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Kaseya VSA vs TeamViewer comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Kaseya VSA
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
4.6
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) (2nd), Patch Management (8th)
TeamViewer
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
87
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (6th), Remote Access (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Kaseya VSA and TeamViewer aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Kaseya VSA is designed for Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) and holds a mindshare of 9.0%, down 9.7% compared to last year.
TeamViewer, on the other hand, focuses on Remote Access, holds 11.7% mindshare, down 13.2% since last year.
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)
Remote Access
 

Featured Reviews

Ben Blissett - PeerSpot reviewer
Broken from the beginning and never functioned as anticipated
They had a major issue that resulted at one point (the straw that broke the camel's back for us, although we'd been fighting with support for months by that point in time) in which every Kaseya VSA customer was offline for two weeks. This vulnerability pushed us over the edge. It never functioned as intended. If it functioned as it was supposed to, it would've been fantastic. However, the previous solution we used just performed reliably and so much better. I can't say that there was anything positive about my experience. The intent of the software, other than integrations, is to be able to just make an anytime secure direct connection to an endpoint. However, whenever we would connect, at least half the time, it would not record keystrokes properly, no matter what system we connected from. So if you're trying to enter a password, there'd be 2-3 seconds' latency in the response and then it would just spew out a bunch of letters and numbers you didn't type in. You would just try, try, try again to type in something, and just half the time it worked, half the time it didn't. If you brought up more than three or four endpoints simultaneously, it never worked. It was a major point of contention for us. For us, at least, it just didn't work. It just was broken. Scripting didn't fire, reports didn't come back, and monitoring wasn't there. A server goes down or a router goes offline, no notification. Stuff like that. Bush league.
Sanjay Patankar - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to install and has lots of resources but need to improve performance
It's a remote access solution. We use it for conferences, meetings, and communication.  It works just like other communications tools. It also integrates well with Office 365 and Outlook, et cetera. The performance is good.  It's got a lot of resources for users.  The product is easy to install.…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"As a small IT shop, the weird feature that the VSA has that I have not found anywhere else is they have these little colored dots that tell you the status of the machine. Is it offline and powered up? Is it actively being used? Is it idle? A lot of our clients ask us to do things for them, but, of course, they don't really want us to be underfoot. So we always look for, "Hey, there's an idle machine. We can work on that one now." And to say it makes it easy, we can do that at a glance. In any other tool we've looked at, you have to go several layers deep to see if the machine is in use, and you could spend your entire day just trying to find a machine that was idle, whereas, with Kaseya VSA, you can tell at a glance."
"The most valuable features of Kaseya VSA are remote control, live connect, and automation."
"The most valuable piece of the puzzle for me is what they call Live Connect. It is the piece that allows you to support an end-user without having to take the keyboard and mouse."
"The ease of access and ease of use was great."
"Patch management was very useful. Backdoor access to the clients was also very useful."
"We can schedule the patching of the endpoints."
"Regarding the patching and software management, for me, it's the best path."
"This solution is our RMM tool and we love the deployment features."
"The TeamViewer system has some built-in security. The TeamViewer client connects to the TeamViewer host securely. Only a certain number of authorized users on our side have access to the system. Even within that, an individual endpoint can be assigned to a group, where not everybody has access but, rather, just one or two people who are part of a support team might have access to that particular device. So TeamViewer has given us tools to be able to segregate who has access to different things."
"It's pretty easy to use. Just key in an ID and password and connect. For meetings, just enter the meeting ID and connect."
"The solution is a very good tool for monitoring and for remote access. Anyone is able to use it, it is simple to use."
"The quality of the call and the quality of the sharing have been excellent."
"The most valuable feature of TeamViewer is its ease of use and beneficial remote access."
"The most valuable feature of TeamViewer is user-friendliness."
"TeamViewer is useful for accessing data and systems remotely. Using this application, I can access other computers using an ID number that I provide to the users whose laptop I would like to access."
"TeamViewer has been one of the easiest, right off the bat products, that we have employed at the college. We have had no issues. It's been one of the easiest solutions to pick up."
 

