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At a Glance
N-able N-central
N-able N-central
Star Rating
(472)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (60.0% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about N-able N-central
NinjaOne
NinjaOne
Star Rating
(1,827)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.3% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about NinjaOne
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • Users report that NinjaOne excels in ease of use with a score of 9.2, while N-able N-central falls behind with a score of 7.8. Reviewers mention that NinjaOne's intuitive interface makes it simple for new users to navigate and manage tasks effectively.
  • Reviewers mention that NinjaOne offers superior quality of support, scoring 9.3 compared to N-able N-central's 7.9. Users on G2 highlight NinjaOne's responsive customer service and helpful resources, making troubleshooting more efficient.
  • G2 users report that NinjaOne shines in device management with a score of 9.3, while N-able N-central scores 8.7. Users say that NinjaOne's comprehensive device management features allow for seamless monitoring and control of endpoints.
  • Users say that NinjaOne's performance monitoring capabilities are robust, scoring 8.9, while N-able N-central's performance monitoring is rated lower at 8.4. Reviewers mention that NinjaOne provides detailed insights and alerts that help in proactive management.
  • Reviewers mention that NinjaOne's remote access feature is highly rated at 9.2, compared to N-able N-central's 8.6. Users report that NinjaOne's remote access functionality is reliable and easy to set up, enhancing productivity for remote teams.
  • Users on G2 report that NinjaOne's asset management features are superior, scoring 8.8, while N-able N-central scores 8.2. Reviewers say that NinjaOne provides a more comprehensive view of hardware and software assets, making it easier to track and manage resources.
Featured Products
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
N-able N-central
No pricing available
NinjaOne
No pricing available
Free Trial
N-able N-central
Free Trial is available
NinjaOne
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.3
378
9.1
1,674
Ease of Use
7.9
386
9.2
1,689
Ease of Setup
7.7
325
9.3
1,535
Ease of Admin
7.9
323
9.2
1,514
Quality of Support
7.9
359
9.3
1,613
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
309
9.5
1,482
Product Direction (% positive)
8.7
373
9.8
1,673
Features by Category
IT Service Management (ITSM) ToolsHide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features
Not enough data
8.5
4,475
Administration
Not enough data
8.2
298
Not enough data
8.8
312
Not enough data
8.3
318
Service Desk
Not enough data
8.3
315
Not enough data
8.1
311
Not enough data
8.1
293
Management
Not enough data
8.4
299
Not enough data
9.0
303
Not enough data
8.7
285
Not enough data
8.8
285
Not enough data
8.5
269
Functionality
Not enough data
7.6
283
Not enough data
8.6
292
Not enough data
8.9
304
Not enough data
8.9
308
Not enough data
8.5
1,189
Compatibility
Not enough data
8.8
127
Not enough data
7.9
112
Not enough data
8.2
112
Not enough data
8.0
106
Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
122
Not enough data
8.6
123
Not enough data
8.9
132
Not enough data
9.1
129
Compliance
Not enough data
8.8
115
Not enough data
8.3
111
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
1,329
Functionality
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
143
Not enough data
8.9
151
Not enough data
8.3
146
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Compatibility
Not enough data
8.9
155
Not enough data
8.5
148
Not enough data
8.3
143
Management
Not enough data
8.3
146
Not enough data
8.8
149
Not enough data
8.7
148
Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
7.9
2,453
8.6
10,111
Administration
8.7
242
|
Verified
9.3
1005
|
Verified
7.3
217
|
Verified
8.0
822
8.1
239
|
Verified
8.6
950
|
Verified
Monitoring and Management
9.0
241
|
Verified
9.3
1000
|
Verified
7.8
118
8.5
928
7.6
239
|
Verified
8.7
969
|
Verified
8.1
241
|
Verified
9.0
1001
|
Verified
Organization
7.2
227
|
Verified
8.0
804
|
Verified
Service Management
7.0
219
|
Verified
7.3
799
8.6
240
|
Verified
9.1
951
|
Verified
8.0
230
|
Verified
8.6
882
|
Verified
Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)Hide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
Not enough data
8.6
1,156
Scope
Not enough data
9.0
118
Not enough data
9.0
126
Security
Not enough data
8.7
124
Not enough data
8.2
107
Not enough data
7.3
107
Management
Not enough data
9.0
120
Not enough data
8.8
121
Not enough data
8.8
113
Not enough data
8.7
116
Not enough data
8.0
104
7.9
662
8.5
2,476
Functionality
8.4
113
8.9
391
8.7
114
9.0
404
Feature Not Available
8.3
361
8.1
110
8.8
357
Management
7.8
109
8.4
329
7.6
109
8.4
335
7.0
107
7.8
299
Not enough data
8.7
1,832
Monitoring
Not enough data
9.2
334
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
333
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
292
|
Verified
Management Tools
Not enough data
8.4
286
Not enough data
8.7
301
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
286
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
4,358
Asset Inventory
Not enough data
9.0
598
Not enough data
8.9
592
Not enough data
7.9
537
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
548
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Management
Not enough data
9.1
555
Not enough data
8.7
518
Not enough data
8.0
491
Not enough data
8.2
519
Not enough data
8.3
10,469
Administration
Not enough data
9.1
739
Not enough data
8.7
711
Not enough data
7.7
642
Not enough data
9.2
736
Not enough data
8.9
689
Not enough data
8.8
716
Maintenance
Not enough data
9.2
731
Not enough data
7.7
577
Communication
Not enough data
7.8
607
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.0
558
Security
Not enough data
8.1
591
Not enough data
8.3
621
Device Support
Not enough data
7.4
595
Not enough data
8.4
639
Not enough data
8.4
630
Performance
Not enough data
8.2
687
Not enough data
8.4
915
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
138
Not enough data
7.9
121
Not enough data
8.1
122
Not enough data
8.5
131
Performance
Not enough data
8.6
139
Not enough data
8.5
130
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
134
Endpoint ManagementHide 1 FeatureShow 1 Feature
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
System Control
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Vulnerability Prevention
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Mobile Device Management (MDM)Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
Not enough data
8.2
1,606
Platform - Mobile Device Management (MDM)
Not enough data
8.3
138
Operating System
Not enough data
9.2
155
Not enough data
8.0
152
Not enough data
8.0
149
Management
Not enough data
8.3
150
Not enough data
7.8
143
Not enough data
7.9
143
Not enough data
7.8
143
Not enough data
8.0
145
Security
Not enough data
8.4
145
Not enough data
8.3
143
Enterprise IT ManagementHide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
7.7
1,475
8.3
2,907
Analysis
7.3
136
8.0
267
Platform
6.6
136
7.6
258
8.9
140
8.9
271
7.6
130
8.0
253
7.9
136
8.5
268
7.3
132
8.2
264
Security
8.0
134
8.6
273
8.4
138
9.1
278
7.1
130
7.5
257
8.0
133
8.6
265
7.2
130
8.0
253
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
N-able N-central
N-able N-central
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
60.0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
34.7%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
5.3%
NinjaOne
NinjaOne
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
46.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
49.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
4.3%
Reviewers' Industry
N-able N-central
N-able N-central
Information Technology and Services
49.0%
Computer & Network Security
20.5%
Computer Networking
5.1%
Information Services
1.5%
Financial Services
1.5%
Other
22.3%
NinjaOne
NinjaOne
Information Technology and Services
28.0%
Computer & Network Security
13.3%
Hospital & Health Care
4.3%
Computer Software
3.3%
Manufacturing
3.1%
Other
47.9%
Most Helpful Reviews
N-able N-central
N-able N-central
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Tom L.
TL
Tom L.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Support and training, continuous upgrades to N-central.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Take Control is notoriously unreliable. The agents themselves sometimes "break" and start filling up end user devices with junk logs which is annoying. Rules and service templates are just confusing in general. I feel like taking a course on these two...

