Atera vs N-able N-central comparison

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Atera and N-able are both solutions in the Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) category. Atera is ranked #5 with an average rating of 9.7, while N-able is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.3. Atera holds a 7.3% mindshare in RMM, compared to N-able’s 5.4% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Atera users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of N-able users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

N-able N-central and Atera are both competing in the realm of remote monitoring and management software. Atera appears to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature set and cost-effectiveness.

Features: N-able N-central offers robust monitoring capabilities, automation features catering to large-scale IT service providers, and emphasizes network discovery and patch management. Atera provides an all-in-one platform with integrated billing and ticketing, cloud deployment, and cross-platform compatibility, appealing to small and medium businesses.

Room for Improvement: N-able N-central could improve in areas of deployment simplicity, reducing initial setup complexities, and increasing compatibility with smaller businesses. Atera could benefit from enhancing its automation capabilities, expanding third-party integrations, and incorporating advanced network discovery features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: N-able N-central's deployment is complex due to its detailed configurability, requiring extensive initial setup, with appreciated support. Atera offers a straightforward, faster cloud-based deployment model with sufficient support within its user-friendly system.

Pricing and ROI: N-able N-central involves higher upfront costs, benefiting larger organizations with robust needs offering better long-term ROI. Atera presents a transparent pricing model with lower setup costs, making it attractive to small and medium businesses by providing significant ROI through included features that reduce the necessity for additional tools.

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Categories and Ranking

Atera

Ranking in Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)

5th

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Help Desk Software (12th), Network Monitoring Software (37th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (41st), IT Service Management (ITSM) (11th), Patch Management (13th), AIOps (22nd), Agentic Automation (12th), Autonomous Endpoint Management (7th)

N-able N-central

Ranking in Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)

6th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) category, the mindshare of Atera is 7.3%, up from 7.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of N-able N-central is 5.4%, down from 8.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Atera	7.3%
N-able N-central	5.4%
Other	87.3%

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Featured Reviews

Ning Chane

IT Manager at Telstra

Remote monitoring has streamlined endpoint management and consistently reduced ticket resolution time

The best features Atera offers include the per-technician pricing, which is honestly one of the biggest things. Unlimited endpoints for a flat monthly fee per tech is a model that makes sense for us, since we are not paying more every time we add a new endpoint. The AI Copilot feature has been a nice addition that helps our techs summarize tickets and suggest fixes faster, which has cut our resolution times noticeably. The AI Copilot feature has specifically helped my team because the automation handles a lot of the routine work, such as patch deployments, maintenance tasks, and monitoring alerts. Atera has positively impacted my organization by transforming how our team operates day-to-day, and the pricing model is hard to beat. The outcomes or metrics showing how Atera has made a positive impact include the 30% reduction in ticket resolution time I mentioned earlier.

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Dimitri V G

Team Manager Fiber & Backhaul Solutions Center & South at Telenet BVBA

Maximizing operational efficiency with comprehensive monitoring and automation capabilities

There are areas in N-able N-central that could be improved. We always started it from the basic purpose of monitoring hardware, where vendors such as HP and Dell try to sell their own services which monitor and provide a dashboard, which is their logic. They want to make their own recurring revenue on that. We notice that SNMP has had a good run and still sometimes is used, but it's becoming an issue to maintain the same capabilities because HP makes it unreliable or even removes certain features that we used to be able to validate redundant array of independent disks. Our service that has been running for 15-20 years suddenly is not working anymore because HP decided in generation 10 plus and above, or generation 10 hardware in servers, storage controllers particularly, they just didn't put the SNMP OIDs anymore. We are now following that market change or business change in hardware monitoring and the future is Redfish, REST API, IPMI type of monitoring with the REST API and Redfish being most common. We have to do the effort ourselves because Enable is not really strategically going there because I assume there's not much money to make to improve that or to convince customers to start with their product. That issue could be better if they would be more prepared for that change and give us customers more tools, preconfigured, pre-available custom services for Redfish, REST API, where we just have to put a few items username, password and address and some dots and commas, but that we don't have to reinvent the wheel, which we are doing at the moment. We are using HP iLO commandlets and REST APIs for Aruba. Dell is making it very hard to monitor their hardware. If it has an iDRAC, I can manage it and monitor it, but if it's something that's less common or due to the portfolio, they have done a good job at not exposing information about health. We would just want to have a red or a green dot that indicates if this device is healthy or not healthy. Since nobody's investing in SNMP because it's a liability in security, they should invest in making a REST API and preferably also do the work on making it easy to pull or push information. That's something that the industry in general and Enable in particular could do a significant job to help us monitor.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"One thing that I'm most impressed by with Atera is how much they listen to their community to focus on more integrations."

"There are a lot fewer hardware replacements. Once people migrated from old style hard disks over to SSDs, you have things like hard disks filling up faster. So, I run a script to clear out all the waste, e.g., all the temporary files and downloads. A lot of our business runs through a custom web application that we built. This involves people downloading a lot of PDFs and Excel files, and not just having them sitting in folders. With Atera, I can just go through and clean the temporary files out."

