Compare Atera and ConnectWise Automate 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (60.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (65.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
No pricing available
Atera
Star Rating
(1,073)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (60.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free Trial is available
Browse all 8 pricing plansConnectWise Automate
Star Rating
(136)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Atera excels in user-friendliness, with many users appreciating its intuitive interface and easy navigation. One user highlighted that the "menu is not confusing," making it easier for teams to manage tasks without extensive training.
- Users say that ConnectWise Automate offers robust asset management capabilities, with one reviewer noting it provides "everything I need for asset management, inventory control and users in 1 place." This comprehensive approach is particularly beneficial for businesses managing a large number of devices.
- According to verified reviews, Atera's licensing structure is a standout feature, as it counts by technician rather than by endpoint. This model allows businesses to scale affordably, which is a significant advantage for managed service providers (MSPs) looking to grow without incurring high costs.
- Reviewers mention that ConnectWise Automate is highly customizable, which some users find advantageous for tailoring the software to their specific needs. One user emphasized its importance in their operations, stating it is "the core of our business" for managing over 2500 machines.
- Users highlight Atera's quick setup process, with many finding the initial implementation "extremely easy." This ease of setup is a crucial factor for businesses that need to get up and running quickly without extensive downtime.
- G2 reviewers note that while ConnectWise Automate has strong device management and remote monitoring features, it faces challenges in overall user satisfaction compared to Atera, which has received higher ratings for support and ease of use, indicating a more positive experience for everyday users.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
ConnectWise Automate
No pricing availableFree Trial
Atera
Free Trial is available
ConnectWise Automate
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.8
873
8.5
107
Ease of Use
9.2
954
7.3
109
Ease of Setup
9.1
806
6.5
70
Ease of Admin
9.0
595
7.1
65
Quality of Support
9.0
829
7.5
102
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
587
7.8
66
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
860
6.9
106
Features by Category
Ticket and Case Management
8.6
301
Not enough data
8.6
300
Not enough data
8.5
299
Not enough data
8.3
290
Not enough data
8.2
283
Not enough data
8.3
289
Not enough data
8.2
290
Not enough data
8.1
284
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.2
234
Not enough data
7.3
235
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Help Desk
8.2
30
Not enough data
8.4
30
Not enough data
8.5
30
Not enough data
Communication Channels
8.2
286
Not enough data
8.7
285
Not enough data
8.1
280
Not enough data
6.4
267
Not enough data
6.2
264
Not enough data
Platform
7.2
294
Not enough data
7.8
304
Not enough data
8.4
302
Not enough data
8.0
305
Not enough data
8.2
309
Not enough data
8.5
304
Not enough data
Administration
8.0
155
Not enough data
8.3
158
Not enough data
8.7
161
Not enough data
Service Desk
8.6
157
Not enough data
8.3
155
Not enough data
8.4
154
Not enough data
Management
8.6
153
Not enough data
8.8
152
Not enough data
8.7
150
Not enough data
8.4
150
Not enough data
8.1
145
Not enough data
Functionality
8.4
155
Not enough data
8.5
150
Not enough data
8.9
154
Not enough data
8.7
152
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools
7.3
21
Not enough data
6.7
21
Not enough data
7.0
21
Not enough data
6.8
21
Not enough data
7.2
21
Not enough data
7.0
21
Not enough data
7.3
20
Not enough data
Inventory Management - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
8.9
602
|
Verified
9.5
23
|
Verified
8.2
80
Not enough data
7.9
70
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
9.1
616
|
Verified
9.4
23
|
Verified
8.3
545
|
Verified
9.0
22
8.3
545
|
Verified
8.9
19
|
Verified
8.6
597
|
Verified
9.0
21
|
Verified
8.2
76
Not enough data
IT Operations & Workflow - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
8.7
92
Not enough data
Service Management
9.1
601
|
Verified
9.8
22
|
Verified
8.7
85
Not enough data
8.7
110
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
7.8
88
Not enough data
7.5
77
Not enough data
7.8
78
Not enough data
7.6
77
Not enough data
7.7
76
Not enough data
7.5
79
Not enough data
7.4
77
Not enough data
Scope
6.8
30
Not enough data
7.9
33
Not enough data
Security
7.9
32
Not enough data
7.2
30
Not enough data
5.7
27
Not enough data
Management
8.0
28
Not enough data
7.7
27
Not enough data
7.5
26
Not enough data
7.8
28
Not enough data
6.1
25
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
7.8
10
Not enough data
7.5
10
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
7.8
10
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
282
Not enough data
8.9
288
Not enough data
8.2
272
Not enough data
8.6
262
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
8.3
34
Not enough data
8.5
36
Not enough data
8.8
33
Not enough data
Management
8.4
259
Not enough data
8.4
260
Not enough data
7.9
248
Not enough data
Analytics - Network Monitoring
8.1
33
Not enough data
7.9
33
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
8.4
34
Not enough data
7.8
35
Not enough data
8.2
33
