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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (61.2% of reviews)
Mid-Market (49.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
N-able N-central
Star Rating
(529)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (61.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about N-able N-centralNinjaOne
Star Rating
(3,669)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that NinjaOne excels in user experience, with many praising its ease of use and quick implementation. Users highlight features like remote access and robust scripting, making it a go-to solution for daily operations.
- Users say that N-able N-central offers strong visibility into endpoint health, with customizable monitoring thresholds and detailed dashboards. This proactive alerting system helps users detect issues early, although some find it less intuitive compared to NinjaOne.
- Reviewers mention that NinjaOne's high G2 Score reflects its overall satisfaction, with many users appreciating the built-in automations that facilitate a smooth onboarding process. This contrasts with N-able N-central, which has received mixed feedback regarding its setup complexity.
- According to verified reviews, NinjaOne's support quality stands out, with users noting responsive assistance and a strong partnership approach. In comparison, while N-able N-central's support is generally good, some users feel it could be more proactive in addressing issues.
- G2 reviewers highlight NinjaOne's comprehensive patch management capabilities, which are frequently praised for their effectiveness and ease of use. N-able N-central, while competent, has received feedback indicating that its patch management features could be more user-friendly.
- Users report that NinjaOne is particularly favored in the mid-market segment, with a significant portion of reviews coming from this demographic. N-able N-central, on the other hand, is more popular among small businesses, which may influence the feature sets and support tailored to these different user bases.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
N-able N-central
No pricing availableNinjaOne
No pricing availableFree Trial
N-able N-central
Free Trial is available
NinjaOne
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.4
431
9.0
3,460
Ease of Use
7.9
441
9.1
3,495
Ease of Setup
7.7
373
9.1
3,278
Ease of Admin
7.9
367
9.1
3,021
Quality of Support
8.0
410
9.1
3,320
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
352
9.4
2,954
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
425
9.7
3,423
Features by Category
Administration
Not enough data
8.2
657
Not enough data
8.7
688
Not enough data
8.2
689
Service Desk
Not enough data
8.1
681
Not enough data
7.9
654
Not enough data
7.7
634
Management
Not enough data
8.3
622
Not enough data
9.0
628
Not enough data
8.7
604
Not enough data
8.8
606
Not enough data
8.4
584
Functionality
Not enough data
7.6
616
Not enough data
8.5
611
Not enough data
8.9
643
Not enough data
8.9
655
Agentic AI - IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools
Not enough data
6.9
173
Not enough data
6.8
171
Not enough data
6.9
169
Not enough data
6.7
170
Not enough data
6.7
169
Not enough data
6.7
167
Not enough data
6.8
166
Compatibility
Not enough data
8.8
329
Not enough data
8.1
289
Not enough data
8.3
299
Not enough data
8.2
278
Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
289
Not enough data
8.6
290
Not enough data
8.8
318
Not enough data
9.2
324
Compliance
Not enough data
8.7
289
Not enough data
8.4
276
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Server Backup
Not enough data
7.3
64
Not enough data
7.2
62
Not enough data
7.6
63
Not enough data
7.3
62
Not enough data
7.2
62
Not enough data
7.4
63
Functionality
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
338
Not enough data
9.0
363
Not enough data
8.5
344
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Compatibility
Not enough data
8.8
349
Not enough data
8.6
340
Not enough data
8.3
326
Management
