A Canadian alternative to Atera
Atera is an RMM platform for MSPs and internal IT teams/professionals (source). Lavawall® is a Canadian alternative for RMM and remote support, owned and hosted in Canada, with the closest match for each Atera capability listed below.
On this page: Atera at a glance, feature by feature, Atera and Canada, and moving over.
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Atera at a glance
What Atera says about itself, with a link to the page each fact comes from.
| Made for | MSPs and internal IT teams/professionals (source) |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per technician (unlimited devices) (source) |
| Free trial or free plan | Trial (30 days, no credit card) (source) |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux (source) |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS) (source) |
| Integrations it lists | Splashtop, Acronis, Bitdefender, IT Glue, and Zapier (source) |
| Data export | Per-entity exports of reports to CSV/Excel/PDF, plus API (JSON) (source) |
Atera feature by feature
Atera lists these capabilities on its own website; each links to its source. Beside each is the closest Lavawall® feature and the article that shows how to use it.
Lavawall® has a close match for 7 of these 8 Atera capabilities. For the other 1, check whether you rely on them before you move.
For a longer comparison, see Lavawall® compared with Atera.
Atera and Canada
Atera's privacy policy gives its company address in Tel Aviv, Israel. Atera documents two Azure data-centre locations: West-EU (Amsterdam) and US-Central (Iowa).
| Canadian criterion | Lavawall® | Atera |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters and ownership | Calgary, Alberta; fully Canadian-owned | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Hosting in Canada | Yes, by default | Documented: Amsterdam and Iowa (source) |
| Canadian-dollar pricing | Yes, with GST, HST, PST, and QST | See Atera’s pricing |
| Console in French | Yes: Canadian French, Canadian English and US English, chosen by each person (details) | Yes, French (source) |
Taken from Atera’s own website and documentation in September 2026 and linked on this page. Tell us if something has changed and we will correct it.
Lavawall® is built and owned by ThreeShield Information Security Corporation in Calgary, hosted in Canada by default, billed in Canadian dollars, supported from Canada, and available in Canadian French. What makes Lavawall® Canadian.
Moving from Atera to Lavawall®
- Export what you need from Atera. Its documentation describes this: per-entity exports of reports to CSV/Excel/PDF, plus API (JSON).
- Start a free Lavawall® trial and add your companies.
- Install the Lavawall® agent through Atera with a script (see installing through your current RMM), connect your Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace tenants, and run both side by side. Keep Atera for as long as you like, or move remote support, patching, monitoring, and scripts over one company at a time. See augment today, replace when ready.
- Set up each feature from the table above. The how-to articles to start with: Computers, Tickets, Remote Support, Patch Config.
- Run both side by side and turn Atera off one company at a time, when your team is ready.
Where Atera may fit better
If your technicians depend on Atera scripts and policies today, that switching cost is real. The side-by-side start exists for this: install Lavawall through Atera and move over when your team is ready.
Lavawall® has no direct equivalent for these Atera capabilities, so check whether you need them:
- AI agents that resolve IT incidents: Lavawall does not offer autonomous AI agents for this.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Lavawall a Canadian alternative to Atera?
- Yes. Lavawall® is Canadian-owned and hosted in Canada by default. Of the 8 Atera capabilities listed on this page, Lavawall has a close match for 7.
- Does Atera host data in Canada?
- Not according to its own documentation. Atera documents two Azure data-centre locations: West-EU (Amsterdam) and US-Central (Iowa). Lavawall® hosts data in Canada by default.
- How is Atera priced?
- Its own website describes its pricing as per technician (unlimited devices). Lavawall® publishes its prices in Canadian dollars on its pricing page, month-to-month.
- Does Atera offer a free trial?
- Its own website lists this: trial (30 days, no credit card). Lavawall® offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card.
- What does Lavawall not replace in Atera?
- Lavawall® has no direct equivalent for these Atera capabilities: AI agents that resolve IT incidents.
- Can Lavawall replace Atera?
- Yes, for most MSPs and IT teams that manage Windows and Mac computers, with Linux covered by scripts, patching, and monitoring. You can install Lavawall® through Atera with a script and run both agents side by side while you move over, one company at a time.
- Can I export my data from Atera?
- Atera’s documentation describes this: per-entity exports of reports to CSV/Excel/PDF, plus API (JSON).
- Is Atera available in French?
- Yes. Atera’s documentation lists French as an interface language. Lavawall® works in Canadian French, Canadian English and US English: each person picks a language, and you can set a default for each client.
Related Lavawall® pages
- All Canadian alternatives
- Lavawall® compared with Atera
- Canadian RMM
- Lavawall® RMM
- Help desk with unlimited tickets, SLAs, and a knowledge base
- Browser-based remote support for Windows and Mac, plus ad-hoc sessions for computers without the agent
- Patching for more than 7,400 applications on Windows, Mac, and Linux
- Pricing in Canadian dollars
Atera is a trademark of its owner. Other product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Lavawall is not affiliated with Atera.