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Kaseya BMS alternative: Tenvara

Kaseya BMS is a cloud PSA that brings the service desk, projects, finance, CRM and HR into one system, usually alongside Kaseya VSA or Datto RMM. Kaseya still supports BMS and points customers towards Autotask as its main PSA. MSPs look at Tenvara when they want the service desk and the RMM, backup and Microsoft 365 tools in one app, with one agent.

Tenvara: PSA and service desk

The tool today

What Kaseya BMS does

A cloud PSA covering service desk, projects, finance, CRM and HR. Made by Kaseya. This is how the vendor describes it, in our words.

  • A service desk with ticket automation, escalation and AI summaries.
  • Project management with progress and resource tracking.
  • Finance with contracts and automated billing for time, expenses, products and recurring services.
  • CRM with opportunities and quotes, including distributor pricing integrations.
  • A client portal where customers track their tickets, contracts and invoices.
  • HR, reporting and a dedicated API for integrations.

Side by side

Tenvara vs Kaseya BMS

The PSA and service desk jobs that matter most, and how each product handles them.

Service desk with automation

Tenvara Yes

SLAs, queues, canned responses and alert rules Guide

Kaseya BMS Yes

Ticket automation and escalation

Client portal

Tenvara Yes

Tickets, quotes, reports and help articles Guide

Kaseya BMS Yes

Tickets, contracts and invoices

Time and expenses

Tenvara Yes

Timer or by hand, with expenses and mileage Guide

Kaseya BMS Yes

Time and expense tracking

Quotes

Tenvara Yes

Proposals from your catalogue, signed online Guide

Kaseya BMS Yes

CRM quotes with distributor pricing

Remote monitoring and management

Tenvara Yes

Built in, same agent Guide

Kaseya BMS Add-on

Kaseya VSA or Datto RMM, sold separately

Scheduling and dispatch

Tenvara Yes

Calendar, dispatch board and confirmations Guide

Kaseya BMS Yes

Resource scheduling and allocation

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

The one-app pitch

What else you'd replace

Most MSPs running Kaseya BMS 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 Kaseya BMS

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

  1. 1

    Set up customers, sites and contacts

    There is no automatic import from BMS, so add your customers, their sites and the contacts who raise tickets. Contact email addresses matter, as mail is matched on them.

    Customers, sites and contacts
  2. 2

    Recreate contracts

    Add each customer's monthly fee, included hours and overage rate as a contract, so time counts against it from day one.

    Contracts and the Xero export
  3. 3

    Point your support mailbox at Tenvara

    Connect your Microsoft 365 support mailbox so new mail becomes tickets. Finish open tickets in BMS while new ones land in Tenvara.

    Email to ticket and alert rules
  4. 4

    Deploy the agent alongside your RMM

    Install the Tenvara agent next to VSA or Datto RMM, so monitoring, patching and remote control are ready before you switch.

    Installing the agent
  5. 5

    Run both side by side, then switch

    Run a billing cycle or two in parallel, check the Xero export against your usual invoices, then switch off the old tools.

Kaseya BMS pricing

Kaseya does not publish BMS pricing; it is by quote.

Tenvara pricing

One subscription, per technician or per endpoint, hosted or self-hosted, with every feature in every plan.

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Questions

Kaseya BMS vs Tenvara: FAQ

Kaseya says BMS remains supported, while Autotask gets most of its new development. If you are planning a move anyway, it is a good moment to compare options.

See Tenvara next to Kaseya BMS.

A 30 minute walkthrough of the real product. Bring your list of what you use today and we'll show you where each part lives in Tenvara, and where it doesn't.

Comparison based on publicly available information as of September 2026. Kaseya BMS 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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