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ControlUp vs Nexthink comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.2
Organizations achieve efficiency and cost savings with ControlUp, automating tasks, preventing disasters, and optimizing virtual environments.
Sentiment score
7.1
Nexthink optimizes performance and reduces costs by automating issue resolution and extending device lifespan, saving organizations annually.
This is having a 24/7 junior admin who's really smart, always there, always doing work, but you have to consume his work.
Senior Systems Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Basically, what we were targeting is the response time of the virtual environment.
Senior IT Engineer Citrix at EDR Media LLC
I definitely see a return on investment with Nexthink as it helps in the reduction of incidents, thus saving manpower.
Technical Manager at a recreational facilities/services company with 11-50 employees
We have reduced volume, so that impacted the headcount and relates to money savings.
Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Manpower can also be reduced since AI is taking care of tasks, with Spark and everything coming into the picture, making Nexthink very useful.
Assistant consultant at TCS
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
9.0
ControlUp's responsive, knowledgeable support enhances customer experience, offering integration flexibility and premium benefits for larger organizations.
Sentiment score
6.8
Nexthink's customer support is mixed; some praise fast, knowledgeable service, while others note delays and insufficient initial assistance.
I was quite happy to work with ControlUp because the support is excellent.
Senior IT Engineer Citrix at EDR Media LLC
Basically, if I could take everything that you do, put it in a tool, and hand you that tool so you don't have to repeat your efforts, then you would be able to make good use of it.
Senior Systems Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Customer support is one thing which needs to be improved; support team members are slow to respond, and they take a lot of time to get back to us, even if it is an urgent case.
Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
They respond instantly whenever we have issues with remote actions or workflows.
Advisor at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Technical support sometimes has delays, similar to SysTrack, and I rate it nine out of ten.
Senior SME at Microland Limited
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
ControlUp's cloud scalability eases expansion, though pricing concerns arise, highlighting the importance of strategic adaptability and monitoring.
Sentiment score
8.3
Nexthink is highly rated for scalable growth and adaptability, particularly in cloud environments, despite some requiring vendor support.
It scales very well; you just have to tell it what you're doing and size it for what you're asking.
Senior Systems Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Nexthink's scalability is sufficient; it is scalable enough for wider organizations.
Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We can scale it significantly, not just for creating and updating incidents in ServiceNow but many more applications can be integrated.
Assistant consultant at TCS
The tool's scalability works fine; we rarely see any outages with Nexthink.
Technical Manager at a recreational facilities/services company with 11-50 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.9
ControlUp is praised for its stability and effective monitoring, with most users finding it reliable and well-supported.
Sentiment score
8.6
Nexthink is highly rated for stability and performance, despite occasional frustrations with updates and rare stability challenges.
There are no performance or scalability issues.
Sr. Architect at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Nexthink is stable in my experience.
Cloud Soc Design Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

ControlUp needs seamless integration, improved monitoring, GUI enhancements, and additional features for better automation and complete insights.
Nexthink users seek enhanced integrations, user interface, customer support, diagnostics, documentation, security, and expanded functionality for diverse environments.
There is area for improvement, maybe in the reporting.
Senior Systems Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The UI is hierarchical, which makes navigation complex and isn't user-friendly for those unfamiliar with it.
Senior SME at Microland Limited
Currently, user sentiment is not being monitored, meaning if a user faces multiple issues, their sentiments cannot be captured through the tool.
Sr. Architect at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
If Nexthink also has the capability to provide us with solutions, such as suggesting to run a disk cleanup or look for a particular folder to remedy a problem, that would be really helpful.
Technical Manager at a recreational facilities/services company with 11-50 employees
 

Setup Cost

ControlUp pricing involves annual agreements with varied costs; thorough evaluation of licensing options is essential for optimal use.
Nexthink offers competitive pricing with a layered model, ideal for various needs, despite potential licensing challenges.
It is expensive.
Senior IT Engineer Citrix at EDR Media LLC
Nexthink is about 10% more expensive than SysTrack.
Senior SME at Microland Limited
Pricing is competitive, and the licensing model is straightforward.
Sr. Architect at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
I believe the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Nexthink are reasonable according to the current market prices.
Cloud Soc Design Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

