Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued) vs. Atera

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Agiloft's Flexible Service Desk Suite included an Internal Help Desk, External Customer Support, Change Management, Asset Management, RMA Management, and ITIL/ITSM capability. The product is no longer available.
$0
per license/per month
Atera
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Atera is presented as an Agentic AI platform for IT management, that offers a digital workforce of AI agents that proactively and autonomously support entire IT operations. Atera’s all-in-one IT management platform consolidates RMM, helpdesk, ticketing, and automation, so IT teams and MSPs can manage and protect infrastructure, automate tasks, and boost service quality by reducing downtime and improving SLAs. Atera has shifted focus from automation to AI-powered autonomy in IT. With…
$129
per month (billed annually) per user
Pricing
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)Atera
Editions & Modules
Free Trial
$0
per license/per month
Professional
Contact sales team
Professional Extended
Contact sales team
Enterprise
Contact sales team
Enterprise Extended
Contact sales team
MSP - Pro
$129
per month (billed annually) per user
IT Department - Professional
$149
per month (billed annually) per user
MSP - Growth
$179
per month (billed annually) per user
IT Department - Expert
$189
per month (billed annually) per user
MSP - Power
$209
per month (billed annually) per user
IT Department - Master
$219
per month (billed annually) per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)Atera
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUnlimited devices.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)Atera
Considered Both Products
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Chose Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Easier to navigate and works about the same, yet without the enormous costs to get in.
Chose Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
We selected Agiloft as their product had the most features and required the least programming to implement and add new features.
Chose Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
We were looking for a product in which all our employees could utilize successfully. We did not want our staff to be intimidated by a product too difficult use.
Chose Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
As I have said I have been an Agiloft user for 10 years. We are also Salesforce users, but we have made a clear separation between CRM and Help/Service management.
Chose Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
We find Agiloft dramatically easier to customize than Salesforce, which we have found rather limiting and awkward. Plus Agiloft has a considerably lower price.
Chose Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Far less expensive, faster to deploy, highly educated and stable Agiloft support staff.
Chose Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
We did user studies to compare Agiloft with several other vendors and our users preferred the features and usability of Agiloft.
Chose Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)

Agiloft's singular advantage is its ease of customization that allows you to capture automation requirements right at the point of use. We knew our company would always be developing new requirements for its customer-facing processes and any tool that made customization …

Chose Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
We evaluated three other platforms when we were searching for the best fit for our company. Agiloft was the only solution that offered a fully customizeable solution to our needs.
Chose Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
I was not in the selection process to choose a vendor, so I cannot comment on this.
Chose Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Most of the other CRM software packages we evaluated were either too complicated or time consuming to setup and customize, or they were too expensive, especially since many of the companies charge additional fees for each additional module or function
Chose Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
N/A - Agiloft was already chosen as the tool we were going to use (by an employee that has now left the company) before I was given the assignment of working on this.
Atera
Chose Atera
Atera is well designed for remote monitoring and management purposes. The other tools, such as ManageEngine endpoint central, are more focused on managing the endpoints and applications, such as installation or removal of applications, and blocking or whitelisting applications.
A…
Chose Atera
We used Logmein for remote access and used another platform called Fresh Service for our ticketing. Logmein was okay but the ability for us to merge the two together, on top of all of the other features that Atera offers (reporting and monitoring!) has been game changing. We …
Chose Atera
I think Atera is the leader here. The aggressive pricing along with feature set is unparalleled in my opinion. They seem to be headed in the right direction and keep pushing the envelope in what the tool can do. The one thing lacking for me is the Apple integration into …
Chose Atera
Atera is very similar to Syncro in feature set and pricing, but we liked Atera just a bit better. (We switched from Atera to Syncro and then back to Atera, and have stuck with Atera for several years now.) Kaseya gave us bad vibes from their sales department and we ultimately …
Chose Atera
I also used other org suites, but Atera is the winner here. It offers services like IT service management, network monitoring, and billing. We get most of the service under one roof. Hence, Atera is the winner compared to other applications I have used.
Chose Atera
In my opinion, Datto is not a great company to partner with. In my experience, billing is crazy and when you call in for support you get sales.
Chose Atera
Atera Billing of per technician is a great way to save
Atera has 24/7 support that response in a matter of seconds
The Copilot that they have added recently is a game changer and will make anyone wants to associate themselves with Atera
Chose Atera
NinjaOne is a great tool for Remote management and patch management. However, Atera is more polished and gives better functionality for the end user side through things like work from home, and the support portal knowledge base. Also, when using NinjaOne, I don't remember there …
Chose Atera
ManageEngine Endpoint Central and GoTo Resolve
Chose Atera
Because Atera is a much more effective and efficient solution to manage all our IT operations, it automates each of our business processes. It offers us the best support to respond to any problem that may arise. I think Atera is much more cost-effective and reliable; its value …
Chose Atera
Comparison from ConnectWise and Autotask, Atera is more simplified, Cost effective and Integration RMM, PSA and automation features
Chose Atera
In my experience, Atera lured us in with the pricing per technician to try and save us money. They then proceeded to take features away and lock them behind higher-tiers. In addition, in my opinion, their customer support is atrocious. I think if you enjoy long times between …
Chose Atera
It is live in our organization and it works along with Atera in our organization, however I have more trust on Atera due to its stability and ruggedness, so Atera is the only choice most of the IT dept works on.
I would not comment on the ManageEngine PAM solution as I have less …
Chose Atera
The user interface is easier to navigate, and remote desktop capabilities for troubleshooting were the differentiating factor.
Chose Atera
Atera was very similar with Syncro but a bit more user friendly. There were a few features with Syncro I really liked that Atera does not have yet like custom reporting.
Chose Atera
Atera has so many features that are fully functional.
Atera is easy to use.
Chose Atera
Atera is way more user friendly , it has a smooth learning curve and the pricing is favorable. Atera also has a lot of features that make it superior. They even have additional features like the ticketing system that was a pleasant surprise to have. Overall Atera stands out at …
Chose Atera
Atera's pay-per-technician pricing just made sense for us. They don't nickel-and-dime either. NinjaOne, by contrast, was over twice as expensive to start out, but they wanted to charge extra just for a ticketing system and many other things.
Chose Atera
NinjaOne is a great platform but is simple overall versus Atera. Atera is so feature rich that it can be overwhelming at times but is worth the learning curve. Take time to go through the onboarding, reading the help articles, and even reaching out to support directly through …
Chose Atera
Atera pulls the best features from the above systems I have previous experience in and unites them in an All-in-one solution that simplifies and improves everyone's experience.
Chose Atera
Atera was the clear winner for us. The interface and tools were very easy to learn and setup. Atera's licensing incorporates good feature sets and value levels.

