ConnectWise RMM vs N-able N-central comparison

ConnectWise and N-able are both solutions in the Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) category. ConnectWise is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.5, while N-able is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.3. ConnectWise holds a 7.7% mindshare in RMM, compared to N-able’s 7.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of ConnectWise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of N-able users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

N-able N-central and ConnectWise RMM compete in the remote monitoring and management space. N-able N-central appears to have an advantage due to its robust features and customization options, while ConnectWise RMM is noted for its accessibility and ease of use.

Features: N-able N-central includes comprehensive automation tools, customizable dashboards, and extensive device management. ConnectWise RMM offers intuitive management, streamlined processes, and seamless integration with third-party tools, emphasizing simplicity and user-friendliness.

Room for Improvement: N-able N-central could benefit from a gentler learning curve and enhanced support for newcomers. Additionally, improvements in integration with some third-party applications and more streamlined setup processes would be advantageous. ConnectWise RMM may need to expand its feature set for advanced users, enhance its reporting capabilities, and offer more flexible customization options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ConnectWise RMM provides a straightforward deployment model and is backed by a responsive support team. This ensures a smooth implementation for users with immediate needs. N-able N-central, while offering effective deployment, has a steeper learning curve due to its extensive features, appealing to those wanting detailed configurations.

Pricing and ROI: N-able N-central offers competitive pricing with a focus on high ROI through advanced functionalities, though it may involve higher initial setup costs. ConnectWise RMM provides transparent pricing with reduced upfront costs, making it appealing to budget-conscious customers. The decision hinges on whether the customization of N-able N-central merits the investment or if ConnectWise RMM's cost-effective approach better aligns with business needs.

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Categories and Ranking

ConnectWise RMM

Ranking in Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (63rd), Server Monitoring (22nd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (49th), Cloud Monitoring Software (37th), IT Alerting and Incident Management (15th), Patch Management (22nd), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) (19th)

N-able N-central

Ranking in Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) category, the mindshare of ConnectWise RMM is 7.7%, up from 5.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of N-able N-central is 7.7%, down from 12.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
N-able N-central	7.7%
ConnectWise RMM	7.7%
Other	84.6%

Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)

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David Hetherington

Manager, Technical Team at Expert It Solutions Alberta

Automation tools improve management efficiency, though migration process is time-consuming and support could be more knowledgeable

The best features of ConnectWise RMM are the automation tools that they've included, which are quite good, enabling us to mass manage systems, schedule scripts, etc. We use some of the probe features in ConnectWise RMM that do network discovery and monitoring capabilities. ConnectWise RMM helps our team maintain network visibility and proactively address potential issues since the product works effectively at unknown device discovery, making it better than sending someone to the site for a manual discovery. ConnectWise RMM helps in automating security updates and maintaining endpoint security. We appreciate that their NOC team does evaluations on the security updates, allowing us to free up our time and making it a huge timesaver for us. The ability to do deployments through ConnectWise RMM's scripting features allows us to deploy new software or monitor the status of antivirus or system protection software, presenting another measurable benefit for us regarding ROI.

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Dimitri V G

Team Manager Fiber & Backhaul Solutions Center & South at Telenet BVBA

Maximizing operational efficiency with comprehensive monitoring and automation capabilities

There are areas in N-able N-central that could be improved. We always started it from the basic purpose of monitoring hardware, where vendors such as HP and Dell try to sell their own services which monitor and provide a dashboard, which is their logic. They want to make their own recurring revenue on that. We notice that SNMP has had a good run and still sometimes is used, but it's becoming an issue to maintain the same capabilities because HP makes it unreliable or even removes certain features that we used to be able to validate redundant array of independent disks. Our service that has been running for 15-20 years suddenly is not working anymore because HP decided in generation 10 plus and above, or generation 10 hardware in servers, storage controllers particularly, they just didn't put the SNMP OIDs anymore. We are now following that market change or business change in hardware monitoring and the future is Redfish, REST API, IPMI type of monitoring with the REST API and Redfish being most common. We have to do the effort ourselves because Enable is not really strategically going there because I assume there's not much money to make to improve that or to convince customers to start with their product. That issue could be better if they would be more prepared for that change and give us customers more tools, preconfigured, pre-available custom services for Redfish, REST API, where we just have to put a few items username, password and address and some dots and commas, but that we don't have to reinvent the wheel, which we are doing at the moment. We are using HP iLO commandlets and REST APIs for Aruba. Dell is making it very hard to monitor their hardware. If it has an iDRAC, I can manage it and monitor it, but if it's something that's less common or due to the portfolio, they have done a good job at not exposing information about health. We would just want to have a red or a green dot that indicates if this device is healthy or not healthy. Since nobody's investing in SNMP because it's a liability in security, they should invest in making a REST API and preferably also do the work on making it easy to pull or push information. That's something that the industry in general and Enable in particular could do a significant job to help us monitor.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"It enables us to respond to issues quickly and efficiently."

