Compare Atera and Zoho Assist 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (60.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (71.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
$0 1 Remote Support Technician and 5 Unattended Computers
Atera
Star Rating
(1,072)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 plansZoho Assist
Star Rating
(661)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (71.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 1 Remote Support Technician and 5 Unattended Computers
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Zoho Assist excels in user experience, particularly with its Unattended Access control panel, which many find very easy to use. Users appreciate the straightforward process of creating connections to remote devices, making it a reliable choice for frequent remote support tasks.
- According to verified reviews, Atera shines in its licensing structure, which counts by technician rather than by endpoint. This approach is praised for being affordable and scalable, allowing businesses to grow without incurring excessive costs, a feature that resonates well with Managed Service Providers (MSPs).
- Users say that Zoho Assist offers a quick and intuitive setup process, with many highlighting the effective deployment guides that facilitate automatic deployment to new machines. This ease of setup contributes to a smoother onboarding experience for new users.
- Reviewers mention that Atera's user-friendly interface is a significant advantage, with many finding the menu not confusing and easy to navigate. This simplicity helps users manage patching and tickets efficiently, even without a large team.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while both products have similar star ratings, Zoho Assist's overall G2 Score is notably higher, indicating a greater level of user satisfaction. Users appreciate its solid performance and speed once sessions are established, which enhances the remote support experience.
- According to recent feedback, Zoho Assist's features like session recording and multi-monitor support are well-received, with users noting that these capabilities significantly enhance their remote support capabilities. In contrast, Atera's session recording feature has received mixed reviews, suggesting room for improvement in this area.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Zoho Assist
Free Edition (free plan, free forever)
$0
1 Remote Support Technician and 5 Unattended Computers
1 Simultaneous Session
- Instant Chat
- Desktop App
- UAC Compatible
Free Trial
Atera
Free Trial is available
Zoho Assist
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
873
9.2
546
Ease of Use
9.2
954
9.3
558
Ease of Setup
9.1
806
9.3
474
Ease of Admin
9.0
595
9.3
413
Quality of Support
9.0
829
8.9
459
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
587
9.2
399
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
860
9.3
541
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
Communication
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Management
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
Productivity Tools
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
8.2
80
Not enough data
7.9
70
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
9.1
616
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
545
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
545
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
597
|
Verified
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
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
Presenter Tools
Not enough data
7.6
45
Not enough data
6.9
43
Not enough data
8.5
44
Not enough data
7.8
43
Conferencing Options
Not enough data
7.8
44
Not enough data
7.5
46
Not enough data
7.4
46
Application Tools
Not enough data
8.1
40
Not enough data
7.8
42
Not enough data
8.7
45
Agentic AI - Screen Sharing
Not enough data
6.3
22
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
ServiceNow Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - ServiceNow Store Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
9.3
218
8.4
436
8.5
198
7.3
381
8.3
174
9.0
440
9.3
208
8.2
420
8.5
178
8.2
439
8.6
184
Maintenance
8.9
439
8.6
184
7.8
389
8.2
164
Communication
Feature Not Available
8.5
182
6.0
362
7.3
148
6.1
355
7.1
150
6.9
366
7.9
149
Security
7.8
378
8.7
160
8.0
386
8.7
154
Device Support
7.4
389
8.3
167
8.2
394
8.9
176
8.2
391
8.8
170
Performance
8.2
424
8.4
163
Administration
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Security
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
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
Administration
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
193
Not enough data
8.1
193
Not enough data
8.1
175
Not enough data
8.2
175
Not enough data
9.2
221
Not enough data
8.5
205
Platform
Not enough data
8.7
201
Not enough data
8.3
190
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
216
Security
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
163
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Atera and Zoho Assist 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)
Zoho Assist is categorized as Remote Desktop, ServiceNow Store Apps, Screen Sharing, and Co-Browsing
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Atera
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Zoho Assist
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
26.2%
Computer & Network Security
7.8%
Computer Software
6.0%
Retail
2.6%
Computer Networking
2.4%
Other
55.0%
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
The lag time to connect is REALLY slow. Anything I can do to improve that?
7 Comments
SC
Cindy, what you call "lag time" to connect to as Zoho Assist is something that I also experience daily while managing 100+ computers IT infrastructure and I...Read more
Will connection times be improved.
1 Comment
GD
Paul this could also be caused by the actual desktop/server that has the agent installed. Generally, Zoho Assist agent depends on DNS to reach Zoho Assist...Read more
Is there an app that runs where I ca connect with my account without using browser.
1 Comment
Official Response from Zoho Assist
Yes, you can use the Zoho Assist Desktop App to conduct sessions. Log in to https://assist.zoho.com, click on Downloads (from the top right corner) , and...Read more
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