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BeyondTrust is a privileged access management (PAM) and identity security vendor whose lineage traces to Symark (founded 1985), later renamed BeyondTrust in 2009 and re-formed under that name when Bomgar acquired it in 2018. Its Pathfinder Platform unifies Privileged Remote Access, Remote Support, Password Safe, and Endpoint Privilege Management to give IT and security teams centralized, audited, VPN-free control over privileged sessions and credentials. Privately held (majority owner Francisco Partners, with a minority investment from Clearlake Capital since 2021), BeyondTrust has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for PAM for seven consecutive years and serves a large base of enterprise and mid-market customers across regulated industries.

NinjaOne (formerly NinjaRMM) is a modern, fast-growing remote monitoring and management (RMM) and endpoint management platform for MSPs and internal IT teams. Founded in 2013, NinjaOne has grown rapidly through venture funding and is frequently cited as one of the fastest-growing companies in the MSP tooling space, known for its clean interface and strong customer satisfaction scores.

Zoho Assist is the cloud-based remote support and unattended remote access product from Zoho Corporation, founded in 1996 (as AdventNet) by Sridhar Vembu and Tony Thomas. Zoho is a privately held, famously bootstrapped/self-funded software company that has never taken outside venture funding, now serving more than one million paying customers and 150 million-plus users across its 55+ application suite from offices in 28+ countries. Zoho Assist provides on-demand and unattended remote access to Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android devices, integrates with the wider Zoho suite (Desk, CRM, Analytics), and is marketed on affordability and simplicity for SMBs and MSPs. Zoho Corporation holds SOC 2 Type II attestation, ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification, and ISO/IEC 27701 privacy management certification, and publishes GDPR-aligned data protection commitments across its products.

Splashtop is a remote access and remote support software provider founded in 2006 in San Jose, California by CEO Mark Lee alongside co-founders including CTO Philip Sheu. The company serves over 30 million customers spanning IT support, MSPs, education, and BYOD/remote-work use cases, and reached a $1 billion valuation following a 2021 Series E funding round. Privately held, Splashtop reported $104.7 million in revenue in 2024 (up from $82.8 million in 2023) and achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification in 2025 alongside existing SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA/FERPA compliance.

N-able is a remote monitoring and management (RMM) and security platform for MSPs, spun off from SolarWinds as an independent public company in 2021. N-able trades on the NYSE under the ticker NABL and focuses specifically on the MSP market with RMM, backup, security, and email protection products.