"The user interface is the first valuable feature. The integration is the second valuable feature. The integration that you are doing with the products needs to be very certain. There shouldn't be any glitches. There are different software out there that will give you an option called scripting and ask you to do a hundred different things to set up a script for a particular customer. With Continuum, everything is done a single way. You just select the clients, script, and machine, and then you just go and deploy. The best part of Continuum is that it is not just a software company. It is a pure services company. It is an RMM software; it isn't used as a PSA. The software is just a part of the service offering. This is the difference between all other service providers out there and Continuum. Continuum is basically providing services. Continuum doesn't sell the software."

"The most valuable features are RMM and patch management. However, the main reason we have been using this solution is that they are the only provider of RMM that has an outsourced NOC and help desk. This has been very useful."

"The best features of ConnectWise RMM are the automation tools that they've included, which are quite good, enabling us to mass manage systems, schedule scripts, etc."

"The most valuable feature is the patching solution."

"The most helpful features of N-able N-central include providing a single pane of glass for many insights in an environment regarding their patching, their assets, their devices in general, and the active issues that they show."

"I like the remote connectivity, reporting suite, and patch management module."

"The most valuable features of N-central are its ease of deployment and ease of use."

"The most valuable feature of N-able N-central is the many options it has."

"N-able N-central is an easy tool to implement with customers."

"The transition to N-able N-central was very smooth; we were confident that our migration would not affect any operations, and it was easy to migrate our clients into the new solutions."

"N-able N-central is very scalable."

"It's a very robust product. They're continuing to invest and put new enhancements into the product. They're very open about what their roadmap is, which is very good for us because then as a business, we can plan."

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Cons

"I would like to see the incorporation of the dashboards for other products that they work with into the main dashboard."

"The initial setup with ConnectWise RMM is painful, to be completely honest. The pain points during the initial setup with ConnectWise RMM include the migration from Automate to RMM being very time-consuming and the process not being as straightforward as indicated."

"If a computer hasn't been turned on for a long time and the client software is installed, it may not reconnect to the dashboard once it's powered up."

"The solution could improve by offering better overall management and dashboards."

"It's a legacy tool with many outdated approaches. It is managed offshore which affects everyone because it seems the developers don't fully understand our needs."

"They can include support for vaulting, where you can actually document the entire infrastructure, including servers, desktops, networks, passwords, maps, diagrams, and customer information. Continuum has integrated everything, and you have to use a PSA. Continuum has a ticketing system and an RMM. They could integrate the functionality for IT documentation. An MSP would want everything into one tool."

"N-central has limited mobile device management (MDM) support, specifically for Android devices. This limitation affected a deal with a client who had numerous Android devices to manage. It would be beneficial if N-central could expand its MDM support to include Android devices."

"The integration with other applications could be better."

"It was previously expensive and tedious to manage different licenses."

"N-able N-central could improve the remote access, my technicians have complained about it. They have used other free tools instead to compensate, such as TeamViewer. Additionally, when using remote access on the web, it is lacking reports."

"The support from our direct team is very good, but the support from their day-to-day ongoing help desk isn't that good. They have still got some work to do on that, but they have been focusing on that a lot over the last number of years. So, it has gotten a lot better than it was."

"There is room for improvement in the development of custom monitoring services."

"The solution's overall integration should be improved."

"Involving AI in the platform could improve it further."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Continuum Command price is more expensive than competitors, it is three times the price of the next lowest and costs approximately $25 an endpoint. However, when you take that into account you receive the help desk and outsource NOC included it has a lot more value because competitors do not provide the outsourced NOC and help desk."

"The licensing works such that the more you add, the more it costs, but for the most part, the price starts at about $5 USD per client."

