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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (60.3% of reviews)
Small-Business (69.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
$19 month
Atera
Star Rating
(948)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (60.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free Trial is available
Browse all 8 pricing plansN-able Take Control
Star Rating
(150)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (69.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$19 month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Atera excels in its "Remote Monitoring" capabilities, scoring 9.1, which allows for effective oversight of client systems. In contrast, N-able Take Control, while still strong, has a slightly lower score of 8.7 in this area, indicating that Atera may provide a more robust monitoring experience.
- Reviewers mention that Atera's "Ticketing System" is user-friendly with a score of 8.4, but N-able Take Control shines with its "Ticket Notifications" feature, scoring 8.7, which enhances communication and responsiveness in managing support tickets.
- G2 users highlight Atera's "Quality of Support" as a strong point with a score of 9.0, suggesting that users feel well-supported. Conversely, N-able Take Control's support quality is rated at 8.8, indicating a solid but slightly less favorable experience according to reviewers.
- Users on G2 report that Atera's "Session Recording" feature, scoring 7.0, could use improvement, while N-able Take Control offers a superior "Session Recording" experience with a score of 8.2, making it a better choice for those who prioritize this functionality.
- Reviewers mention that Atera's "Asset Management" is rated at 8.3, which is commendable, but N-able Take Control outperforms it with a score of 9.7 in "Unattended Remote Access," indicating a more comprehensive solution for managing assets remotely.
- Users say that Atera's "Ease of Use" is rated at 9.2, making it very accessible for small businesses, while N-able Take Control's score of 9.1 is also strong, suggesting both products are user-friendly, but Atera may have a slight edge in this area.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
N-able Take Control
Take Control annual contract
$19
month
USD if billed annually. One concurrent user per license. Other currencies available - EUR, GBP, AUD, NZD, CAD, SEK, ZAR
- Attended and unattended support
- Connections typically in under eight seconds
- Support for iOS and Android mobile devices (included)
Free Trial
Atera
Free Trial is available
N-able Take Control
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
835
9.2
95
Ease of Use
9.2
854
9.1
97
Ease of Setup
9.1
708
9.0
78
Ease of Admin
9.0
578
9.0
74
Quality of Support
9.0
794
8.7
85
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
572
8.6
68
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
823
8.8
89
Features by Category
Ticket and Case Management
8.6
301
Not enough data
8.6
301
Not enough data
8.5
298
Not enough data
8.3
290
Not enough data
8.2
284
Not enough data
8.3
291
Not enough data
8.2
291
Not enough data
8.2
286
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.2
236
Not enough data
7.3
236
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Help Desk
8.3
32
Not enough data
8.5
32
Not enough data
8.6
32
Not enough data
Communication Channels
8.3
286
Not enough data
8.7
286
Not enough data
8.1
281
Not enough data
6.4
268
Not enough data
6.2
266
Not enough data
Platform
7.2
292
Not enough data
7.8
302
Not enough data
8.4
300
Not enough data
8.0
304
Not enough data
8.2
305
Not enough data
8.5
302
Not enough data
Administration
8.1
156
Not enough data
8.4
158
Not enough data
8.7
161
Not enough data
Service Desk
8.5
156
Not enough data
8.3
156
Not enough data
8.4
155
Not enough data
Management
8.6
152
Not enough data
8.9
152
Not enough data
8.7
150
Not enough data
8.4
149
Not enough data
8.1
145
Not enough data
Functionality
8.4
153
Not enough data
8.5
151
Not enough data
8.9
153
Not enough data
8.7
151
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
578
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
69
Not enough data
8.0
66
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
9.1
572
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
539
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
535
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
569
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
70
Not enough data
IT Operations & Workflow - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
8.4
70
Not enough data
Service Management
9.1
570
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
69
Not enough data
8.3
77
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
7.7
73
Not enough data
7.6
73
Not enough data
7.8
72
Not enough data
7.6
73
Not enough data
7.7
72
Not enough data
7.5
73
Not enough data
7.4
73
Not enough data
Scope
6.8
30
Not enough data
8.0
32
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
281
Not enough data
8.9
286
Not enough data
8.2
273
Not enough data
8.6
263
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
8.3
35
Not enough data
8.7
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
8.2
34
Not enough data
8.0
34
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
8.4
34
Not enough data
7.8
35
Not enough data
8.3
34
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
8.2
34
Not enough data
8.1
34
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
7.7
33
Not enough data
7.6
33
Not enough data
7.4
33
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
7.6
28
Not enough data
7.6
28
Not enough data
7.6
28
Not enough data
7.4
28
Not enough data
7.4
28
Not enough data
7.4
28
Not enough data
7.6
28
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
217
Not enough data
7.8
209
Not enough data
7.1
205
Not enough data
7.9
214
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.2
195
Not enough data
7.2
192
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Asset Management
8.1
31
Not enough data
7.8
31
Not enough data
8.1
31
Not enough data
7.6
31
Not enough data
7.9
30
Not enough data
8.0
31
Not enough data
7.7
31
Not enough data
Management
8.8
218
Not enough data
8.1
208
Not enough data
7.6
206
Not enough data
8.0
213
Not enough data
Responses
9.8
9
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
9.6
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
9
Not enough data
9.6
9
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
Autonomy - AI Agents
9.3
9
Not enough data
9.6
9
Not enough data
9.6
9
Not enough data
9.8
9
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.6
9
Not enough data
9.6
9
Not enough data
Administration
8.7
439
9.4
18
8.4
436
9.0
17
7.3
383
7.9
16
9.0
439
9.8
16
8.2
421
9.1
17
8.2
440
8.5
17
Maintenance
8.9
440
9.4
18
7.8
391
8.0
16
Communication
Feature Not Available
8.6
17
6.1
364
6.0
14
6.1
357
5.7
14
6.9
368
6.0
14
Security
7.8
380
8.1
16
8.0
388
8.3
16
Device Support
7.4
390
6.2
13
8.2
394
8.5
17
8.2
392
8.3
17
Performance
8.3
425
8.2
16
Generative AI
7.2
281
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
6.8
11
Not enough data
7.3
11
Not enough data
IT Support Automation - AI IT Agents
7.9
11
Not enough data
7.7
11
Not enough data
7.6
11
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
210
Not enough data
8.5
212
Not enough data
8.8
206
Not enough data
8.2
211
Not enough data
8.1
203
Not enough data
Reporting
8.6
210
Not enough data
8.4
207
Not enough data
7.8
201
Not enough data
Access & Usability
7.4
207
Not enough data
8.5
204
Not enough data
8.0
201
Not enough data
8.3
197
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Service Desk
8.5
26
Not enough data
8.1
26
Not enough data
8.0
25
Not enough data
8.1
25
Not enough data
8.1
26
Not enough data
7.7
26
Not enough data
8.1
26
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
79
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
81
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 N-able Take Control are categorized as Remote Support
Unique Categories
Atera is categorized as AI IT Agents, AI Agents For Business Operations, AIOps Platforms, Unified Endpoint Management (UEM), Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM), IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools, Patch Management, IT Asset Management, Endpoint Management, Enterprise IT Management, Network Monitoring, Service Desk, Help Desk, and Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM)
N-able Take Control has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Atera
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
N-able Take Control
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
30.9%
Computer & Network Security
13.4%
Hospital & Health Care
3.4%
Telecommunications
3.0%
Manufacturing
2.9%
Other
46.4%
Information Technology and Services
48.6%
Computer & Network Security
9.4%
Computer Networking
6.5%
Computer Software
4.3%
Accounting
2.9%
Other
28.3%
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
N-able Take Control has no discussions with answers
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