We primarily use this product for project management, task management, billing, and CRM.
Sales & Marketing at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Outdated CRM functionality and has issues with bugs, but it's relatively easy to use
Pros and Cons
- "The project management and task management features work well. It's a decent product in that regard."
- "The CRM capabilities are not very good. It's clunky and could work a lot better than it does. There are no marketing add-ins, for example."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The project management and task management features work well. It's a decent product in that regard.
It is relatively simple to use.
What needs improvement?
The CRM capabilities are not very good. It's clunky and could work a lot better than it does. There are no marketing add-ins, for example. It's an older way of doing things.
Adding some workflow to the CRM then that would be better.
If they had math that worked when trying to calculate percentages and/or dollars and cents on projects, that would be a lot better. You have to put down a large box. You can't break it down into quarterly, for example. It doesn't map out well if you're trying to do a subscription model and build something up.
For how long have I used the solution?
We began using this product when it was Autotask, which was purchased by Datto.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
There are some issues with bugs. There are enough bugs to keep you honest.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have fewer than 50 users, so we haven't tested how well it scales.
What other advice do I have?
This is not a product that I recommend. My advice for anybody who is looking into implementing it is to choose another product. Get something else.
I would rate this solution a four out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

Chief Operating Officer, and HIPAA Privacy Officer at dmi Networking
The best features with the best Mac support
Pros and Cons
- "AEM support is great for Macs."
- "The alerting system helps us determine what are high level alerts, and what are alerts which can wait for a day or two. We catch RAID failures, hot servers, bad drives (or predicted failures on drives), etc."
- "We would like to see a little more functionality when monitoring network devices, such as switches and routers."
- "Be prepared to spend a lot of time on conversions if you have a lot of clients."
What is our primary use case?
We manage dental clients with our MSP model. We use Autotask Endpoint Management to maintain, monitor, and connect to over 1500 devices. AEM will alert us based upon customized alerts that we have set up, as well as some of the built-in alerts which come with it. We are able to have high level alerts text the on-call technician's phone and respond to downed servers very quickly.
This service also tells us when servers are running hot and are ready for dust to be blown out.
How has it helped my organization?
- AEM improved our organization as we switched from N-able. N-able had very poor Mac support, and since we have a lot of Macs, AEM came in handy as their support is great for Macs.
- It shaved off some costs. Although, it is pretty comparable in pricing to N-able.
- We like their support team much more than N-able.
What is most valuable?
The alerting system: It helps us determine what are high level alerts, and what are alerts which can wait for a day or two. We catch RAID failures, hot servers, bad drives (or predicted failures on drives), etc.
We also find the scripting to be very valuable. Instead of some proprietary scripting language, such as what is seen in N-able, we are able to run batch files, PowerShell, and many other types of scripts.
What needs improvement?
We would like to see a little more functionality when monitoring network devices, such as switches and routers.
While there is some simple SNMP monitoring of these devices, you can't dig into the traffic stats of the individual ports of switches (as far as I am aware). The setup of SNMP devices is pretty confusing and requires a lot of research as to what certain codes mean. This could definitely be streamlined a bit.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
None at all
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
None at all.
How are customer service and technical support?
Tech support has been really good whenever we have had an issue, which is very uncommon.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used N-able prior to AEM. We switched because we bought several products from them that we were not satisfied with, but were unable to cancel. Also, their sales team was very high pressure.
Finally, the cost for onboarding new licenses was expensive and we needed loans to cover new professional licenses. AEM is a lot more scalable as you just pay per agent instead of having to purchase expensive licenses.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward. All you need is admin rights on the server to push out the agent on a domain.
If the client is not on a domain, we would send them a small batch file to add an administrative user that we could then use to push it out over the network. It was a little cumbersome for those clients not on a domain.
What about the implementation team?
We conducted the implementation all in-house.
What was our ROI?
Less than six months.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Be prepared to spend a lot of time on conversions if you have a lot of clients.
We had to pay out some overtime for a few problematic sites. Sites on domain networks are incredibly easy to install. We learned a few tricks that streamlined the process, but in the beginning, it was a bit tedious.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We used N-able and Kaseya in the past. We also demoed LabTech.
We felt that AEM had the best features with the best Mac support.
What other advice do I have?
It is a great piece of software, so if you are on the fence, I would trial it.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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