Return on Investment
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • Faster recovery of issues from screen sharing
    • managing patches without manual intervention
    • deploying software to multiple workstations at the same time
    Incentivized
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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    • if on premises cannot be deployed on Linux environment which needs windows license requirement
    • competitive price makes easy for decision
    • lacking in auto discovery of devices is the most negative point for ROI
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    Screenshot of One tap access to remote computers, with over 12 diagnostic toolsScreenshot of Seamlessly control multiple monitors connected to remote computersScreenshot of Integrated tools to perform administrative tasks in just clicksScreenshot of Perceive audit-ready and real-time reports