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ConnectWise Automate alternative: Tenvara

ConnectWise Automate is a long-standing RMM that MSPs pick for granular control and deep automation, and it can run on your own servers or in the cloud. Tenvara gives you monitoring, patching, scripts and remote control with a simpler set-up, in the same app as your service desk, backup and Microsoft 365. Like Automate, you can use it hosted or self-hosted.

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Tenvara: RMM and patching

The tool today

What ConnectWise Automate does

A long-standing RMM with deep scripting, on-premises or cloud hosting, and ScreenConnect remote access. Made by ConnectWise. This is how the vendor describes it, in our words.

  • Monitors and manages endpoints, with customisable monitoring, automation and dataviews.
  • Patches Windows with approval policies and pilot groups, and patches third-party apps.
  • Runs scripts from a custom library on a schedule, with AI help drafting PowerShell.
  • Discovers network devices through a network probe on a Windows agent.
  • Uses ScreenConnect for remote access to endpoints.
  • Can be hosted on-premises or in the cloud, with agents for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Side by side

Tenvara vs ConnectWise Automate

The RMM and patching jobs that matter most, and how each product handles them. Then what else comes with Tenvara, such as security monitoring, backup and Microsoft 365 backup, in the same app.

Agent for Windows, macOS and Linux

Tenvara Yes

One agent for all three Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

Windows, Mac and Linux, features vary by OS

Monitoring, checks and alert thresholds

Tenvara Yes

Policies by customer, group or device Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

Customisable monitoring and dataviews

Operating system patching

Tenvara Yes

Windows, macOS and Linux, by policy Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

Windows approval policies and pilot groups

Third-party app updates

Tenvara Yes

Catalogue apps via winget, Homebrew, apt, dnf Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

Third-party patching included

Script library and scheduling

Tenvara Yes

Signed scripts, parameters and schedules Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

Custom library and scheduling

Remote control

Tenvara Yes

Built into the agent, in the browser Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

Through ScreenConnect

Run it on your own servers

Tenvara Yes

Hosted, or self-hosted with Docker Compose Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

On-premises or cloud hosting

Service desk in the same app

Tenvara Yes

Alerts become tickets in the same app Guide

ConnectWise Automate Add-on

ConnectWise PSA, a separate product

Network device discovery

Tenvara Yes

A probe per site, with a topology map Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

Network probe on a Windows agent

Remote registry editor

Tenvara Yes

Browse and edit the registry from the device page Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

Registry Editor on the Computer Management screen

Power actions

Tenvara Yes

Lock, sign out and restart from the device page Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

Reboot, log off and shut down commands

Script, file and service checks

Tenvara Yes

Signed script checks, file, folder and software checks Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

EXE, file and directory, service and process monitors

End-user tray app

Tenvara Yes

Report a problem, my requests and your own menu items Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

Remote Tray with tickets and custom menu options

Retiring devices

Tenvara Yes

Retire with a disposal certificate, replace and merge Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

Retired Assets, restore or delete

Fix it from the alert

Tenvara Yes

Alerts name what raised them and offer the fix, with approval Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

Self-healing alert templates run a script

Open a device's web page without a VPN

Tenvara Yes

Through an agent on its network, nothing installed on it Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

Tunnels and redirectors through an agent

Remote Ctrl+Alt+Del and UAC prompts

Tenvara Yes

Answered in the session, with a card saying if policy blocks it Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

Send Ctrl+Alt+Del and UAC control in ScreenConnect

Switch between a computer's sessions

Tenvara Yes

Move to another user's session from the Sessions menu Guide

ConnectWise Automate Yes

Select Logon Session in ScreenConnect

Also in Tenvara

What else you get with Tenvara, in the same app

Security monitoring

Tenvara Yes

Security events from devices, Microsoft 365 and firewalls, with detections Guide

ConnectWise Automate Add-on

Separate product: ConnectWise SIEM

Endpoint, server and VM backup

Tenvara Yes

Image, folder and Hyper-V or Proxmox VM backups Guide

ConnectWise Automate Add-on

Separate product: ConnectWise x360Recover

Microsoft 365 backup

Tenvara Yes

Mail, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams backed up and restored Guide

