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"The ability to operate the product with scripting is excellent.""As an Azure consultant, for me, it is the best way to give the administrator access as you can manage the permission - including who can access Bastion.""Azure Bastion makes it easy to provide quick virtual machine access to our customers.""It provides all the security to us. Without getting on the internet, we can access our servers. We can access our desktop through our web browser. We don't need to run the mstsc command and login to the VM. All those things are not required.""The most significant advantage lies in its runbook features, particularly beneficial for our infrastructure team.""The product's setup is easy.""The connection to virtual machines is very useful.""The interface is available in the edit portal."

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"The user interface is the first valuable feature. The integration is the second valuable feature. The integration that you are doing with the products needs to be very certain. There shouldn't be any glitches. There are different software out there that will give you an option called scripting and ask you to do a hundred different things to set up a script for a particular customer. With Continuum, everything is done a single way. You just select the clients, script, and machine, and then you just go and deploy. The best part of Continuum is that it is not just a software company. It is a pure services company. It is an RMM software; it isn't used as a PSA. The software is just a part of the service offering. This is the difference between all other service providers out there and Continuum. Continuum is basically providing services. Continuum doesn't sell the software.""The most valuable feature is the patching solution.""The most valuable features are RMM and patch management. However, the main reason we have been using this solution is that they are the only provider of RMM that has an outsourced NOC and help desk. This has been very useful."

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Cons
"You are charged for retrieving your own data.""We are not able to copy and paste files directly into the server over the patch host. We have to transfer files over to Azure Storage.""There are some challenges because Bastion is more compatible with Edge but not with the other browsers. As an organization, it doesn't make sense that we have to use only Edge. We should be able to access Bastion over Chrome, Mozilla, or Opera. It should be our choice.""While general support is valuable, having a detailed breakdown of the specific issues would contribute to a more streamlined and efficient resolution process.""When you have a boot issue on Windows, you cannot use Azure Bastion to fix it. You have to use the Azure console or the VM console, and it is very limited.""The protocol speed could be faster.""The solution breaks down sometimes."

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"I would like to see the incorporation of the dashboards for other products that they work with into the main dashboard.""They can include support for vaulting, where you can actually document the entire infrastructure, including servers, desktops, networks, passwords, maps, diagrams, and customer information. Continuum has integrated everything, and you have to use a PSA. Continuum has a ticketing system and an RMM. They could integrate the functionality for IT documentation. An MSP would want everything into one tool.""The solution could improve by offering better overall management and dashboards."

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  • "The pricing is a lower decision point than high-quality security for our organization. Better security comes at a cost, but it's worth it, and that's what we tell our customers."
  • "Azure Bastion's pricing is good."
  • "It does not save money for us."
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  • "The licensing works such that the more you add, the more it costs, but for the most part, the price starts at about $5 USD per client."
  • "It has a pay-as-you-go model. They don't have any minimum, maximum, or such sorts of commitments with any of their partners or customers. I don't believe they have any restrictions about using a specific number of agents. You don't have to use 100 agents or 200 agents to work with this. They have a lock-in period of three months, during which you cannot switch a service plan, which is fine."
  • "Continuum Command price is more expensive than competitors, it is three times the price of the next lowest and costs approximately $25 an endpoint. However, when you take that into account you receive the help desk and outsource NOC included it has a lot more value because competitors do not provide the outsourced NOC and help desk."
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    Top Answer:Azure Bastion makes it easy to provide quick virtual machine access to our customers.
    Top Answer:The product costs around $150 per month. It does not save money for us.
    Top Answer:We are not able to copy and paste files directly into the server over the patch host. We have to transfer files over to Azure Storage.
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    Overview

    Azure Bastion is a service you deploy that lets you connect to a virtual machine using your browser and the Azure portal. The Azure Bastion service is a fully platform-managed PaaS service that you provision inside your virtual network. It provides secure and seamless RDP/SSH connectivity to your virtual machines directly from the Azure portal over TLS. When you connect via Azure Bastion, your virtual machines do not need a public IP address, agent, or special client software.

    ConnectWise RMM is designed to let you remotely monitor and manage as many endpoints as you can close. Combined with the benefits of our unparalleled Network Operations Center (NOC), our proprietary IntelliMon software spares your tech’s time by automating the ticketing and alerting process, filtering out false positives and producing actionable tickets.

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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government7%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company23%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Real Estate/Law Firm6%
    Construction Company6%
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    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Small Business41%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise43%
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    Azure Bastion is ranked 9th in Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) with 8 reviews while ConnectWise RMM is ranked 12th in Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM). Azure Bastion is rated 8.8, while ConnectWise RMM is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Azure Bastion writes "Has good scalability and provides secure access to the virtual machines ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ConnectWise RMM writes "Easy-to-use interface, simple integration, and good ROI". Azure Bastion is most compared with Azure Firewall, Azure Front Door, TeamViewer Remote Management, Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Entra Verified ID, whereas ConnectWise RMM is most compared with ConnectWise Automate, N-able N-sight Remote Monitoring & Management, Atera, NinjaOne and Kaseya VSA.

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