Connect Wise Control: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
June 18, 2019

Connect Wise Control: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with ConnectWise Control (formerly ScreenConnect)

Connect Wise Control is used to remotely assist our clients and perform work on their systems from a remote location when necessary. In some instances it's installed as a direct access client, in other cases it's on a support case by support case basis when the client prefers that approach.

Pros

  • Provides relatively reliable remote access to systems not on-prem.
  • Is relatively easy to and straight forward to use.
  • Does a great job of waking up remote systems - better than other methods I've tried.

Cons

  • The new interface seems more cumbersome than the previous interface.
  • Getting a support issue resolved can sometimes be more difficult than it should be.
  • Company information can get buried in back end databases and doesn't update when changed in the portal.
  • Not really ROI but Connect Wise helps provide a more timely response to clients when we can't get onsite.
  • It's made the business appear as a more professional company with tools that one may not expect from a small business.
Connect Wise Control came recommended from a colleague so we did not really evaluate other products. I have had experience with Team Viewer and Connect Wise Control seems more user-friendly in terms of its interface. It also seems better at waking up workstations when that's been necessary.
I think the Connect Wise Control product is well suited for consultants who have clients over a wide geographic area in order to respond to client needs more quickly. I'm not sure Connect Wise Control is necessarily the best product for access to workstations by internal IT staff who simply need remote access.

ConnectWise ScreenConnect Feature Ratings

Screen sharing
8
File transfer
10
Instant message
6
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication
Not Rated
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers
10
Over-the-Internet remote session
8
Initiate remote control from mobile
6
Remote management of servers & workstations
8
Remote Active Directory® management
Not Rated
Centralized management dashboard
8
Session record
Not Rated
Annotations
Not Rated
Monitoring and Alerts
Not Rated
Multi-platform remote control
8

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