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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    NinjaOne

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ANinjaOne automates the hardest parts of IT, delivering visibility, security, and control over endpoints. The NinjaOne endpoint management platform increases productivity for IT teams and managed service providers, and comes with unlimited onboarding, training, and support.N/A

    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
    NinjaOneSolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
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    NinjaOneSolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsNinjaOne is a subscription service with a charge rate per month. For more detailed pricing information, contact NinjaOne directly to request a demo or to start 14-days free trial.—
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    Community Pulse
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    NinjaOne
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    SolarWinds
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    38 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    36 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    38 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    33 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    Features
    NinjaOneSolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of NinjaOne and SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    Feature
    NinjaOne
    8.9
    41 Ratings
    18% above category average
    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    -
    Ratings
    Remote monitoring8.838 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network device monitoring7.536 Ratings00 Ratings
    Activity Monitoring8.424 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of NinjaOne and SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    Feature
    NinjaOne
    8.6
    40 Ratings
    14% above category average
    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    -
    Ratings
    Patch Management8.939 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based automation8.840 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of NinjaOne and SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    Feature
    NinjaOne
    -
    Ratings
    SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    9.1
    13 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Screen sharing00 Ratings8.113 Ratings
    File transfer00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Instant message00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Access to sleeping/powered-off computers00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Over-the-Internet remote session00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
    Initiate remote control from mobile00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Remote management of servers & workstations00 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Centralized management dashboard00 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Session record00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Annotations00 Ratings5.95 Ratings
    Monitoring and Alerts00 Ratings9.99 Ratings
    Multi-platform remote control00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    NinjaOneSolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (47 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NinjaOneSolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    NinjaOne
    I think it is appropriate to use NinjaOne for Medium sized businesses. We feel like it can handle our environment of 300 machines. The ticketing system integrating with devices and monitoring is a plus for us since we don't need another third party integration to connect the two. NinjaOne patching could use improvement but they have built up a lot of other pieces of their infrastructure.
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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
    NinjaOne
    • Remote connections: the NinjaRemote client is spectacular and very easy to use and navigate. It quickly connects to customer systems so my engineers are able to work. As a bonus, they also offer a really good mobile app to connect to client systems.
    • Antivirus: Bitdefender Endpoint Protection is built directly into the NinjaOne portal. This makes deploying and maintaining AV very easy.
    • OS Patching: NinjaOne makes it very easy to handle patching across multiple clients and locations. It is very easy to use and doesn't take long to set up.
    • Support: NinjaOne support is always very prompt and helpful.
    • Documentation: the NinjaOne Dojo is a one-stop shop for all of your FAQs, guides, and forum needs. You can find almost anything here to help you deploy and maintain NinjaOne.
    • Automation Library: NinjaOne comes preloaded with a large number of ready-to-go automations. They also provide you with a scripting module to create your own.
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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
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    Cons
    NinjaOne
    • NinjaOne does support Mac, however I would like to have more options for automation and scheduled task on Mac devices.
    • I would like it if NinjaOne also provided an MDM solution.
    • It would be nice is NinjaOne could integrate a PAM solution as well.
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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
    NinjaOne
    We already did. After evaluating many platforms, we found the cybersecurity of the company, its development direction, and the performance of the platform to be far superior at its price point.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    NinjaOne
    Ninja's interface is clean and simple. Overall usability from an interface perspective is good. Some items, policies and scripting for instance, are a bit cumbersome and it's really not clear how to implement with a best practice mind-site. Ninja RMM got the job done for us but as we pushed our needs more into automation and efficiency we felt it wasn't keeping up with our speed of growth. There is definitely usability in the product, and it will get the job done, but there are other RMM's out there that fit better in our business.
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    SolarWinds
    It's a good tool overall, but could be better.
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    Reliability and Availability
    NinjaOne
    Availability is very good
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    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    NinjaOne
    The software loads quickly for the most part
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    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    NinjaOne
    Support has been very responsive and my account rep Brian K. has communicated with me continuously making sure we had everything we need. Not like other MDMs where they sign you up and that's the last you hear from them. NinjaOne makes sure you use the product to its best application and you are successful and continue as the product features grow.
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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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    In-Person Training
    NinjaOne
    Easy to learn and all of the functions and features were easy to learn. Once I started learning all of the features and functions, it made my everyday tasks much easier and more productive. The user interface is very easy to use. If I did have any questions, the Ninja Dojo was a big help.
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    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    NinjaOne
    It was nice and self paced learning. The sections were easy to understand and the functionality was very worthwhile. The online training was very easy to learn and intuitive. I did not feel the need to ask for any clarification or assistance with any of the sections. I am still learning a lot of the functions but fined it very easy to use.
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    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    NinjaOne
    Use of Organizations and locations
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    SolarWinds
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    Alternatives Considered
    NinjaOne
    NinjaOne's user friendly interface was immediately appealing to a team that that needs to be able to pickup a tool and know how to run with it at first exposure. From the moment we started using it, we would often be able to navigate the platform with a common sense approach and be able to navigate to exactly what we were looking for without requiring documentation or guidance. Customer representatives that we have worked with have all been outstanding, and have not been pushy like some other vendors teams tend to be when you are initially debating between multiple offers.
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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
    NinjaOne
    Overall the software is very reliable
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    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    NinjaOne
    • Windows patching as we cannot get employees to do it themselve so that alone is making an impact
    • having data about our pcs all the time which we did not have before
    • remote access to pcs in a variety of ways vs hoping remote desktop would work
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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
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    ScreenShots

    NinjaOne Screenshots

    Screenshot of the NinjaRMM dashboardScreenshot of the NinjaRMM mobile appScreenshot of NinjaRMM automationScreenshot of NinjaRMM device detailsScreenshot of NinjaRMM network monitoring - NetFlowScreenshot of NinjaRMM virtual machine monitoring

    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