Not enough data
8.2
326
Not enough data
8.8
329
Not enough data
8.7
330
Agentic AI - Online Backup
Not enough data
7.5
74
Not enough data
7.2
71
Not enough data
7.3
72
Not enough data
7.2
70
Not enough data
7.3
71
Not enough data
7.2
71
Inventory Management - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
8.7
282
|
Verified
9.3
2134
|
Verified
9.4
9
8.7
547
8.7
9
8.1
448
Monitoring and Management
9.0
280
|
Verified
9.3
2118
|
Verified
7.9
156
8.4
1863
7.6
278
|
Verified
8.7
1968
|
Verified
8.2
281
|
Verified
9.0
2141
|
Verified
8.9
9
8.3
471
IT Operations & Workflow - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
8.7
9
8.5
463
Service Management
8.7
280
|
Verified
9.1
2049
|
Verified
9.1
9
8.1
448
7.9
8
7.3
477
Agentic AI - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
7.2
12
7.3
477
7.4
12
7.0
461
7.8
12
7.2
462
6.8
12
6.9
452
7.4
12
6.8
451
7.1
12
6.9
452
6.8
12
7.0
448
Scope
Not enough data
8.7
409
Not enough data
8.8
422
Security
Not enough data
8.5
417
Not enough data
8.3
387
Not enough data
7.4
379
Management
Not enough data
8.8
407
Not enough data
8.6
404
Not enough data
8.6
394
Not enough data
8.7
396
Not enough data
7.8
370
Agentic AI - Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
Not enough data
7.2
166
Not enough data
7.1
165
Not enough data
7.3
165
Not enough data
7.1
163
Not enough data
6.9
163
Not enough data
7.1
164
Not enough data
7.1
165
Functionality
8.4
135
8.8
667
8.7
136
8.9
693
Feature Not Available
8.0
612
8.2
132
8.8
607
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
7.6
12
7.5
245
7.8
12
7.7
248
8.2
12
8.3
259
Management
7.8
131
8.2
567
7.7
131
8.2
581
7.2
129
7.6
534
Analytics - Network Monitoring
7.1
11
7.0
236
6.8
12
6.9
235
Security - Network Monitoring
7.6
12
7.7
240
7.9
12
7.2
237
7.8
12
7.1
237
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
7.2
12
6.8
237
8.8
12
7.4
241
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
6.3
12
6.4
227
7.4
12
6.3
227
6.2
11
6.3
226
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
6.1
6
6.5
123
8.3
7
6.4
121
8.6
7
6.7
124
6.9
7
6.6
120
6.7
7
6.4
119
6.0
7
6.5
120
7.1
7
6.4
121
Monitoring
Not enough data
9.3
560
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
557
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
505
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.1
197
Management Tools
Not enough data
8.2
497
Not enough data
8.6
507
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
487
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Incident Management
Not enough data
7.5
95
Not enough data
7.4
94
Not enough data
7.7
93
Not enough data
7.2
93
Not enough data
7.2
93
Not enough data
7.3
92
Not enough data
7.5
91
Asset Inventory
Not enough data
8.9
1144
Not enough data
8.8
1131
Not enough data
7.7
1018
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
1050
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - IT Asset Management
Not enough data
7.3
226
Not enough data
7.2
221
Not enough data
7.4
219
Not enough data
7.1
216
Not enough data
7.1
215
Not enough data
7.0
219
Not enough data
7.0
216
Management
Not enough data
9.1
1108
Not enough data
8.7
1034
Not enough data
8.1
993
Not enough data
8.2
1044
Administration
Not enough data
9.2
1616
Not enough data
8.7
1550
Not enough data
7.8
1415
Not enough data
9.2
1621
Not enough data
8.9
1493
Not enough data
8.8
1538
Maintenance
Not enough data
9.1
1605
Not enough data
7.7
1325
Communication
Not enough data
7.9
1394
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.2
1297
Security
Not enough data
8.3
1343
Not enough data
8.4
1372
Device Support
Not enough data
7.6
1349
Not enough data
8.4
1425
Not enough data
8.4
1406
Performance
Not enough data
8.2
1490
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
323
Not enough data
7.9
290
Not enough data
8.0
295
Not enough data
8.5
311
Performance
Not enough data
8.7
315
Not enough data
8.5
301
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
303
Agentic AI - PC Backup
Not enough data
7.1
87
Not enough data
7.1
87
Not enough data
6.8
86
Not enough data
