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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.

Christian

Information Technology and Services, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 2 years

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

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed May 2022

First choice if you want to host it yourself and are willing to make minor sacrifices

Remote IT consulting and IT services can be carried out easily with the software, including the good feeling of having the infrastructure under your own control

PROS

The friendly and helpful business support, the open ear for suggestions for improvements, the possibility of running the software inexpensively on your own servers, the automatic session recovery when a remote-controlled PC is restarted (very useful!), the cross-platform use of remote maintenance (Linux , Windows, macOS, Android), The update mechanism of the ISL AlwaysON module (comparable to TeamViewer Host) from the client works excellently

CONS

Unfortunately, some comfort functionalities that you are used to from e.g. TeamViewer are missing, the software (ISL Light Client under Linux) also likes to crash from time to time, the operation and the designation of menu items is rather "technical" in some places and not intuitively understandable

Reason for choosing ISL Light

Because it is the only software on the market that can be operated inexpensively on its own server

Reasons for switching to ISL Light

Privacy concerns, poor business support, TeamViewer doesn't offer a cost-effective way to run a "self-hosted" solution for remote maintenance, TeamViewer got way to expensive over time (I was also tricked into yearly updates) and it totally relies on centralized infrastructure

Harold

Information Technology and Services, 2-10 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 December 2022

Best experience for more than 10 years

For us ISL Online is a 9 out of 10 star solution

PROS

We use the self-hosted version of ISL and our customers really appreciate the fact that security-critical connections do not have to be routed via a third-party provider. The usage is simple and self-explanatory. And customers can explicitly disable the use of ISL in the firewall if they want to. This creates trust and is not possible in this form with competitors.

CONS

Screen sharing doesn't really work well for us. We might have to take a closer look again. Accessing it on the go via the Android app is impractical. And we also lack remote control from mobile devices.

Reasons for switching to ISL Light

The self-hosted version of Teamviewer was far too expensive at the time. Our customers demanded a solution that did not connect via a gateway at the manufacturer.

Brian

Computer & Network Security, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed October 2022

Cross platform, bullet proof remote support software.

As a sole practitioner, this allows me to support customers from anywhere I have internet. I can get away to the sun for a month in the summer and still support my customers.

PROS

Integration to my website. The user interface is intuitive. Ability to reboot without losing connection.

CONS

The Pallava in connecting to a Mac the first time (this is more abut the MacOS security)

Reason for choosing ISL Light

Price was a factor as was simplicity of use and the end user experience.

Reasons for switching to ISL Light

For more reliability and great support.

Paul

Information Technology and Services, 11-50 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

4

Reviewed October 2022

A solid industry tool suited to IT professionals and easy enough for any company to use

We selected ISL to replace TeamViewer, as it was becoming too costly to use TeamViewer. We were pleased to have a super-quick onboarding with ISL, with good support and guides to getting things setup and secured approaching

PROS

For our business ISL helps ensure that we have secure and logged access to PC's, servers, and mobile phones of the clients that we support. Able to quickly and easily guide even the most IT challenged individual to downloading the client and enabling a connection is a huge plus.

CONS

Copying and pasting data within the tool isn't perfect, it sometimes pastes backwards when pushed into SQL Management Studio, and sometimes it refuses to copy and paste data between ISL and the local PC

Reasons for switching to ISL Light

Cost, TeamViewer was vastly overpriced in comparison to ISL Light

Mario

Information 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 January 2023

For me the best remote control application.

PROS

Very fast and efficient, we have been using it for 10 years and honestly for us it is essential in our daily work to support and maintain our customers. We have not considered the change at any time, it evolves little by little and adapts to the new versions of operating systems without stopping working on the old ones. We would compare it again.

CONS

I have found absolutely nothing that could make me consider changing this software for another of the competition, it performs its function amply.

Reason for choosing ISL Light

The main reason was the price at the time, right now I would not change it for teamviewer.

Gary

Computer Software, 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

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed October 2019

ISLOnline easy to use

It allows me to support my customers 24-7 not just Monday-Friday 9-5. It saves site visits and allows me to quickly fix a problem.

PROS

Easy to setup and supports multiple platforms. You can add multi sessions for a fixed fee. Flexible subscription I started off with a price per use with a few customer then upgraded when the I built a larger customer base. Recently I have started to use the Web Conference feature for hosting online demos.

CONS

I would prefer a drag and drop to specific folder when transferring files. I would also like remote printing

Reason for choosing ISL Light

One of my suppliers used ISL and I like the pay per use license as I initially had very few customers

Vendor Response

The newest ISL Light version added support for our new File Manager functionality. This functionality will allow you to simply transfer files between the local and remote computer by drag and dropping files in a simple-to-use graphical interface. Currently, the File Manager functionality is available for ISL AlwaysOn connections, as well as on-demand sessions where the remote client is a Linux or macOS machine. For on-demand connections with Windows remote machines, by default, this functionality is not available. However, if you would require this functionality in such a session, it is possible to instruct the client to download the ISL Light application instead of the ISL Light Client, then in the ISL Light application choose Options -> Join and join the session this way. Then, the File Manager functionality will be available in this session as well.

Replied February 2021

Christian

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services, 11-50 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

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2019

Solid alternative to Teamviewer

It was a positive experience for us so far. The software allows us to provide a professionally looking remote support service to mostly new and unknown users.

PROS

We've just renewed our license for the third year. We're using it to provide remote tech support for our customers and it never let us down so far. Our support staff likes working with it. Certainly not looking back to Teamviewer again.

CONS

Two relatively small issues with it, last time we checked: 1. The chat identifies our staff as "Desk" and there is no way to change this. In TeamViewer we could set our identification to whatever we wanted (We had it set to "Firstname Lastname - Company" for clarity and personal touch). 2. It uses the chat like a log, so everything that happens while we're connected gets logged in the chat, and we feel it's difficult to carry on a conversation with someone with log output cluttering the chat.

Reason for choosing ISL Light

After playing Teamviewer's forced paid updates game for a couple of years we finally left them. Teamviewer is on a very high horse in our opinion and totally lost connection to their actual user base a long time ago. Never again.

Elvis

Computer & Network Security, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed April 2022

My review

We use it only for remote support, but we know that there are a lot of other functionalities. It is perfect for our use, it is offer all what we need and it is easy to use.

PROS

It just work almost everywhere. It is also very easy to configure some next generation firewalls as in most cases, you can just tell that you are using ISL. Very friendly for helpdesk and for customer.

CONS

Maybe downloading client. Some customers sometimes have a problem to find where is located this download.

Reason for choosing ISL Light

It is complete and secure solution and because is a Slovenian product

Reasons for switching to ISL Light

Price and quality of product

Peter

Information Technology and Services, 2-10 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 April 2022

Ease of use

Our experience with ISL Light is PERFECT overall compared to other products we used in past.

PROS

The featrure that is most usefull is access 24/7 and abbility to solve issues before they happen.

CONS

The features that could be improved are use on 3rd party mobile phones that use not google Android and other OS.

Reason for choosing ISL Light

We chose ISL Light over other products because it is easy to use and overall usability.

Reasons for switching to ISL Light

We made the switch because of price and fact that this is our Slowenian (Slovenski) product.

Marko

Computer & Network Security, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

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