Atera, the G.O.A.T.
April 09, 2023

Atera, the G.O.A.T.

Brian Pankey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Atera

After testing almost all of the "bigger" named RMMs on the market, Atera is hands down the best for the way that my workflow is set up. They get a lot of things right with simple layouts, a great search bar that you can type anything into, and very easy to understand advanced functionality such as scripts and reports. The database of shared scripts is amazing and you can add your own cool scripts to the pool if you have something useful. The price is also very competitive for the one man shop that I am and allows me to scale up without feeling like I'm missing out on and features from other RMMs. Support is VERY responsive if you're having an issue and their feature board is a way to implement the exact features that users of their software want, so they really do listen to feedback. If I had to bring up a con, the mobile app is a little barebones and I find myself almost never using it but they do plan to continue to add functionality to it. Overall I'm extremely happy with using them to grow my business.
  • Atera and user submitted database of scripts you can easily deploy
  • k.i.s.s. approach to the UI and UX
  • Continuously updating the platform every 2 weeks
  • Mobile app is missing a lot of functionality compared to the web UI
  • Email alerts can be a bit overwhelming without dialing in thresholds of metrics being reported
  • Mac agent still is a bit weird at times but it has greatly improved from the start of my using Atera
  • Mass updating clients has turned from an all weekend ordeal to pushing a single Run now button and verifying all updates completed
  • Always being able to connect to a computer even if it's headless is another massive game changer
  • Being able to generate reports of offices for company inventory
Atera is a joy to open up and see what is going on with my clients. As a single user managing some 500 machines at the moment, automation is key to keeping my sanity and customers happy so being able to manage tasks with ease is a must and Atera delivers on that need.
I have yet to fully utilize the PSA and billing aspects of Atera but do use the remote access and RMM extensively. I've begun to explore the other functions to see if I can do everything in Atera going forward but still have to get out of my old manual ways.
I did like NinjaOne user interface but the price was a lot and the implementation of how it does Windows Updates was not ideal. Pricing would have gotten way up there for the number of endpoints I needed to load up initially. N-able was good with the Apple computer integrations but the UI felt a bit old school with lots of panes and menus. Also, pricing was higher in comparison.

Do you think Atera delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Atera's feature set?

Yes

Did Atera live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Atera go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Atera again?

Yes

Atera is amazing for any one man or woman IT person who has a decent-sized computer fleet to manage but does not have an infinite budget to pay for all of those endpoints at the prices other RMMs charge on a per-device basis. Also, the team feels smaller and more connected to its customers.

Atera Feature Ratings

Remote monitoring
10
Network device monitoring
10
Patch Management
10
Policy-based automation
10

Evaluating Atera and Competitors

  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
I would do it the same exact way of starting with Atera, trying out other systems, hating them, canceling them and promising Atera to never doubt her again.