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BigFix vs IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...
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Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
109
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (4th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (7th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (6th), Ransomware Protection (2nd), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (1st)
BigFix
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
99
Ranking in other categories
Configuration Management (9th), Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (33rd), Patch Management (9th), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) (9th)
IBM Tivoli Asset Management...
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
IT Asset Management (23rd), License Management (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
BigFix1.3%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint7.2%
CrowdStrike Falcon6.3%
Other85.2%
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
IT Asset Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT1.3%
ServiceNow12.7%
Freshservice5.3%
Other80.7%
IT Asset Management
 

Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration
Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.
AM
RPA Developer at Hexaware Technologies Limited
Successfully manage endpoint security and compliance while facing integration challenges
I have not come across any difficulties. I integrated it with ILMT (IBM License Metric Tool). It lets us identify all software being used in my organization with BigFix. It provides input of all types of software being used, including details and information about hardware specifications. I am more involved in software licensing and procurement, so I utilize this tool for procuring more licenses if needed for our company. After integration, we get different dashboards showcasing our IBM infrastructure, highlighting various issues in our environment that we can mitigate. I recommend BigFix to others. I rate BigFix a seven out of ten.
HarshalDeore - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Parseq
A user-friendly solution that has a good user interface, but its technical support is not good enough
Around 20 to 25 staff members are needed to deploy and maintain the solution, including two managers, one architect, and other implementers. IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT does not adopt the latest technology. The solution can be integrated with our existing IT environment through some web services and connectors. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The interface is easy to use and it is more up to date than our previous solution."
"We switched because there were a lot of added features with Palo Alto that Check Point didn't have, and it was an upgrade for us."
"The stability of this product is very good."
"It's very stable. I've never experienced downtime for the ASM console or ASM core."
"I generally believe that Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is probably the best in the market right now."
"Stability is one of the features we like the most."
"Cortex XDR alerts us on the dashboard when there's a threat, which allows us to restrict that user and helps secure our infrastructure."
"The information the dashboard provides is very clear."
"It represents to a customer a very strong and quick ROI, so the investment and value becomes very positive early on."
"It has improved my organization because we can automate a lot of tasks; we went from manually patching machines or doing our best and having very little visibility into it to us being able to set it and forget it and getting really good results on first-pass patching."
"BigFix has helped us in improving the overall endpoint posture and lifecycle management of the workstations as well as applications."
"With BigFix, in 10 to 15 minutes, you're up and running."
"All the vendor patches are synchronized automatically, which is something you don't find in other tools."
"Our compliance levels - i.e. our compliance percentage has improved."
"Pre-packaged support for many third-party applications such as Adobe, Google, Mozilla, Sun (Java), WinZip, and others."
"In terms of vulnerability management, it gives tough competition by providing a single management console with multiple benefits."
"IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is a user-friendly solution that has a good user interface."
 

Cons

"The GUI could be improved. It's a little bit cumbersome. It could be more user-friendly."
"It would be better if they could educate the customers more. Some sort of seminars and roadshows will help educate the customers and show what the product can do. The price could be better. It would also help if they had a team for deployment and support."
"The solution could improve by providing better integration with their own products and others."
"The solution eats memory of the computer, unlike anything I've ever seen."
"Cortex XDR could improve its sales support team, including better commission structures and referral programs."
"The setup is quite easy. We had appropriate support from the manager. One thing that was missing was the integration part."
"I would like to see improvement in the tool's user interface, particularly in the area of managing alerts and providing more reporting capabilities."
"The configuration could be simplified. I would like to see better protection, specifically to protect email applications."
"BigFix can improve the way machines report back to the console. In the external relay management environment, it has become more of a hybrid environment with most of the machines not being on-site. The need of having public-facing reporting items interconnected is becoming more and more crucial. In general, the reporting could use some enhancement."
"Sometimes there is a lag time for our users."
"The setup was very complex."
"I would like to see different types of reporting and the ability to integrate closer with the cloud."
"The product lacks AI, ML, and IIT."
"Improvements can be made when it comes to in-place and OS upgrades."
"I would like to see improvements in the Web UI program and also a BigFix console for Mac OS."
"The one feature that I would have like to see included (I know it is coming in the next release), is the block function of the newly announced BigFix Detect module."
"The solution’s initial setup is complex and technical support is not good enough."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cortex XDR’s pricing is very reasonable."
"The pricing is okay, although direct support can be expensive."
"We didn't have to pay any additional fee for the cloud instance. It just came with the renewal, which was nice."
"It is "expensive" and flexible."
"It's way too expensive, but security is expensive. You pay for your licensing, and then you pay for someone to monitor the stuff."
"I don't recall what the cost was, but it wasn't really that expensive."
"The solution is expensive. It's pricing is on a yearly-basis."
"The return on investment is from the user side because we have seen the performance of it increase the delivery time of the product if we are using too many web-based and on-premise applications. In indirect ways, we saw the return of investment in terms of performance and user satisfaction increase."
"We have a subscription-based contract with BigFix."
"The product is less costly when compared to other solutions, and this is a good solid solution for what we have paid."
"The price is very fair."
"I would stay with the Managed Virtual Server license model, which is a 1-to-1 license per OS whether it is virtual or physical."
"So, the pricing is slightly more expensive than the others. I have to keep buying licenses every time I add a new device."
"The price of BigFix could be lower. However, I am always seeking a lower price."
"The license is subscription-based."
"You get what we call the Platform Edition, which you get for free. The patch service is maybe $0.50 per workstation per month. Then there's the basic server cost, which is about $1.50 per server per month. You also get into Lifecycle which does power management, OSD remote control, and those types of things, and that might be about 10 times the price - which works out to about $13 per server and, maybe $5 per workstation per month."
"IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business44
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise48
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Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise67
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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps
Tivoli Endpoint Manager
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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank
US Foods, Penn State, St Vincent's Health US Foods, Sabadell Bank, SunTrust, Australia Sydney, Stemac, Capgemini, WNS Global Services, Jebsen & Jessen, CenterBeam, Strauss, Christian Hospital Centre, Brit Insurance, Career Education Corporation
Migros Zurich, Tyr_ns AB, Port Otago Limited, BTC, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., AIG, Swedish Match, DTE Energy
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