Lenovo XClarity Controller vs Microsoft Configuration Manager comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Lenovo XClarity Controller
Ranking in Server Monitoring
15th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Configuration Man...
Ranking in Server Monitoring
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
79
Ranking in other categories
Configuration Management (2nd), Patch Management (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Server Monitoring category, the mindshare of Lenovo XClarity Controller is 4.9%, down from 6.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Configuration Manager is 7.9%, down from 11.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Server Monitoring
Unique Categories:
No other categories found
Configuration Management
15.8%
Patch Management
21.5%
 

Featured Reviews

Leandro-Coelho - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 20, 2022
Quick scaling, easy to use, and useful mobile management
XClarity Controller is suitable for management because the solution sends alerts about what problems can happen and how to solve problems in performance security, or reliability The most valuable feature of Lenovo XClarity is the ease of use because of the interface browser that is highly…
Hussein Taha - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 13, 2022
Great at collecting data and can mitigate any potential vulnerabilities or threats
We use this solution to apply new group policies The solution was particularly helpful for patching the OS, and for the VM in our environment. With 10 branches, we have a huge number of VMs. Using ECM, we can download the new patches one by one, apply and then restore them. It saves us a lot of…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Lenovo XClarity is the ease of use because of the interface browser that is highly compatible and it has mobile web management."
"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to provide insights into server status and alerts."
"The product is very stable compared to older versions."
"Microsoft Configuration Manager gives different tools in one solution."
"Microsoft Configuration Manager is integrated with other Microsoft products."
"This solution has made life easy with respect to patching, compliance, and OSD."
"What's valuable is the basic management of the systems, being able to control who can access the systems."
"The product is useful for patch management."
"There is a faster time to rollout. If we get a new PC, it can be ready for productivity right away."
"With the right administrator, application deployment can do wonders."
 

Cons

"Lenovo XClarity can improve the dashboard integration. For example, graphs could be better. Additionally, more integration with other vendors is needed. For example, VMware has integration with a lot of vendors."
"They could enable notifications on emails and phones regarding control panel information."
"The product needs to improve scalability."
"The availability of technical support could improve."
"On some hardware, we'd like an easier way to get peripherals attached."
"Based on my experience with SCCM 2016, the main, big issue is not having a good user-friendly environment. It needs much better GUI."
"The solution is a bit heavy on the sources such as RAM or CPU and the software needs to be a bit lighter."
"The solution should be more compatible with different versions of Linux."
"The reports are too busy. They could be simpler. I'm a technician, so I don't care how pretty the reports look. They should be easy to read. I'm designing this for production folks. They need to read the reports quickly when they're patching in the middle of the night."
"There is a reboot issue with the patching. Sometimes, if patching runs into any issue whatsoever, it doesn't reboot but it doesn't tell you it errored out. It just sits there and we don't find out until the next day whether it patched or not. That was a big issue for us. We're working through that. They added some stuff in there now where you can actually tell reboot is pending. But we still need some kind of notification that if something fails or is pending, we know. We shouldn't have to go in and look. They don't have anything for that right now."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The license price could be reduced for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager They should make the price more affordable for smaller companies, most companies would be able to use the solution if it was priced better. There are more people on this cloud because you don't have to have either a server room or an on-premise server. You can have one IT person handle this without any local infrastructure."
"SCCM comes with its own version of SQL Server. If you use that SQL Server with SCCM and don't use it for another applications than you get an SQL Server for free."
"As far as I know, it is an annual operating expense license."
"The price could be better."
"Pricing and licensing are horrible. You have to not look at dollar value to use SCCM. It's super-duper expensive but it works. The acquisition cost is expensive, it's labor-intensive. But it works."
"I would rate the cost as eight out of ten."
"Its price is okay because it is part of our licensing."
"The price model is different for every client."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Media Company
8%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Lenovo XClarity Controller?
The product's most valuable feature is its ability to provide insights into server status and alerts.
What needs improvement with Lenovo XClarity Controller?
They could enable notifications on emails and phones regarding control panel information.
What is your primary use case for Lenovo XClarity Controller?
We use Lenovo XClarity Controller for monitoring applications, contributing to delivering expected results to clients. In hardware management tasks, the focus is maintaining current firmware versio...
How does Ansible compare to Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (SCCM)?
Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager takes knowledge and research to properly configure. The length of time that the set up will take depends on the kind of technical architecture that your org...
How to choose between ManageEngine Desktop Central and Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (formerly SCCM)?
ManageEngine Desktop Central is very easy to set up, is scalable, stable, and also has very good patch management. What I like most about ManageEngine is that I can log on to every PC very easily a...
What do you like most about SCCM?
One of the standout features of SCCM is its application management capabilities. It allows us to create packages efficiently and deploy them to specific groups within our network. This streamlined ...
 

Also Known As

XClarity Controller, Lenovo XCC
Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM )
 

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Sample Customers

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Bank Alfalah Ltd., Wªrth Handelsges.m.b.H, Dimension Data, Japan Business Systems, St. Lucie County Public Schools, MISC Berhad
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