BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access vs Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager comparison

BeyondTrust and Devolutions are both solutions in the Remote Access category. BeyondTrust is ranked #15 with an average rating of 9.0, while Devolutions is ranked #12 with an average rating of 10.0. BeyondTrust holds a 2.2% mindshare in VUS, compared to Devolutions’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of BeyondTrust users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Devolutions users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 7, 2024

BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access and Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager are notable contenders in the remote access management space. BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access seems to have the upper hand in security, while Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager excels in management capabilities.

Features: BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access stands out with strong authentication mechanisms, session auditing features, and robust security tools. Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is valued for its extensive integration options, centralized management of remote sessions, and intuitive control.

Room for Improvement: BeyondTrust users suggest improvements in the speed and flexibility of system updates, the user interface's intuitiveness, and enhanced compatibility with various platforms. Devolutions users note that the product could benefit from enhanced reporting capabilities, a more user-friendly client management interface, and better customization options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access is reported to have a relatively smooth deployment process but could improve in customer support responsiveness. Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is praised for its straightforward setup and excellent customer support, particularly appreciated for guidance during initial deployment stages.

Pricing and ROI: BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access has higher upfront costs and is considered premium pricing, but users find the security returns justify the investment. Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager offers a more competitive pricing structure, and users feel it delivers good ROI through its extensive feature set and cost-efficiency.

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Microsoft Intune

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Remote Access category, the mindshare of Microsoft Intune is 7.1%, down from 10.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access is 2.2%, down from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is 1.8%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Remote Access Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Microsoft Intune	7.1%
Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager	1.8%
BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access	2.2%
Other	88.9%

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Varun Mehra

collaboration support engineer at a retailer with 11-50 employees

Centralized device management has transformed security and streamlined remote provisioning

One area where Microsoft Intune can improve is the user interface. Sometimes the portal feels a bit complex and not very intuitive, especially for new users, and it can take time to find specific settings. Another point is troubleshooting. While logs are available, the diagnostic policies and sync issues can still be time-consuming and not very straightforward. I also feel that reporting could be more detailed and customizable. The built-in reports are helpful, but for deeper insights, I often need to rely on additional tools. Overall, it is a strong solution, but improving usability and troubleshooting experience would make it even better. While Microsoft Intune works very well within the Microsoft ecosystem, the integration of some third-party tools could be smoother and require less customization. Support is another area that could improve, as sometimes response times can be slow, and resolving complex issues may take longer than expected. In terms of features, I think more advanced automation and built-in remediation options would be helpful since common issues can be fixed automatically without manual intervention.

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Anil Kishore

Lead Engg. Information Assurance at ACPL Systems Pvt Ltd

Strong security with room for enhancements in AI analytics

We integrate with our Active Directory regarding the role-based access controls in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access.I have not yet utilized the endpoint least privilege management feature in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access. There is a ready integration guide available for BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access, so there are no major issues. All API integration is available to integrate with. More organizations are moving towards cloud infrastructure with BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access. They are choosing this because they do not want to manage their on-premises and other hardware infrastructure. As we are not working with other vendors, I would rate BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access a 10 out of 10.

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StephenWatson

National Sales Manager & Technical Consultant at Secure Networks

Easy to deploy with great security and responsive support

The security on offer is the most valuable aspect of the solution. It offers, for example, two-factor authentification. The remote connection across platforms is great. You can deploy it on anything, including Windows, Mac, iOS, your iPhone, et cetera. It offers multi-platform utility. This makes it great for enterprise. Users can use it for PAM access as well. The feature of Devolutions that has improved our customer's efficiency the most is probably the security side. It's gotten a lot tighter. Authentication and secure connections are helpful. They use encryption between them, which is just standard for them. The company has so many regulatory controls that they must ensure their security is very tight. There's a lot of potential cybercrime around casinos, and this solution ensures they are well-protected. Devolutions is a great product that can be safely used between China, Australia, or the Philippines, and it remains a good, safe product.

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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

"I like how Microsoft Intune lets me lock down the email profile and make it accessible only on certain devices."

"Overall, I would rate Microsoft Intune as eight out of ten."