ConnectWise Automate Add-on

Separate product: ConnectWise Cloud Backup

Microsoft 365 security posture

Tenvara Yes

Security checks on every tenant, mapped to CIS, NIST, SCuBA and Essential Eight Guide

ConnectWise Automate Add-on

Separate product: ConnectWise SaaS Security

IT documentation

Tenvara Yes

Customer records and knowledge base articles, linked to devices Guide

ConnectWise Automate Add-on

Separate product: ConnectWise Documentation (formerly ITBoost)

Credentials vault

Tenvara Yes

Encrypted logins and two-factor secrets, with every reveal logged Guide

ConnectWise Automate Add-on

Separate product: ConnectWise Documentation (formerly ITBoost)

Quotes and proposals

Tenvara Yes

Branded proposals with customer e-signature Guide

ConnectWise Automate Add-on

Separate product: ConnectWise CPQ

Project management

Tenvara Yes

Phases, tasks, dependencies, timelines and budgets for each customer Guide

ConnectWise Automate Add-on

Sold separately as ConnectWise PSA

Invoicing and payments

Tenvara Yes

Invoices from contracts and time, Xero or QuickBooks sync, card and Direct Debit Guide

ConnectWise Automate Add-on

Sold separately as ConnectWise PSA

Add-on means the vendor sells it as a separate product or paid extra. ConnectWise Automate details come from the vendor's own website, see sources.

The one-app pitch

What else you'd replace

Most MSPs running ConnectWise Automate pay for several other tools beside it. Tenvara does these jobs too, on the same customer record, with one agent and one login.

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Switching

Moving from ConnectWise Automate

A calm move, not a big bang. Run both side by side until your team is happy.

How a gradual move to Tenvara works
  1. 1

    Import your customers and sites

    If you use ConnectWise PSA, the setup helper imports its CSV exports with saved mappings, a check and undo. Otherwise import from any CSV, with a dry run first. Each enrolment token then ties a device to the right customer.

    Importing from other PSAs
  2. 2

    Recreate your monitoring and patch policies

    Set checks, thresholds and patch approvals at global, customer and device group level. Device groups can fill themselves from rules, such as every server at a customer.

    Policies, checks and thresholds
  3. 3

    Deploy the agent alongside

    The one-line install command runs from any tool that can run a script, including Automate, so you can roll Tenvara out to a whole customer at once.

    Installing the agent
  4. 4

    Bring your scripts across

    Add your PowerShell, Batch, Bash and Python scripts to the library with parameters. Each is signed, so only what is in your library can run.

    The script library
  5. 5

    Run both side by side, then switch

    Compare alerts and patch results for a few weeks, then remove the Automate agent customer by customer.

ConnectWise Automate pricing

ConnectWise Automate is priced by quote.

Tenvara pricing

One product with every feature included, hosted or self-hosted. Tenvara is new and in beta, and pricing is announced before launch.

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Questions

ConnectWise Automate vs Tenvara: FAQ

Yes. Run it with Docker Compose on your own Linux server, or use a hosted instance. The features are the same either way.

PowerShell, Batch, Bash, Zsh and Python scripts go into the Tenvara library as they are, with parameters. Scripts built in Automate's own script editor move across best as plain PowerShell or Bash.

Yes. Create an enrolment token for the customer and run the one-line install command from Automate or any tool that can run a script, and every device enrols to that customer.

Alert rules decide which alerts open tickets, which queue they land in and who gets them, and critical alerts can page on-call or go to Teams, Slack or text message.

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Comparison based on publicly available information as of September 2026. ConnectWise Automate is a trademark of its owner; Tenvara is not affiliated with it. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll correct it.

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