N-able N-central vs. Tovuti LMS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
N-able N-central
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
MSPs and IT professionals use N-able™ N-central® to monitor and manage devices and complex networks remotely. N-central provides visibility and efficiency as the user's needs scale. N-central can help users: 1. Proactively monitor everything on a customer network—not just servers and workstations—and troubleshoot. 2. Stay on top of threats with features like MFA, antivirus, integrated endpoint detection and response, data backup, disk encryption, email protection,…N/A
Tovuti LMS
Score 8.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Designed as a people-centric LMS, Tovuti aims to make learning fun and management simple to boost productivity for users and admins alike. Users can generate courses with AI and increase learner engagement with interactive videos, memory games, and 40+ other gamification options, as well as create bespoke experiences with customizable learning paths. Tovuti is designed to integrate into currently in place ecosystems, and supports data-driven decisions with its internal reporting feature.…N/A
Pricing
N-able N-centralTovuti LMS
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
N-able N-centralTovuti LMS
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
N-able N-centralTovuti LMS
Features
N-able N-centralTovuti LMS
Monitoring Tasks
Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Product A and Product B
N-able N-central
7.3
6 Ratings
1% below category average
Tovuti LMS
-
Ratings
Remote monitoring9.56 Ratings00 Ratings
Network device monitoring8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Tasks
Comparison of Management Tasks features of Product A and Product B
N-able N-central
8.9
7 Ratings
20% above category average
Tovuti LMS
-
Ratings
Patch Management8.97 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
N-able N-central
-
Ratings
Tovuti LMS
9.5
34 Ratings
15% above category average
Course authoring00 Ratings9.733 Ratings
Course catalog or library00 Ratings9.632 Ratings
Player/Portal00 Ratings9.629 Ratings
Learning content00 Ratings9.629 Ratings
Mobile friendly00 Ratings8.428 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings9.733 Ratings
Assignments00 Ratings9.632 Ratings
Compliance management00 Ratings9.721 Ratings
Learning administration00 Ratings9.633 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings9.729 Ratings
Social learning00 Ratings9.029 Ratings
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User Ratings
N-able N-centralTovuti LMS
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(25 ratings)
9.4
(34 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(2 ratings)
9.3
(3 ratings)
Usability
7.2
(7 ratings)
9.3
(20 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(8 ratings)
9.5
(31 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.4
(2 ratings)
9.8
(2 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
N-able N-centralTovuti LMS
Likelihood to Recommend
N-able
N-Able is perfect for an MSP environment. It gives all the standard functionality an IT professional needs out of the box and can be configured to show almost anything required. For example, we have configured a dashboard to show when our backups need attention for each customer. This is achieved by running a small script on repeat via N-Central everyday/evening, and the result gives us information on the dashboard to help us identify exactly what is working and what needs looking into.
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Tovuti LMS
The amount of support available alone makes this system as great as it is! This is the 4th LMS I've worked with and the 3rd I've personally had a hand in setting up. Tovuti LMS is by far the most user-friendly on both the admin and end-user sides that I've experienced. This system works great for our users many of whom are 65+ in age, so the user-friendly part is essential. I know I've already said it, but the amount of support provided by the Tovuti Team is top-notch. If someone that I'm dealing with doesn't have an immediate answer to my query someone else always gets back to me in a timely manner. I no longer have to spend additional time searching for answers.
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Pros
N-able
  • Remote tasks - entry-level techs can run basic tasks without physically touching a piece of equipment.
  • Remote support - remote controlling user devices is easy and saves a lot of time with having to initiate a remote session.
  • Management of devices, particularly patch management and anti-virus management - you can automatically approve and deploy patches and schedule automatic AV scans.
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Tovuti LMS
  • Customization - we support internal and external users, the ability to have unique registrations fields for the different audiences is a game changer, the ability to build custom reports is helpful as well.
  • Interactive Content Tools - Love the ability to create interaction with users so it is not just text or videos they are looking at.
  • Ease of Use on End User Side - It's not tricky, all levels of tech savvy users can find success as learners!
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Cons
N-able
  • Customer support just points to online guides and I feel they aren't helpful.
  • During the trial they turn on a lot of features. In my experience, if you play around with the features, they charge you for them. Keep this in mind if you move forward with N-Able - they will charge for "trialed" services.
  • In my experience, some services that you're being charged for can't be disabled or monitored by you or your team. You only see them on the monthly invoice.
  • In my opinion, the "Scripting Automation" doesn't provide value. You're either going to be writing your own batch or Powershell to make scripting work.
  • In my opinion, monitoring software deployments is painful.
  • The default monitoring template can't be duplicated, edited, or referenced. You'll find that the default monitors in an unusual way and will throw needless recurring alerts into your ticketing system. To avoid this, you need to create a template from scratch which takes many hours to set up.
  • In my opinion, they're more concerned about a quick buck than customer service. "Buyer beware" company.
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Tovuti LMS
  • iFraming has always been an interesting feature to try out, but the design can be tricky. Allowing for my useable iFraming activities is always on my list.
  • Offering reporting/results on interactive videos is something I've been missing from the start. We use interactive videos to provide checkpoints of understanding, but there's no result section on the back end to review students' responses - only a numerical score is provided.
  • Toggling between personal dashboards and team lead dashboards is a great capability, but this opens a new tab. I'd rather everything stay within one tab and navigate through that!
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Likelihood to Renew
N-able