"Microsoft Intune is a core product, and it's very stable"

"Once it is well integrated with the rest of the environment, it makes everything easy."

"With on-premises Active Directory, the main challenge was that we had no control when a user was working from home. We didn't know what exactly a user was doing and whether the AV was up to date or not. Intune provides better control of their machines."

"For Windows services, there are multiple options within Intune to modernize it to be more internet-facing and dynamic."

"I particularly appreciate the administration and security features, which can be deployed easily."

"It has a useful device management feature."

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"It is a great tool, and everything has improved over here."

"It's a stable product. Based on the demos and interaction with it, it was stable."

"Based on the feedback from my colleagues who have never complained about the technical support, I would say that the product's support team is good."

"The visibility of the solution's Vault works as it is supposed to: out-of-the-box for domain accounts, endpoints, and local accounts associated with discovery jobs."

"We like the integration with Active Directory. It allows us to discover the endpoints and user accounts that need protection. It's a good way of securing our privileged access."

"The features I find most effective in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access include the advantages of password safe for anyone using their web server designing or applications."

"This product is very stable and scalable. This is an excellent platform."

"This product is the de facto standard, based on function features, installation, and customer base."

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"Makes me instantly more focused on resolving the issue rather than getting to the issue."

"Being able to aggregate all connections (RDP, FTP, SSH, VPN, etc.) in the same interface and make each server readily available in the same way, which lets me focus on the problem regardless of where it is."

"Integration with a third party credential storage, web login, and VPN are the most usable and useful functions at the moment."

"There is not a day that goes by that I do not use the tool."

"It really helps to have all the data already pre-entered and all I have to do is enter the password."

""Inherited" function for credentials - Configure the desired credential at one (top) location, and use the Inherited function on all sub-connections that should use this credential."

"It saves a lot of time for all of our IT staff from having to just use the RDP Windows client and reenter each server every time we access a different system."

"It sped up our response rate to anything that happened in the network."

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Cons

"Historically, Group Policy has simplified the management of various items, such as printer and drive mappings and while Intune offers workarounds, it lacks native support for these functionalities. This is an area I believe needs improvement."

"What I'd like to see in their next upgrade is more in the context of today's security policies and what's needed, for them to keep adding features based on that, for example boosting security, so they can keep on adding security features, and that is the best they can do."

"We are currently unable to control aspects of group policy from Teams like we can for GPO. They are still not part of Intune. Microsoft is adding this, but it's currently in preview, and few GPO features have been added to the product."

"Microsoft Intune could improve its reporting and troubleshooting tools since diagnosing policy sync and deployment issues can still feel a bit complicated at times."

"Its configuration is fairly complicated. You have to do quite a bit of discovery to be able to deploy it for a customer. You have to ask them a lot of questions. So, its initial deployment is the biggest challenge. They should make it easier to deploy with the use of Wizards or something else. During the deployment stage, there could be profiles for the customers who are particularly wanting to use certain feature sets of Intune."

"The solution does require maintenance, and it is complex to maintain, especially regarding updates, patching, and releases."

"I think there should be a better tracking of the cell phones used on the Intune."

"The main disadvantage seen today is regarding Linux clients. We have a lot of development resources that have Linux on their clients, and we can't manage them on the same platform, as we do with other clients such as macOS and Windows."

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"With the current scenario of BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access, some analytics should come with an AI/ML base and highlight if someone is doing something risky during access."

"Some of the capabilities in the solution were not as available or not as outstanding as CyberArk. We had to manage whatever little was available for us, especially its recording capabilities, logs, and a number of things."

"The solution's Vault is a nice feature. It helps to securely share a security password in teams, but it is not at the level of a password management solution. So, it is just really a vault. We were expecting to have more features to better manage passwords, but that is something that you can work around if you also have a password safe solution. I would like them to have features like password rotation or password auditing, e.g., old passwords."

"At the moment, I don't see any major problems with it. If anything, they can just change the look and feel of the login screen because it looks too simple to me. It does not have so much information. When you get to the login screen of the solution, you should have more information. We also have BeyondTrust Remote Support, and the login page looks similar to BeyondTrust Privilege Remote Access. I would love to see more rich information on the login screen or landing page so that rather than having a regular sign-in screen or page where you just provide a username and password and get into the solution, you should have more insight into what the solution does. I've mentioned this to them every time I have had an opportunity."

