Datto Remote Monitoring and Management vs LogMeIn Central comparison

datto and GoTo are both solutions in the Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) category. datto is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.5, while GoTo is ranked #9 with an average rating of 10.0. datto holds a 7.3% mindshare in RMM, compared to GoTo’s 4.4% mindshare. Additionally, 77% of datto users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of GoTo users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

LogMeIn Central and Datto Remote Monitoring and Management compete in the remote monitoring and management category. LogMeIn Central appears more favorable for those on a budget, offering support and essential features, while Datto provides premium features that justify its cost, appealing to larger enterprises.

Features: LogMeIn Central offers remote access, automated task management, and endpoint security. It targets small to medium-sized businesses with its simplicity. Datto Remote Monitoring and Management provides comprehensive monitoring, patch management, and data backup. It's designed for larger organizations needing robust data protection and recovery solutions.

Room for Improvement: LogMeIn Central could enhance its advanced feature set to better cater to larger enterprises and improve its data backup capabilities. Its security features may need refinements for higher-tier users demanding more comprehensive solutions. Additionally, offering more granular control options could optimize its utility for diverse IT environments. Datto Remote Monitoring and Management could streamline its deployment process for easier integration and enhance its user interface for better accessibility. Expanding customization options could increase flexibility for users needing specific configurations. Price competitiveness could also be evaluated for broader market appeal.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: LogMeIn Central allows straightforward deployment with efficient customer support, appealing to businesses with basic IT needs. Datto Remote Monitoring and Management entails a more involved deployment process but provides dedicated support and resources, benefiting businesses with complex IT requirements.

Pricing and ROI: LogMeIn Central generally offers a lower initial setup cost, which suits smaller budgetary constraints, providing reasonable ROI for its core capabilities. Datto Remote Monitoring and Management, although associated with higher initial expenses, promises long-term savings through its comprehensive features, aiming to provide extensive and proactive IT management and protection.

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Categories and Ranking

Datto Remote Monitoring and...

Ranking in Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)

6th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

LogMeIn Central

Ranking in Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)

9th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) category, the mindshare of Datto Remote Monitoring and Management is 7.3%, down from 7.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of LogMeIn Central is 4.4%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)

Featured Reviews

Dario Caraponale

Founder at Strong security brasil

It's very easy to implement and create policies

Implementation for our first customer took about a week. The console is cloud-based, while we install agents on customer desktops and laptops, both on-premises and remote. Maintenance seems quite easy so far. I can set up alerts for anything happening in the tool, so my technical staff don't need to monitor the console constantly.

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Kelsey Braun

Information Technology Specialist at Allegheny Coupling

Has good stability and an easy initial setup process

We use the solution for remote access control and endpoint protection features The solution has the best remote access control and protection features. They should provide intermediate device limit options. It would be helpful for users who require more remote control capabilities than the lower…

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Pros

"The alerting system helps us determine what are high level alerts, and what are alerts which can wait for a day or two. We catch RAID failures, hot servers, bad drives (or predicted failures on drives), etc."

"It has a single pane of glass, and it integrates well with other software."

"AEM support is great for Macs."

"We support nine different nonprofits, and the billing took the manager three or four days working on spreadsheets. When I finished automating everything with Datto, we cut everything down to a couple of hours. That's a substantial cost savings on the billing side."

"Automation, in terms of the standard patches and standard updates, and remote support are valuable. When it does the standard Windows and patches, it works really well. This is something they focus on. Remote support is also something they focus on quite a bit, and it works really well. Being able to get to an agent or a client computer right away is very helpful."

"The tool's main valuable features are its ease of use and intuitive console. It's very easy to implement and create policies. I don't need highly technical staff to manage the tool, which is a big advantage."

"I also like how Datto integrates seamlessly with the Autotask ticketing system."

"Even when the connection to the server is lost, the monitoring continues without interruption."

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"The ability to remotely access machines with no user intervention required at the remote terminal. Other software we used needed someone to click a link and do a download for me to provide support. Now, with LogMeIn Central, I can get in and fix things while they are away from their desks."

"It allows you to transfer along with many other functions."

"Using the product, we provide a quicker response when supporting customers."

"I like the security aspect, that I can glance down and see quickly who's up to date on patches, and who has virus concerns."

"For me, it's convenience because I cover three different offices, and I need to be able to remotely access any of those three offices from anywhere, anytime. With LogMeIn Central, I can do that."

"The initial setup was pretty straightforward."

"The alerts are helpful."

"It’s enabled me to remotely do updates to servers and workstations in off-hours – without needing to travel into the office. Makes my life much easier."

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Cons

"My most significant criticism is Datto is a complex product that takes a while to understand, but that could be said of almost any solution at the same level. It depends on where you're starting from. You have to rework all your workflows, and it's some heavy lifting if you want to get it right."

"They have a tab to provide information about the type of hardware the computers have. One thing they don't specify is what model of hard drive the computers have. Identification of storage models would be nice."

