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ISL Light vs. Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ISL Light

    Score9.6 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    ISL Light is remote support and remote access software that enables SMBs and large enterprises to offer fast and efficient support and maintenance for Windows, Mac and Linux computers as well as mobile device support for Android and iOS.

    $418

    per year (1 concurrent user)

    RDCMan

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ARDCMan, or Remote Desktop Connection Manager from Microsoft, is a utility for managing multiple remote desktop connections. Once shut down due to a vulnerability in version 2.7, RDCMan is now updated and part of the Sysinternals family of tools. The 2.8 release fixes CVE-2020-0765, the XML parsing vulnerability. As of May, 2025, RDCMan is in version 3.1.

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    Pricing
    ISL LightRDCMan
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $34.90
    per month (billed annually) per concurrent user
    Self-Hosted
    $44.90
    per month (billed annually) per concurrent user
    Premium
    $54.90
    per month (billed annually) per concurrent user
    Enterprise (Managed Private Cloud)
    $23,976
    per year 20 concurrent users
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ISL LightRDCMan
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsISL Online's pricing model considers the number of licenses purchased, which determines the maximum number of concurrent users within the organization. A concurrent user is defined as anyone running one or more sessions simultaneously from any device. There are no restrictions on the number of ISL Light users within a company or the remote devices managed. For example, with three licenses, an unlimited number of people in a company can use ISL Light and can access an unlimited number of remote devices, but only three users can use it concurrently. When one of these three users ends their session, a fourth user can begin their session, and so on.—
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    ISL LightRDCMan
    Considered Both Products
    ISL Online
    Chose ISL Light
    Much more intuitive when compared to remote desktop and as no changes are required on the firewall on the server side, it's a much more secure connection.
    Incentivized
    Chose ISL Light
    Multi-monitor handling is super easy with ISL Light. The licensing model of ISL Light's self-hosted version is unbeatable. Great technical support, which often used before I purchased. The unbelievable price increase during and after the covid time of remote tools, has ended, …
    Incentivized
    Chose ISL Light
    None of these work when trying to connect from my personal computer. Guys in our IT offered to use ISL Light and it worked without a glitch ever since.
    Incentivized
    Chose ISL Light
    Much cheaper licence then TeamViewer and much more user friendly than UltraVNC for example. Better performance then AnyDesk or Chrome Remote Desktop. It has simple user interface which can be immediatly understood. But if you dig deeper you see there is in depth capabilites for …
    Incentivized
    Chose ISL Light
    ISL light is a corporate tool that takes security into account first and foremost and that is something that these tools do not really take into account. The control of users, the reports and the roles that can be assigned definitely led us to make the decision.
    Incentivized
    Chose ISL Light
    is more accessible

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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    ISL LightRDCMan
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of ISL Light and Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan)
    Feature
    ISL Light
    8.0
    63 Ratings
    Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan)
    8.1
    3 Ratings
    Screen sharing8.358 Ratings6.72 Ratings
    File transfer7.758 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Instant message7.647 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication8.014 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Access to sleeping/powered-off computers6.745 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Over-the-Internet remote session8.659 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Initiate remote control from mobile7.341 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Remote management of servers & workstations8.551 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Remote Active Directory® management8.717 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Centralized management dashboard8.237 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Session record8.143 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Annotations8.235 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Monitoring and Alerts7.927 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Multi-platform remote control8.247 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    ISL LightRDCMan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (64 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)