Overall we have liked our solar winds experience, however, as our company has grown to support larger enterprises, this product does not have the functionality that our teams need in order to fully support them. The lack of granularity with backups and lack of ability to support nutanix environments is slowly drawing us into the use of other tools.
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Tovuti LMS
We have established the training department to extend our training capabilities into one central area. I have mentioned training production, internal and external sales staff. But the training department will surely delve into the HR area of new hire orientation, annual recertification processes, etc. We truly have just scratched the surface of this iceberg. Now that we have made the investment, we will surely continue with this product. I cannot see us moving to another product at all. We will definitely renew our subscription with Tovuti
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Usability
N-able
The user interface is fairly straight forward, with logic groupings for objects. I did not deploy this software, but am one of the daily administrators. Once you get the correct agent package (Which can be a challenge) the integration into AD is not bad. The UI could be more customized, but that may have been a design choice.
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Tovuti LMS
As far as building the program, once you have learned the basics it is very easy to upload and create content. They also provide a ton of resources and have an extremely responsive help team, so when and If I am stuck, Tovuti is quick to help me find the solution. The test users I have given access to have all mentioned the ease of navigation and use of the program overall.
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Reliability and Availability
N-able
No answers on this topic
Tovuti LMS
I have yet to have an outage on the availability. As far as I know, no trainee has run into it either. Excellent rating on that front
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Performance
N-able
No answers on this topic
Tovuti LMS
I have worked with so many software packages that are slow to load, take for ever for screen changes, etc. I do not have that issue here with Tovuti at all. I have yet to really do any reporting on it as we are fairly new with the package, but if it operates like the rest of the system, then I am going to assume that reporting will be no more difficult than the rest of the platform
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Support Rating
N-able
Every time we have reached out to SolarWinds they are quick to respond, even offering support chat 24/7. Their support team is great and works with you to find solutions to issues. They have taken items we had issues with before and used those to create updates so that the issue is handled better in the future.
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Tovuti LMS
The pre-sales team was very helpful and responsive and then stopped responding to my mail as soon as I had signed the contract, not even a reply from the last couple of emails sent. The post-sale teams are engaged and quick to respond and really good. Unfortunately, I need to use them more than I should, and sometimes the reply is "we don't support that feature", but the support from the support team is excellent.
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Online Training
N-able
No answers on this topic
Tovuti LMS
Hayden was awesome. He knows his product inside and out and was able to answer all my questions. I had a lot of questions. I was actually starting to build courses while I was going through the training so that when the next session on the schedule came up, I had even more questions about what I had done vs the way I maybe should have. In the end, I was doing my own hands-on while going through the training. Tovuti is that easy to use.
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Implementation Rating
N-able
Make sure if you your using a vm you follow the instructions for provisioning to the letter or it will be starting from square one
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Tovuti LMS
The implementation had extremely wonderful support from Tovuti in the form of a series of one-on-one meetings to hear the clients needs and intended usage and then to set up the platform to meet those needs while demonstrating how to use it.
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Alternatives Considered
N-able
Our version of SolarWinds was old and running on old hardware, but it was way easier to setup and do things with. It did not do everything N-able does such as patch management, or at least we didn't have a module to do so if one existed. However it definitely seemed easier to use and possibly more stable.
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Tovuti LMS
Tovuti LMS is super easy to use compared to Relias. Relias is very clunky and we always would have learners have issues with the platform. Tovuti's buildout process compared to Relias is very clean and easy to use. The analytics and reporting are also amazing, plus the cost is so much more affordable for what you're getting. The only caveat to this is that Relias has content included and the content is well done.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
N-able
No answers on this topic
Tovuti LMS
I helped with the decision to purchase the software but purchasing did the contract work. They seemed satisfied so I am going with that
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Scalability
N-able
No answers on this topic
Tovuti LMS
Scalability is great. We bought their first 'size' package and that covers 300 trainees. Transitioning to the next level is more a matter of accounting and payment. My take on it is that its just a matter of paying the higher level of subscription and its done
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Professional Services
N-able
No answers on this topic
Tovuti LMS
Top shelf
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Return on Investment
N-able
  • We have lost hundreds of hours on the phone/emailing support with no resolution for any of our issues
  • We had to move all of our services away which was very painful
  • Staff satisfaction was low having to deal with this company
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Tovuti LMS
  • Improved Communications.
  • Decision making has improved.
  • Problems caused by spatial or temporal distances are no longer a problem.
  • Facilitates the distance training experience.
  • Third-party courses can be modified and adapted to the level and demands of the students in order to reuse them.
  • Learning management with a high level of automation and integration.
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ScreenShots

N-able N-central Screenshots

Screenshot of N-able N-central DashboardScreenshot of Remote desktop access with Take Control

Tovuti LMS Screenshots

Screenshot of a unique landing page for loginScreenshot of courses, appearing in TovutiScreenshot of checklists, where learners can find what's importantScreenshot of where managers can see everything they need to know, in one place