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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    StackState

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AStackState is an observability solution that helps enterprises decrease downtime and prevent outages by breaking down the silos between existing monitoring tools and tracking changes in dependencies, relationships, and configuration over time. The system relates these changes to incidents, understanding the precise change that is the root cause of an issue. The vendor states StackState clients realize decreases in mean-time-to-repair (MTTR), fewer outages, and lower costs associated with…

    $15

    per month per host

    Zoho Assist

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AZoho Assist from Zoho Corporation is a remote administration tool for SMBs and outsourced IT.

    $12

    per technician/per month

    Pricing
    StackStateZoho Assist
    Editions & Modules
    StackState for Cloud Native Environments
    $15 Per billed annually
    per month per host
    StackState for Hybrid IT Environments
    Contact Sales
    Remote Support - Standard
    $12
    per technician/per month
    Unattended Access - Standard
    $12
    25 unattended computers/per month
    Remote Support - Professional
    $18
    per technician/per month
    Unattended Access - Professional
    $18
    25 unattended computers/per month
    Remote Support - Enterprise
    $28
    per technician/per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    StackStateZoho Assist
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsPricing includes 10 components per host. If the total number of components exceeds the total number of hosts multiplied by 10, additional components cost $1.50 per component per month (billed annually)—
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    Considered Both Products
    StackState
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    Zoho
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    20 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    20 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    Features
    StackStateZoho Assist
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of StackState and Zoho Assist
    Feature
    StackState
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Assist
    8.0
    24 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Screen sharing00 Ratings8.822 Ratings
    File transfer00 Ratings8.123 Ratings
    Instant message00 Ratings8.322 Ratings
    Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Access to sleeping/powered-off computers00 Ratings7.520 Ratings
    Over-the-Internet remote session00 Ratings8.823 Ratings
    Initiate remote control from mobile00 Ratings7.414 Ratings
    Remote management of servers & workstations00 Ratings9.019 Ratings
    Remote Active Directory® management00 Ratings4.43 Ratings
    Centralized management dashboard00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Session record00 Ratings8.515 Ratings
    Annotations00 Ratings7.613 Ratings
    Monitoring and Alerts00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Multi-platform remote control00 Ratings8.616 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Icinga
    Score9 out of 10
    Remote Desktop Manager
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    HPE OneView
    Score6 out of 10
    BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    StackStateZoho Assist
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    8.7
    (24 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (5 ratings)
    8.7
    (14 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    StackStateZoho Assist
    Likelihood to Recommend
    StackState
    StackState is suitable for 1000+ hosts. Sometimes specific applications can take higher development time. Well suited for hybrid platforms to build end to end service alarms and service views. Advanced UI navigation might require some training. It is not a simple download and deploy software. It will require development in an agile model. Where newer versions are deployed to suit exact client requirements. Support contract with the StackState Engineer for development of use-cases is required and very useful.
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    Zoho
    If you have many remote users in challenging-to-access locations and they use multiple platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux), Zoho Assist is the solution. If you have a limited budget, you'll like Zoho Assist pricing. If you have a large team of IT technicians, you'll appreciate Zoho Assist's concurrent usage licensing.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    StackState
    • Giving observability of the entire IT stack
    • Custom alerting options.
    • Ingesting many different types of data.
    • Requesting new features is encouraged and they often add them quite quickly.
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    Zoho
    • One user's computer screen is black, no task bar and start button, after system crush, Unattended Access help me remote control it and use tools under quick Launch to change system settings and created new account for the user, so she can work few hours later.
    • One user computer need help vpn setup but it is not on Unattended Access list, so I create a temporarily Remote Support session, send the link to him by WhatsApp, after he download and install agent, I can connect and remote control it.
    • Sometimes user computer has randomly happening issue, I will connect it by Zoho Assist, record the remote screen, then will catch the issue and know it's triggered
    • sometimes I use video chat as a meeting tool with users
    • The file transfer by web client is useful for me, most of time is to upload files into user computer when it is not able to access our network drive
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    StackState
    • Can't think of anything yet.
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    Zoho
    • Instructions to the tech and the person receiving support could be more clear.
    • Providing mobile support is still a bit clunky. Interacting with the user's device on the other end is not totally functional.
    • It would be nice to have a PC app to use instead of accessing via the browser.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    StackState
    Some elements of the product haven't had the usability upgrade yet and can be a bit technical. This is to be expected as they are trying to solve complex problems. I am sure that in the future, steps will be made to simplify this as well for the users / administrators / developers of the platform.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Assist has proven to be a highly effective and reliable tool that I use on a daily basis. While the "wake up" feature occasionally fails to respond, this seems more likely due to network connectivity issues rather than a flaw in Zoho Assist itself. On rare occasions, the unattended access installation doesn't appear on the administrator's dashboard, which could potentially be caused by firewall restrictions rather than a problem with the software. Aside from these minor and infrequent issues, the platform has consistently performed well and has become an essential part of my workflow.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    StackState
    It's swift, they're thinking along with us. It's a "collaboration approach" rather than a (traditional) customer-supplier relation. Out new ideas are taken in concern and often ends up in enhancements of StackState
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    Zoho
    Support is terrible. Quick to initially respond with the boilerplate "The information provided by you should be sufficient for my development team to analyse this further. I shall also write back to you as soon as I get an update from them on this
    regard." And then you will hear nothing more from them. Chase further and you'll get stock responses such as "Our development team are still looking into this," etc.
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    Implementation Rating
    StackState
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    Make it easier to deploy mulitple agents for different departments.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    StackState
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    The value for Zoho Assist and the functionality is superior to what is now known as LogMeIn Resolve. I knew it before as Goto Assist. My decision to try out and ultimately purchase Zoho Assist has been a great one for my business. I am glad I heard about Zoho Assist and will continue using them for years to come.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    StackState
    • Increased visibility of all resources in cloud to 100%.
    • Deviated stages are able to detect problems before their occurrence. However, [it] needs tunings for false alarms.
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    Zoho
    • Zoho Assist helped in managing our files and records even if ours is not an Enterprise version.
    • Connectivity is maintained despite having faced some latency issues, thus allowing us to save more time and money.
    • Low maintenance costs, since Zoho Assist is cloud-based
    Incentivized
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    Zoho Assist Screenshots

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