ConnectWise ScreenConnect vs N-able Take Control comparison

ConnectWise and N-able are both solutions in the Remote Access category. ConnectWise is ranked #15 with an average rating of 9.3, while N-able is ranked #30. ConnectWise holds a 1.5% mindshare in VUS, compared to N-able’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of ConnectWise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of N-able users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 7, 2024

ConnectWise ScreenConnect and N-able Take Control compete in remote support solutions. ConnectWise ScreenConnect has the upper hand in pricing and support, whereas N-able Take Control excels with richer features and functionalities.

Features: Users appreciate the robust feature set and customization options of ConnectWise ScreenConnect. It offers efficient remote desktop access, customizable options, and reliable connections. N-able Take Control is praised for its comprehensive monitoring capabilities, deep integration options, and advanced security features. The breadth of tools in N-able Take Control gives it an edge over ConnectWise ScreenConnect.

Room for Improvement: ConnectWise ScreenConnect users often mention the need for a more intuitive workflow, better mobile support, and enhanced reporting features. In comparison, N-able Take Control users seek enhanced speed, stability for larger sessions, and a simplified user interface. Addressing these areas could significantly improve user satisfaction for both products.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ConnectWise ScreenConnect is noted for its straightforward deployment process and responsive customer service. N-able Take Control also offers easy deployment but receives mixed feedback on customer support responsiveness. ConnectWise ScreenConnect's consistent positive feedback on deployment and support provides a slight advantage.

Pricing and ROI: ConnectWise ScreenConnect is highlighted for its cost-effectiveness and positive ROI, with users recognizing the value for money. N-able Take Control, despite its higher cost, is justified by its advanced features and long-term benefits. Users who acknowledge the superior feature set often accept N-able Take Control's pricing as a worthwhile investment.

To learn more, read our detailed ConnectWise ScreenConnect vs. N-able Take Control Report (Updated: January 2025).

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Microsoft Intune

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Remote Access category, the mindshare of Microsoft Intune is 9.6%, down from 12.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ConnectWise ScreenConnect is 1.5%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of N-able Take Control is 0.8%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Joseph Merusi

Collaborations engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Everything has worked better since we started using it

Sometimes the syncing is inconsistent. I'm confident that the devices are checking in every eight hours, but sometimes the devices aren't picking up the settings as quickly as I would expect. Some features haven't been updated in a while, and Microsoft doesn't seem interested in developing them. Unless you talk to an engineer, you don't know whether there will be an update. There are communication issues, so you might start working with a feature without knowing if it will be deprecated six months from now. Some reporting areas still need development. For example, I noticed that the reporting for driver updates is still confusing.

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Todd Blake

Senior IT Specialist at COMMUNITY HEALTH CONNECTIONS INC

Simple to set up, reasonable pricing, and useful remote control capabilities

I'm on the latest version of the solution. I just updated it yesterday. While we have the solution on-premises at this time, we'll likely move to the cloud later this year. They have a trial version that you can try. They have a free version that you can try as well. I use it myself to support my family. I would try the free version or the trial version depending on your business. They can set you up and you can get to see all the features. I would also advocate going to the cloud version. Don't bother with the on-prem. It's just easier to jump to the cloud. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

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Brian Hershey

Platform Manager at a outsourcing company with 11-50 employees

It covers you for HIPAA and PCI certification

Take Control is a way to remotely take over the console of a managed machine, but it also gives you other abilities. You can take over the console, access the registry, throw commands at it in the background, and manipulate the file system Take Control enables you to collaborate with end users.…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Internet-based access with security is what I have found to be most valuable. It is also a stable and scalable solution."

"The mobile device management is very useful."

"I like how Intune deploys the policies and makes them customizable. You can deploy it through Intune and forget about it."

"Autopilot is the most valuable feature."

"I would rate the stability of Microsoft Intune nine out of ten."

"If any user tries to access company data, it directly interacts with the conditional access policy. This helps us protect our data and set the criteria for how data can be accessed and shared."

"The dashboards, the security, and the customization capabilities work very well for us."

"As an IT administrator, I appreciate Intune's ability to implement granular device-level policies for our organization's employees."

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"Better than TeamViewer and useful for fixing problems remotely."

"I've noted an ROI while using the solution."