7.0
86
Generative AI
5.9
128
Feature Not Available
Management and Discovery - IT Documentation
Not enough data
8.3
221
Not enough data
8.3
219
Not enough data
8.7
221
Operations - IT Documentation
Not enough data
8.4
221
Not enough data
8.8
227
Not enough data
8.4
223
Generative AI - Autonomous Endpoint Management
Not enough data
7.0
64
Not enough data
7.2
65
Not enough data
7.1
63
Monitoring and Management - Autonomous Endpoint Management
Not enough data
8.6
90
Not enough data
8.1
72
Not enough data
7.8
67
Not enough data
8.9
80
Services - Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
9.0
5
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
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
Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform - Mobile Device Management (MDM)
Not enough data
8.5
435
Operating System
Not enough data
9.2
514
Not enough data
8.0
493
Not enough data
8.3
470
Management
Not enough data
8.5
478
Not enough data
8.2
444
Not enough data
8.2
442
Not enough data
8.1
436
Not enough data
8.3
443
Security
Not enough data
8.5
450
Not enough data
8.5
456
Agentic AI - Mobile Device Management (MDM)
Not enough data
7.7
142
Not enough data
7.5
139
Not enough data
7.8
141
Not enough data
7.7
138
Not enough data
7.6
136
Not enough data
7.6
138
Not enough data
7.6
135
Knowledge Base
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Analysis
7.4
154
8.1
719
Platform
6.8
154
7.8
695
8.9
158
9.1
773
7.6
148
8.2
677
7.9
154
8.5
730
7.4
150
8.3
702
Security
8.1
152
8.7
734
8.5
156
9.2
798
7.2
148
7.6
669
8.0
151
8.7
707
7.4
148
8.2
681
Agentic AI - Enterprise IT Management
8.1
6
7.4
160
8.3
6
7.2
151
8.3
6
7.3
154
7.8
6
7.0
151
7.5
6
7.0
150
7.5
6
6.9
149
7.5
6
6.9
148
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
N-able N-central and NinjaOne are categorized as Patch Management, Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM), Endpoint Management, Enterprise IT Management, Network Monitoring, and Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
Unique Categories
N-able N-central is categorized as Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
N-able N-central
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
NinjaOne
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
48.2%
Computer & Network Security
21.7%
Computer Networking
4.5%
Information Services
1.6%
Accounting
1.6%
Other
22.4%
Information Technology and Services
26.7%
Computer & Network Security
12.9%
Hospital & Health Care
4.1%
Manufacturing
3.7%
Computer Software
3.0%
Other
49.6%
Discussions
Integration with more 3rd party AV on the horizon? Such as sophos?
1 Comment
SC
Sup, Nicholas! In short, YUP - we are always looking to expand our product's capabilities by providing best-of-breed integrations with 3rd party vendors. ...Read more
What can I monitor with N-central?
1 Comment
Official Response from N-able N-central
We can monitor just about anything! N-central will automatically detect almost any IP-connected device, and with hundreds of built-in monitoring services.Read more
Is it difficult to get started with Automation & Scripting?
1 Comment
Official Response from N-able N-central
Not if you are using N-central! Our drag-and-drop automation builder lets you build automation typically in minutes. No programming or scripting experience...Read more
Do I need a WSUS Server to enable patch management on Windows devices?
6 Comments
JT
You can use WSUS to completely manage the distribution of Microsoft Update updates to https://basketballstars2.com computers on your network. Read more
How do I make a script to block all users on a PC from executive .MSI / .exe files?
2 Comments
PR
Make them regular users.
Do not make their accounts administrators.Read more
Do you provide the same level of functionality for MacOS as you do for Windows?
2 Comments
BA
Hey Sam,
We are an all Mac firm (as we work on Macs ourselves) and I can confirm they do support Macs well. Now, because of the Apple environment, they...Read more
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