Overview

SentryPC is a monitoring and control application created with the needs of parents in mind, allowing them to watch their kids’ computer use, as well as for businesses who want to monitor employees. It provides a wide range of monitoring options file transfers, keystrokes, web browsing & app use. Furthermore, it also comes with time management features for enforcing usage limits as well as browser filtering and banning certain applications or content even capturing screenshots.For more detailed information, you can check their official website.

Key features of SentryPC

Activity Monitoring: SentryPC records a plethora of activities such as file transfers, keystrokes, program usage and internet surfing data. It can take up to 500 time-stamped screenshots for a visual record of their activity.

Web filtering and content blocking: Filters can be applied on inappropriate websites or programs from the side of administrators. It has a function for limiting access to unsafe content, as well as maintaining user focus on useful work completed.

Time Management Control: SentryPC lets you assign week and day based caps for usage among your employees/children. For management, users can configure notification prior to their expiry. ​

Relocation Tracking: Using IP tracking, the software can track exactly where devices are and offer geofencing capabilities to alert users when devices enter or exit defined areas.

Reports: Comprehensive reports present no activity, key alerts and general PC health details to at a glance allow administrators evaluate user behavior.

User-Friendly Interface: SentryPCs web dashboard has been designed for ease of use featuring an intuitive, user-friendly layout that allows users to easily access reports and monitoring tools.

Key Components of the Account Overview

 

User Activity Dashboard: which shows you in real-time what any user on your computer has been up to their websites, programs, and how much time they spend doing something. Dashboard – Productivity/Consumption Insights

Alerts & Notifications: Alerts the user that informs on events or thresholds set by an administrator (e. g exceed of time limits, attempt access restricted content). This tool helps to keep people alerted and be in charge of their computer system usage.

License Management: Here is where your current active licensure shows up along with renewing or adding more licenses if needed. It is crucial for businesses that need to grow horizontally.

Configuration Settings: Set up all the monitoring, web filtering, and time management and reporting settings this process is critical to the bespoke nature in which we deliver our programmer.

Reporting Tools: Users can create reports on the activities observed, helping to provide a thorough analysis of usage trends in addition to measures for productivity and organization policies.

Support Access: Provides LINKS to customer support resources including FAQs, tech support contact info and troubleshooting instructions.For more detailed information, you can check their official website.

Key Components of Recent Activity

Activity Logs: It keeps track of what the user does, such as visiting web pages, launching apps and opening files. That way, admins or parents/supervisors at home can look in on what their users are doing right then.

Screenshots: Shows all the captures of what was on a user’s screen at defined times. It is useful for verifying claims and discerning user actions.

Alerts: Alerts over absolute actions like an attack to appointment a belted website or account the time banned are bolded. This service allows for quick responses to potential issues, in the case that they arise.

Time Tracking: Shows users how much time you spend in various tasks, which helps them to spot behavior patterns including productivity and get distracted.

Filter Users: Can often filter recent activity by date, person or type of the action to quickly find all relevant information. This makes sense and it is a very user-friendly feature of most monitoring tools. ​

Pros and cons of SentryPC

Pros

Advanced Monitoring: SentryPC has several monitoring options including keystrokes, application usage, internet activity and screen snapshots. It is a powerful term for monitoring staff as well as parental controls. ​

Special User Interface: The application comes with a user-friendly interface which is bright, and therefore it is very easy to go through different monitoring functions as many times as you wish.

Accurate Reporting: SentryPC has a detailed reporting system that allows admin to easily generate custom reports based on user activity, enabling them in accurately evaluating productivity and behavior. ​

Compact cost: Here, SentryPC has very good starting point–especially for small businesses or families looking for inexpensive monitoring solutions — with annual plans that start at $59.95

Relocation Tracking It can track the exact location of systems under observation and helps to know where all employees are too.

Cons

Support Only Two Platforms: It is supported by two plans, Windows and MacBook’s. Unable on Chrome OS or Linux Mobile devices. That can render it a little less useful for users who need to work on multiple platforms.

Antivirus Conflicts: A number of customers say that their antivirus software detects SentryPC and runs up to a wall trying to configure settings before even getting it installed.

Difficult Installation: Many users have reported finding the installation to be much harder than anticipated, and some also experienced problems with their antivirus program.

SentryPC plan and prices

Basic Plan:

Cost: $59.95 per year.

Comes with 1 license, capable of saving up to 500 screenshots ((! Each additional license is available for $19.95 annually.

Business 50 Plan:

Price: $995 per year.

The Pro Tier (From €4, 99 / month) Comes with 50 licenses and allows for more screenshots to be stored. Basic Plan: lower cost than each additional license;

Enterprise Plans: Exclusive prices will be available auction unique needs (license number and specific features)

Includes: Intended primarily for large businesses, this plan offers a wealth of features and support.

Additional plans: SentryPC also offers several additional plans for those who need bigger configurations or more advanced features. Pricing will be scaled based on number of users and individual needs.

Conclusion

SentryPC is a robust monitoring system that allows parents and businesses to monitor computer use. This is an all-purpose supervising app with flexible surveillance functionality which includes location-based tracking, site restrictions and time management boundaries as well as a comprehensive program activity log. Finally, the general provenance of Ubiquity gear adds to its appeal as a platform for smaller families and businesses thanks mainly to its extensive testing through real-world use.

However, prospective users need to take into account the software limitations including its inability to work on mobile devices, incompatibility with antivirus programs and issues with customer service. It will also impact the successful use of that piece of enterprise software.

SentryPC has a substantial variety of helpful tracking and control tools, however like all programs we tested it makes concessions in between its benefits as well as drawbacks.