"It would be very nice if it has an enterprise vault. Currently, it can interact with Password Safe, which is a separate solution and equivalent to Thycotic Secret Server. Instead of having Password Safe as a separate entity, they should combine it with BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access. They have done it in some way, but it is not an enterprise tech solution."

"The integration of the solution with many platforms is a difficult area to manage and needs to be made easy."

"At the moment, I don't see any major problems with it. If anything, they can just change the look and feel of the login screen because it looks too simple to me."

"We have not seen ROI when it comes to PRA."

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"Maybe some clipboard functions could be added along with integration of different software."

"If there was a way to streamline the process, it would make it nice."

"The only complaint I have heard is there are too many updates."

"Security roles could be improved, especially by enabling renaming of a role."

"The console is a little bit clunky."

"The RDM client (.NET issue, actually) can stall or lock up while it clears communication threads to the server."

"Sometimes the manual inventory of some entries hangs, and RDM must be closed via task manager."

"There are always bugs to squash, beyond that, it is really kind of difficult for new users to discover and use many of the features due to the bewildering array of choices and ways to do things."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"While Microsoft Intune boasts a wide range of features, its user-friendliness and bundled licensing cost are key considerations for me."

"Previously the price was $4 per month per user. Now it's $2.25 per user per month."

"Microsoft offers some licensing where it's included at no extra cost when customers are already using the licenses. In such a case, it's a really good value. If you have to buy the licensing for it, it's probably on par with other solutions. It isn't substantially more or less expensive. The great thing is that it is included in some of Microsoft's licensed packages. So, some customers don't have to spend additional money for it. Typically, most providers that support Intune do charge a management fee of some sort or some fee. Certainly, we're no exception."

"Its price is in the medium range. It is acceptable because you're paying for the features. I am not aware of any additional costs."

"It comes with the E5 plan. We bought the E5 plan from Microsoft."

"It's affordable for the protection it gives. There are no additional costs."

"It is reasonable. When you have Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 license, it is already licensed in that license. So, you could say it is free."

"Microsoft Intune is expensive."

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"Don't get into a situation where you are licensing per desktop or per person until you fully understand the licensing."

"PRA's pricing is competitive."

"Its price is pretty good for the features and services that it provides. It is not outrageous. I'm not aware of any additional charges or anything like that."

"PRA was one of the cheapest solutions that we evaluated."

"My client found the solution a bit expensive but considering their use case and requirements, they didn't have any other choice. As far as I know, implementation and licensing are the only costs."

"I rate the product's pricing a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is high, and ten is low. It is an expensive product."

"I wish it was a little bit cheaper, but when a product is as solid as this, I understand what the cost does. It helps them to make sure it stays that way. If you want a reliable, solid product, you're going to pay more."

"Though the solution was a bit expensive, the overall pricing was average."

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"If you are a Microsoft MVP, VMware vExpert, Cisco Champion, etc., Devolutions offers a free Enterprise License."

"Setup costs for most people is negligible."

"The Free Edition is completely free. You can try also the Enterprise Edition for 30 days for free."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Government

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15%

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Financial Services Firm

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	157
Midsize Enterprise	59
Large Enterprise	181

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Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	7

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Small Business	6
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Also Known As

Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager

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Overview

Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based service designed for device management, security, and compliance. It supports automation and facilitates endpoint management for Windows, iOS, and Android devices, ensuring data protection and efficient policy enforcement.

Microsoft Intune offers seamless integration with tools like Windows Autopilot to automate device setup and deployment. Integrated with Azure Active Directory, it enhances policy management while providing robust reporting and analytics tools for compliance tracking. Despite its intuitive interface aimed at simplifying navigation and device security management, there are challenges such as compatibility issues with Linux and Mac, limited policy support for Android, and demands for better third-party integration. It's widely used for both corporate-owned devices and BYOD scenarios in dynamic IT environments.

What are the key features of Microsoft Intune?

