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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (61.7% of reviews)
Small-Business (55.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
$8.25 1 Concurrent Session Per Month
Atera
Star Rating
(998)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (61.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free Trial is available
Browse all 8 pricing plansRealVNC
Star Rating
(439)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (55.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$8.25 1 Concurrent Session Per Month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Atera excels in overall user satisfaction, reflected in its significantly higher G2 Score compared to RealVNC. Users appreciate Atera's comprehensive monitoring capabilities, with one reviewer noting its "valuable visibility into device health" and automated patch deployment that keeps endpoints up to date.
- Users say that RealVNC stands out for its robust connectivity, even in low-bandwidth situations. Reviewers highlight its "high-quality screen share ability," making it a preferred choice for presentations and collaborative work, which is crucial for teams needing reliable remote access.
- According to verified reviews, Atera's user interface is praised for its straightforwardness, making it easier to implement and manage. One user mentioned that the "AI filtering feature is effective at removing repetitive and low-impact events," which helps streamline operations and reduce unnecessary alerts.
- Reviewers mention that RealVNC offers strong security features, including end-to-end encryption and multi-factor sign-in options. This focus on security is a significant advantage for users who prioritize privacy and data protection in their remote access solutions.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while RealVNC has a slightly higher ease of use rating, Atera's recent reviews indicate a strong performance in ease of setup, with users finding it intuitive and quick to get started. This can be a deciding factor for businesses looking to minimize downtime during implementation.
- Users report that Atera's support quality is commendable, with many noting the helpfulness of the support team. In contrast, RealVNC's support is rated similarly, but the lack of recent reviews may suggest less engagement or fewer updates, which could be a concern for potential users seeking ongoing assistance.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
RealVNC
Essentials
$8.25
1 Concurrent Session Per Month
For individuals needing access to a handful of devices.
- Includes 3 managed devices
- 1 licensed user only
- Unlimited concurrent connections (to managed devices)
Free Trial
Atera
Free Trial is available
RealVNC
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
850
9.3
372
Ease of Use
9.2
901
9.4
375
Ease of Setup
9.1
754
9.0
246
Ease of Admin
9.0
585
9.2
241
Quality of Support
9.0
808
9.1
283
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
578
9.3
233
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
837
8.7
370
Features by Category
Ticket and Case Management
8.6
302
Not enough data
8.6
301
Not enough data
8.5
300
Not enough data
8.3
290
Not enough data
8.2
285
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
293
Not enough data
7.8
303
Not enough data
8.4
302
Not enough data
8.0
305
Not enough data
8.2
306
Not enough data
8.5
303
Not enough data
Administration
8.1
156
Not enough data
8.4
158
Not enough data
8.7
161
Not enough data
Service Desk
8.6
158
Not enough data
8.3
156
Not enough data
8.4
155
Not enough data
Management
8.6
153
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
155
Not enough data
8.5
151
Not enough data
8.9
153
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
591
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
77
Not enough data
8.1
72
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
9.1
593
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
544
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
542
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
585
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
76
Not enough data
IT Operations & Workflow - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
8.7
89
Not enough data
Service Management
9.1
585
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
80
Not enough data
8.6
98
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
7.8
83
Not enough data
7.6
78
Not enough data
7.9
78
Not enough data
7.7
78
Not enough data
7.8
77
Not enough data
7.6
79
Not enough data
7.4
78
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
8.8
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
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
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
440
9.2
17
8.4
437
8.5
17
7.3
383
6.9
12
9.0
441
8.9
18
8.2
422
8.7
13
8.2
441
8.4
18
Maintenance
8.9
441
8.9
16
7.8
391
8.8
14
Communication
Feature Not Available
8.3
15
6.1
364
Feature Not Available
6.1
357
Feature Not Available
6.9
368
Feature Not Available
Security
7.8
380
8.6
17
8.0
388
7.9
14
Device Support
7.4
391
8.5
12
8.2
395
8.7
15
8.2
393
8.9
15
Performance
8.3
426
6.7
13
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
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.3
11
Not enough data
IT Support Automation - AI IT Agents
7.9
11
Not enough data
7.9
12
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
210
Not enough data
8.5
213
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
208
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
Administration
Not enough data
8.8
145
Not enough data
8.4
118
Not enough data
8.3
115
Not enough data
7.8
56
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.1
151
Not enough data
8.7
146
Platform
Not enough data
9.3
156
Not enough data
9.2
96
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.5
181
Security
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Atera and RealVNC 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)
RealVNC is categorized as Remote Desktop
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Atera
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
RealVNC
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
30.6%
Computer & Network Security
12.8%
Hospital & Health Care
3.2%
Telecommunications
3.1%
Manufacturing
3.0%
Other
47.2%
Information Technology and Services
12.5%
Computer Software
6.3%
Hospital & Health Care
3.4%
Accounting
2.9%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
2.6%
Other
72.4%
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
Is there an easy way to transfer files between server and viewer computers. currently i use email.
3 Comments
PS
This functionality is built into the software. From the toolbar, click on the "Double Arrows" which is for File Transfers. Note that file transfer isn’t...Read more
How can I automatically start VNC Server on a Mac to enable remote login after restart?
3 Comments
JR
This has been driving me crazy since around when you posted this question originally. In case you never figured it out, or others find this post (it was the...Read more
?
2 Comments
LC
You can download a trial version for free, but to use the VNC server, you need to buy a license and register.Read more
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