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ConnectWise ScreenConnect

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What is ConnectWise ScreenConnect?

ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a remote support, access, and meeting solution. With it, users can utilize remote support and access to repair computers, provide updates, and manage machines. Users can also conduct online seminars and presentations using remote meetings.

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Popular Features

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  • Screen sharing (583)
    9.4
    94%
  • Over-the-Internet remote session (589)
    9.3
    93%
  • Remote management of servers & workstations (506)
    9.2
    92%
  • File transfer (556)
    8.5
    85%

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What is ConnectWise ScreenConnect?

ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a remote support, access, and meeting solution. With it, users can utilize remote support and access to repair computers, provide updates, and manage machines. Users can also conduct online seminars and presentations using remote meetings.

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  • No setup fee
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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Features

Remote Administration

Remote administration software is used to control a computer from a remote location.

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Product Details

What is ConnectWise ScreenConnect?

ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a remote support, access and meeting solution. With this solution, the user can use remote support and access to repair computers, provide updates, and manage machines. Users can also conduct online seminars and presentations using remote meetings.

ConnectWise ScreenConnect Screenshots

Screenshot of The guest page, where end-users enter a code to join a session with a technicianScreenshot of Connecting from a Windows machine to a macOS machineScreenshot of The Extension Marketplace, where administrators can install and configure new features and integrationsScreenshot of The Access view of the Host page, where a technician can connect to unattended machinesScreenshot of The toolbox menu, which allows technicians to store and run executables, scripts, and other frequently-used filesScreenshot of the Host page, where a command can be run directly without connecting to the machineScreenshot of the Toolbox, which can be personal or shared. It is used to run small scripts and other tools on a remote device.Screenshot of ConnectWise ScreenConnect supports Linux distributions.

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ConnectWise ScreenConnect Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a remote support, access, and meeting solution. With it, users can utilize remote support and access to repair computers, provide updates, and manage machines. Users can also conduct online seminars and presentations using remote meetings.

TeamViewer, GoTo Resolve, and BeyondTrust Remote Support are common alternatives for ConnectWise ScreenConnect.

Reviewers rate Screen sharing highest, with a score of 9.4.

The most common users of ConnectWise ScreenConnect are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

ConnectWise Control is a versatile remote support software that offers a wide range of use cases for IT departments, support teams, and businesses. Users have found the software to be an essential tool for providing remote technical support to end users. With ConnectWise Control, IT departments can diagnose and address problems quickly and effectively, eliminating the need for physical visits to workstations. The software allows for easy remote login and access to user computers, simplifying PC management and troubleshooting.

ConnectWise Control is also used for remote administration, patching, and help desk troubleshooting in a cloud environment. It offers a toolbox feature that allows technicians to quickly download necessary tools for the job on clients' computers, making support sessions more efficient. The software is employed by managed IT providers to offer remote support to clients, allowing technicians to connect to client machines and resolve technical issues. It is also utilized by IT consultants as their exclusive remote control software, providing fast and dependable remote access to equipment in the field.

Additionally, ConnectWise Control is used for remote access, support, and training purposes in organizations with multiple locations or remote workers. The software facilitates collaboration and flexibility between employees in different geographical locations by enabling remote access and screen sharing. It is chosen by support roles in cross-platform environments due to its compatibility with various operating systems. Users appreciate the ease of use and the ability to control remote systems from anywhere in the world.

ConnectWise Control has proven valuable across different industries such as web hosting businesses, schools, bookkeepers, and service desk teams. The software's functionality and reliability have made it a preferred choice for IT departments and MSPs who require efficient remote support solutions. Users find that it saves time, streamlines operations, and impresses customers with its speed.

Overall, ConnectWise Control offers a comprehensive suite of features that cater to the diverse needs of IT departments, support teams, and businesses. Its ability to provide quick and reliable remote support, access to computers and servers, and compatibility with various platforms make it a go-to solution for those seeking efficient and effective remote control software.

ConnectWise Control garners frequent recommendations from users based on their experiences. The most common recommendations include its ease of use and learnability, particularly for Chromebook users. Users appreciate the product's reliability, describing it as solid and dependable. Additionally, ConnectWise Control is praised for its integration capabilities, seamlessly working with other tools and systems. Users suggest trying the trial version, as they find exceptional support provided by the company. Furthermore, users note that ConnectWise Control constantly improves its functionality based on user feedback, indicating a commitment to enhancing the product over time.