"It has a pay-as-you-go model. They don't have any minimum, maximum, or such sorts of commitments with any of their partners or customers. I don't believe they have any restrictions about using a specific number of agents. You don't have to use 100 agents or 200 agents to work with this. They have a lock-in period of three months, during which you cannot switch a service plan, which is fine."

"The pricing and licensing are average, almost six out of ten."

"N-able N-central is not an expensive solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Performing Arts

13%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Outsourcing Company

Wholesaler/Distributor

Comms Service Provider

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

Performing Arts

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	1

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Continuum Command?

There are different subscriptions available for ConnectWise RMM that you can choose from. Essentially, our endpoint costs around two dollars and fifty cents per endpoint per month. If we opt for a ...

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What needs improvement with Continuum Command?

The pricing for ConnectWise RMM is reasonable, and I feel that we're getting good value for the dollars that we're spending even though I don't have anything to compare it against.

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What is your primary use case for Continuum Command?

As an MSP, we utilize ConnectWise RMM for the management of our client environment.

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What needs improvement with N-able N-central?

The MSP part of N-able N-central has evolved over the years. They have been trying to move from professional or network server and desktop licensing to make it more comprehensive. With professional...

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What is your primary use case for N-able N-central?

We have been dealing with Enable EDR and N-able N-central, which is a management center. It's the NOC solution that we are currently running our asset management on. We are managing tasks in that e...

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What advice do you have for others considering N-able N-central?

There's a new node for N-able N-central which they have addressed. Our outstanding items include reviewing our pricing and partnership level, which can provide additional benefits when we exceed 10...

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Also Known As

Continuum Command, Continuum RMM

SolarWinds N-central, SolarWinds MSP N-central

Overview

ConnectWise RMM is designed to let you remotely monitor and manage as many endpoints as you can close. Combined with the benefits of our unparalleled Network Operations Center (NOC), our proprietary IntelliMon software spares your tech’s time by automating the ticketing and alerting process, filtering out false positives and producing actionable tickets.

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N-able N-central is an all-encompassing IT management platform geared towards efficient network oversight. It offers comprehensive tools for monitoring and automation, which are crucial for managed services providers managing complex network environments.

N-able N-central provides solutions tailored to IT management, offering remote connectivity, asset tracking, and integration with systems like CrowdStrike. Its single-pane interface supports extensive device monitoring, script execution, and automation for task scheduling. The platform emphasizes robust patch management and reliable support, making it suitable for client integration and compliance audits. However, improvements are needed in remote access, application integration, and mobile device support. Users suggest investing in Redfish and REST API monitoring due to unreliable SNMP and an increased focus on AI to enhance maintenance recommendations.

What are the key features of N-able N-central?

Intuitive Remote Connectivity: Facilitates seamless access and management from anywhere.
Asset Tracking: Offers robust tracking of hardware and software assets within a network.
Automation: Streamlines task scheduling and resolution processes.
Patch Management: Ensures systems are updated and secure efficiently.
Integration Support: Seamlessly works with systems like CrowdStrike for enhanced security.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Comprehensive Monitoring: Helps manage diverse network environments with ease.
Scalability: Supports expansion in IT management capabilities as businesses grow.
Security Enhancement: Strengthens organizational security through integrated patch management and antivirus capabilities.
Efficient IT Management: Simplifies tasks through automation, reducing manual effort and increasing productivity.

N-able N-central is embraced in industries requiring robust IT management solutions, particularly managed services providers. It's widely used for monitoring systems, remote access, and asset tracking. Industries leverage its automation and integration capabilities to maintain system stability and security, addressing threats without heavy IT infrastructure on clients' premises.

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Sample Customers

Frontier Business Products, Itek Systems Management, ZLan, Karpel, MySherpa, Arvig, CCSI, Leap Managed IT, eProsper, Pensar, Gordon Flesch, LeadingEdge, NSI, Server Sentry, Computer Consultants, Keystone IT Consulting, Ekaru, Epic Technologies, Rouse Consulting, Empower Information Systems, Computer Solutions Group, The Critical Update, Voice Smart Networks, CMIT Solutions, Preferred Communication Systems, G2 Tech Group, Pulse Business Solutions, Greystone Technology Group, Clare Computer Solutions, Evolve IT Australia

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