NetSupport Manager vs. Zoho Assist

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NetSupport Manager
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
NetSupport Manager is the flagship remote administration software from Netsupport, a global education technology company headquartered in the UK, which allows IT professional to provide remote assistance.N/A
Zoho Assist
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Zoho Assist from Zoho Corporation is a remote administration tool for SMBs and outsourced IT.
$12
per technician/per month
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Remote Support - Standard
$12
per technician/per month
Unattended Access - Standard
$12
25 unattended computers/per month
Remote Support - Professional
$18
per technician/per month
Unattended Access - Professional
$18
25 unattended computers/per month
Remote Support - Enterprise
$28
per technician/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NetSupport ManagerZoho Assist
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Remote Administration
Comparison of Remote Administration features of Product A and Product B
NetSupport Manager
10.0
Ratings
21% above category average
Zoho Assist
7.1
Ratings
13% below category average
Screen sharing10.00 Ratings6.60 Ratings
File transfer10.00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Instant message10.00 Ratings3.70 Ratings
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers10.00 Ratings2.20 Ratings
Remote management of servers & workstations10.00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Remote Active Directory® management10.00 Ratings4.40 Ratings
Centralized management dashboard10.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Annotations10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Monitoring and Alerts10.00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Multi-platform remote control10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Over-the-Internet remote session00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Initiate remote control from mobile00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Session record00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
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User Ratings
NetSupport ManagerZoho Assist
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
6.8
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
NetSupport ManagerZoho Assist
Likelihood to Recommend
It's handy for smaller to larger units, where time management is most important. But it will not suitable for those who have partial units across the country.
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We were previously using another remote support solution, but when their pricing increased significantly, we began looking for alternatives. That’s when we discovered Zoho Assist. It offers the same level of functionality and reliability as our previous provider—at a much more reasonable cost. I have already recommended Zoho Assist to multiple other IT professionals.
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Pros
  • It's a robust corporate remote support tool for admin.
  • Admin can deploy an installation in the background without knowing a client.
  • For those who frequently forget their password, you can access it in glimpse & take total control of it.
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  • One user's computer screen is black, no task bar and start button, after system crush, Unattended Access help me remote control it and use tools under quick Launch to change system settings and created new account for the user, so she can work few hours later.
  • One user computer need help vpn setup but it is not on Unattended Access list, so I create a temporarily Remote Support session, send the link to him by WhatsApp, after he download and install agent, I can connect and remote control it.
  • Sometimes user computer has randomly happening issue, I will connect it by Zoho Assist, record the remote screen, then will catch the issue and know it's triggered
  • sometimes I use video chat as a meeting tool with users
  • The file transfer by web client is useful for me, most of time is to upload files into user computer when it is not able to access our network drive
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Cons
  • The only cons are that it's hard to access other networks besides the internal one of the organization like how TeamViewer works.
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  • Improve connection times, especially when I'm on the move and the areas that I go to have low bandwidth, which affect the performance of Zoho Assist in my device.
  • Allow Zoho Assist to be integrated to other applications
  • Increase file transfer limits
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Usability
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The system works. It is well designed and implemented. If the product didn't work, I wouldn't waste my time or my resources on it, but it does. When I connect to a system, it is as if I am at my clients location, sitting at their keyboard. It just works.
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Support Rating
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Support is terrible. Quick to initially respond with the boilerplate "The information provided by you should be sufficient for my development team to analyse this further. I shall also write back to you as soon as I get an update from them on this
regard." And then you will hear nothing more from them. Chase further and you'll get stock responses such as "Our development team are still looking into this," etc.
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Implementation Rating
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Make it easier to deploy mulitple agents for different departments.
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Alternatives Considered
I think if you are using it after its tutorial then you may not need any other apps to control the operation. Its file transfer, voice & text sharing features are truly working. A complete system of inventory where you can set smart alerts. Capable to connect multiple users at once.
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We also evaluated Intune remote support offering and TeamViewer. Those two performed worse than Zoho Assist, despite being more expensive, and their multi-platform support didn't match Zoho Assist either. So choosing the latter was a no-brainer for us.
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Return on Investment
  • It allow's us to update apps instantly
  • It gives user quick response to overcome headache issues
  • It's saves crucial time from both ends
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  • Using Zoho Assist has saved us hundreds of dollars in remote support fees.
  • The ability to give remote support has not only saved our IT department time and money, but has impacted every department in our organization.
  • Remote support has allowed us to keep our IT staffing costs low. Instead of hiring more people to move around and manage the flow across the organization, less people can manage more and "be in more than one place at a time".
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ScreenShots

Zoho Assist Screenshots

Screenshot of On-demand Remote SupportScreenshot of Browser-based Remote SupportScreenshot of Unattended Access to remote computersScreenshot of Detailed Analytics