ISL Light

RATING:

4.73

(639)

About ISL Light

ISL Online is a remote support solution for virtually all industry verticals including healthcare, information technology, universities, government, and banks. The solution supports Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. It allows users to access and control client devices for diagnostics and customer support. Key features include screen sharing, permission management, unattended access to remote computers, chat messaging, session recording, WakeOnLAN, and RDP routing. ISL Online lets businesses invite clients to join support sessions using a unique session code generated by the solution. The service provider can view the client's screen and control the remote computer or offer mobile device support. Operators can start a remote support session from a live cha...

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ISL Light Reviews

Overall Rating

4.73

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for ISL Light

1 - 5 of 619 Reviews

User Profile

Martial

Verified reviewer

Information Services, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2020

My Review

PROS

Very Quickly and simple for our customer

CONS

Multiuser management and shared AlwaysOn Connection

Reason for choosing ISL Light

Pricing and functionnality

Reasons for switching to ISL Light

Pricing and functionnality

Mauricio

Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed October 2022

Excellent, Safe and Economical

It is definitely the best software I tried and the one I decided to license. Easy to use, with high security for the end user and inexpensive compared to other software on the market. In addition, the technical support from the developer is immediate, something that keeps us always calm. Also, when it comes to remembering the license renewal fees, they are very friendly and flexible.

PROS

As long as I used the free versions, I learned to use it without any problem, because it is very intuitive and easy to use. Now that I work with it licensed, it provides me with many tools that make my work easier and speed up the service, keeping the end users satisfied.

CONS

I have no complaints about this software. The only thing that makes it difficult for me sometimes is the payment, because the dollar is very expensive, but the product and the service of this company are excellent.

Reason for choosing ISL Light

We always evaluate SAFETY for the end user. That your computer cannot be accessed without prior authorisation. And this product fulfills this, in addition to the price that is adjusted to our budget. You have several licensing alternatives for multisession, in addition to the Chat on the website and remote control to other computers.

Reasons for switching to ISL Light

The mentioned software does not seem to me to be safe for the end-user and is also very expensive.

Joshua

Computer Hardware, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

2

Reviewed May 2021

It's almost perfect.

Pretty good the sales team were very good the development team could be a bit better at responding to customer needs and issues.

PROS

Hosting the software ourselves is very comforting as we don't have to rely on other servers if it goes down we are to blame. Reading the customer the ID is very nice versus the other way around as it helps prevent errors and gets read at a consistent rate. Also being able to email and transfer the session is very helpful. The software file transfer is the best I've tried much faster than the competitors.

CONS

A couple of things that I wish would be improved would be. When comparing to Teamviewer, ISL is considerably slower; if you have them sitting side by side, you will be able to complete tasks almost twice as fast with Teamviewer. When opening UAC within Windows, there is a considerable delay in displaying the Yes and No prompt that doesn't happen with Teamviewer. Multiple monitors work pretty well, but once you get past three monitors, the software starts to fall apart. It's even slower. Also, sometimes, it won't even show dialog boxes in the large zoomed-out view that exists when using Teamviewer. You won't see all the monitors at once, so you will need to toggle each monitor until you are on the right one. Switching monitors is also a drag as it's also very, very slow to display the content of each individual monitor. I've been told that one of the reasons for ISL slowness is that it is more secure than Teamviewer, and while that might be true, I wish they would give the End User the option to have faster speed/less secure or slower speeds more secure.

Reason for choosing ISL Light

Cost savings, self-hosted solution, I wish I could say more but until they fix the issues these are the only advantages.

Reasons for switching to ISL Light

Cost savings.

Vendor Response

Hello, the delays you are experiencing in a session where two computers are side by side, in comparison with TeamViewer, is due to difference in how the sessions work. With ISL Online, every session goes through a dedicated ISL server, making such a connection much more secure - in comparison, TeamViewer connections are peer-to-peer, so the session is established directly from one computer to another, with no server inbetween. This opens the session up to potential security issues. In cases where the computers are side by side, you may find the ISL session has a slightly higher delay, however in most cases, where remote computer is not next to the operator's computer, the session should not have any more delay than a TeamViewer session. For the multi-monitor issues you are experiencing - we have created an internal ticket to improve this functionality! You're always welcome to contact us through our live chat at www.islonline.com. ISL Online Support Team

Replied June 2021

Tomaž

Information Technology and Services, 1 employee

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed December 2022

ISL Light brings light to admins lives

We use it for remote support, it's brilliant!

PROS

It's very easy to use, the origin is from Slovenia, we can have own server to connect to.

CONS

There is nothing we don't like about ISL Light.

Reason for choosing ISL Light

Ease of use, origin, own server, annoying "always upgrade/newer version" with TeamViewer

Reasons for switching to ISL Light

Annoying "always upgrade/newer version", wanted own server to connect to.

Andrew

Non-Profit Organization Management, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed October 2022

Couldn't do without it!

PROS

As a Charity we are always looking to find the best software at reasonable prices. The team at ISL have been fantastic for us compared to another competitor we used for years. The software is quick and easy to use for It techs and users. It is our main tool that is used everyday on the helpdesk. we particularly like the remote shutdown and restart feature and how it automatically reconnects to the same session.

CONS

As of yet we haven't come across anything we don't like.

Reason for choosing ISL Light

Had the features we were after (shutdown and resume) and cost.

Reasons for switching to ISL Light

ISL provided Charity discount which was excellent value for money and the software is just as good if not better.

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