NexusCompare → BrightGauge alternative
BrightGauge alternativeThe self-hosted BrightGauge alternative for MSPs.
BrightGauge is the ConnectWise-house dashboard, and if your whole stack is ConnectWise it fits naturally. But if you run HaloPSA, SuperOps, NinjaOne or a mixed stack — or the price line has been creeping while the product hasn't — Nexus gives you a live wall on your own server, every integration a first-class adapter, from a flat £29/month with no implementation fee.
Why MSPs pick Nexus over BrightGauge
Live, not synced
Nexus reads your PSA and monitoring tools directly — 20-second call refresh, 60-second tickets — instead of waiting on data syncs into someone else's warehouse.
Every PSA a first-class adapter
HaloPSA, ConnectWise PSA, SuperOps, NinjaOne, Zendesk, Freshdesk, Freshservice, JSM, Zoho Desk, Help Scout, Front — first-class adapters, not one favourite child. Monitoring (UniFi, Meraki, Acronis, Huntress & more) rides alongside.
Flat, honest pricing
£29–£119/month with every integration bundled, unlimited screens and no onboarding fee — not per-datasource add-ons on top of a $325 floor.
Nexus vs BrightGauge, feature by feature.
No spin: where BrightGauge is genuinely better, we say so.
| Feature | Nexus | BrightGauge |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | A live wall the whole floor watches | Synced dashboards & client reports |
| Hosting & data | Self-hosted — your data never leaves | Cloud (ConnectWise) |
| Data freshness | Live API reads — 20s calls, 60s tickets, on every source | Sync-based; sub-minute quick-sync on ConnectWise cloud sources only |
| PSA depth | First-class adapters across 11 helpdesks | Deep for ConnectWise; shallower elsewhere |
| Pricing | Flat £29–£119/mo, everything bundled | From $325/mo + per-datasource & admin add-ons + $499 implementation |
| Getting started | Self-serve — demo data in 30 seconds, wizard to live | Paid implementation & onboarding |
| Client reporting | Branded PDF reports — on demand or scheduled (daily/weekly/monthly) | Mature report library, scorecards & goals |
| History & trends | Persisted history with retention you control | ~210-day retention window |
| Alerts | Thresholds + anomaly smart alerts, Slack/Teams/Discord, mobile push | Threshold-based |
| Momentum | Shipping monthly — see the changelog | Widely seen as in maintenance since acquisition |
Pick BrightGauge if you're all-in on ConnectWise and lean on its scorecards and QBR report library. Pick Nexus if you want a live wall on your own server, a mixed or non-ConnectWise stack treated as first-class, and a bill that doesn't grow per datasource.
Comparison reflects each product's published positioning and pricing to the best of our knowledge as at mid-2026 — they change, so check each vendor's site. BrightGauge is a trademark of its respective owner (ConnectWise); Nexus is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by it. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.
A typical MSP service desk, per year.
Illustrative, using published entry pricing as at mid-2026. Rival figures are in their listed currency (USD); Nexus is in £, so the figures aren't a direct currency-for-currency comparison.
Where BrightGauge genuinely wins
All-in ConnectWise shops: its ConnectWise PSA/RMM datasets go deep — agreements, finance, per-endpoint fields — and if that's your whole world, the native fit is real.
QBR template depth: years of accumulated report templates, scorecards and goal dashboards. Nexus now builds client QBR packs of its own — per-client tickets, monitoring posture, AI narrative and your notes, on demand or auto-emailed monthly — but BrightGauge's template library is still broader.
Fully managed: nothing to host. If running a Docker container isn't your team's thing, a cloud product is a fair call — Nexus is self-hosted by design.
See your own desk on the wall.
Demo mode fills the board with realistic sample data in about 30 seconds — no account, no card. Like what you see? Plans start at £29/month flat, with a 14-day free trial — billed only if you keep it.