"Due to the fact that we can help our clients virtually, the solution has allowed us to reduce our travel costs by about 90%."

"It's very easy to use. Provides connections that are always on. It was nice to be able to see a list of end-points and see whether or not they were connected so I could troubleshoot any network issues I had."

"Setup was very straightforward. All I had to do was write a GPO on my domain controller and it automatically installed the agent that I downloaded from the software. I literally had to do nothing."

"The initial setup is fairly straightforward."

"Valuable features include the responsiveness, ability to tune up and tune down the connection, and video."

"Session groups and triggers are the most valuable features, because they make a greater degree of organization possible. Greater degree of organization is valuable to my organization, because we have many sessions to handle."

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"Take Control enables you to collaborate with end users. It's for supporting a workstation where you want the person on the other side to see you moving their mouse, and you can work with them."

"The most valuable part of N-able Take Control is being able to remotely access your customer's site. You are able to view their network. Once you have it set up, it's always available. N-able Take Control can be used even when other remote access controls have been made."

Cons

"We would like to see support for Chrome and/or devices for Chromebooks."

"It should be easier to define policies and comply with those policies."

"The reports that are generated aren't so great. They don't give a lot of meaning so far, but that could be down to user knowledge than the actual reporting side of things. I'm not a big user of it, but I was a bigger user of MaaS360, and we used to be able to run weekly and monthly reports. In the case of any deviations. we'd get a warning immediately. That's not so easy to do or to get in place for Intune. This could be just a user issue, but when I compare both, that's the only thing that's lacking for me."

"Intune doesn't provide much control over Windows servers. It's something we struggle with."

"There is room for improvement in integrating additional features such as Purview and SharePoint activities into Intune."

"Intune's server management could be better. If it could incorporate more features from System Center into Intune's Configuration Manager, it would be beneficial."

"There is no catalog for mobile access management (MAM) security."

"The solution could be improved by the opportunity to connect third-party application databases, such as Chocolatey or another setup store, to Intune."

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"At the moment, there's absolutely no specific feature that we actually need additionally since all the features that we need are available."

"I would like ConnectWise Control to be more transparent on the real costs to renew their license."

"I was not thrilled with their support. I do not have a lot of time to deal with the attention which is needed to fix issues."

"The recent redesign has made it slower and basically worthless."

"Something that I would like to see in the future is mobile video streaming. They do provide audio conferencing, but seeing the problem makes it easier to solve the problem. If they had video streaming, if a client had a physical problem with something and I couldn't get remote access, the client could use his mobile phone to show me the problem. In these cases, even if a client's systems were down, I could help, so long as I had a mobile phone environment."

"Reporting could definitely use improvement. With LogMeIn Rescue, I used to be able to, for instance, at the end of the month, pull off a report of every session. It was very simple... I could see the name that was typed in, the IP address to the computer that it was connected to, if it was running Windows... It just doesn't seem - there might be but I haven't found it - to be a way of pulling that information out of ConnectWise."

"For my company, just installing the software and using it is very easy. But if I need to give one of my customers access to their machines, the process that you have to go through is some 15 to 20 steps. You have to create a group, and then you have to assign a policy. It takes 15 to 20 minutes to set up someone for remote access to their own machine."

"Mobile interface."

More ConnectWise ScreenConnect cons

"The dashboards I do not use because there are issues. The solution monitors your antivirus and other programs but it does not seem to work well."

"We've seen some latency problems in AWS environments. Aside from that, it's a pretty solid service."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is very reasonable."

"Microsoft Intune has been incorporated into our Microsoft E5 licenses."

"We are partners, so we receive some discount. However, from the customer's perspective, Microsoft Intune's pricing is competitive with non-Microsoft technology, and the price is good compared to other market competitors."

"I rate Intune five out of 10 for pricing. It's expensive."

"It is not a cheap solution. The price for a device when you start using it at a large scale can be improved. It is covered under our enterprise agreement. We pay once a year. I am not aware of any additional costs."

"It is average. Some of the costs are quite high depending on what the customer currently uses, but overall, it is not bad. I would not say that I would not recommend Intune based on the cost. I definitely would, but they can definitely improve on the cost. So overall, its cost is not bad."

"We use Defender ATP and E5 licenses."

