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Remote support and remote access · November 2026 Edition

ConnectWise ScreenConnect vs NinjaOne Remote

Three of fourteen models named ConnectWise ScreenConnect first on the direct prompt; two named NinjaOne Remote. ConnectWise ScreenConnect was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and NinjaOne Remote by ten and ConnectWise ScreenConnect carries 38 labels and NinjaOne Remote 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

ConnectWise ScreenConnect

criticized challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

NinjaOne Remote

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share6%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate34%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3812A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ConnectWise ScreenConnect reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Splashtop Remote Support was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Splashtop Remote Support vs ConnectWise ScreenConnect · Splashtop Remote Support vs NinjaOne Remote · Zoho Assist vs ConnectWise ScreenConnect

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the remote support and remote access page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ConnectWise ScreenConnectFirst choices, of fourteen modelsNinjaOne Remote
Direct32
Paraphrase001 against ConnectWise ScreenConnect
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative0011 against ConnectWise ScreenConnect
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, ConnectWise ScreenConnect and NinjaOne Remote were named in the same answer twenty-seven times, of the 134 answers naming ConnectWise ScreenConnect and the 47 naming NinjaOne Remote. In those answers NinjaOne Remote took the first choice two times and ConnectWise ScreenConnect three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where ConnectWise ScreenConnect and NinjaOne Remote stood in it.
ModelDirectNRParaphraseNRComparativeNRBudget-constrainedNRScale-constrainedNRNegativeNR
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 miniNR
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity SonarNR
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 FlashNR
Llama 4 MaverickNR
Qwen 3.7 FlashNR
Kimi K2NR
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30BNR
ConnectWise ScreenConnectNR NinjaOne Remote first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ConnectWise ScreenConnect on the left and NinjaOne Remote on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where ConnectWise ScreenConnect and NinjaOne Remote stood in it.

ConnectWise ScreenConnect first, NinjaOne Remote an alternative

3 of 14 modelsNinjaOne Remote was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashConnectWise ScreenConnect alternatives: BeyondTrust Remote Support, ScreenMeet, Splashtop Remote Support
Kimi K2ConnectWise ScreenConnect alternatives: NinjaOne Remote, Splashtop Remote Support
Muse Glimmer 30BConnectWise ScreenConnect alternatives: BeyondTrust Remote Support, Freshservice, NinjaOne Remote, Zoho Assist

NinjaOne Remote first, ConnectWise ScreenConnect not the choice

2 of 14 modelsConnectWise ScreenConnect was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarNinjaOne Remote, Splashtop Remote Support alternatives: BeyondTrust Remote Support, Zoho Assist
Llama 4 MaverickNinjaOne Remote alternatives: Action1, AirDroid Business, Atera, Datto RMM, Freshservice, JumpCloud, Supportbench, TeamViewer, Zoho Assist

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniBeyondTrust Remote Support alternatives: NinjaOne Remote, Splashtop Remote Support, TeamViewer Tensor, Zoho Assist
Mistral SmallTeamViewer, Zoho Assist alternatives: ConnectWise ScreenConnect, Splashtop Remote Support
DeepSeek V4 FlashSplashtop Remote Support alternatives: ConnectWise ScreenConnect, Zoho Assist
Qwen 3.7 FlashFreshdesk alternatives: ConnectWise ScreenConnect, HubSpot Service Hub, Intercom, NinjaOne Remote
GLM 4.7 FlashXZoho Assist alternatives: ConnectWise ScreenConnect, Splashtop Remote Support

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Grok 4.20Splashtop Remote Support alternatives: TeamViewer, Zoho Assist
MiniMax M2.5Splashtop Remote Support, Zoho Assist alternatives: FixMe.IT, RemotePC
GPT-6 LunaSplashtop Remote Support alternatives: BeyondTrust Remote Support, TeamViewer Tensor

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
ConnectWise ScreenConnect leads by four points.
ConnectWise ScreenConnect4%#7 of 12
NinjaOne Remote0%#9 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
ConnectWise ScreenConnect leads by two points.
ConnectWise ScreenConnect6%#4 of 12
NinjaOne Remote4%#6 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: NinjaOne Remote leads at enterprise.
NinjaOne Remote11%#3 of 11
ConnectWise ScreenConnect4%#7 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about ConnectWise ScreenConnect

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“tools that are considered risky or have been targeted by attackers include: ... ScreenConnect (ConnectWise)” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“the top-ranked option is ConnectWise Control (by ConnectWise) — but the right pick depends on your budget and company size” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose ConnectWise ScreenConnect if you want the overall most responsive, flexible tool for core IT/sysadmin support.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Best Overall: ConnectWise ScreenConnect” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about NinjaOne Remote

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“For most mid-market B2B companies, NinjaOne is the best overall choice” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“The best remote support tool for a mid-market B2B company is NinjaOne” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“For MSPs managing many clients → ConnectWise ScreenConnect, NinjaOne, or Atera” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.