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ConnectWise Automate vs ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus 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

ConnectWise Automate
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) (10th)
ManageEngine Patch Manager ...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Patch Management (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

ConnectWise Automate and ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. ConnectWise Automate is designed for Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) and holds a mindshare of 6.2%, down 7.4% compared to last year.
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, on the other hand, focuses on Patch Management, holds 3.9% mindshare, down 6.4% since last year.
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ConnectWise Automate6.2%
Kaseya VSA12.8%
NinjaOne10.2%
Other70.8%
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)
Patch Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus3.9%
NinjaOne7.5%
Microsoft Configuration Manager7.0%
Other81.6%
Patch Management
 

Featured Reviews

Sean Saeb - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner and CIO at Caspian IT Group
Responsive, integrates well with other applications, and the technical support is helpful
There is always room for improvement. I haven't had any problems, and they're doing a great job, in my opinion. They're doing quite well. In most cases, when we discover an issue, we report it to their engineers, who then schedule a fix. Normally, when we request something, I can see it happening within three to four months. This is a raw system. Of course, it has some flaws that could be improved. But, it's something that we will have to work with to get to the point where we need this, we request it and they do their best to make it happen. There is a lot of integration with other applications through Automate, and I believe they are working with all of the industry leaders to get the integration going. I am very pleased to be working with them.
ManojNair2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Centralized patching has unified multi‑OS management and delivers detailed security reporting
Based on my experience, a better function would be to address the problem that the product only scans a machine once a day. It has a central scanning activity that scans every laptop for changes in assets, meaning both hardware and software, as well as installed software for patches. However, this activity works only once per day and does not work on local time. If you are a global organization with the UK office and a colleague in the US, for example, and you set the task at 11:00 AM UK time, that translates to 6:00 AM in the US East Coast. If that colleague's laptop is on, the task completes; otherwise, it fails. This represents a major drawback because the task does not run on the local time of the system. Regarding the ability to create multiple tasks, you cannot create them, which is another significant issue. Only one task exists for these two activities. That one task performs both the hardware and software scanning for any changes and also conducts a patch scan. Both activities occur through the same task, but the problem is that if you have a global user base, this becomes a bottleneck.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"A good automated scripts feature."
"The automated scripts feature means that we can set up for a lot of different things and they have reduced tech input drastically, in the sense that a task only needs to be done once instead of 100 times."
"Remote access and detailed monitoring help us support our equipment."
"Their premium support is great."
"The database is great. It's a nicely ordered database."
"This product saves us a lot of time and increases our efficiency."
"The implementation is nice and easy."
"ConnectWise Automate's interface is pretty easy to use; it's pretty intuitive to get around and navigate it, and it does what I need, which is usually connecting to the client and customers systems so I can just help them from home or from work."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"For anybody researching this type of solution, if you need one product for Windows, Mac, and Linux, then this is the best choice."
"You can create remote sessions for client systems."
"The fetch repository is a good feature."
"The tool's most valuable feature is performance."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is lightweight and has a remote push feature that helps me manage several main sites and subsites."
"I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten."
"The automated patch deployment feature is really helpful. I can schedule it anytime, even on weekends, without needing to restart systems. The centralized management and unified console are great. It shows me which PCs are out of date or which users are breaching our policies. I can test patches before deploying them."
 

Cons

"The project management needs improvement and there's a section of the product called configuration that also needs to be improved."
"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."
"We would love to get feature updates and cumulative updates fixed. I know they aren't really supposed to be pushed with Patch Manager. We've got recommendations from ConnectWise to use the scripted feature update installs, scripted KB updates, etc. Having these in Patch Manager itself would be great."
"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."
"Because of the vast number of features, the software is difficult to navigate."
"Scheduling of automation could be improved and made more simple."
"I know we get some false positives at times, where things report offline and then when we connect to them with control they're connectable."
"Patching and reporting need improvements, especially reporting. The reporting engine is quite outdated, so you end up having to use your own dashboard."
"I experienced issues with server 2012, which required an upgrade to 2016 for better functionality before moving to Azure."
"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."
"There is one area that confuses me and can use a lot of improvement in ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus."
"The solution's initial setup is not straightforward, and we have to customize it with our relevant features."
"The commercial aspect of ManageEngine is challenging due to their lack of presence in Brazil, which makes obtaining proposals difficult."
"There are limitations to this solution when we are working with iOS, Apple laptops or desktops such as the Mac and iMac."
"Patching over the Internet should be improved. If I am traveling, I should have an Internet patching option for control, visibility, and vulnerability management for roaming users."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I believe Automate is available for around $2."
"Pricing and licensing are reasonable."
"From what I've overheard, it is pretty comparable to other solutions in terms of price."
"I pay $85 a month per user for a ConnectWise package that contains multiple solutions."
"The price of this product is reasonable."
"I rate the product price a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."
"The pricing for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is on the moderate side."
"Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and the charge for support is extra."
"I rate the price of the product a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is a little bit cheaper."
"Its price needs improvement."
"Patch Manager is cost-effective."
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Healthcare Company
7%
University
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise3
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus?
Pricing for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is pretty reasonable. Currently, I am paying around three dollars per agent per month.
What needs improvement with ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus?
Based on my experience, a better function would be to address the problem that the product only scans a machine once a day. It has a central scanning activity that scans every laptop for changes in...
What is your primary use case for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus?
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus was the first solution on the cloud six years ago when I started using this product. Although other competitors existed in the market, they were either behind in ter...
 

Also Known As

LabTech for IT Service Providers, ConnectWise Automate for Corporate IT Departments, ConnectWise Automate for IT Service Providers
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