10 reasons IT teams are switching to LynxTrac

Migrations are expensive. Teams don’t switch their RMM on a whim — they switch when the pain of staying crosses a line. Here are the ten most common reasons teams pick LynxTrac.

1. No VPN for remote access

Agent-based outbound tunneling removes the VPN from the critical path. No more 2 a.m. concentrator debugging.

2. One agent instead of three

Teams often run an RMM agent, a remote access agent, and a log-shipping agent — all on the same endpoint. One LynxTrac agent replaces them, with a smaller footprint than any one of them.

3. SSO-backed sessions (no shared keys)

No more authorized_keys scavenger hunts. Every session is tied to an SSO identity with MFA enforced at the IdP.

4. Real-time monitoring, not 60-second averages

Most legacy RMMs ship metrics at 1- or 5-minute granularity. LynxTrac does real-time — sub-second for the metrics that matter.

5. Browser-based everything

Shell, desktop, monitoring, logs — all in the browser, on any device. No separate clients to install or update.

6. Integrated log analysis

Logs aren’t a bolt-on. The same agent ships them to the same dashboard, with pattern detection and smart alerting built in.

7. Continuous deployments included

Canary, blue-green, and rolling rollouts with instant rollback. You don’t need a separate deployment tool for infrastructure changes.

8. Better pricing

Most legacy RMMs price per-technician per-month with a floor. LynxTrac prices by capacity and scales down to “free for 2 servers” for individuals.

9. Actually readable audit logs

One timeline. One identity. Searchable. Auditors stop asking follow-up questions.

10. The agent doesn’t slow systems down

Under 1% CPU, under 50 MB RSS, no GUI components. Legacy agents that eat 400 MB RAM on a 2 GB server are how you buy an incident.

The tenth reason is the biggest

Teams switch because something broke, and the broken thing was the legacy tool. Preventive migrations are rare. The most common quote we hear: “We tried to stay on [tool] for another year and then the RMM itself took down a client.”

If that sounds familiar, you’re in the audience for this. Free forever for 2 servers — try it on a non-prod environment before you need it in production.