LogMeIn Rescue vs. N-able Take Control

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LogMeIn Rescue
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
LogMeIn Rescue is a remote support solution for PCs, Macs, and mobile devices. LogMeIn Rescue is designed to help IT teams to offer fast technical support and ensure a secure remote support session for both the IT professional and the end user. From small teams of IT helpdesk technicians to enterprise-level organizations, LogMeIn Rescue…N/A
N-able Take Control
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
N-able™ Take Control is a cloud-based remote control solution for MSPs, to access & troubleshoot end devices. With support for Windows®, Mac®, and Linux® machines, MSPs can work from these or iOS® or Android® devices with the N-able native app.
$45
per month
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Take Control Plus
$45
per month
Take Control Plus
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LogMeIn RescueN-able Take Control
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsNo credit card required. Login info sent directly to your email. Access technical support during your trial.
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Community Pulse
LogMeIn RescueN-able Take Control
Considered Both Products
LogMeIn Rescue
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
As said before LogMeIn Rescue is much more intuitive and easy to use than the competition, I much prefer to use LogMeIn Rescue because it is much better in terms of settings and design choices, thank you for the work LogMeIn Rescue you are the professionals you think you are, …
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
Truth be told, Rescue is the first and so far only solution from LogMeIn I started to use. However since it offers a wide range of tools specifically designed for remote support, it is highly effective for resolving technical issues. Additionally, Rescue provides various …
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
Inferior in most regards. Bomgar does the turning off of font smoothing by default, but it is trivially easy to disable, and the session quality is outstanding after doing so. ConnectWise Control doesn't do it at all. Google Remote Desktop is also great (except for not …
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
LogMeIn Rescue in was faster and much more user friendly than netop as well as netop was more complex setup and even complex for users as they needed to provided full ip address. UI was not clear at all for user or technicians making the learning curve steeper in Netop case.
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
SolarWinds Dameware Remote Support (DRS)
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
LogMeIn Rescue allows you to copy and paste from one pc to another. Quick Assist does not allow this.
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
I have never used any other mirroring system. I would not know how they compete but I do know LogMeIn Rescue is great but needs some fixing on bugs and capabilities with how fast the system moves especially because the whole point is to fix and help fastly and in a timely manner.
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
More options for agents to assist and easier to navigate around the desktop application.
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
Existing customer familiarity.
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
I haven't used other products, this one does exactly what I need.
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
Being in Product Support in the company, I require to get access to customer's screenshare and help resolve the issues that they face. So LogMeIn Rescue offers such a user-friendly application with minimal efforts to get those access with all the permissions and help resolve …
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
It wasn't fully my decision to change from AnyDesk to LogMeIn Rescue - If it was up to me, I would have stuck to AnyDesk due to the cost (LogMeIn Rescue is much more expensive) and the ability to save login information and have multiple technicians connect at the same time …
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
ScreenConnect is a superior product, and we ended up choosing it over LogMeIn Rescue by Goto.
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
Prior to LogMeIn Rescue we used Go To Assist. However, Go To Assist did not offer everything we needed in order to be able to support our clients. Since the switch to LogMeIn Rescue, we have many more options that allow us to not only better assist our clients, but to do so …
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
LogMeIn Rescue by GoTo options are better positioned from others. Also the option to share files, is better to be run in another window, but reflected on main screen. The chat option is my favorite, as it is run by the side of the remote window, not like Anydesk, which is not …
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
Bomgar does a better job with Mac machines. When a remote connection freezes on LMi, we will switch to bomgar. Bomgar also allows monitoring of customer support systems where LMI does not.
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
My primary tool for remote connections is via GFI preinstalled on client PCs. So I primarily use Logmein Rescue for ad-hoc situations. I do also use Microsoft Quick Assist but I find some end users have trouble with that as it sometimes requires them to sign in. Not all end …
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
LogMeIn Rescue by GoTo is by far superior feature wise when it comes to other solutions we've trialed.
The cost of rescue is the only part that makes you have to stop and think before procurement, we had to significantly justify our reasons for this product over some of the …
Chose LogMeIn Rescue
Pretty much identical to the GoTo products
N-able Take Control
Chose N-able Take Control
I selected this system because it advertised easy management of computers and servers.
Chose N-able Take Control
N-Able has a lot more control and monitoring in comparison.

Remote control is on a whole nother level compared to competitors with screen blanking, mouse and keyboard locking and even remote laser pointing.
Chose N-able Take Control
In my previous job we used Dameware which was a very good tool but lacked the managing capabilities of N-able. It has been a few years, so maybe Dameware has improved in that regard.
Chose N-able Take Control
Bad experiences with ConnectWise platforms in general ruled it out for us at this point in time. To be fair this was not really ConnectWise's fault more the team that set things up poorly leading to significant issues across the system.

