Kaseya’s $6.2 billion acquisition of Datto creates a new MSP platform leader and in the process puts pressure on rival ConnectWise to up its game, said MSPs.
“This deal topples ConnectWise as the king of the hill of the MSP market,” said David Stinner, CEO of US itek, a Buffalo, N.Y.-based MSP that uses both ConnectWise and Kaseya software in supporting nearly 2,000 small-business users. “This has the same kind of impact on the market as when Tech Data bought Synnex and became the No. 1 distributor. Kaseya is now No. 1 with its acquisition of Datto.”
Stinner, who has been a ConnectWise customer for the past 12 years and a Kaseya customer for the past seven years, said he hopes the deal puts pressure on ConnectWise to build stronger relationships in the sales trenches with MSPs.