NinjaOne
NinjaOne
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Alec N.
AN
Alec N.
Verified User in Financial Services

I use NinjaOne daily to manage and monitor dozens of company desktops and laptops. The software is user-friendly, allowing for quick deployment and straightforward installation of the monitoring agent. Once set up, I can easily oversee our systems remotely...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Technical support was great, but has gone to shit in the past 3-6 months.

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Discussions
N-able N-central
N-able N-central Discussions
Why is there no "Server Down" alarm or monitoring notificaiton ?
1 comment
Official Response from N-able N-central
Hi Robert! Hmm - I think our "How to Set up Server Alert to be Sent to a Specific Email Address" might be able to help with your challenge! Check out this...Read more
Integration with more 3rd party AV on the horizon? Such as sophos?
1 comment
SC
Sup, Nicholas! In short, YUP - we are always looking to expand our product's capabilities by providing best-of-breed integrations with 3rd party vendors. ...Read more
What can I monitor with N-central?
1 comment
Official Response from N-able N-central
We can monitor just about anything! N-central will automatically detect almost any IP-connected device, and with hundreds of built-in monitoring services.Read more
NinjaOne
NinjaOne Discussions
Do I need a WSUS Server to enable patch management on Windows devices?
6 comments
Jenny T.
JT
You can use WSUS to completely manage the distribution of Microsoft Update updates to https://basketballstars2.com computers on your network. Read more
Do you provide the same level of functionality for MacOS as you do for Windows?
2 comments
Brian A.
BA
Hey Sam, We are an all Mac firm (as we work on Macs ourselves) and I can confirm they do support Macs well. Now, because of the Apple environment, they...Read more
Does NinjaRMM hold weight against other RMM in other opinions?
2 comments
Nathan  S.
NS
Ninja handles patching and third-party software management, along with an integrated ticketing system and full control of scripting. It also integrates...Read more
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