NoMachine Enterprise Desktop vs. Wayk Bastion (Discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NoMachine Enterprise Desktop
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
NoMachine, headquartered in Luxembourg, offers the NoMachine Enterprise Desktop software solution for fast, easy and secure access to remote desktops. Business users can use Enterprise Desktop to remotely access their work computers while traveling or working from offsite locations.N/A
Wayk Bastion (Discontinued)
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Wayk Bastion is a self-hosted remote access management server for machines running Wayk Agent. All remote desktop connections made by technicians using Wayk Client are authorized and monitored with corresponding session audit trails. Allowing remote access is one thing, but keep track of who accessed what, when and for how long is just as important for security. Zero Trust Security Freedom Devolutions Gateway relay servers configured with Wayk Bastion ensure independence from…
$99.99
Per Technician
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Technician CAL License
$99.99
Per Technician
Site License
$2,499.99
Unlimited Technicians, Single Site
Country License
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Unlimited Technicians, Multiples Sites, Single Country
Global License
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Unlimited Technicians, Multiples Sites, Worldwide
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NoMachine Enterprise DesktopWayk Bastion (Discontinued)
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
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Features
NoMachine Enterprise DesktopWayk Bastion (Discontinued)
Remote Administration
Comparison of Remote Administration features of Product A and Product B
NoMachine Enterprise Desktop
8.0
1 Ratings
3% below category average
Wayk Bastion (Discontinued)
8.7
10 Ratings
5% above category average
Screen sharing8.01 Ratings9.110 Ratings
Over-the-Internet remote session8.01 Ratings9.110 Ratings
Remote management of servers & workstations8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Remote Active Directory® management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Monitoring and Alerts8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-platform remote control8.01 Ratings9.18 Ratings
File transfer00 Ratings9.19 Ratings
Instant message00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers00 Ratings6.14 Ratings
Initiate remote control from mobile00 Ratings9.18 Ratings
Centralized management dashboard00 Ratings8.55 Ratings
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User Ratings
NoMachine Enterprise DesktopWayk Bastion (Discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
9.8
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
NoMachine Enterprise DesktopWayk Bastion (Discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
NoMachine
If you just want to connect to the server and do work (like Linux server-workstation type), NoMachine Enterprise Desktop is great, except for the keyboard mapping issue, which you have to correct in a setup of the remote server (almost) every time you log on. The graphics are smooth and fast. Overall response speed is very good, too. I like it.
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Devolutions
It is a product that is very small footprint that allows remote control.Can be used very efficiently and effectively in a small environment. That would be up to 50 computers. You can use this in a larger environment but it would require multiple techs to cover. Currently I am the only helpdesk tech in my company.
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Pros
NoMachine
  • Secure connection
  • Fast response over internet
  • Really look like you are sitting in front of the machine you are connecting.
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Devolutions
  • Wayk Now has 3 authentication methods to use when connecting in to a remote Wayk Now instance - Secure Remote Password (the app password), Secure Remote Delegation (the OS credentials which is used to gain elevated rights should they be required) and finally Prompt for Permission which is very handy if your client isn't IT literate so they just get a prompt to click on to authenticate with the app that way. From what I've seen in other remote assist apps, this is fairly unique.
  • Another new feature that I think gives Wayk a slight edge over the competition is a new graphics codec for the video feed from the client app called GFWX. Again its certainly a unique take on this problem of streaming the video to the client ends app. Basically it means that the image quality is a lot better for a lot less bandwidth because of the codec's compression.
  • The last point that Wayk Now does well is its integration with the other Devolutions products such as Remote Desktop Manager in which you can create Wayk Now session entries so that you can build up a DB of your clients/your own unattended Wayk Now instances that you can open from within RDM.
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Cons
NoMachine
  • Keyboard mapping between client and host is often screwed up.
  • Cut and paste between client and host is not convenient
  • Would be nice if there was a function of simple file transfer between client and host
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Devolutions
  • Requires an agent install on the remote computer (or a full Wayk install). Would like to see a tool that allowed someone to connect to my WAYK invite, and use the services remotely so that it is a true no-touch on the remote server.
  • Limited feature set (by design, but if you are looking for a full featured remote support product, this probably isn't it). Of course since this is by design it could be considered a pro.
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Likelihood to Renew
NoMachine
No answers on this topic
Devolutions
Considering that Wayk Now comes in a free edition that can be used commercially, even if I wasn't to renew Wayk Now for whatever reason, I would still use it, but I do actually require the unattended access feature which is available for free now with the new free business licence.
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Usability
NoMachine
No answers on this topic
Devolutions
I feel Wayk Now is very useable as it's still a very simple concept packaged basically the same way that the competition does with their remote assist type apps
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Support Rating
NoMachine
I haven't consulted with customer support, so I don't have an opinion. However, from the usefulness of the product, I think the support is also good
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Devolutions
My experience with their support is for a related product, not Wayk Now; however Devolutions support has always been superior to most regardless of the product being used. I left it at a 9 instead of a 10 simply because I haven't used it, but I would expect nothing less than a 10 from my experiences with RDM - both free and paid versions.
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Alternatives Considered
NoMachine
Again, the NoMachine is a real virtual terminal, and you don't need to install another Linux on your machine to fully exploit the X-terminal function. This makes the disk and memory usage of the client minimum. No issue on the screen. It is really good.
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Devolutions
I think they're great tools also. But. Skype for Business, it's only for 365 users or, with external users, be prepared to download a nice 50Mb PLUGIN.... And TeamViewer, I think it's great, but lots of companies around the world block it thinking it's a malware, more than a support tool.
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Return on Investment
NoMachine
  • It makes the access to server much easier and convenient
  • Connection is very stable, which makes works very efficient
  • I don't need to reboot my Windows PC to switch to Linux in order to fully exploit the working environment of the server.
  • No negative impact
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Devolutions
  • There is a no-cost version of the tool which has an immediate positive Return on Investment as it allows remote support users to efficiently assist users
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