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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ISL Light

    Score9.1 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)

    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere provides help desk technicians a simple, cloud-based, remote-support solution to easily access endpoint devices. It features diagnostic and troubleshooting tools to help resolve issues more quickly. Using a laptop or a mobile app users can access end-device details, running sessions, and deep registry editing capabilities. The user can record sessions, add notes, view reports, and create customized surveys for additional end…N/A
    Pricing
    ISL LightSolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ISL LightSolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    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.—
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    Community Pulse
    ISL LightSolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    Considered Both Products
    ISL Online
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    SolarWinds
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    70 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    67 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    69 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    56 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    64 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    Features
    ISL LightSolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of ISL Light and SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    Feature
    ISL Light
    7.6
    64 Ratings
    6% below category average
    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    9.1
    13 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Screen sharing6.459 Ratings8.113 Ratings
    File transfer6.159 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Instant message5.648 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access to sleeping/powered-off computers6.745 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Over-the-Internet remote session8.659 Ratings9.013 Ratings
    Initiate remote control from mobile7.341 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Remote management of servers & workstations8.551 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Remote Active Directory® management8.717 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized management dashboard8.237 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Session record8.143 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Annotations8.235 Ratings5.95 Ratings
    Monitoring and Alerts7.927 Ratings9.99 Ratings
    Multi-platform remote control8.247 Ratings10.010 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ISL LightSolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.9
    (65 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.4
    (27 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ISL LightSolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    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.
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    SolarWinds
    I think for ANY environment it's worth taking it out for a test drive. It's very powerful, especially when using the agent to connect to sessions where the end user doesn't need admin rights but when not in a VDI environment it likely would perform better with its built in functionality to ask for elevation. It is really powerful, even with the ability to run command line scripts without the user seeing (kind of a built in psexec) and it does work with Mac and Linux to some degree too so it really is worth trying out regardless of your environment. It may be just what you're looking for and the sales folks at DRE are not pushy at all, at least in my experience, and give great advice even at the expense of selling less licenses!
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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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    SolarWinds
    • Remote control is solid, rarely loses connection
    • Allows for control of the desktop prior to login
    • Allows for scripts to be executed in the background without disturbing users
    • Allows for batch rollout of scripts across multiple machines
    • Allows us to see the end users' desktop - as opposed to RDP
    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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    SolarWinds
    • Connectivity to a helpdesk/knowledgebase would be nice feature so users can do self-help
    • Offering a branded version of the client/agent would be a nice touch for businesses
    • A web-only version of the technician console for remote support would be a nice feature
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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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    SolarWinds
    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.
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    SolarWinds
    It's a good tool overall, but could be better.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ISL Online
    During the entere time of use, I have never come across any availability issues.
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    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    ISL Online
    High performance!
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    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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    SolarWinds
    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere is an easy to use software package. The manuals are easy to understand, and the installation is simple and straightforward. The Maintenance and support costs are relatively reasonable, and we maintain support and maintenance strictly for the upgrades rather than support. Over the years, SolarWinds has released numerous feature enhancements to the software package, making SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere indispensable on our network.
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    Implementation Rating
    ISL Online
    It was so easy!
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    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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    SolarWinds
    We basically selected this for our one of the SolarWinds Project. In that we needed to take remote session and screensharing and do the analysis and troubleshooting. In our initial analysis itself we got the excellent result, and it was too quick. We were very much inspired from this. Later on, we started using SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE) for almost all the projects of SolarWinds. Highly appreciated, thanks team.
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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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    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    ISL Online
    No professional services used
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    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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    SolarWinds
    • seamless installation of MSI or EXE
    • No Codes to enter when installing agent
    • Agent automatically connects to cloud dashboard
    • our deployment tool has messed up a couple of times, so agents get uninstalled or not installed when this occurs, and we can't see a computer in the dashboard
    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.

    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Fast remote controlScreenshot of Live chatScreenshot of Remote desktop on mobileScreenshot of Reporting engineScreenshot of Secrets vaultScreenshot of Session information details