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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Atera

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AAtera is presented as an Agentic AI platform for IT management, that offers a digital workforce of AI agents that proactively and autonomously support entire IT operations. Atera’s all-in-one IT management platform consolidates RMM, helpdesk, ticketing, and automation, so IT teams and MSPs can manage and protect infrastructure, automate tasks, and boost service quality by reducing downtime and improving SLAs. Atera has shifted focus from automation to AI-powered autonomy in IT. With…

    $139

    per month per user

    Freshservice

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AFreshservice is a cloud-based service desk and IT service management (ITSM) solution that currently serves more than 10,000 SMB, mid-market, and enterprise customers worldwide.

    $29

    per month per agent

    Pricing
    AteraFreshservice
    Editions & Modules
    MSP - Pro
    $129
    per month (billed annually) per user
    IT Department - Professional
    $149
    per month (billed annually) per user
    MSP - Growth
    $179
    per month (billed annually) per user
    IT Department - Expert
    $189
    per month (billed annually) per user
    MSP - Power
    $209
    per month (billed annually) per user
    IT Department - Master
    $219
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Starter
    $29.00
    per month per agent
    Growth
    $59.00
    per month per agent
    Pro
    $119.00
    per month per agent
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AteraFreshservice
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsUnlimited devices.Discount available for annual billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    AteraFreshservice
    Considered Both Products
    Atera
    No answer on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    Chose Freshservice
    I've used monday.com for ticketing, but Freshservice is made for it and the asset management feature adds value. NinjaOne's ticketing is not built out so we only use it for its RMM features. Atera has a nice ticketing platform and looks similar to Freshservice but they do not …
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshservice
    Freshservice simply meshed much better with our employee activities. Many of the others required a lot more painful integration and constant use in order to work, we have a mix of new and old users and needed a product that was flexible with the management style that we used, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshservice
    The responsiveness and sheer number of features are really where they shine above the rest. Also the fact that the support team really cares about the product and the users using everything they've paid for. While other software such as TOPdesk has a lot of the same features …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Would buy again
    148 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    141 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    148 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    113 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    117 Answers
    Features
    AteraFreshservice
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Atera and Freshservice
    Feature
    Atera
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    31% above category average
    Freshservice
    -
    Ratings
    Virtualization monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Atera and Freshservice
    Feature
    Atera
    9.4
    112 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Freshservice
    -
    Ratings
    Remote monitoring8.8111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network device monitoring9.198 Ratings00 Ratings
    Activity Monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of Atera and Freshservice
    Feature
    Atera
    8.8
    111 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Freshservice
    -
    Ratings
    Patch Management8.1110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based automation7.596 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote Access
    Comparison of Remote Access features of Atera and Freshservice
    Feature
    Atera
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Freshservice
    -
    Ratings
    Attended device access10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Unattended device access10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile device access1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtual device access10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple-display support7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple concurrent sessions9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Atera and Freshservice
    Feature
    Atera
    -
    Ratings
    Freshservice
    8.2
    142 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.1142 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings8.3100 Ratings
    Service restoration00 Ratings8.485 Ratings
    Self-service tools00 Ratings8.1126 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.9103 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings7.6117 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings8.1122 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Atera and Freshservice
    Feature
    Atera
    -
    Ratings
    Freshservice
    7.7
    114 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Configuration mangement00 Ratings7.4106 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard00 Ratings7.5111 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings8.278 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Atera and Freshservice
    Feature
    Atera
    -
    Ratings
    Freshservice
    8.0
    109 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Change requests repository00 Ratings7.7103 Ratings
    Change calendar00 Ratings7.887 Ratings
    Service-level management00 Ratings8.4102 Ratings
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    AteraFreshservice
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    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    N-able N-sight RMM
    Score8.7 out of 10
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
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    Score4.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AteraFreshservice
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (113 ratings)
    8.5
    (143 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (4 ratings)
    8.7
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (61 ratings)
    9.5
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.3
    (107 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (7 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AteraFreshservice
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Atera
    Atera is doing well in the monitoring part as it is informing the real time ping of running devices and if any device goes down, it is informing us on the real time. It is helping us to monitor the last reboot status, current logged in users, time zone, IP addresses and other things so that we can track our end devices status. In the patching part Atera is pathing our all devices with the notification stating user to restart device at their convenient time. It is also patching our third party applications. It is good in installing and uninstalling of the third party application but limited to availability in the Atera inventory. Atera is not good in some parts such as in the patching part of applications, sometime it fails to update all 3rd party applications that were not installed via Atera. It is not good if you have to transfer a file to multiple systems at the same time.
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    Freshworks Inc
    Freshservice is well suited for companies looking to implement ticketing / case management across the organization, but only if IT will be using it. Otherwise, I'd recommend Freshdesk. IT departments that don't function in the ITIL style of incident, request, change, and project management may find it overkill if they are only looking for a simple Help Desk solution.
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    Pros
    Atera
    • Atera is very helpful in monitoring the servers and end-user devices for high CPU, memory, hard disk uses, and temperature monitoring.
    • Atera is good at installing third-party applications and also helps to remove it from the end systems.