Some of the other products were difficult to setup and lacked good flow between tools. The value proposition was …
Chose Atera
In comparing Atera with similar products I've used or evaluated, like SolarWinds, ConnectWise, and Kaseya, Atera stands out for its user-friendly interface and cost-effectiveness. While SolarWinds offers robust features, it can be overwhelming and pricey for smaller setups. …
Chose Atera
Atera was more cost effective, easy to deploy and had all the features and tools we needed. It's still a little rough around the edges but we can work around those considering its a fraction of the cost compared to others.
Chose Atera
This Year I started an IT company and was in need of monitoring and PSA software. In the past I've worked with Datto, Datto RMM and Ncentral so one of these would be a logical choice for me to choose. However their pricing is from a different world. For a starting company, …
Features
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)Atera
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
9.4
Ratings
15% above category average
Atera
-
Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Service restoration10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service tools10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
9.0
Ratings
9% above category average
Atera
-
Ratings
Configuration mangement8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
10.0
Ratings
18% above category average
Atera
-
Ratings
Change requests repository10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Service-level management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Performance Management
Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Atera
10.0
Ratings
31% above category average
Virtualization monitoring00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
IT Asset Discovery00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Monitoring Tasks
Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Product A and Product B
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Atera
9.4
Ratings
24% above category average
Remote monitoring00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Network device monitoring00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Activity Monitoring00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Management Tasks
Comparison of Management Tasks features of Product A and Product B
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Atera
8.9
Ratings
18% above category average
Patch Management00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Policy-based automation00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Remote Access
Comparison of Remote Access features of Product A and Product B
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Atera
7.8
Ratings
14% above category average
Attended device access00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Unattended device access00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mobile device access00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Virtual device access00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Multiple-display support00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Multiple concurrent sessions00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)Atera
Small Businesses
NinjaOne
NinjaOne
Score 9.0 out of 10
Panda Systems Management
Panda Systems Management
Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
Score 9.2 out of 10
Action1
Action1
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
Score 9.2 out of 10
TeamViewer
TeamViewer
Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)Atera
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
8.5
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(0 ratings)
9.6
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(0 ratings)
8.8
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.6
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)Atera
Likelihood to Recommend
Agiloft is a fully GUI based system that requires very little or no coding. That allows for a very quick deployment of a new install and for adding new features. Therefore, it works great for companies that don't want to write a new system from the ground up.
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Atera is doing well in the monitoring part as it is informing the real time ping of running devices and if any device goes down, it is informing us on the real time. It is helping us to monitor the last reboot status, current logged in users, time zone, IP addresses and other things so that we can track our end devices status. In the patching part Atera is pathing our all devices with the notification stating user to restart device at their convenient time. It is also patching our third party applications. It is good in installing and uninstalling of the third party application but limited to availability in the Atera inventory. Atera is not good in some parts such as in the patching part of applications, sometime it fails to update all 3rd party applications that were not installed via Atera. It is not good if you have to transfer a file to multiple systems at the same time.
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Pros
  • Agiloft's performance has been excellent. This includes 1) Scalability, 2) System response, and 3) Reliability. We have not had a reported issue with the system for at least 2 years.
  • Professional Services. When we had an issue interfacing with an external data mart we brought in Agiloft's Professional Services and got a quick, cost-effective solution.
  • Strategic Planning. As we look to the future we are hoping to move to the ITIL model. We love Agiloft's solution and have embraced it as our future direction.
  • Flexibility. This includes 1) Custom form design, 2) Routing based on just about any criteria, 3) Addition of attributes, 4) Search capabilities for end users.
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  • Remoting in from anywhere, even on my phone or tablet, has enabled me to quickly diagnose, or even fully resolve, problems.
  • The ticketing, once users are set up, is a breeze. It also keeps everything in one place for them.
  • With Atera the need to travel on-site has been dramatically reduced.
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Cons
  • They could build a slicker look to the graphical charts output for the reports. These look a bit dated, and I would like the ability to customize them more.
