Account on Screen Connect (referring to using it in Accounting industry)
August 01, 2016

Account on Screen Connect (referring to using it in Accounting industry)

James Larsen, CPA, MS(Tax) | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with ScreenConnect

I use it internally and externally. Internally, I use it to connect to my employees' computers to assist them on tasks they can't figure out. My workforce is remote, working from home, so this works great. Also, I use it to share my screen and do training with them. Externally, I use it to do QuickBooks consulting. I will connect to a client's computer to help them with QuickBooks or to share my screen and show them how to do something in QuickBooks.
  • The price for the service matches the value I receive.
  • It's easy to launch.
  • My screen connect with certain people has been slow. Even though I know that me and the othersides up/download speed is very fast.
  • There was a sales guy that kept calling me asking me about my trial of screen connect long after I paid for a year of service. It was as if he didn't know I signed up.
  • Saves me money by giving me a tool to make having a remote workforce more possible.
  • Client satisfaction has increased because I can assist my client's any time of day and fix their problem quickly.
They have a large company, Citrix, backing them and that could be perceived as better in certain eyes. However, I felt that the price for what I got with Screen Connect was a better value and it pretty much worked the same. The graphical user interface of GoToAssist might be a little prettier but that doesn't make a difference to me.
It depends on your situation. Prior to starting my own business, the CPA firm I worked for would not have a need for it because they didn't have a remote workforce and didn't offer remote connect to help clients with accounting software. Because of the way I set up my business, with remote workforce, it made sense to have a subscription to Screen Connect.

ConnectWise ScreenConnect Feature Ratings

Screen sharing
8
File transfer
10
Instant message
9
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication
Not Rated
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers
Not Rated
Over-the-Internet remote session
8
Initiate remote control from mobile
Not Rated
Remote management of servers & workstations
Not Rated
Remote Active Directory® management
Not Rated
Centralized management dashboard
Not Rated
Session record
Not Rated
Annotations
Not Rated
Monitoring and Alerts
Not Rated
Multi-platform remote control
Not Rated