ControlUp ONE vs Riverbed Aternity

ControlUp ONE monitors and manages desktops and applications, combining digital experience visibility with agentic AI. ControlUp for Desktops covers physical endpoints and Cloud PCs, while ControlUp for VDI supports environments including Citrix, Omnissa, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Parallels. Automation includes remediation actions, scripts, optimization, and a low-code workflow builder. ControlUp for Compliance scans for vulnerabilities, non-compliant devices, and weak configurations, and can automate fixes. Documented integrations include Microsoft services, Citrix, Omnissa Horizon, and ServiceNow. The cloud platform includes application and network monitoring. Supported systems include Windows 10 version 1607 and later, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016 and later, macOS Monterey, Ventura, Sonoma, and Sequoia, Linux/thin clients, and ChromeOS. Pricing is available on request; there is no free plan, and a 21-day trial has feature limits, usage quotas, and other restrictions. If no license is obtained, trial data is permanently deleted within 30 days after access ends. The company describes its users as IT teams responsible for digital workspaces and autonomous endpoint operations.

Riverbed Aternity brings together information from employee devices, applications, and networks to help IT teams find and address disruptions. It draws on actual employee sessions and correlates signals across those sources to identify possible root causes. Aternity Replay reconstructs interactions within SaaS applications, linking browser activity to device and network context without recording screens. The mobile experience offering supports Android, iOS, and ChromeOS, including rugged devices, kiosks, and point-of-sale systems; it includes diagnostics, IT service management integration, and proactive remediation. Riverbed IQ integrations support runbook actions such as retrieving installed software, checking device health events, reviewing Microsoft Teams calls, and running remediation. Aternity is available as SaaS or on premises; SaaS uses Amazon Web Services, with data stored in the customer-selected cloud region. The offering includes endpoint, application, and network monitoring, as well as path visualization and network performance monitoring. Riverbed identifies enterprise environments, including large and complex organizations, as its intended setting. Pricing is on request.