ConnectWise Automate

Connectwise Automate

Kommentare: We are using Connectwise Automate for taking care of customers on a managed service contract.

Vorteile:

There are many, many features in Connectwise Automate that will help you help your customers with their computer needs.

Nachteile:

Although the software is very feature rich, it seems very cumbersome and not easy to use from day one. In almost every step, we have had to take classes to figure out how to do things.

If you have the money to spend, spend it.. if not.. there is other options`

Kommentare: Overall, I am very happy with Connectwise Automate and would continue to use the product. If you work in a critical industry, I wouldn't recommend this as being your only source of remote access since support is very slow and very unhelpful in most situations.

Vorteile:

The best part of this software is how robust the software is. When you purchase this software, you receive control and "WSUS" as part of your package. The software contains reports, pulls data on each computer, provides some integration and overall is a great automation and remote access tool.

Nachteile:

Support is very slow to respond. Getting credits for downtime on their hosted web server is like pulling teeth. When you get into the chat queue, you may be waiting an hour or more for someone overseas who doesn't know how to fix the issue anyway. Then you have to wait until someone gets back with you when they "open a ticket." Honestly.... the only reason I WOULDN'T buy this software is their support system lacks ability for true support!

Automate is just another piece of software written once and not really maintained

Vorteile:

Patch management is way easier than using WSUS.

Nachteile:

User interface is not intuitive. Lots of training required. Very little useful documentation. Connectwise support will not help you understand the scripting features at all. The documentation for scripting is litterally 4 pages of what you can see in the user interface. The scripts debug process is horrid. It takes 50x longer to do a script in automate over doing a powershell and bash script to do the same thing. Change requests, and features are not being answered or added in a timely manor. This software is stale.

Connectwise Automate

Kommentare: Connectwise Automate is a critical part of my business that I use. I could not work without it and I really enjoy working with this tool!

Vorteile:

I really like the features that Connectwise Automate offers. The ability to remotely patch servers and endpoint devices is excellent.

Nachteile:

The only issue we have with this software is the customer support and occasional instability of the software.

Manage multiple environments with ease

Kommentare: Companies I have been working for have been leveraging this application for machine management for years.

Vorteile:

This software provides multiple connectivity options. It can show a lot of information (see least favorite list below) Great organization! Easy integration with Connectwise Control and Manage Lots of option for Scripting and API connectivity to outside applications

Nachteile:

The interface was changed to a much less intuitive environment about a year ago. I use it and have started to get used to it somewhat, but it still is not what I would call good. There's problems if you don't run the Control Center as an Admin, but it doesn't want to run as admin by default The uninstaller for the client can sometimes not uninstall.