Datto RMM vs. Pulseway

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Datto RMM
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Datto RMM is a cloud-based single platform to remotely monitor, manage and support the entire customer base. Users get a multi-tenant view, automated monitoring, alerts, workflows and patch management, ransomware detection, endpoint remote takeover and control, and reporting.N/A
Pulseway
Score 9.9 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Pulseway is an IT monitoring and management solution that enables users to monitor, manage and control all systems and servers from a smartphone, tablet or browser. For system administrators, Pulseway sends a notification, so they can see an issue and sort it in seconds. Pulseway features: Automation: Auto-remediation workflows, so that IT issues are fixed before users even notice them. Mobile Access: Customers can monitor, manage, connect with…
$0.80
per month per installation
Pricing
Datto RMMPulseway
Editions & Modules
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Enterprise
$0.80
per month per installation
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Datto RMMPulseway
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsNo hidden fees or contracts. Term-based discounts.
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Features
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Application Performance Management
Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Datto RMM
1.0
Ratings
152% below category average
Pulseway
-
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Virtualization monitoring1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
IT Asset Discovery1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Monitoring Tasks
Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Product A and Product B
Datto RMM
1.0
Ratings
153% below category average
Pulseway
-
Ratings
Remote monitoring1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Network device monitoring1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Activity Monitoring1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Tasks
Comparison of Management Tasks features of Product A and Product B
Datto RMM
1.0
Ratings
153% below category average
Pulseway
-
Ratings
Patch Management1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Policy-based automation1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Remote Access
Comparison of Remote Access features of Product A and Product B
Datto RMM
1.0
Ratings
149% below category average
Pulseway
-
Ratings
Attended device access1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Unattended device access1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile device access1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Virtual device access1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple-display support1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple concurrent sessions1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Datto RMMPulseway
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
1.0
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Datto RMMPulseway
Likelihood to Recommend
Very well suited for MSPs, which is where we are being allowed to use it from. Quite cheap compared to some competitors, too. It's an all-around useful tool for managing your users and their machines for keeping things up to date, tracking specs, and troubleshooting.
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Pulseway is well suited for just about any situation where there is a need to remotely monitor and manage computers. The most basic features are available to anyone with a free account, so even a home user can set it up and use to keep an eye on computers. The more sophisticated features require a fairly inexpensive subscription, but are well worth the cost for a business wanting to monitor the health of their servers, etc. My experience with Pulseway is limited to using it in situations where there are fewer than a dozen or so computers/servers being monitored. I'm not really sure how well it scales up, so I can't say if it is a good solution for a large corporation with hundreds or thousands of machines that need to be monitored.
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Pros
  • Remotely view servers and end users systems and specifications.
  • Remotely apply updates and instllations for servers and end user systems.
  • Connect to user sessions for servers and end users systems.
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  • Running windows updates: Pulseway really helps us keep our end-user devices up to date, without the need to handle each device individually.
  • Sending notifications on our servers really helps with taking care of issues before they cause downtime.
  • Pulseway's remote desktop client works very well, even over slower internet connections.
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Cons
  • Their hardware was terrible. We had one product fail four times in 3 months, another fail twice in six months. Same client.
  • The RMM is poorly coded, designed and implemented.
  • Autotask was a decent integration until the integration failed and couldn't be resolved.
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  • File transfer
  • There are a couple of computers that I keep ScreenConnect around for - as I lose connection with Pulseway and have to reestablish with ScreenConnect. I can't seem to get tech support interested in resolving this issue and it cost's me many $$ just to keep ScreenConnect running.
  • There is an issue with Webroot, their new endpoint solution. I can't get it to work - again, no help from Pulseway - they ignore my emails.
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Usability
In my opinion, Datto RMM fails at almost everything you throw at it.
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The tool is easy to use however it is can be daunting with the amount of features available in it. Last I checked, their knowledge base was not very expansive and they relied a lot on the changelog for how to do some stuff. This can make it hard to learn how to do some more advanced things like the automation.
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Support Rating
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I have never had to use the support for Pulseway. However, when initially starting out, we would receive emails every so often asking how we are doing and if there is any support that they can provide. I would imagine that any request would be supplied with the same great support!
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Alternatives Considered
Our previous system was N-able RMM and while it was a good tool, the current version of Datto RMM has been better in most aspects. I personally have not used N-able in a few years and would not be able to go into too much detail about how they currently compare
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The 2 major factors were: 1. The fact there was no contract, we believe vendors should have to validate the usefulness of their product and their support to their customers every day, not just 1 or 2 months every few years. This is the same reason we allow our clients to leave at any time if we fail to meet their standards. 2. The ease of managing the product, we demoed other products that would have almost required a full time employee just to manage the RMM tool itself. The ease of use of Pulseway meant a tech could manage it as part of their other duties much improving the ROI. Note: We also felt NinjaOne met these same conditions but we evaluated it after having used Pulseway for a few years and while we found it a great product, possibly even superior, we didn't find enough reason to go through all the work and retraining to change over.
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Return on Investment
  • Excellent tool to help resolve client issues quickly!
  • The developers are always trying to increase the value of the product, and it is making a difference.
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  • Problems can be dealt with more rapidly because I have access to systems from anywhere. I don't have to carry a computer with me nor do I have to find a location with potentially non-secure wifi to gain access to my systems.
  • I can handle 99% of my system admin tasks using Pulseway and never have to touch a system or connect to the console.
  • Pulseway gives so much control over a system that I don't need to spend extra money on other software to perform management tasks.
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ScreenShots

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Screenshot of Cross-device functionalityScreenshot of Auto-Remediate IT IssuesScreenshot of Visibility Across the Entire NetworkScreenshot of Remote Control to Any SystemScreenshot of Systems and Application patchingScreenshot of Detailed Custom Report