When it comes to Augmentt Discover, we believe in flexibility and power.

Augmentt Discover can collect SaaS usage data using both an Agent and Agentless model.

Here is a quick FAQ to help you differentiate the two options:

Agent

1. What is it?
   • A lightweight agent that resides on the local machine and captures all browser-based SaaS usage.
2. Ideal use case
   • RMM agent is already deployed to allow easy scripted deployment of the Augmentt agent in order to collect SaaS usage data from each employee’s individual machine.
3. Best use for
   • Drilling into employee specific SaaS usage data.
4. Deployment
   • Deployed via GPO or RMM.
5. How it works
   • Maps each individual user’s browser history to the Augmentt master list of SaaS applications and provides our default category, as well as productivity and risk scores.
6. Pros
   • Easy to deploy via RMM or GPO.
   • Provides granular user-based SaaS usage data.
7. Cons
   • Today’s version only works on Windows-based systems*
   • Will only look at browser-based traffic, not applications installed locally which access the internet.
8. Summary
   • Best to use the Augmentt Agent if you are looking for individual user’s SaaS data.
   • Easiest to deploy via RMM scripting and only slightly more effort via GPO.

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