"We work in the charity sector, so a lot of our clients get Microsoft Premium licenses or Business Premium for free. They get ten licenses free, and a lot of our clients do not have more than ten staff members. They are getting the tool for free, so its cost is not an issue."

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"ConnectWise Control is not an overly expensive tool. Its pricing is reasonable."

"Their licensing model is good, their pricing model is good, their service is good; bandwidth is excellent. They're consistent."

"Pricing is fair for Control and the licensing is simple."

"We pay $3,000 USD for the service, yearly upfront."

"We pay $85 per month for each user for a ConnectWise package with multiple solutions."

"I download the product for free with ConnectWise RMM's license."

"It is priced fairly."

"It is priced well and it is still a great value. Although I have been reading a lot about Splashtop. They are getting pretty competitive on their pricing, including a fairly easy to use remote support for mobile applications, like iOS and Android."

More ConnectWise ScreenConnect pricing and cost advice

"N-able Take Control charges you a monthly fee for every customer that you have booked in, and it used to be inexpensive but it's a little bit more expensive now."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

27%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Healthcare Company

10%

Computer Software Company

19%

Comms Service Provider

12%

University

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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about ConnectWise Control?

The product is really easy to deploy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ConnectWise Control?

I download the product for free with ConnectWise RMM's license.

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What needs improvement with ConnectWise Control?

All the features provided by the product in terms of screen connectors have been good. There can be some complexities...

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Also Known As

Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager

ConnectWise Control, ScreenConnect

SolarWinds MSP Take Control, SolarWinds MSP Anywhere, SolarWinds Take Control

Overview

Microsoft Intune provides centralized management of mobile devices and applications, ensuring security, compliance, and productivity through integration with Microsoft services like Microsoft 365 and Azure Active Directory.

Organizations use Intune for managing mobile devices and applications, enhancing security and compliance across platforms. With features like single sign-on, conditional access, and zero-touch deployment via Autopilot, it facilitates efficient operations. Intune's scalability, easy enrollment, and capabilities such as remote wipe support diverse device management, offering robust data protection and efficient operation. Despite its features, improvement areas include reporting, compatibility with non-Microsoft devices, and better support for macOS and Linux devices.

What are the key features of Microsoft Intune?

Seamless Integration: Works with Microsoft 365, Azure Active Directory, and System Center for streamlined management.
Conditional Access: Enhances security with policies that restrict access based on conditions.
Autopilot: Provides zero-touch deployment for setting up new devices efficiently.
Mobile Device Management: Enables control over both personal and corporate devices.
Application Deployment: Facilitates app delivery across a range of devices.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Centralized Management: Reduces complexity by managing devices and applications in one place.
Security Enhancement: Protects data with features like remote wipe and compliance monitoring.
Improved Productivity: Enhances efficiency with seamless integration and automation features.
Device Scalability: Supports diverse device management for growing business needs.

In industries such as finance, healthcare, and education, Microsoft Intune is implemented to ensure secure and compliant device management. Companies leverage its capabilities to deploy security policies and manage both corporate-owned and BYOD environments, facilitating a unified approach to data protection and compliance.

Microsoft

With ConnectWise ScreenConnect, you can seamlessly connect to desktops, mobile devices, and more, ensuring that customer downtime is a thing of the past. With world-class security features, including AES-256 encryption and two-factor authentication, ConnectWise ScreenConnect is ready to safeguard your interactions right out of the box. What sets ConnectWise ScreenConnect apart is the power of customization – white-label your software with hundreds of appearance options to showcase your unique brand in every support interaction. In the ScreenConnect Support Premium edition, experience ConnectWise View, enabling live stream sessions for real-time hardware troubleshooting via the user's mobile device camera. Plus, with our robust configurability and granular permissions, you can tailor the experience to your exact needs, equipping your team with the precise access they require.

ConnectWise

Whether your clients are working from home, in the office, or on the go—they need you. N‑able^™ Take Control is a powerful remote support solution with troubleshooting tools designed to help you resolve issues quickly and effectively.

Connect to devices in eight seconds or less on average.
Troubleshoot issues with device information and specs at your fingertips.
Configure and customize Take Control for your business using the admin dashboard.
Keep data and clients safe with sophisticated encryption and multifactor authentication.
Quickly connect to new devices and users using a simple PIN.

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