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We performed a comparison between BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access and N-able Take Control based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Remote Access solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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"The privileged remote access platform is able to track and record everything that happens within a session.""One of the features that I really like about it is the ability to set a start date, time, and end date for the access. For example, you can set the access for a person from tomorrow, Monday, or Tuesday and ending on a specific period of the day or a specific date. That's really quite helpful.""This product is very stable and scalable. This is an excellent platform.""I like the enterprise credential manager. It's a connector that sits in PRA and tests the credentials for the end user with a process that will clean the password. This is one of PRA's primary features and simplifies user onboarding. There aren't many restrictions or complications. We can add the user while only opening one port, which is more than enough to access the PRA server. Every organization requires only four critical servers out of a hundred and some 50 production servers.""It is a real fortress. Its security is very strong. Multi-factor came as a feature out-of-the-box, which was big for us. That helps us meet another compliance requirement. It enforces encryption. Nobody can see what we are doing in our remote system if they happen to be listening for unencrypted traffic. That is its biggest strength.""The security provided by PRA when it comes to access for remote and privileged users has been outstanding. It has met all of our objectives, everything from password rotation to securing and allowing us to clamp down access to the auditing and monitoring features.""It's a stable product. Based on the demos and interaction with it, it was stable.""The project goal was to allow staff to run applications with admin privileges without being admins, which was the product's most important feature."

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"The most valuable part of N-able Take Control is being able to remotely access your customer's site. You are able to view their network. Once you have it set up, it's always available. N-able Take Control can be used even when other remote access controls have been made.""Take Control enables you to collaborate with end users. It's for supporting a workstation where you want the person on the other side to see you moving their mouse, and you can work with them."

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Cons
"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.""Its access process for third-party vendors needs to be simplified.""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 price is pretty expensive.""When doing protocol panel jumps, the tool does not restrict what is recorded on the user's computer.""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.""The integration of the solution with many platforms is a difficult area to manage and needs to be made easy.""One of our gaps or pain points is having multi-factor authentication at the endpoint and using the PRA password injection from BeyondTrust, which does not work in our environment. We can only have MFA at the login of BeyondTrust to check out the password. Therefore, we can't meet our security requirements of having it on the endpoint."

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"We've seen some latency problems in AWS environments. Aside from that, it's a pretty solid service.""The dashboards I do not use because there are issues. The solution monitors your antivirus and other programs but it does not seem to work well."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The price is pretty expensive, but you get what you pay for and this is a great 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."
  • "Don't get into a situation where you are licensing per desktop or per person until you fully understand the licensing."
  • "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 wasn't directly involved in the licensing and pricing, but I can say that PRA is licensed per endpoint added to the Vault. I would advise users to take frequent exports of their license usage package; it's a simple feature that provides a spreadsheet of every machine in the Vault. This helps to cut down on duplicate licenses, which can happen by adding the same endpoint using an IP address and a fully qualified domain name, for instance. The implementation is an additional cost, and they offer several tiers, so the price varies. There are also some optional add-ons, so I would advise people to research the product well and find out precisely what they need regarding features. The Advanced Web Access add-on provides some required functionality when interfacing with websites; that's one to consider."
  • "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."
  • "Though the solution was a bit expensive, the overall pricing was average."
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  • "N-able Take Control charges you a monthly fee for every customer that you have booked in, and it used to be inexpensive but it's a little bit more expensive now."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The product has improved remote support capabilities since it works fine.
    Top Answer:The issue I found with the product revolves around the fact that RDP and SSH sessions take too much time, making it an area of concern where improvements are required. The product should be able to… more »
    Top Answer:I use the tool in my lab. I am involved in the product's testing phase in my lab, where I am trying to check out the solution.
    Top Answer:Take Control enables you to collaborate with end users. It's for supporting a workstation where you want the person on the other side to see you moving their mouse, and you can work with them.
    Top Answer:It's bundled with N-central, but there's a separate option if you only want Take Control.
    Top Answer:We've seen some latency problems in AWS environments. Aside from that, it's a pretty solid service.
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    Also Known As
    Bomgar Privileged Access
    SolarWinds MSP Take Control, SolarWinds MSP Anywhere, SolarWinds Take Control
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    Overview

    BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (formerly Bomgar Privileged Access) lets you secure, manage, and audit vendor and internal remote privileged access without a VPN.

    Privileged Remote Access provides visibility and control over third-party vendor access, as well as internal remote access, enabling your organization to extend access to important assets, but without compromising security.

    Features include:

    - Privileged Access Control: Enforce least privilege by giving users the right level of access.

    - Monitor Sessions: Control and monitor sessions using standard protocols for RDP, VNC, HTTP/S, and SSH connections.

    - Reduce the Attack Surface: Reduce attacks by consolidating the tracking, approval, and auditing of privileged accounts in one place and by creating a single access pathway.

    - Integrate with Password Management: Inject credentials directly into servers and systems with just one click, so users never need to know or see plain text credentials.

    - Mobile & Web Consoles: Use mobile apps or web-based consoles anytime, anywhere.

    - Audit & Compliance: Create audit trails, session forensics, and other reporting features by capturing detailed session data in real-time or post- session review, and provide attestation reports to prove compliance.

    Whether your clients are working from home, in the office, or on the go—they need you. N‑able Take Control is a powerful remote support solution with troubleshooting tools designed to help you resolve issues quickly and effectively.

    • Connect to devices in eight seconds or less on average.
    • Troubleshoot issues with device information and specs at your fingertips.
    • Configure and customize Take Control for your business using the admin dashboard.
    • Keep data and clients safe with sophisticated encryption and multifactor authentication.
    • Quickly connect to new devices and users using a simple PIN.

    Sample Customers
    Horizon Beverage, Air Liquide, Gateway Bank of Florida
    Bainbridge Technology Solutions, NKIT Systems
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider21%
    Security Firm14%
    Government14%
    Wholesaler/Distributor14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Construction Company9%
    Real Estate/Law Firm8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise35%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise66%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business42%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise42%
    Buyer's Guide
    BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access vs. N-able Take Control
    May 2024
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    BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access is ranked 6th in Remote Access with 21 reviews while N-able Take Control is ranked 19th in Remote Access with 2 reviews. BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access is rated 8.6, while N-able Take Control is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access writes "Our support team can do so much more without having to actively engage our customers, which saves us time and money". On the other hand, the top reviewer of N-able Take Control writes "Valuable remote access feature, highly stable, and scalable". BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access is most compared with CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, WALLIX Bastion, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), BeyondTrust Remote Support and BeyondTrust Password Safe, whereas N-able Take Control is most compared with TeamViewer, Dameware Remote Support and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services. See our BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access vs. N-able Take Control report.

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