Easy remote access, powerful features, ConnectWise Control
August 04, 2017

Easy remote access, powerful features, ConnectWise Control

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with ConnectWise Control

I am a systems administrator and our department has end users in multiple buildings. ConnectWise allows me to provide our end users with pc support remotely, very quickly from my desk. If I need help I can easily connect my session with other remote technicians in my organization. I also use their web interface to send commands remotely and get system information as needed.

Pros

  • Easily set up new meetings and support sessions that connect on the first try, even when end users aren't very technical
  • A strong focus on features to make a technician's job easier. For example: the toolbox, disable end user's input and blank their screen, remote code execution through web interface
  • If you come across an issue you want to review or share later, you can easily record the screen or save screenshots
  • Their app does an amazing job at providing full computer control from a smart phone.

Cons

  • In scenarios where the application has trouble connecting to the server, more troubleshooting information/logs would be helpful
  • Provide more feedback and attention to ideas in your user forums
  • At my last job, our we were able to work on multiple clients at the same time. We also were able to connect to them more reliably then with other solutions. This led our productivity to go up quickly
  • At my current job, we can easily sort through our end users computers to get information about the computer without hassling the end user. That has been an unexpected benefit
I've tried a lot of the popular solutions available (free and paid) and I've continue to stay with ConnectWise. Their solution does everything I need it to and more and has always been competitively priced. Other solutions have been too expensive or too limiting in features. Where as ConnectWise has been more of the Goldilocks product....just right.
Any scenario where remote access to a group of computers is needed, ConnectWise is a solid choice. But it gets even better if those users are external and you need to set up remote sessions on demand or even meetings among a group of end users. That's where ConnectWise Control really shines.

ScreenConnect Feature Ratings

Screen sharing
10
File transfer
10
Instant message
10
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication
Not Rated
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers
Not Rated
Over-the-Internet remote session
10
Initiate remote control from mobile
7
Remote management of servers & workstations
10
Remote Active Directory® management
Not Rated
Centralized management dashboard
9
Session record
6
Annotations
6
Monitoring and Alerts
Not Rated
Multi-platform remote control
7

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