Cons

"The reporting feature in Kaseya VSA could improve by being more user-friendly. The reporting overview is too wordy or the representation can be better."
"I believe we should include a VSA license to provide complete endpoint management."
"If you compare with other products, Manage Engine has some features that we like but are not present in Kaseya."
"The network monitoring module today is not the best one."
"We actually upgraded the solution due to the fact that we needed the support for Apple devices. We haven't had a chance to test that part of the product just yet, however, that was our biggest criticism of the product prior to this most recent update."
"The user interface is somewhat outdated."
"The solution is hard to use at first until you understand how it works."
"It's very difficult to update the third-party software on every device."
"A feature that they could add is chat with sound to talk."
"The solution could have better scalability."
"TeamViewer is publicly available and anyone can use it. This is the reason that many organizations do not permit the use of this solution. It is not considered to be secure enough."
"It would be useful if the solution could facilitate more than one remote user accessing my desktop at a time."
"TeamViewer can improve by making the interface more user-friendly. It looks very basic, they can make it more modern and easy to use."
"They could give more information about using certain kinds of applications for secure transactions, such as secure file transfers."
"It becomes complicated to switch from one monitor to another for different windows."
"TeamViewer could be more secure."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I find Kaseya VSA's pricing extraordinarily expensive, with very limiting contracts. They discuss being flexible once you're locked in, but I haven't found that true. It is one of the most expensive tools in my arsenal and our highest expense to any company."
"Customers purchase the solutions because it is priced well. There are additional services that have an additional cost."
"Kaseya VSA can be described as a fairly priced product."
"It is not expensive. Anyone can afford it. Most of the time, we get a discount for licenses. We had about 5,000 agents, and we received a discount on the price. There is only the licensing cost. If you use the on-prem version, you also have the infrastructure cost."
"We pay a monthly fee, but it's a three-year contract divided by 36. They don't offer a true SaaS plan where you can add licenses monthly as you go. The cost is $7 per person per month, and we are paying about $1,700 a month."
"Kaseya's come down in pricing when I compare it to TeamViewer or other cheaper RMMs like LogMeIn."
"The dollar exchange rate in Brazil is very high, so the price should be better for our country."
"The solution is robust and the price is good for the features that are provided."
"The price was cheaper than what we were previously paying. At the time that we went with TeamViewer, we were using ShareConnect. The TeamViewer package was about half the cost and able to have a bigger number of users."
"The price of the license could be less expensive."
"...it will cost you $1,500 to $1,600 a year, but when I think of how much work I do through TeamViewer..."
"The cost of the licenses depends on how you buy them. They just had a buy one get one free deal going, and they do that every once in a while. Where you buy one license, and they will give you the second one free, or you can try to get discounts. Most of our licenses that we have we tried to do something like that just to save some money."
"There is a free and paid version of this solution. I am currently using the free version."
"We use the free version of TeamViewer."
"We are using the free version of TeamViewer."
"TeamViewer has multiple licensing options."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Healthcare Company
7%
Educational Organization
6%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
University
7%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Kaseya VSA?
The most valuable feature of Kaseya VSA is the ability to control laptops remotely.
What needs improvement with Kaseya VSA?
The network monitoring module today is not the best one. If it can improve, it would be better.
What is your primary use case for Kaseya VSA?
We are a reseller. I am conducting some research since we are a vendor for the Kaseya solution.
Should I choose Teamviewer Tensor over the regular Teamviewer?
The number one advantage of TeamViewer for me is its ease of use, specifically as it relates to the client side. By far, one of its best features is the remote access it provides. I can control som...
What do you like most about TeamViewer?
It is easy to use and has a pretty good UI.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TeamViewer?
The tool's price is a problem because TeamViewer wants users to sign up, and I feel most of the products want their users to do the same. TeamViewer is very pricey. You have to sign up for a yearly...
 

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