  • I find that some features of the tool are difficult to find, and aren't necessarily in the most common sense of places. This definitely eases with experience with the tool, but initially it will take some time just to figure out the setup of the tool and where things are located. For example, permissions can be set on many different levels, which is great, but logically finding where to find the differing permission levels is difficult at first. I would suggest attending their admin training session to initiate yourself with the tool at first, so you're not as reliant on Agiloft initially to guide you in building the tool, which can get expensive.
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  • Some basic functions need some extra work
  • Some basic things are behind paywalls
  • Feature board is not credible. Ideas taking very, very long to implement
  • Atera has no clear road map
  • SNMP monitoring needs a make over and needs more options
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Likelihood to Renew
We have invested a lot of effort in tailoring the solution to our needs. Our users (both internal and external) are comfortable with it and we have aligned it with our workflow. We have also integrated it into our implementation processes and are working to connect it to our SDLC.
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As of right now, we have found nothing that can offer as many features as Atera does along with the affordability. They are doing monthly releases each month and not just making small changes (shared scripting library, chocolatey support, Install packages, Splashtop SOS support, Scheduled tickets to name a few). The uptimes are great and accessibility to the dashboard has yet to be limited. We are a happy customer and bordering on fanboy status now
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Usability
For the most part, it is an easy and intuitive system to use. There are many small things that could be improved to make the system work even easier. However, overall it is very easy to use if you have a good grasp on computer programs and using them to build things. I do not have any computer science or programming background, and I am able to use this system with few problems.
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Atera has a user-friendly interface that improves navigation. Support staff can quickly access real-time alerts and remote devices and manage tickets without much training. ​Atera’s usability has positively impacted our organization by increasing operational efficiency and improving response times to resolve issues.
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Support Rating
We often hear back very quickly with answers to our questions. They also support their answers at times with screenshots and videos to help further explain their advice and suggestions. The only reason it isn't a 10 is because sometimes using only the online support system, sometimes things aren't communicated as well as they would be over the phone. However, we know if there is a major issue going on, we can call Agiloft for support.
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Atera support provides answers to my questions lightning fast. They have never left me feeling like I'm out there on my own. I can ask questions by email, or by chat, or by opening a ticket with them and they are always on it quickly. They also have a forum where other Atera users can help you if you need it, and you can also add feature requests via the forum.
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Alternatives Considered
Agiloft's singular advantage is its ease of customization that allows you to capture automation requirements right at the point of use. We knew our company would always be developing new requirements for its customer-facing processes and any tool that made customization difficult was an inferior choice for us. Other vendors offered similar levels of customization, but when we dug deeper, Agiloft was the only one that delivered it. Our management team came from the IT and development side of NetSuite and we have used it to manage our business almost since inception. However, its support, marketing, and sales functionality was too difficult to modify and built to meet too broad a set of requirements, so we could never get full adoption or utilization, and it stood in the way of delivering the service levels we needed to provide our customers. We still use NetSuite for back-of-the-house financial functions which don't need that level of customization, but for everything else, the way forward has led us to choose Agiloft.
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Atera is well designed for remote monitoring and management purposes. The other tools, such as ManageEngine Endpoint Central, are more focused on managing the endpoints and applications, such as installation or removal of applications, and blocking or whitelisting applications. Atera is well structured for core monitoring and management purposes. It works like a well designed monitoring tool and at the same time works as a well designed management tool. Price point of Atera is very low as compared to other applications and the main part is that it does not cost you for the number of devices it covered, instead it will cost you on the basis of admin licenses you have. You can have one license and under that you can manage thousands of devices. Apart from this, Atera has a lot of tools that are integrated with it, and they are really useful.
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Return on Investment
  • Helps us organize tasks and projects and the data associated with each project
  • Helps us organize our resources to meet the demand of issues and events
  • This has helped us keep moving forward during times we otherwise would have pulled back.
  • Completely revolutionized our way of work life. Upwards of approx 300 percent productivity and complexity..
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  • It helped us considerably increase the pace of onboarding people.
  • Deployment of updates was easier and seamless compared to before the Atera phase.
  • It was easier to control employee laptops to troubleshoot issues remotely since most of our employees worked from home.
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ScreenShots

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Atera Screenshots

Screenshot of Atera’s AI-powered solution.Screenshot of Atera's process automation.Screenshot of Atera's real-time monitoring, which gives visibility and control of the IT environment.Screenshot of Atera's ticketing, where users can deliver end-user support and issue resolution at scale.