We performed a comparison between Datto Remote Monitoring and Management and LogMeIn Central based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Even when the connection to the server is lost, the monitoring continues without interruption."
"The project management and task management features work well. It's a decent product in that regard."
"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."
"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."
"I also like how Datto integrates seamlessly with the Autotask ticketing system."
"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."
"AEM support is great for Macs."
"It has a single pane of glass, and it integrates well with other software."
"I like the options for multiple displays. The unattended access is very useful, but it can also be misused. So, it is something you have to be careful with."
"The initial setup was simple."
"Provides remote access, allows me to get inside our network to be able to fix problems."
"Unattended Access, allows me to do support on machines that people are having trouble with, during non-working hours."
"The ability to manipulate and do things to the computer and file manager, then boot to safe mode, and see what is going on and track alerts. I use it all."
"Remote access is really the biggest one, because in order to be able to support my clients from wherever I am, that is the biggest feature."
"The alerts are helpful."
"It allows you to transfer along with many other functions."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"We would like to see a little more functionality when monitoring network devices, such as switches and routers."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"The only area where I see room for improvement is the ability to delay the application of patches for a set number of days."
"There are some screens that are just ugly and difficult to manipulate."
"Do not use the technical support."
"It is easy to get locked out, which is something that needs to be improved."
"It's not really a true RMM product but more of just a remote access."
"The screen. Make it clearer. The screen resolutions don't always line up. So clarity of the screen, and speed."
"Compared to other products, I feel that their biggest weakness has been customer service. They are very nice, but things take forever to resolve. It has been a major issue there. Otherwise, we're happy. We haven't moved away from them because we haven't found anybody with comparable pricing for our business model."
"The initial load is terribly slow and often has delays with the login page loading."
"I have had issues where LogMeIn has not been useful, then we have not been able to work that day. This happens probably two or three times a year."
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Datto Remote Monitoring and Management is ranked 8th in Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) with 8 reviews while LogMeIn Central is ranked 10th in Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) with 19 reviews. Datto Remote Monitoring and Management is rated 7.8, while LogMeIn Central is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Datto Remote Monitoring and Management writes "A solution that functions optimally even when the connection to the server is lost". On the other hand, the top reviewer of LogMeIn Central writes "Fast with an easy setup and a good interface". Datto Remote Monitoring and Management is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, Atera, PRTG Network Monitor, Kaseya VSA and TeamViewer Remote Management, whereas LogMeIn Central is most compared with TeamViewer, NinjaOne, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Atera and LogMeIn Pro. See our Datto Remote Monitoring and Management vs. LogMeIn Central report.
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