"Atera saves money. A trip to the customer costs between $20 to $30. Then, you need to charge the customer $20 to $30 for the travel. However, if you are doing this work remotely, then you are not driving. This makes the process easier and saves money for you and the customer. For example, if it is just one machine, then the savings comes out to $50 to $60. If we are talking about a huge client, who has hundreds of machines and is changing their infrastructure, that is a lot of money."

"I have better access when I go to look for something regarding either a specific user or software. It is easier to locate. When I am troubleshooting with my clients on the phone, I am not fiddling around looking through a bunch of ticket notes trying to locate something. It makes me a lot more efficient."

"Atera has saved us a lot of time."

"All of the features of Atera are valuable because they allow the customers to achieve their goals. It is easy to use, has good collaboration, and has zero maintenance."

"Measuring the integration is very helpful when using Atera Assist Test. It takes the solution to the next level by automating activities. It doesn't just provide the solution but also allows running scripts to fix issues before a technician has to work on them."

"Atera has positively impacted my organization by transforming how our team operates day-to-day, and the pricing model is hard to beat."

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"N-able N-central has numerous good features. The asset tracking capability is powerful, allowing you to track hardware and software on devices connected to your network. The remote control is smooth, securely enabling remote access to servers and routers. It can be integrated with ticketing systems and other tools like CrowdStrike and N-able EDR for comprehensive network monitoring and security. The automation feature is handy, allowing you to schedule tasks, respond to system triggers, and automate problem resolution, such as handling disk space issues automatically."

"I like the remote connectivity, reporting suite, and patch management module."

"The support is at a good level. So normally, we can always get to a solution when we are stuck with some monitoring problems that we encounter."

"The most valuable feature of N-able N-central is the many options it has."

"The most helpful features of N-able N-central include providing a single pane of glass for many insights in an environment regarding their patching, their assets, their devices in general, and the active issues that they show."

"It's a very robust product. They're continuing to invest and put new enhancements into the product. They're very open about what their roadmap is, which is very good for us because then as a business, we can plan."

"The transition to N-able N-central was very smooth; we were confident that our migration would not affect any operations, and it was easy to migrate our clients into the new solutions."

"N-able N-central is an easy tool to implement with customers."

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Cons

"I also use Apple Zoho, which does not require you to download anything. You can get help from Zoho. Atera, on the other hand, requires you to download an applet."

"They are working on an update, and I would like to see more stuff outside of just computers and servers. Increasingly, we need to be able to monitor and manage network devices. Atera is improving on that already, which is one place that it is currently lacking."

"The billing module has a standard layout which is too limited for my needs."

"Customization could be improved."

"The one thing that could do with improvement is the reporting. This is from someone who worked in an MSP, where I would want to run a report and be able to just present that to a client."

"Having more freedom to perform identity access management would be great — it's one of the things that are necessary for a lot of companies they secured."

"It will be interesting if Atera can integrate all kinds of products."

"I would like to see more mobile device management. iPad is a big one. I know they've been working on some of that. For me, it would be amazing if I could do tablet devices and even expand it to POS systems or the like. I know that a lot goes into that but I've seen it is an area they're looking at."

More Atera cons

"We have to do the effort ourselves because Enable is not really strategically going there because I assume there's not much money to make to improve that or to convince customers to start with their product."

"At this moment, we encounter stability issues with N-able N-central from time to time."

"The integration with other applications could be better."

"The industry has moved towards Redfish for out-of-band and in-band monitoring, yet N-able N-central still relies on older protocols like SNMP."

"The solution's overall integration should be improved."

"Involving AI in the platform could improve it further."

"There is room for improvement in the development of custom monitoring services."

"It was previously expensive and tedious to manage different licenses."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is my favorite part of it. It was per user, not per client."

"In terms of cost, it's not very expensive. I’d rate it around three or four out of ten, considering its value for money."

"As an internal IT, it's gold right there. It is money in the bank."

"We pay per user. I am the only user. It is $150 per user. If I need to add one, it is not as costly as expanding with other providers."

"Atera's pricing stays fixed and predictable, enabling us to add more customers and unlimited monitored devices. We still have a number of clients who fit a break/fix IT model. This is something where clients are complaining more about having to pay extra month-by-month for technology services. With Atera's model, we don't have to be going out and asking for more from clients each month. Right now, with where we are at in terms of scale, this is very important to us."

"With Atera, the more you add, the cheaper the cost of the additional endpoints will be."

"The value of the product is perfect, neither cheap nor expensive. I think it is the right rate. It would be awesome if it continued to be the same price because it is a great solution that I like. I like it because I'm not paying per device. I have some customers on monthly contracts and some of them are on break'n fix. If I have a client who is on break'n fix, and they need to pay per agent, then I am losing money. If they were ever to change structures, going to pay-per-device model, then I would need to think about changing to something else."

