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N-able Take Control

Overview

What is N-able Take Control?

N-able™ Take Control (formerly Solarwinds Take Control) and Take Control Plus are cloud-based remote control solutions built for MSPs and IT service businesses that need to securely access and troubleshoot end devices. With support for Windows®, Mac®, and Linux® machines, MSPs can work…

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Recent Reviews

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Performance on low-end machines: Some users have found the performance of the software to be lacking when used on low-end machines, …
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Amazing Product

10 out of 10
November 26, 2019
Incentivized
We use it internally to support our internal machines, as well as our customers' machines. It is so quick and easy to log onto a machine …
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Popular Features

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  • Screen sharing (12)
    8.7
    87%
  • Over-the-Internet remote session (12)
    8.6
    86%
  • File transfer (13)
    8.5
    85%
  • Remote management of servers & workstations (12)
    8.5
    85%
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Pricing

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Take Control

$19

Cloud
per month

Take Control Plus

$45

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $19 per month
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Product Demos

Getting Started with N-able Take Control Plus: Surveys - Demo

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Features

Remote Administration

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

8.2
Avg 8.3
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Product Details

What is N-able Take Control?

N-able™ Take Control (formerly Solarwinds Take Control) and Take Control Plus are cloud-based remote control solutions built for MSPs and IT service businesses that need to securely access and troubleshoot end devices. With support for Windows®, Mac®, and Linux® machines, MSPs can work from those platforms or their iOS® or Android® devices with the N-able native app.

With N-able Take Control, users can assign techs or whole departments to specific customers or individuals so that support tickets get handled efficiently and on time. Technicians can access the system via the bash shell, transfer files silently, and call the system manager to view CPU usage or kill processes. The open system control console for end client devices enables users to diagnose computer and network issues, check event logs, and review or kill processes. Use the remote command line to perform operations in the background, including silently uploading files and activating scripts to seamlessly fix issues. Pass sessions to other technicians to escalate tasks, transfer tickets or employ multiple technicians on a single remote access session without affecting performance.

Take Control Plus offers 500 install agents, 10 end-user accounts for you and your clients for simple remote access, video chat, customizable surveys, session calling cards, registry editing, and password management. Take Control is available free for 14 days, no credit card required.

N-able Take Control Screenshots

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N-able Take Control Competitors

N-able Take Control Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android

Frequently Asked Questions

N-able Take Control starts at $19.

TeamViewer, LogMeIn Rescue by GoTo, and ConnectWise ScreenConnect are common alternatives for N-able Take Control.

Reviewers rate Initiate remote control from mobile and Session record highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of N-able Take Control are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews and Ratings

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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!

Users have provided several recommendations for Take Control based on their experiences. Firstly, many users have found Take Control to be an affordable and easy-to-use remote access tool. They appreciate its affordability and user-friendly interface. Secondly, some users suggest using Take Control in conjunction with N-Central for remote access as they believe that these two tools complement each other well and enhance the remote access capabilities. Lastly, users recommend considering Take Control as a viable alternative to Teamviewer, finding that it offers similar features and functionality while being more cost-effective. Overall, users recommend evaluating the cost, flexibility, and usability of Take Control, comparing it to competitors like LMI and Bomgar, and being prepared for a learning curve with its interface.

Reviews

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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our company uses Take Control to manage end-user devices, and monitor them for potential issues.

Take control allows us to seamlessly take control over user devices upon request in a matter of minutes, to assist and correct any problems they're having remotely. Thus, allowing them to get back on track in no time.

Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use N-able to take control of the computers remotely. This can be either inside or outside of our network infrastructure. N-able is mostly used by our IT department as a way of support of our end users and is installed by default on all of our domain-joined computers.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Take Control to remotely support our MSP clients, it integrates seamlessly with our RMM platform and allows a quick high performance remote connection to servers and workstations. Biggest improvement over our previous solution is the ability to paste passwords in all scenarios with a dedicated key combo, and with long complex passwords being normal this is a life saver.
December 08, 2022

N-able Take Control

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
N-able Take Control allows myself the ability to take control of any PC within my organization in order to trouble shoot or monitor usage of the PC. Cases such as Malware , Software malfunction or even training gives me total control of the PC to isolate and see what the issue is.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Take Control to support our MSP as well as ISP clients both internally and externally. Virtually everyone in the office uses it including our graphic designer if they need to work from home. Being able to use take control in its various capacities allows us to quickly and easily diagnose a multitude of varying issues from misconfigured residential routers to major service outages on our customers systems from anywhere in the world.
Kevin Hull | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Solarwinds to take control as part of our RMM platform to access and control remote machines. Additionally, we use Take Control as a tool for our clients to remote into their own machines.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Solarwinds Take Control is used to monitor and fix issues with clients' machines remotely. It's an awesome system that gives full access remotely. Security is a main concern of our clients and this helps us to fix issues before they become major problems. Solarwinds as a whole is an awesome suite that takes monitoring and problem solving to a full new level.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Take Control is used across our organization. As an MSP, we support client desktops and troubleshoot client servers with Take Control. We also use it for internal support of our employee laptops/workstations.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our organization uses Solarwinds Take Control to remote into our client PC and solve problems. If a client device receives an error or needs software installation, Take Control is a user-friendly tool to save us travel time by creating a remote connection into the devices versus driving onsite to the device location.
Les Klassen Hamm | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use SolarWinds MSP Anywhere for my MSP clients, as it's beautifully integrated in the Remote Monitoring and Management console. This is the preferred remote access method for all clients who use our Managed Services.
Brian W. Caldwell BIT | MIS | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Our organization recently switched from a competing on demand "helpdesk" tool to SolarWinds MSP Anywhere. [It's being used] for internal use as well as for use in support of our non-managed customers (project / break-fix customers). We use it as a way to connect remotely, administer, and maintain those customers on demand, and with their consent. Since we have used other SolarWinds tools, this was one factor we used to make the decision. It also helped immensely that the cost was significantly less as compared to competing solutions.
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