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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ISL Light

    Score9.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    ISL Light is remote support and remote access software that enables SMBs and large enterprises to offer fast and efficient support and maintenance for Windows, Mac and Linux computers as well as mobile device support for Android and iOS.

    $418

    per year (1 concurrent user)

    Parallels Secure Workspace

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AParallels Secure Workspace (formerly Awingu) is a unified workspace that offers secure and audited access to company files and legacy, web and SaaS applications in a browser-based workspace, accessible via any browser, on any device. The solution is described by the vendor as non-intrusive, and it builds on top of the user's current architecture. It is deployed as a virtual appliance on all common hypervisors and will connect with standard protocols to your existing IT assets (e.g.…

    $90

    per year per user

    Pricing
    ISL LightParallels Secure Workspace
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $34.90
    per month (billed annually) per concurrent user
    Self-Hosted
    $44.90
    per month (billed annually) per concurrent user
    Premium
    $54.90
    per month (billed annually) per concurrent user
    Enterprise (Managed Private Cloud)
    $23,976
    per year 20 concurrent users
    Named users subscription
    $90
    per year per user
    Concurrent users subscription
    $120
    per year per user
    Concurrent users perpetual
    $250
    one-time fee per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ISL LightParallels Secure Workspace
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsISL Online's pricing model considers the number of licenses purchased, which determines the maximum number of concurrent users within the organization. A concurrent user is defined as anyone running one or more sessions simultaneously from any device. There are no restrictions on the number of ISL Light users within a company or the remote devices managed. For example, with three licenses, an unlimited number of people in a company can use ISL Light and can access an unlimited number of remote devices, but only three users can use it concurrently. When one of these three users ends their session, a fourth user can begin their session, and so on.Awingu can be deployed in your cloud of choice (on-prem, cloud or hybrid). Minimum order for named users is 50. Minimum order for concurrent users is 20. We have unique licensing models for M/CSPs!
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    Community Pulse
    ISL LightParallels Secure Workspace
    Considered Both Products
    ISL Online
    No answer on this topic
    Alludo
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    70 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    67 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    69 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    56 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    64 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    ISL LightParallels Secure Workspace
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of ISL Light and Parallels Secure Workspace
    Feature
    ISL Light
    7.7
    64 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Parallels Secure Workspace
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Screen sharing6.659 Ratings00 Ratings
    File transfer6.359 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Instant message5.848 Ratings00 Ratings
    Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access to sleeping/powered-off computers6.745 Ratings00 Ratings
    Over-the-Internet remote session8.659 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Initiate remote control from mobile7.341 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote management of servers & workstations8.551 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote Active Directory® management8.717 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized management dashboard8.237 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Session record8.143 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Annotations8.235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring and Alerts7.927 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-platform remote control8.247 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ISL LightParallels Secure Workspace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (65 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.7
    (27 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ISL LightParallels Secure Workspace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ISL Online
    ISL light is suitable for anyone who plans to provide remote assistance services on a medium to large scale. Due to the high entry price, it is less suitable for consultants with a smaller number of clients or remote stations that need management. Their smallest package in which minutes are rented does not seem suitable for most cases.
    Incentivized
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    Alludo
    In situations where we didn't need to pass through local disks, we found Awingu to be a good fit. Especially the multiscreen options in an HTML5 browser are pretty unique to them. The extensive options to do MFA are also very user-friendly.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    ISL Online
    • Prikaz strani na kateri se nahaja uporabnik
    • Prikaz kontaktov uporabnikov
    • Zgodovina pogovorov s strankami
    • Možnost spreminjanja statusa dosegljivosti
    • Nalaganje datotek, zajemov slik,..
    • Klepetalnik, ki je enostaven za uporabo
    • Nas obvesti, da smo dobili sporočilo, tudi če smo izven klepetalnika
    • Display the page the user is on
    • Displaying user contacts
    • Customer conversation history
    • Ability to change availability status
    • Uploading files, capturing images, etc.
    • An easy-to-use chatbot
    • Notifies us that we have received a message, even if we are outside the chat room
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    Alludo
    • The most fully featured HTML "remote app" experience
    • Very extensive SSO / MFA support (for example : Azure AD)
    • Multitenant capability
    • Multiscreen capability
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    ISL Online
    • Need a control toggle at least on AlwaysOn. User moves the mouse and you lose all control instantly.
    • Clipboard features are a bit wonky still, and your clipboard seems to get emptied a lot. So if you're trying to copy and paste you might lose something
    • Passwords for the systems are saved per machine, so if you work from multiple devices it can be tricky if you have complex passwords
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    Alludo
    • Being only/mainly an HTML5 solution some resources can't be passed through (file shares)
    • Publishing apps to local desktops would be nicer if there was a "add to desktop" shortcut.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ISL Online
    We are renew the license for 10 years now and we do not see why would change that. It just gets better with every new version.
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    Alludo
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    ISL Online
    Everything works well and quickly, and that's all we need. ISL Light always works, and we've never had a situation where the server was inaccessible or the website was down. It simply gives us a 100% guarantee that we can always log in to our customers' systems. We can install the ISL Light client at our customers' sites without any problems, even though security is high.
    Incentivized
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    Alludo
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    ISL Online
    During the entere time of use, I have never come across any availability issues.
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    Alludo
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    ISL Online
    High performance!
    Incentivized
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    Alludo
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    ISL Online
    We had issues with mouse skipping on mobile devices. Support is immediatly availabe, they examined our case and in one of the new versions of the app this problem was gone.
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    Alludo
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    ISL Online
    It was so easy!
    Incentivized
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    Alludo
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    ISL Online
    Multi-monitor handling is super easy with ISL Light. The licensing model of ISL Light's self-hosted version is unbeatable. Great technical support, which often used before I purchased. The unbelievable price increase during and after the covid time of remote tools, has ended, when I found ISL Light. ISL Light is really a underdog in the remote utility market. I'm glad that I found it.
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    Alludo
    Awingu has more features in its HTML5 offering, which is the main advantage it has. Parallels RAS also has a local application which gives it some additional features (passing through drives)
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    ISL Online
    Easy to deploy onto new devices. Ability to group devices so they can managed remotely efficiently.
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    Alludo
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    ISL Online
    No professional services used
    Incentivized
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    Alludo
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    ISL Online
    • Saves time: able to help our customers right-away. No need to visit them physically
    • Fastest aid in problem-solving: customer happy and more likely to return
    • Negative: not much negativity about ISL Light, although I get even less in-person contact with clients :-)
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    Alludo
    • Users picked up the new way of using the CRM right away, no long process to migrate to the new system
    • Almost no support cases when switching to Awingu
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    ISL Light Screenshots

    Screenshot of remote access control in ISL Light.Screenshot of unattended access setup. Access can be allowed to as many computers as desired.Screenshot of a connection with a remote client, which can be set up by sending an email or sharing a link.Screenshot of interactions with the Windows UAC on a remote device.Screenshot of the dual panel File Manager, used to transfer files.Screenshot of the web console where remote desktop sessions can be managed from a web browser.

    Parallels Secure Workspace Screenshots

    Screenshot of workspaceScreenshot of architectureScreenshot of filesScreenshot of applicationsScreenshot of Full remote desktopScreenshot of Legacy application AS400