    • Atera is perfect for patching as you can select the patches as per your need and reject those that are not required for you or going to disturb any of your internal applications.
    • Atera is good for managing software inventory as it provides you with the complete software list that is used in your infrastructure.
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    Freshworks Inc
    • The smartphone app is very well designed and adding assets from there is very easy
    • If you have questions or support, the support desk is fast to respond and setup a meeting to explain the features
    • Very customizable and everything can be easily changed with a wizard
    • Reporting feature does what it needs to do and is not complicated to work with
    • The overall ticketing system is very good and we have not run into any issues
    • The whole system is incredibly responsive and does not hang or freeze
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    Cons
    Atera
    • Atera does not yet have a MDM system, but I have been told that it is in the works!
    • Sometimes getting around the admin section of the IT side of Atera can be tricky, but the webinars and chat support help.
    • Many of the demo and onboarding agents are based in Israel, so it can be a challenge to find available times during the day while living in the United States.
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    Freshworks Inc
    • To have more options on what to do with the emails that arrive in the support mailbox (which goes to Freshservice), Setting some special rules or detailed filtering is not possible.
    • Non 3rd party tools to connect to Intune are missing. Additionally, the third-party tool available in the store is not satisfactory. It would be nice to have native support for importing devices from our Azure cloud.
    • The contract requires you to prolong your contract end-date by two years instead of just one year, which to us is a bit aggressive.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Atera
    As of right now, we have found nothing that can offer as many features as Atera does along with the affordability. They are doing monthly releases each month and not just making small changes (shared scripting library, chocolatey support, Install packages, Splashtop SOS support, Scheduled tickets to name a few). The uptimes are great and accessibility to the dashboard has yet to be limited. We are a happy customer and bordering on fanboy status now
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    Freshworks Inc
    We are pretty invested in Freshservice right now and have integrated it pretty heavily into our environment, so it would be hard to move away from it. For the most part, we are happy with Freshservice and the ease of use it gives us in managing tickets through the system. The only complaint we've had is customer service.
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    Usability
    Atera
    Atera's remote monitoring feature is one of it's best features. The laptops and servers we used it on responded quickly to our administrative task requests and made our work light. We were able to increase the resources, manage patches, windows updates and quite a few other tasks remotely and that too 24×7.
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    Freshworks Inc
    The UI design of Freshservice is simple and intuitive. You don't have to be a technical expert to navigate your way into the different pages/modules available. There are no buttons that are hidden in plain sight. Even our HR team required little to no help when they started using Freshservice.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    Downtime is minimal (it does happen but not often)
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    Performance
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    Most reports are quick, however, it can take some time for emailed exports to come via email. It would be helpful to have the exports live in the system rather than having to wait on emails.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Atera
    Atera support provides answers to my questions lightning fast. They have never left me feeling like I'm out there on my own. I can ask questions by email, or by chat, or by opening a ticket with them and they are always on it quickly. They also have a forum where other Atera users can help you if you need it, and you can also add feature requests via the forum.
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    Freshworks Inc
    Support from OEM is decent but needs improvement. Sometimes OEM also needs to understand the criticality of the customer and help as an Ad-hoc, which is somewhat lacking at Feshservice. Although the normal support team is well-equipped and helps according to the matrix, if something critical for the partner or customer requires immediate attention, it still goes through the L1-L2-L3 levels, which wastes a lot of time.
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    In-Person Training
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    Training was enough to use the base website
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    Online Training
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    Their documentation is pretty good, but only available in English. This makes it difficult for some of our users to understand. There are also some basic video courses available.
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    Implementation Rating
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    Creating the correct groups for the stakeholders and enabling the right notifications are one of the most important aspect of the implementation. Creating Change templates will also help in the long run and it's a good practice to create one, if applicable.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Atera
    Because Atera is a much more effective and efficient solution to manage all our IT operations, it automates each of our business processes. It offers us the best support to respond to any problem that may arise. I think Atera is much more cost-effective and reliable; its value is justified with each function and satisfies all our business needs and requirements.
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    Freshworks Inc
    Easy setup and a lot of customization which can be made. They offer the full ITSM tool for 75$ per agent and all the PRO are included in the package, which makes it easy to calculate and use. There are only a few add-ins that you need to pay for, based on the number of agents or the number of executions.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    Was not able to update us proactively about our renewal causing lost of access
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    Scalability
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    The software is very scalable from a small to mid sized team. The features have seemed to scale exceptionally well.
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    Professional Services
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    We did not have professional services.
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    Return on Investment
    Atera
    • The intuitive user interface has enabled both users and support technicians to familiarize themselves quickly with the functionality, and the learning curve is less.
    • Some features need to be accessed through documentation; they're not available directly on the dashboard.
    • Sometimes, internet access plays a significant role, whereas low connectivity is a hindrance.
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    Freshworks Inc
    • We had no ticketing system at all so we had no idea of the workload, we now do
    • We have been able to go from nothing to seeing workload to identifying areas for improvement by having the metrics
    • We have lowered MTTR every month since turning on fresh service
    • We have increased 1st all resolution every month
    • We have been able to start talking about real SLA's with the business
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    ScreenShots

    Atera Screenshots

    Screenshot of Atera’s AI-powered solution.Screenshot of Atera's process automation.Screenshot of Atera's real-time monitoring, which gives visibility and control of the IT environment.Screenshot of Atera's ticketing, where users can deliver end-user support and issue resolution at scale.

    Freshservice Screenshots

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