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Datto Remote Monitoring and Management pros and cons

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3.9 out of 5
 

Datto Remote Monitoring and Management Pros review quotes

DM
Apr 7, 2022
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.
reviewer1747083 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 17, 2021
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.
JW
Nov 18, 2021
I also like how Datto integrates seamlessly with the Autotask ticketing system.
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reviewer1742658 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 15, 2021
It has a single pane of glass, and it integrates well with other software.
JB
Dec 17, 2021
The remote tool is nice. If a user needs assistance, I don't have to tell the user to do anything. I just ask the user if I can remote in, and 30 seconds later, I have remoted in. It has been really handy.
DG
May 3, 2018
AEM support is great for Macs.
CP
Mar 24, 2023
Even when the connection to the server is lost, the monitoring continues without interruption.
Dario Caraponale - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 16, 2024
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.
reviewer1160955 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 5, 2022
The project management and task management features work well. It's a decent product in that regard.
 

Datto Remote Monitoring and Management Cons review quotes

DM
Apr 7, 2022
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.
reviewer1747083 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 17, 2021
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.
JW
Nov 18, 2021
Sometimes we have some downtime when Datto is doing updates. Maybe it's because of the cloud service they use. I'm not sure if they're going through AWS or Azure or what. That's happened, but the outages have been few and far between.
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reviewer1742658 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 15, 2021
The actual setup and the automation of their product are horrific. When you buy it, there is nothing out of the box. You have to custom design it for everything you want it to do. You pay for implementation, but they don't really do a whole lot to help you get it going. I know it does a lot more than what ours is set up to do, which is frustrating. When I've demoed other systems, their setup is so much better. When you pay for their setup, there is so much more, whereas I just feel like we didn't get a very good setup.
JB
Dec 17, 2021
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.
DG
May 3, 2018
We would like to see a little more functionality when monitoring network devices, such as switches and routers.
CP
Mar 24, 2023
The only area where I see room for improvement is the ability to delay the application of patches for a set number of days.
Dario Caraponale - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 16, 2024
The main challenge was implementing patch management for software that was not in the tool's standard library or catalog.
reviewer1160955 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 5, 2022
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.