We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Identity and ManageEngine Endpoint Central based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I can see that the patch management process is much improved with the bundled patch management option available in Microsoft Intune compared to the KPI deployment required by the other deployment solutions."
"It works well if you have a Microsoft environment."
"The mobile application management, MAM, is the most useful aspect of the solution."
"A great solution for anyone wanting a modern endpoint device management solution."
"Intune's unified endpoint management platform is invaluable."
"I would say the biggest benefit is the single-pane view. There's no jumping around multiple UI's to do your overall management."
"Microsoft Endpoint Manager is not expensive overall, especially for small environments."
"The key benefit of Intune is its integration with the Microsoft ecosystem."
"It's easy to set up."
"I think the first thing that is great is that it gives you a lot of features, like login, and then vaulted passwords and secure LDAP. It becomes easier for the end customer to leverage all those features without going to a higher SKU of G Suite."
"Google Cloud Identity uses what they call organizational units (OUs) instead of the security groups you'd find in Microsoft's Entra."
"The tool provides a free service that you can integrate for laptop authentication. You also don’t need a separate Active Directory."
"Although we have not looked at the whole product and explored it completely, we find that all the authentication features that we are using now are valuable."
"The solution is primarily used for single control and single sign which helps with the security and authentication of multiple devices."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Identity is its stability."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"What is great about the patch management solution, is that it patches OS, applications, browsers, plug-ins, and firmware updates."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"Identification of gaps and filling the gaps with updates are most valuable. We are able to identify known updates or missing updates and then update."
"The initial setup process is good."
"The stability is great."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"The reporting tool is very good."
"Since deploying Desktop Central our endpoints are all updated. We use configuration management to deploy shortcuts to our users' desktops with ease. Also, we use configuration management to map logical hard drives to our users. Our users are very happy with how much ease IT can solve their problems."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with Apple."
"There are items that require improvements. One is the controls from iOS."
"Microsoft Intune lags market leaders, such as Apperian, in its MAM capabilities."
"It would be good if, in addition to the minimal patching and compliance, we could also use Intune for application deployment. For instance, if a device is not patched, Intune should have the ability to push not only a Microsoft patch but also other patches, such as a browser patch."
"There is room for improvement in integrating additional features such as Purview and SharePoint activities into Intune."
"When Microsoft Intune is used with different android devices it does not always work as it is supposed to."
"Lacks the ability to deploy more ways of management, managing devices and processing the policies."
"The Mac integration has room for improvement."
"The customer service and support team is not so good."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"The interface could be improved by simplifying it further."
"The solution needs to better integrate with Mac's OS."
"In the next release, I would like to see integration with different systems, mainly wireless SIEMS and other analytical systems that we want to introduce."
"The pricing for this solution is a little bit higher than AWS and others, which is something that should be improved."
"Google Cloud Identify could make the technology used easier to understand as a layman making it more user-friendly."
"We cannot manage the attributes of SSPR."
"The reports provided by the product are an area of concern where improvements are required. The visibility provided by the reports is not very attractive."
"Its licensing should be improved."
"The reporting analytics could improve in ManageEngine Desktop Central. However, there are some third-party add-ins or modules you can purchase to do reporting analytics."
"Documentation could improve so we don't need to create the support requests first."
"The solution lacks some configuration."
"Computer imaging is powerful but breaks frequently. The reason for this breaking is not clear and requires heavy amounts of attention to keep operational. There is a lot of room for this tool to do more but the reliability of this process should be focused on first to ensure core competencies are being fixed before more features are added."
"We would like to see options for deploying Microsoft 365 accounts into Outlook. For now we only can use it to deploy exchange accounts. Also we would like to see an option do decline Windows 7 ESU patches in a bulk."
"Not many things are needed for improvement, everything seems to be great as it is. One thing that would be good to have would be the ability to add MDM to a tablet running Android 5.0 using the EMM Token Enrollment. If we wanted to add MDM to an older tablet, we just have to go the "long route" to get it added."
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Google Cloud Identity is ranked 7th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 21 reviews while ManageEngine Endpoint Central is ranked 4th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 59 reviews. Google Cloud Identity is rated 7.6, while ManageEngine Endpoint Central is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Identity writes "A stable and scalable cloud solution easily compatible with Google office Suite". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ManageEngine Endpoint Central writes "An in-depth and intuitive product with good cross-platform capabilities, but they should have a more global support channel". Google Cloud Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Workforce Identity, JumpCloud, VMware Workspace ONE and SailPoint IdentityIQ, whereas ManageEngine Endpoint Central is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, VMware Workspace ONE, Jamf Pro, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus and N-able N-central. See our Google Cloud Identity vs. ManageEngine Endpoint Central report.
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