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Nathan Weber | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Ease of Use to join sessions: being able to email a client a link to install ConnectWise Control on their computers without needing a degree in computer science has made my job easier and more productive.
  • 2FA: ConnectWise Control having Two-Factor Authentication has made me more at ease with setting control up on our servers that hold sensitive data.
  • Joining Sessions: ConnectWise Control is very quick when joining sessions. I have used other products where you have to wait up to a minute to get the connection. ConnectWise Control connects you in real-time, which makes a big difference in your productivity and in-patient clients.
  • On organization: It would be great if we could set up sectioned off groups and control permissions to access those groups from other logins.
  • A way to transition a support session to full-time access session.
  • I would love to be able to run reports to see the connection history for each login.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Its connection speed to a remote host is FAST!
  • The technician user interface is simplistic and easy to use.
  • Software is lightweight and works on multiple operating systems.
  • Connection behavior differs between web browsers. Would like to see this step more uniformed.
  • Reboot and Reconnect does not always work resulting in a new session to be started.
  • Multiple Monitor Views are too small even on a large display causing you to switch between customer display screens.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Allows me to select a particular screen when a user has multiple screens.
  • Moving files back and forth is very easy.
  • Easy to update the program across multiple computers at the same time.
  • I would like to be able to do file transfers to a computer in the background while not interfering with the local user.
May 10, 2019