Teamviewer had long been our go to, but …
Chose N-able Take Control
N-able Take Control combines AV and Internet Security with Remote control whereas the others are isolated products and requires multiple products to achieve what N-able Take Control can
Chose N-able Take Control
It's not half as easy as Solarwinds, and Solarwinds has more features.
Chose N-able Take Control
Take Control's feature set blows LogMeIn out of the water, however LogMeIn's general performance once connected, destroys anything that Take Control can currently provide.
Chose N-able Take Control
We were primarily a team-viewer customer before this point but the continued increases on cost, feature issues as well as core functionality and load issues we were beginning to see on the host machines we started looking for other options. As we were already a solar-winds …
Chose N-able Take Control
Take Control can be accessed through a browser whereas Windows Remote Desktop requires settings on the PC and device to remote into the end device. Installing the end devices application has mostly been a flawless install with limited setting configurations. GoToMyPC has …
Chose N-able Take Control
I use both SolarWinds MSP Anywhere and ScreenConnect.
SolarWinds MSP Anywhere is perfect for MSP clients on account and with an agent installed. It's integrated and makes all the connected tasks easier and the workflow is improved.
Features
LogMeIn RescueN-able Take Control
Remote Administration
Comparison of Remote Administration features of Product A and Product B
LogMeIn Rescue
6.9
Ratings
16% below category average
N-able Take Control
8.2
Ratings
1% above category average
Screen sharing8.50 Ratings8.50 Ratings
File transfer6.90 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Instant message9.40 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication7.30 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers5.00 Ratings2.00 Ratings
Over-the-Internet remote session8.50 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Initiate remote control from mobile5.70 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Remote management of servers & workstations5.10 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Remote Active Directory® management7.70 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Centralized management dashboard5.70 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Session record7.40 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Annotations6.60 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Monitoring and Alerts6.40 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Multi-platform remote control6.10 Ratings8.60 Ratings
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User Ratings
LogMeIn RescueN-able Take Control
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
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8.4
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Likelihood to Renew
8.0
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Usability
8.4
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Availability
9.1
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Performance
9.1
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Support Rating
9.1
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Implementation Rating
9.0
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Configurability
8.2
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Product Scalability
9.1
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User Testimonials
LogMeIn RescueN-able Take Control
Likelihood to Recommend
Most of the time it is great. Sometimes with iPads it is not great or too expensive for orgs to pay for an option to allow iPads to be logged into along with computers and windows computer tablets. When needing to view something a client is talking about. It is great to use login to understand the issue and possibly fix any issues we need.
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It is phenomenal as a remote service tool, as well as a Teamviewer alternative for end users. But its per device interface is lacking, as well as how technicians are set-up. Once you learn the ins and outs its quite easy to use from both sides. However, it can be a little quirky when initially set-up.
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Pros
  • The rescue lens feature has come in handy to save us plenty of times. being able to have eyes on the end users' side to see how things are actually physically connected.
  • Having the ability to collaborate with other technicians is a feature that I have not seen in other applications. normally the other person has to connect as well which results in lowered connection speed on the end user's side since 2 connections are running.
  • The tools to be able to locate and audit sessions are also very valuable for measuring the performance of my technicians.
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  • Take Control is really good at accessing a device with no end-user involvement. The user doesn't have to click on permissions or visit a particular site. We simply can take control of their device from the RMM dashboard.
  • If Microsoft issues a patch/update, I can schedule a release of a mass install to all client sites at the click of a mouse from within my office.
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Cons
  • one of the prompt in windows users is not vissible, somethimes users missed it and you must start from scratch
  • more documentation for apple users
  • never could record a session, all the time was a permissions issue, don't know how to do it
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  • Performance on low-end machines.
  • Verbosity when changing stream quality.
  • File manager needs improving, dragging files causes graphical issues.
  • Connection time needs to be reduced.
  • Ability to adjust re-connection time.
  • Integration with more password-storage applications.
  • Screen blanking is buggy in some instances and makes the session unusable.
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Likelihood to Renew
We may continue using Logmein as it is the best remote support application in terms of connection latency and control. However, since several of our client sites have stricter security policies they block this application and we have to switch to other ways which is inconvenient
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Usability
For user i think it needs improvement as every remote session I need to download the app, find it, open it, and allow access. For Agent it is well suited to provide support and preform any task required on the user workstation
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The interface needs a lot of updating. It's just too "busy."
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Reliability and Availability
Log me in has never failed me
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Performance
no complaints
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Support Rating
I'd say support for LogMeIn is ideal because I haven't ever been in a situation where additional support was necessary. The program runs so efficiently and simply that nothing was needed beyond initial training that was provided by my company. I am saying this as a user that strictly uses the technician console
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Implementation Rating
Make sure you have your LogMeIn Rescue account sign-in details handy when installing on multiple support systems.
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Alternatives Considered
Truth be told, Rescue is the first and so far only solution from LogMeIn I started to use. However since it offers a wide range of tools specifically designed for remote support, it is highly effective for resolving technical issues. Additionally, Rescue provides various connection methods and customizable interfaces, allowing support teams like mine to tailor the experience to specific needs.
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Bad experiences with ConnectWise platforms in general ruled it out for us at this point in time. To be fair this was not really ConnectWise's fault more the team that set things up poorly leading to significant issues across the system. TeamViewer had long been our go to, but pricing increases, the inclusion of ads (in a not inexpensive product) is infuriating for some. and ongoing poor business behavior reports in the industry lead us to look elsewhere
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Scalability
it's perfect
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Return on Investment
  • For businesses with small to midsize IT staff, the ability to remotely control devices that are not on-site and occasionally out of state is extremely cost-effective.
  • The speedy response time of LogMeIn Rescue has been very helpful in resolving issues for IT staff.
  • The administrative process has been made more efficient by the ability to remotely log into servers.
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  • We we're able to bundle Take Control into our RMM pricing removing the need to pay for a separate system and maintain its intergration
  • Remote access is only a click away saving our techs time
  • Reliable connection mean issues are resolved without having to 'fix' the remote access first
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ScreenShots

LogMeIn Rescue Screenshots

Screenshot of Technician Group Configuration - Where users can create technician groups and subgroups with granular agent permissionsScreenshot of the console where repetitive tasks automated by running pre written scripts in the background, without disturbing end usersScreenshot of a smartphone camera being used to troubleshoot offline computers and hardwareScreenshot of remote control of Macs, PCs and Linux/AndroidScreenshot of reboot sessions and automationScreenshot of the central dashboard where common mobile device issues on iPhone and Android can be identified and addressed without the need to navigate the end user's device.

N-able Take Control Screenshots

Screenshot of N-able Take Control DashboardScreenshot of Take Control - home