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BigFix vs Ivanti Neurons for Patch Intelligence [EOL] comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 11, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

BigFix
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
100
Ranking in other categories
Configuration Management (9th), Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (21st), Patch Management (7th), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) (10th), Autonomous Endpoint Management (7th)
Ivanti Neurons for Patch In...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

InderjeetSingh4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
End-to-end automation has simplified patching and software deployment across thousands of servers
There is one feature in BigFix called the automation patch policy that requires enhancement. When an action is initiated through the patch policy, it appears on the console but arrives in chunks. When targeting hundreds of servers from the patch policy, the actions come in chunks such as ten out of six, ten out of nine, or ten out of fifteen. This fragmented approach creates a significant challenge for the patching team to monitor the action status. I would recommend that the development team provide a single action or one to two actions instead of multiple actions requiring individual monitoring. A broad status update could be provided to the client indicating the overall progress of the patch policy implementation rather than requiring monitoring of every individual action. This would reduce the bandwidth required by the team to track multiple actions on the console.
KS
Assistant Manager at Shamal Holding
Helps to do monthly updates for Microsoft and other third-party products
The Ivanti Neurons for Patch Intelligence's most valuable feature is simplicity. When deployed in our environment, the standout aspect is the ease of installation across different offices. For example, in a location with 150 users, we only need to install the agent on one machine. From there, it scans the entire network, identifying components on computers, laptops, desktops, and more. We can view the results and easily push updates.

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

Pros

"All the vendor patches are synchronized automatically, which is something you don't find in other tools."
"The most valuable feature is patch management, a must have, even for Linux and iOS."
"For me, BigFix is my virtual operator, and the capabilities BigFix actually brings to our servers to do everything."
"BigFix is easy to use."
"Altogether, help desk calls have been reduced by around 50%."
"Using BigFix and the automation we built we've been able to reduce patch time from three hours and 37 minutes on average to less than twenty minutes per server."
"It has plugins development options, which are great."
"I believe that the agent on the endpoint is very powerful."
"The Ivanti Neurons for Patch Intelligence's most valuable feature is simplicity. When deployed in our environment, the standout aspect is the ease of installation across different offices. For example, in a location with 150 users, we only need to install the agent on one machine. From there, it scans the entire network, identifying components on computers, laptops, desktops, and more. We can view the results and easily push updates."
 

Cons

"I'd like to see better API integration with BigFix. We have some tremendous API capability inside of CyFIR and the ability to take textual search results, for example, and bring that back into the BigFix dashboard. This would be of extreme interest to us and our customers."
"We need a much better multi-tenant option."
"The setup was very complex."
"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."
"BigFix can improve the way machines report back to the console."
"I would like the dashboard to be improved to show the problematic machines and good machines."
"We would like to see more of the extended reporting feature."
"Technical support is getting better. About five years ago, it was horrible."
"Ivanti Neurons for Patch Intelligence needs to improve reporting."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is reasonable, but our customers find it expensive."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing one out of ten."
"The price of the solution is high. There are not any additional fees from the standard license."
"The license is subscription-based."
"The price is very fair."
"It is too costly. It is one of the best tools, but because of pricing, not all clients support it. Its licensing is on a yearly basis."
"It might be about $23 a client."
"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."
"I rate the tool's pricing a six out of ten."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
6%
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BigFix?
I rate the price for BigFix as medium, neither low nor high.
What needs improvement with BigFix?
There is one feature in BigFix called the automation patch policy that requires enhancement. When an action is initiated through the patch policy, it appears on the console but arrives in chunks. W...
What is your primary use case for BigFix?
My current use case involves being one of the products and one of the clients implementing this tool.
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