ControlUp offers efficient ROI, real-time insights, robust automation, and proactive management with AI-enhanced performance monitoring and comprehensive visibility.
Nexthink enhances device performance with integrations, real-time monitoring, and analytics, enabling proactive management and improved user experience scores.
Everything works exactly the way it's meant to, a dream come true for anyone who's administering systems because it gives you all the information that you want and all the actions you want to take, all in one place.
Senior Systems Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It's not only monitoring, but it's also detecting, and it could even fix problems with a lot of automation that you can put in place to fix problems automatically before you even detect them.
Senior IT Engineer Citrix at EDR Media LLC
The platform is beneficial as it provides data in real time, whereas alternatives may provide up to twenty-four-hour-old data.
Senior SME at Microland Limited
The most valuable feature of Nexthink is its proactive issue identification, which is part of its unique selling proposition.
Sr. Architect at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Similar to Wireshark, it captures packets, but Nexthink gives me an overview of the whole traffic from the user to the end in the outside network.
Cloud Soc Design Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

ControlUp
Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Monitoring (21st)
Nexthink
Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) category, the mindshare of ControlUp is 9.1%, down from 10.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nexthink is 18.5%, down from 27.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nexthink18.5%
ControlUp9.1%
Other72.4%
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2717526 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Delivers comprehensive and customizable system management with increased efficiency
The best features I have found are that it is very customizable, which would be number one, and very extensible through the use of scripts and triggers. The visual look of the interface is very easy to understand what is happening and somewhat why it's happening. It may sound facetious, but it really is everything about it. Everything works exactly the way it's meant to, a dream come true for anyone who's administering systems because it gives you all the information that you want and all the actions you want to take, all in one place. The benefits I have seen from using it so far include the ability to know in advance and take actions based on the information the tool gives you.
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Assistant consultant at TCS
Proactive analytics have improved device performance and optimized disk space and support workflows
Nexthink offers many features, with the best being Flow, which encompasses almost everything. We have Nexthink Workspace and Spark, allowing integration with Teams so users can find solutions without going to the service desk, rectifying issues in chat. Nexthink Infinity has brought a lot of benefits to us. There has been a very good change from integration. Integrating ServiceNow with Nexthink automates problem ticket and incident generation, enabling the team to proactively know the kinds of problem statements we are receiving. For the integration with Teams, we have not completed it yet, but we are in the planning phase, and once done, we will observe the results. Nexthink has the capability of integrating with most third-party applications, which is a great feature. With the remediation actions we have in Nexthink, it has provided great self-heal capabilities along with proactiveness. By looking at the dashboards and identifying problem statements, we can share this information with the end-user computing teams to fix issues. Nexthink has significantly helped us enhance our DEX score from 74 to 80. When I talk about features that led to the improvement of our score from 74 to 80, there were earlier issues with device performance and reliability not being addressed. Noting these, we identified devices lacking free disk space and low RAM capacity contributing to high memory usage or excessive CPU usage. Disabling unnecessary startup applications brought us to a new DEX score of almost 80.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Healthcare Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Healthcare Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise32
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ControlUp Real-time?
It is expensive. It is very expensive. I was working in a bank, and even in the bank, which was quite healthy, the ControlUp budget was something we had to defend very harshly.
What is your primary use case for ControlUp Real-time?
I was taking care of a Citrix infrastructure, and as ControlUp is the best monitoring tool for those environments, I was also using ControlUp to monitor those environments.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nexthink?
I did not receive any insights into pricing, setup cost, and licensing during my certification or training.
What needs improvement with Nexthink?
Nexthink can be improved by offering more solutions. Everything appears to be there regarding the needed improvements.
What is your primary use case for Nexthink?
My main use case for Nexthink is access remote control. I use Nexthink for remote control in my day-to-day work by searching about the user ID, finding their desktop, and sending the request to rem...
 

Comparisons

 

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Sample Customers

B/E Aerospace, North Carolina SECU, Vancouver Island Health Authority, University of Florida
https://www.nexthink.com/custo...
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