We performed a comparison between ConnectWise Automate and ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NinjaOne, Kaseya, TeamViewer and others in Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)."The most value we get from this solution is that everything is on a patch cycle."
"The implementation is nice and easy."
"It's definitely improved the help-desk servicing, et cetera."
"A good automated scripts feature."
"It's a very good IT tool for a company that provides IT services. It is very helpful for technicians to work with the tool to see all of the customers in one place and then manage all of the computers in one place."
"ConnectWise Automate's interface is pretty easy to use. It's pretty intuitive to get around and navigate it. It does what I need, which is usually connecting to the client and customers systems."
"Maybe they could improve the capability to be multi-tenant."
"It allows us to manage all client requests, jobs and invoicing."
"The initial setup was easy."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is lightweight and has a remote push feature that helps me manage several main sites and subsites."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"The ability to deploy patches seamlessly is the solution's most valuable aspect. It allows us to not only deploy patches but to monitor the deployment of those patches."
"The tool's most valuable feature is performance."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"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 most valuable features are patch management and mobile device management."
"The project management needs improvement and there's a section of the product called configuration that also needs to be improved."
"Technical support was helpful."
"The menu doesn't always load properly."
"There could be better linkages between ConnectWise Automate and Manage from a ticketing perspective. Automate and Manage each has its own ticketing system. We use the one in Manage, but it'd be nice if they were linked directly to the one in Automate."
"Their support needs to be better."
"In Patch Manager, there should be more reportability so that it is easier to see the updates that I have applied to a machine and when the next update will happen. A lot of times, it seems like all the information is kind of thrown all over the place, and you can't really see it all at the same time. There should be a simplified patch data view that allows us to quickly confirm that our various clients are getting patched as they should be."
"Patching and reporting need improvements, especially reporting. The reporting engine is quite outdated, so you end up having to use your own dashboard."
"Scheduling of automation could be improved and made more simple."
"The solution's UI is an area that requires improvement."
"The only area for improvement in ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, which I noticed, is the reporting."
"The tool's support needs improvement."
"The user interface of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus needs to be made more user-friendly, simplified, and less complicated."
"There are limitations to this solution when we are working with iOS, Apple laptops or desktops such as the Mac and iMac."
"The cloud version should have option to add all the endpoints using the agent. Not only for Windows, but also the Linux version. There are some versions which are not compatible with SaaS Manager. So some customers do not want to use the latest version of Linux latest version of CentOS. Actually, CentOS is not available. But some are using and patch manager is compatible for some versions only, not older older versions. So there are some pros and cons that are referred to patch management."
"They should add better features for managing hardware."
"The agent can be a bit more intelligent."
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ConnectWise Automate is ranked 7th in Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) with 15 reviews while ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is ranked 7th in Patch Management with 12 reviews. ConnectWise Automate is rated 7.4, while ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of ConnectWise Automate writes "Responsive, integrates well with other applications, and the technical support is helpful". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus writes "Good scalability and a responsive tech support team ". ConnectWise Automate is most compared with Kaseya VSA, ConnectWise RMM, NinjaOne, Microsoft Configuration Manager and Atera, whereas ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is most compared with Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, BigFix, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Configuration Manager and Symantec Patch Management .
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