Kaseya BMS

A great client tool software

Pros:

Kaseya is a great tool not only to manage machines, but to also maintain them. Installing an agent is a breeze, and running scripts is easy to learn. Patch machines, remote to them, push software and set security protocol all through one system

Cons:

Scripting maybebturn off some people but their are great tutorials and a support team to assist you in tweaking your needs.

Org Management

Comments: Overall business management has improved customer service with automated workflows. Better employee time management and tracking.

Pros:

I have found that BMS works better then SolarWinds AutoTask. A lot less pop-ups, cleaner interface, and less micro-managing of the solution.

Cons:

I would like more seamless support. It is a problem with Kaseya that I have to call a specialist on each product, and when you are integrated with their ITGlue, AuthAnvil, and their VSA product knowlageable and timely help is hard to find. It can days for a resolution.

Decent ticketing solution with "loose" integration with Kaseya VSA

Pros:

BMS provides a modern interface for ticketing with powerful search and decent reporting.

Cons:

Unfortunately, BMS really falls short on its loose integration with Kaseya VSA. The integration worked sometimes, but needed a frequent "resync" in order to show the latest devices. I had hoped to use the integration to streamline our business processes, but the constant need to switch back and forth between BMS and VSA was cumbersome and counter-productive.

Kaseya BMS

Pros:

I love the dashboard on the Finance Dashboard. It tells you which contracts are ending soon and has a graph that's autogenerated to show your current month, quarter or year sales per client with percentages.

Cons:

I do not like the fact you cannot VOID or edit invoices after they're generated. If there is a change management wants to makes I have to VOID and restart. I didn't have to do that will our previous program ConnectWise. Also, this program lacks many features I used previously. Instead of being able to do these things I can only submit a feature request.

Great Integrations

Comments: We continue to invest in Kaseya's stack and BMS was a pivotal piece in this. The integrations are powerful and will hopefully provide a strong value case in time savings as we move down the road using it.

Pros:

The software is part of an overall suite that integrate very well together. Between it, VSA and IT Glue you get down to s single pane of glass concept. Having information available from all three inside BMS is powerful and saves time. They have been developing more features and integrations on a fast cadence and we look forward to some of the new ones they roll out.

Cons:

Converting from Autotask to BMS was a little bit of a challenge. We have a lot of integrations and it made the project management of our implementation difficult. We worked with the Kaseya team and got through it but the time to do so was about 2-3 times a normal roll out. Block hour contracts are really bad in BMS versus Autotask. Hopefully they will improve in the not to distant future.