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
8.1
33
Not enough data
8.1
33
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
7.6
32
Not enough data
7.5
32
Not enough data
7.3
32
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
7.5
27
Not enough data
7.5
27
Not enough data
7.5
27
Not enough data
7.3
27
Not enough data
7.3
27
Not enough data
7.3
27
Not enough data
7.5
27
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
7.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Asset Inventory
8.8
224
Not enough data
8.7
216
Not enough data
7.8
208
Not enough data
7.1
204
Not enough data
7.9
213
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.2
194
Not enough data
7.1
191
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Asset Management
8.1
30
Not enough data
7.8
30
Not enough data
8.0
30
Not enough data
7.6
30
Not enough data
7.8
29
Not enough data
7.9
30
Not enough data
7.7
30
Not enough data
Management
8.8
217
Not enough data
8.1
207
Not enough data
7.6
205
Not enough data
8.0
212
Not enough data
Responses
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
Automation - AI Agents
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Platform
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
Autonomy - AI Agents
9.2
8
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.6
9
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
Administration
8.7
439
Not enough data
8.4
436
Not enough data
7.3
381
Not enough data
9.0
440
Not enough data
8.2
420
Not enough data
8.2
439
Not enough data
Maintenance
8.9
439
Not enough data
7.8
389
Not enough data
Communication
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.0
362
Not enough data
6.1
355
Not enough data
6.9
366
Not enough data
Security
7.8
378
Not enough data
8.0
386
Not enough data
Device Support
7.4
389
Not enough data
8.2
394
Not enough data
8.2
391
Not enough data
Performance
8.2
424
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.2
280
Not enough data
Automation - AI IT Agents
8.0
11
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
Autonomy - AI IT Agents
7.7
11
Not enough data
7.6
11
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
IT Ticket Management - AI IT Agents
7.9
11
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.3
11
Not enough data
IT Support Automation - AI IT Agents
7.9
11
Not enough data
8.2
14
Not enough data
7.8
12
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
Generative AI - Autonomous Endpoint Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management - Autonomous Endpoint Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Incident Management
8.4
209
Not enough data
8.5
212
Not enough data
8.8
205
Not enough data
8.2
210
Not enough data
8.1
202
Not enough data
Reporting
8.6
211
Not enough data
8.4
207
Not enough data
7.8
200
Not enough data
Access & Usability
7.4
207
Not enough data
8.5
203
Not enough data
8.0
200
Not enough data
8.3
196
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Service Desk
8.4
25
Not enough data
8.0
25
Not enough data
8.0
24
Not enough data
8.1
24
Not enough data
8.1
25
Not enough data
7.6
25
Not enough data
8.0
25
Not enough data
System Control
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Vulnerability Prevention
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
76
Not enough data
Platform
7.9
77
Not enough data
8.8
80
Not enough data
8.1
76
Not enough data
8.3
81
Not enough data
8.5
80
Not enough data
Security
8.3
80
Not enough data
9.0
82
Not enough data
7.4
78
Not enough data
8.2
79
Not enough data
8.1
76
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise IT Management
8.5
11
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
8.5
11
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Agents
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Atera and ConnectWise Automate are categorized as Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
Unique Categories
Atera is categorized as AI IT Agents, AI Agents For Business Operations, AIOps Platforms, Unified Endpoint Management (UEM), IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools, Patch Management, IT Asset Management, Remote Support, Endpoint Management, Enterprise IT Management, Network Monitoring, Service Desk, Help Desk, and Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM)
ConnectWise Automate has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Atera
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
ConnectWise Automate
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
30.3%
Computer & Network Security
12.5%
Manufacturing
3.2%
Telecommunications
3.1%
Hospital & Health Care
3.0%
Other
47.8%
Information Technology and Services
65.4%
Computer & Network Security
7.1%
Computer Networking
3.9%
Computer Software
2.4%
Construction
2.4%
Other
18.9%
Alternatives
Discussions
Is atera safe?
2 Comments
MH
YesRead more
How does your pricing compare to the traditional RMM vendors?
1 Comment
Official Response from Atera
At Atera, you only get billed a fixed monthly fee for the number of technicians that actually use our software. So you don’t pay more when you grow or add...Read more
Can I generate automatically a Service Ticket from an Agent Alert?
1 Comment
Official Response from Atera
It is possible to automatically generate a ticket from an alert. We do not recommend it because it can create a lot of noise in the ticket dashboard. The...Read more
What is the best way to create a new user on a computer already in connectwise automate?
1 Comment
RG
Use a variable and power shell script.Read more
ConnectWise Automate has no more discussions with answers
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