We performed a comparison between ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus and Microsoft Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Patch Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are patch management and mobile device management."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus covers almost all my end devices, and I can easily look over my device's hardware status."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is lightweight and has a remote push feature that helps me manage several main sites and subsites."
"The solution's technical support is top-notch. Whenever I have a question, they get back to me immediately, which is probably one of the best features of the solution's technical support."
"The tool's most valuable feature is performance."
"The fetch repository is a good feature."
"The initial setup was easy."
"The technical support is good."
"It is easy to install, and quick to deploy."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ability to deploy patches to nearly all applications."
"Automation of operating system, application, and update deployments massively reduces IT operations effort."
"Provides great insight into the functionalities of the data scope."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is valuable in keeping our systems updated. We are able to send updates to all the systems. Additionally, the Intune integration is helpful."
"It does the job and meets our needs. With everybody working remotely these days, we are using this solution to deploy everything. The deployment of PCs is easy."
"It saves a lot of money when you can install things automatically and they are installed the exact same way on every computer."
"The tool's support needs improvement."
"I find the user interface a little bit intimidating and not very appealing."
"The only area for improvement in ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, which I noticed, is the reporting."
"The user interface of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus needs to be made more user-friendly, simplified, and less complicated."
"The solution's UI is an area that requires improvement."
"The agent can be a bit more intelligent."
"The solution's initial setup is not straightforward, and we have to customize it with our relevant features."
"They should add better features for managing hardware."
"I would like to see some improvements in WSUS and control of other, non-Microsoft, product updates."
"Our company would prefer not rebooting computers while people are using them. There seems to be no strategy behind it."
"Devices like smartphones and tablets are managed very well on VMware, however, they are absent in SCCM. I could configure iPad from the VMware site and it was done very easily. It should be just as possible on SCCM."
"Marketing: Our management doesn't understand that there is a piece of software which helps them automate and manage the entire network, as far as operating systems on computers."
"Built in PowerShell cmdlets would be a nice feature because managing clients remotely can be a pain without knowing the WMI calls to run."
"The solution can be improved with the addition of a mobile device manager."
"The tool's deployment is complex and depends on the architecture you want to implement."
"Its client interface should be more accessible, and the notifications should be more customizable from the console. It should be more user friendly and have some kind of customized notifications so that we can use it on the client side. These are the reasons why we restricted its use only for the server environment and didn't use it on the client side."
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ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is ranked 7th in Patch Management with 12 reviews while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 1st in Patch Management with 78 reviews. ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus writes "Good scalability and a responsive tech support team ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is most compared with Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, BigFix, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, GFI LanGuard and N-able N-central, whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Intune, BigFix and Tanium. See our ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus vs. Microsoft Configuration Manager report.
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