"I would like the ability to remotely manage configuration and settings on individual units. Some organizations have a certain device configuration that needs to be consistent across all computers. For example, if we have computers that cannot go to sleep or hibernate because they're being accessed remotely, we need to be able to quickly configure those computers to not hibernate. With Datto, there is no easy and/or direct way to accomplish this. I can't create a group called No Hibernate and drag all those computers to that group so that they do not go into hibernation. There is no easy way to put in a policy or a procedure like that. It's still back to going to each computer and doing it by hand, which is what I'm trying to get away from. I want to automate and simplify as much as possible. I write code and scripts to do most of my work anyways. The intention is to get away from me having to be so hands-on."

"The CRM capabilities are not very good. It's clunky and could work a lot better than it does. There are no marketing add-ins, for example."

"Be prepared to spend a lot of time on conversions if you have a lot of clients."

"The main challenge was implementing patch management for software that was not in the tool's standard library or catalog."

"The only area where I see room for improvement is the ability to delay the application of patches for a set number of days."

"We would like to see a little more functionality when monitoring network devices, such as switches and routers."

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"LogMeIn Rescue could be made a lot easier where you could just tell the person where to go and log in, and they could just log in. Or even make it simpler where you could just send a file to a person and they would click on it; just something easier. The way they have it right now, it's not easy."

"The screen. Make it clearer. The screen resolutions don't always line up. So clarity of the screen, and speed."

"Do not use the technical support."

"Sometimes it just fails to load."

"The initial load is terribly slow and often has delays with the login page loading."

"There are some screens that are just ugly and difficult to manipulate."

"I do not like the antivirus."

"The update issues are an absolute pain. It says it is updating things, but the updates do not go through, and you try your hardest to get the updates to go through and they don't. You go to the PC, but there is no update there, then you go back and it says there are updates."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"AEM is a lot more scalable as you just pay per agent instead of having to purchase expensive licenses."

"The license typically depends on the number of endpoints. On the RMM side, I think we're paying around $2,250 per endpoint. Then there is also a license per user and tech, so that comes out to about a hundred bucks per tech, give or take."

"We had to pay out some overtime for a few problematic sites. Sites on domain networks are incredibly easy to install. We learned a few tricks that streamlined the process, but in the beginning, it was a bit tedious."

"It fluctuates on the number of computers you have. Depending on the number of computers you have, it can fluctuate anywhere between $5 to $10 per computer per month, which is not too bad. I am not aware of any additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee. It was one flat rate per device."

"Regarding pricing, Kaseya sells it as part of a bundle called Kaseya 360. This package includes several tools, such as EDR, ransomware protection, and more. Considering the bundle, the price is reasonable. However, where I am in Brazil, the high dollar rate and taxes make it not cheap for mid-sized companies. Still, it's competitively priced compared to similar tools."

"It goes by how many endpoints you have. It is about $3,000 a month for us. If we can't figure it out ourselves and need additional help to set it up, we would have to pay for that."

"We've been trying to nail its cost down ourselves, and it is a disaster in that area because you get different numbers all the time. They say this is what it is, but the numbers don't make a lot of sense to me. I know that the numbers change. So, the more you have, the less they are per seat, but I don't really understand where those breakdowns are. Its billing is confusing. It is definitely the worst part. For 7,500 seats, it might be between 2,250 and 2,700 a month. It is somewhere in there."

"I complain about the price all the time. It's gone up from relatively inexpensively to, right now, about $2000 a year for me, based upon the number of machines I have. You say $2000 is not that bad, but the price has jumped up significantly over the past few years. They went three or four years without any price increases, and then they did a dramatic increase, three or four times the annual fee, two years in a row. But last year and this year it has been pretty stable."

"Coming from where it was free, it's getting to be expensive."

"We are an educational institution, so anything to make it cheaper would be better because we don’t grow money on trees."

"Having to spend so much money on remote access is what I feel to be a necessary evil."

"It's getting more expensive and we are starting to evaluate other products. It's starting to become unaffordable."

"It's probably worth the value, but the price increases over the last five years are getting harder to justify."

"Pricing is a little on the expensive side, compared to what TeamViewer has offered."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

11%

University

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Datto Remote Monitoring and Management?

Even when the connection to the server is lost, the monitoring continues without interruption.

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What needs improvement with Datto Remote Monitoring and Management?

We are still on the learning curve with the solution, so I can't point out many specific areas for improvement yet.

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What advice do you have for others considering Datto Remote Monitoring and Management?

The main challenge was implementing patch management for software that was not in the tool's standard library or catalog. We overcame this by working with their technical support; now, we know how ...

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What do you like most about LogMeIn Central?

It is a scalable solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for LogMeIn Central?

The solution's price is reasonable.

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What needs improvement with LogMeIn Central?

They should provide intermediate device limit options. It would be helpful for users who require more remote control capabilities than the lower device limit plans.

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Also Known As

Autotask EM, Autotask Endpoint Management, Datto RMM

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Overview

Autotask Endpoint Management is everything you need from an RMM solution, and it is all managed On Autotask’s customizable dashboards.

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LogMeIn Central enables you to effectively monitor, manage, and secure your endpoint infrastructure with a robust endpoint management feature set.

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