Awesome Program

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Easy to set up a new connection.
  • Easy one click connections
  • Does not slow down computer during use and is very responsive
  • No issues so far
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • ConnectWise Control has licensing terms that are much more scalable than other solutions, from small businesses to large enterprises.
  • There is a lot of flexibility regarding permissions for users, both for IT staff and end users.
  • It has both hosted and on-premise models.
  • I would like to see more flexible licensing for the self-hosted model so that smaller businesses could take advantage of it
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Reliability - Once installed, the ConnectWise access agents stay running as long as a computer is online.
  • Remote scripting - We are able to run scripts or batch files against groups of remote computers, eliminating the need to manually perform tasks on each.
  • Updates - ConnectWise regularly gets updated to provide new features and resolve issues.
  • Remote Desktop Experience - Other remote access tools provide a smoother remote desktop experience (more responsive even with full-color display).
  • File Transfer - Sending and receiving files is a bit clunky and always presents windows on the remote computer. An interface showing file browsing for the host (left) and client (right) allowing send/receive would be welcome.
  • Theming - (this is not a major issue at all) - It would be nice to have simpler custom theming UI.
Kevin Youngblood | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • ConnectWise connects very fast and consistently.
  • I love the way ConnectWise manages multiple screens, chat, file transfers, and audio.
  • ConnectWise makes it very easy for less technical people to install, along with several options for sending them the install file.
  • The ConnectWise "dashboard" is very easy to organize and use.
  • I don't really have a good one.
  • Maybe that I can only use one instance with the plan I have.
  • It would be nice to have a Raspberry PI client.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Easy for clients to set up.
  • Great customization.
  • Lightweight client software.
  • An excellent number of features including sending files through the software.
  • Excellent pricing.
  • They need to make the user interface for administration more user-friendly. Setting up new users and more advanced security is more difficult than it should be.
  • Scrolling up/down using the scroll box seems to be broken.
  • Changing the pricing structure to allow free upgrades to the latest version of the software without having to buy a new license would be welcome.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Highly resilient maintaining the connection.
  • lightweight agent on the desktop.
  • Scales and organizes connected devices well.
  • Includes tons of options to control the connection type and quality.
  • Needs better support for sound events on the client.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Ease of use by users. Many screen connect software packages are confusing for users to start sessions and require large installations. ConnectWise Control makes it simple to start a session for the user.
  • Giving the needed tools to technicians. Most screen connect softwares have limitations that require user input to accomplish tasks. This slows down the troubleshooting process and makes it difficult for the tech to complete their job in a timely manner. ConnectWise Control gives the tech the control they need to get their job done.
  • The only issue I have with ConnectWise Control is that the path to adding new users isn't intuitive and could be simpler.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • It is very quick and easy to set-up a remote support session with a customer. It just plain works and allows for the necessary access without any additional configuration or setup.
  • It allows us to always be able to access critical customer systems for support at any time.
  • It is very easy to administer and allows easy access for technicians from both inside and outside our network.
  • I'm really having a hard time coming up with anything that could be radically improved. It just plain works.
  • In one case, we had a very weird screen resolution issue where the remote screen was unreadable. This had to do with the customer video setting and was easy to resolve. Perhaps have a way to set (or reset) the screen resolution remotely?
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Easy, reliable connections
  • Stable platform
  • Great user interface
  • The chat interface is a bit awkward -- the administrator screen pops in and out unexpectedly and sometimes covers the end user's UI
  • Connectivity with Macs is sometimes hard to establish ("trust" issues)
  • Data transfer is very slow. I usually use DropBox to move data between the host and the client
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
  • Extremely quick to connect.
  • Chat is also very quick and stable.
  • Snapshots and screen recording work great.
  • Management is very simple.
  • It's super simple to deploy.
  • The admin management interface could be more polished.
  • I would like to see a file folder management without screen viewing.
  • More preconfigured commands would be helpful.
Relton McBurrows | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • ConnectWise easily allows us to present wirelessly when no other solution is available.
  • With the proper settings within our firewall, ConnectWise allows secure remote connections, even in our highly secure network.
  • Within our department, ConnectWise allows us to share issues with each other via screen sharing.
  • Sometimes, ConnectWise conflicts with our firewall settings.
  • ConnectWise could improve in allowing more control over VPN settings.
  • The iOS app logs me out at inconvenient times, and I've had difficulty reconnecting.
Ralph Haney | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Fast connection, stable and feature-rich tools.
  • Reboot and connect automatically, even in safe mode.
  • Blackout remote screen and block input during the session.
  • Dual screen support but can zoom to either for clarity.
  • Access remote hosts without user interaction.
  • Push command line entries without user interaction.
  • Not much missing! Maybe real-time zoom into the remote screens?
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • LDAPS integration, tightly integrated security, permissions and user management with active directory.
  • On-demand support is quick and painless.
  • Great pricepoint.
  • The mobile app needs serious work.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Self-hosted - this is great for me and makes it easy to control my data, which is important for my clients.
  • Mobile Access - being able to quickly diagnose and resolve an issue while on the road is great.
  • Persistent - "always on" connections with screen capture.
  • Great User Interface and chat works exceptionally well.
  • Would like the ability to 'take control' in a mode that is transparent to the end user or to the audience - for example, when working on digital signage systems, it would be great to access and update without affecting the program that is playing on the main screen.
  • More CMD based functionality, or perhaps a dedicated remote CMD terminal functionality that would let me fully access the system and execute programs without being truncated to 5000 characters.
  • The mobile app on iPhone crashes once in a while, but on iPad, it works fine - perhaps it is the age of the phone, but it is hard to tell.
Jamie Boland | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • User profile flexibility. We can set individual users' level of access rights and what machines they can see.
  • Each agent can access multiple machines at a time and also share access to the same machine.
  • Access logs. We can review who accessed what machine when and also if internet access failed.
  • Organise machines using tags to group effectively.
  • I would like to see increased reporting such as report of activity by agent rather than endpoint machine.
  • Thumb nail expansion would be handy.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Easily remote into computers.
  • Fix various issues like printing, etc.
  • Can easily search by computer name or number in the web portal.
  • Sometimes the web portal will go down for short periods of time.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Easy and reliable connection. We previously used Join.me and found that users were having an increasingly difficult time following the process to use it. With ConnectWise Control, it works easily 98% of the time.
  • I like the fact that I can reboot the remote computer and still maintain my session.
  • Being able to switch between user screens in a multi-screen environment is valuable.
  • I can't think of anything I would change or add.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
  • Very simple to connect. The search for computers is great. You search by computer name, last login name, or public IP. Even the word 'server' will bring up all the servers.
  • There is a huge amount of functionality but many functions are only available with lots of training. Certain points should be easier to manage with just clicks of buttons. For example, by default printers are shared which IMHO the default should be off but there should be an easy option.
  • Sometimes, when copying files to/from a session, it stops working for no apparent reason. Also, the keyboard sometimes will start acting weird like not accepting certain keys or let them combine them with a function key. (These might be more bugs than cons)
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