Windows Autopilot: Automates device setup for rapid deployment.
Azure Active Directory Integration: Enhances user policy management.
Reporting and Analytics: Improves compliance visibility.
Mobile Application Management: Ensures app security without compromising personal data.
Cloud-Based Management: Allows management from any location.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Time Efficiency: Automation reduces time in policy enforcement and configuration updates.
Enhanced Security: Ensures data protection across corporate-owned and BYOD devices.
Improved Compliance: Advanced reporting tools enhance compliance visibility.
Flexible Management: Cloud-based nature supports management from any location.

In industries such as finance and healthcare, Microsoft Intune is implemented to ensure data protection and compliance with regulatory standards. Manufacturing sectors utilize Intune for managing a distributed workforce across global locations, while educational institutions employ it to secure and manage devices in learning environments supporting both students and faculty.

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BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access enhances network security with flexibility and FIPS-compliant encryption. It enables rapid deployment without a VPN, simplifying credential handling and compliance while reducing complexity in remote work environments.

Designed to secure internal and vendor access to servers, applications, and energy grids, BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access supports compliance requirements such as NERC, NIST, and FedRAMP. It manages RDP sessions, credential rotations, and high-privilege access, serving as a VPN alternative. Active Directory integration and robust vault features simplify credential management. With session and access monitoring, it offers enhanced security and control, facilitating a smooth transition to cloud-based deployments while improving network operations.

What are the key features of BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access?

Strong Security: FIPS compliance and encryption ensure data protection.
Rapid Deployment: Set up quickly without relying on a VPN.
User Management: Seamless control through integration with Active Directory.
Advanced Access Controls: Enhance monitored access to sensitive systems.
Vault Features: Simplify credential handling and rotation.

What benefits can users expect from BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access?

Flexibility: Adaptable to different IT environments.
Enhanced Security: Protects remote access and sensitive data.
Compliance Support: Meets standards like NERC, NIST, and FedRAMP.
Simplified Deployment: Reduces setup time and complexity.
Monitored Access: Provides comprehensive session tracking and reporting.

Enterprises in industries like energy, finance, and technology deploy BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access to control and monitor secure access, aligning with strict regulatory requirements. Its capability to integrate seamlessly with existing systems and support cloud-based transitions makes it a strategic tool for enhancing operational efficiency and security.

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Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is a versatile tool designed to centralize remote connections and credential management with robust integration capabilities, catering to platforms like Windows, Mac, and iOS.

Remote Desktop Manager offers a unified interface for managing remote desktop protocols, seamless credential integration, and enhanced security features. It supports RDP, SSH, and VMware, with automatic connection and credential management systems. Users benefit from features like cloud service integration and password generation. Multi-platform support, including Windows, Mac, and iOS, ensures broad accessibility. Though beneficial, the update process and console design could see refinements, alongside better software integration and security role management.

What are the key features?

Tabbed Interface: Efficiently manage multiple connections.
Credential Management: Securely store and use credentials across systems.
Automatic Connections: Streamline connection setup with minimal user input.
Cloud Integration: Connect with cloud services for data access.
Password Generation: Enhance security with robust password tools.
Two-Factor Authentication: Strengthen security with extra verification step.
VPN Integration: Simplify VPN connection setup and management.
Simultaneous Monitoring: Boost productivity with real-time monitoring.

What benefits can users expect?

Centralized Management: Simplify handling of multiple remote connections.
Enhanced Security: Benefit from encryption and role-based permissions.
Increased Productivity: Improve efficiency with snap tool and credential automation.
Cost Efficiency: Reduce expenses by replacing multiple tools with one integration platform.

Industries find Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager valuable for managing server access and ensuring security, particularly through role-based permissions and centralized credential handling. Consulting firms often utilize it for managing VPNs and client connections, while some replace VMware's vCenter for virtual server management, enhancing operational efficiency.

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Sample Customers

Mitchells and Buzzers, Callaway

Horizon Beverage, Air Liquide, Gateway Bank of Florida

Financial Services, Healthcare Provider Network, Government Agency,Technology and Software Development,Telecommunications, Retail Chain Management, MSPs, Manufacturing, Global Logistics and Shipping, Education, IT teams.

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