"Atera happened to have the best pricing model."

More Atera pricing and cost advice

"The pricing and licensing are average, almost six out of ten."

"N-able N-central is not an expensive solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

12%

Construction Company

Educational Organization

Outsourcing Company

Comms Service Provider

14%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Large Enterprise	1

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	1

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Atera?

The prices have increased over time. After expressing concerns about pricing to account managers, they offered a 30% discount option for annual commitments. The main benefit we see with this produc...

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What needs improvement with Atera?

Reporting is probably the main frustration. Some of the more advanced reports are locked behind higher pricing tiers, which feels restrictive. Atera can be improved in that the remote access can al...

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What is your primary use case for Atera?

My main use case for Atera is remote monitoring and management across all our endpoints. We have devices spread across multiple sites, so having one platform where we can see everything, push patch...

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What needs improvement with N-able N-central?

The MSP part of N-able N-central has evolved over the years. They have been trying to move from professional or network server and desktop licensing to make it more comprehensive. With professional...

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What is your primary use case for N-able N-central?

We have been dealing with Enable EDR and N-able N-central, which is a management center. It's the NOC solution that we are currently running our asset management on. We are managing tasks in that e...

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What advice do you have for others considering N-able N-central?

There's a new node for N-able N-central which they have addressed. Our outstanding items include reviewing our pricing and partnership level, which can provide additional benefits when we exceed 10...

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Overview

Atera provides advanced tools for remote monitoring, automation, and ticketing, offering an intuitive design and competitive pricing that supports managed service providers with monitoring, alerts, and system management.

Atera stands out with its automation, remote access, and smooth integration capabilities like PowerShell commands, TeamViewer, and Splashtop. Its monitoring and alert systems allow IT professionals to preemptively address issues, enhancing productivity with features such as a robust ticketing system, patch management, and scripting tools. Cross-platform compatibility and collaboration tools streamline IT operations. Despite its strengths, Atera requires enhancements in identity access management, chat features, mobile device management, third-party integrations, customizable reports, and more detailed role management for technicians. A renewed interface and improved network and cloud service monitoring are desired. Users also look for seamless management across diverse platforms, particularly under connectivity issues.

What are Atera's key features?

Automation: Streamlines processes with powerful automation capabilities.
Remote Access: Facilitates easy access to client machines for issue resolution.
Intuitive Interface: User-friendly design enhances efficiency.
Integration: Seamless TeamViewer and Splashtop integration.
Monitoring: Effective monitoring and alert systems preempt issues.
Ticketing System: Boosts productivity with efficient workflow management.
Patch Management: Ensures systems are always up-to-date.
Scripting: Powerful tools for automation and task execution.

What benefits and ROI should users consider?

Efficiency: Automation and scripting enhance task management.
Cost-effective: Combines robust features with competitive pricing.
Scalability: Cross-platform compatibility supports business growth.
Productivity: Monitoring and alerts optimize resource allocation.

Atera is widely used by managed service providers and IT support companies to enhance efficiency in industries such as manufacturing and construction. It provides remote monitoring, automation, and comprehensive IT management, ensuring seamless integration with different products and systems for broad site coverage. Businesses leverage Atera's RMM, PSA, ticketing, and IT automation features to improve operational efficiency and responsiveness.

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N-able N-central is an all-encompassing IT management platform geared towards efficient network oversight. It offers comprehensive tools for monitoring and automation, which are crucial for managed services providers managing complex network environments.

N-able N-central provides solutions tailored to IT management, offering remote connectivity, asset tracking, and integration with systems like CrowdStrike. Its single-pane interface supports extensive device monitoring, script execution, and automation for task scheduling. The platform emphasizes robust patch management and reliable support, making it suitable for client integration and compliance audits. However, improvements are needed in remote access, application integration, and mobile device support. Users suggest investing in Redfish and REST API monitoring due to unreliable SNMP and an increased focus on AI to enhance maintenance recommendations.

What are the key features of N-able N-central?

Intuitive Remote Connectivity: Facilitates seamless access and management from anywhere.
Asset Tracking: Offers robust tracking of hardware and software assets within a network.
Automation: Streamlines task scheduling and resolution processes.
Patch Management: Ensures systems are updated and secure efficiently.
Integration Support: Seamlessly works with systems like CrowdStrike for enhanced security.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Comprehensive Monitoring: Helps manage diverse network environments with ease.
Scalability: Supports expansion in IT management capabilities as businesses grow.
Security Enhancement: Strengthens organizational security through integrated patch management and antivirus capabilities.
Efficient IT Management: Simplifies tasks through automation, reducing manual effort and increasing productivity.

N-able N-central is embraced in industries requiring robust IT management solutions, particularly managed services providers. It's widely used for monitoring systems, remote access, and asset tracking. Industries leverage its automation and integration capabilities to maintain system stability and security, addressing threats without heavy IT infrastructure on clients' premises.

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