Kaseya VSA vs. KNECT IoT

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Kaseya VSA
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Kaseya Virtual System Administrator (VSA) is a cloud-based Remote Monitoring and Management software. VSA unifies the monitoring of system infrastructure and endpoints and is designed for use by IT teams and MSP’s. It offers a robust crowd-source automation scripts library, as well as antivirus and malware capabilities with real-time threat alerts.N/A
KNECT IoT
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
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$150
per year
Pricing
Kaseya VSAKNECT IoT
Editions & Modules
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Basic
$150
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Kaseya VSAKNECT IoT
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
Kaseya VSAKNECT IoT
Application Performance Management
Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Kaseya VSA
7.5
Ratings
2% above category average
KNECT IoT
-
Ratings
Virtualization monitoring8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
IT Asset Discovery7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Monitoring Tasks
Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Product A and Product B
Kaseya VSA
6.7
Ratings
10% below category average
KNECT IoT
-
Ratings
Remote monitoring9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Network device monitoring8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Activity Monitoring8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Tasks
Comparison of Management Tasks features of Product A and Product B
Kaseya VSA
7.5
Ratings
1% above category average
KNECT IoT
-
Ratings
Patch Management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Policy-based automation9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Remote Access
Comparison of Remote Access features of Product A and Product B
Kaseya VSA
6.8
Ratings
0% above category average
KNECT IoT
-
Ratings
Attended device access8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Unattended device access8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Virtual device access9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple-display support1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple concurrent sessions8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Kaseya VSAKNECT IoT
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.5
(0 ratings)
-
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User Testimonials
Kaseya VSAKNECT IoT
Likelihood to Recommend
This package is well suited for businesses of any size that needs a method of connecting to systems on or off the network. This is one of the few packages that doesn't require the end user to provide permission before allowing the techs to connect which is what my agency needed as we have a majority of our systems are used by "general public" that walk in our doors and if they are doing something that they are not supposed to it would be unlikely that they would grant permission for us to access the systems.
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Pros
  • Scripting - Very powerful scripting engine that allows us to update/install applications and maintain PC's and Servers.
  • Policy Management - Globally configured policies allowing us to make changes to thousands of PC's quickly.
  • Monitoring - Monitoring engine allows us to Proactively respond to alerts quickly minimizing downtime significantly.
  • Patch Management - This module requires minimal effort to manage and maintain.
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Cons
  • The only area I can see where a lot of room for improvement can be made is in scripting of Agent procedures. Making operations more modular and able to be assembled by technicians who might not be strong in a scripting environment would be helpful. In the mean time, Kaseya has an entire site and a whole team of developers who write Agent procedures for common tasks and make them available for free to all Kaseya VSA customers.
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Likelihood to Renew
Excellent product with easy learning curve
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Usability
I think this is a solid tool for enterprise IT, however it would be higher if Kaseya VSA addresses the areas raised around recent stability, their support team, multiple session & screen support etc. It does do it's main job and allows an easy way for IT to operate and is mostly fine.
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Support Rating
It was lots of back and forth email communication whenever I tried to solve my connection issues. I would send them detailed logs of the date, time, computer, and more of when I was experiencing connection issues. All I would get is an email back a few days later saying that they didn't find an issue in the service
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Alternatives Considered
We moved away from NinjaRMM for support of PowerShell scripting and APIs. Overall, the experience with NinjaRMM, though limited in features, was tenfold better than our experience with VSA. We have been desiring strongly to move away from VSA to N-Central (having been provided a full demo that we installed on our cloud infrastructure) but have been unable to do so due to Kaseya's draconian contract policies. It's important to note that NinjaRMM was allowing us to go month-to-month and switching to Kaseya VSA was one of the worst business decisions I ever made. It's equally important to note that, if you are considering Kaseya VSA, you will be locked into a 3-year contract that is nearly impossible to escape from once the documents are signed. SolarWinds N-central only requires a 1-year contract and then has month-to-month billing available. I can provide no good reason for anyone to consider Kaseya VSA when there are dozens of better systems out there to choose from.
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Return on Investment
  • It has increased the efficiency of operational tasks for our technicians
  • It has change the speed at which we are able to deploy updates and software patches
  • It caused us to spend additional money on more security tools due to concern from breaches
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