Be a Hero from Anywhere
March 15, 2017

Be a Hero from Anywhere

Brian W. Caldwell BIT | MIS | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds MSP Anywhere

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.
  • Makes it easy to manage multiple technician accounts.
  • Easy to review previous session history.
  • Has a post-help survey tool that can be used to send to staff or customers.
  • It doesn't always exit/close down cleanly.
  • I would like to see improved integration with PSA tools, such as AutoTask.
  • The interface (GUI) is a bit boring, but I'll take that over functionality any day.
  • We've seen a 50% reduction in cost as compared to a similar tool, without the loss of any functionality.
Quite simple in the cost to function ratio. It was as simple as that.
More appropriate for unmanaged customers, e.g. if you already are using SolarWinds N-Able/N-central with another RMM tool, MSP Anywhere would be useful to support your customers that are not part of the managed base.

N-able Take Control Feature Ratings

Screen sharing
7
File transfer
8
Instant message
9
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers
Not Rated
Over-the-Internet remote session
9
Initiate remote control from mobile
Not Rated
Remote management of servers & workstations
9
Remote Active Directory® management
7
Centralized management dashboard
8
Session record
Not Rated
Annotations
Not Rated
Monitoring and Alerts
7
Multi-platform remote control
7