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April 2024
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Featured Review
HarshalDeore
A user-friendly solution that has a good user interface, but its technical support is not good enough
DocBurnham
Affordable, easy to use, and easy to understand
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Pros
"IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is a user-friendly solution that has a good user interface."

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"The solution is stable.""Software deployment and WSUS are most valuable.""Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is very scalable.""It uses detailed descriptions of the workstations, and that is good for me.""It's a stable product.""It is a good choice for deployment that performs very well.""The solution is highly scalable.""Provides great insight into the functionalities of the data scope."

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Cons
"The solution’s initial setup is complex and technical support is not good enough."

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"SCCM does not scale well, which is one of the reasons we are not going to continue to use it.""Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager can improve by allowing us to schedule the scripts, we don't have a script scheduling option and have to do it manually.""This solution needs to be supported on all Operating systems.""I want the system to provide some dependency relations. I would also like to see the relationship between different machines.""On some hardware, we'd like an easier way to get peripherals attached.""Its client interface should be more accessible, and the notifications should be more customizable from the console. It should be more user friendly and have some kind of customized notifications so that we can use it on the client side. These are the reasons why we restricted its use only for the server environment and didn't use it on the client side.""The tool's deployment can be cumbersome.""The solution does not support remote devices so the CMG is still required."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is an expensive solution."

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  • "Pricing and licensing are horrible. You have to not look at dollar value to use SCCM. It's super-duper expensive but it works. The acquisition cost is expensive, it's labor-intensive. But it works."
  • "Pricing and licensing are a downside of SCCM. It's expensive. I'd have to confirm this, but I think they changed the licensing to core-based instead of socket-based. It's not cheap, because you have to buy the software, you have to buy SQL. Another thing we learned from talking to Microsoft is that they provide you a license for SQL if you run it on the same box as the primary server. If you run it outside that box, you have to buy SQL. Microsoft does recommend you running it on the same box because of performance. But then, in order to run SQL, SCCM, and everything on the same box, you better have some resources. It's an expensive solution. There's no doubt about it."
  • "Overall, I think it's fine. It's pretty much in-line because there are ways to offset it with the Office 365 licensing."
  • "SCCM comes with its own version of SQL Server. If you use that SQL Server with SCCM and don't use it for another applications than you get an SQL Server for free."
  • "The licensing is good because they have various options, depending on what you are looking for."
  • "Pricing is negotiable with Microsoft, depending upon which of their packages you choose."
  • "When you compare this solution with other tools in the market you might actually find a lot of variation in the pricing and that's why people opt for the other tools rather than Microsoft tools."
  • "Its price is okay because it is part of our licensing."

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    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT?
    Top Answer:IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is a user-friendly solution that has a good user interface.
    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Tivoli Asset ...
    Top Answer:IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is an expensive solution. The solution's licensing cost depends on the number of nodes and servers. Users have to pay a yearly licensing fee for the solution.
    What needs improvement with IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT?
    Top Answer:The solution’s initial setup is complex and technical support is not good enough. IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT should have a cloud-based version. IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is expensive… more »
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    Top Answer:Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager takes knowledge and research to properly configure. The length of time that the set up will take depends on the kind of technical architecture that your… more »
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    Top Answer:ManageEngine Desktop Central is very easy to set up, is scalable, stable, and also has very good patch management. What I like most about ManageEngine is that I can log on to every PC very easily and… more »
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    What do you like most about SCCM?
    Top Answer:Microsoft Configuration Manager gives different tools in one solution.
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    Ranking
    17th
    out of 48 in IT Asset Management
    Views
    177
    Comparisons
    148
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    415
    Rating
    7.0
    2nd
    out of 42 in Server Monitoring
    Views
    3,918
    Comparisons
    2,988
    Reviews
    25
    Average Words per Review
    458
    Rating
    8.4
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    Tivoli Asset Management for IT
    Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM )
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    Overview
    IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is designed to help track and manage your hardware and software IT assets, with particular emphasis on inventory, asset life-cycle management, and license management. Asset Management for IT includes inventory, asset tracking, asset reconciliation, financial management, contract management, procurement management, and, optionally, Service Level Agreement (SLA) management. This asset life-cycle functionality permits the tracking and management of IT assets through initial request, approval, procurement, contract, receipt, inventory, deployment, asset installs-moves-adds-changes (IMACs), and retirement.

    Microsoft Configuration Manager helps IT manage PCs and servers, keeping software up-to-date, setting configuration and security policies, and monitoring system status while giving employees access to corporate applications on the devices that they choose. When Configuration Manager is integrated with Microsoft Intune, you can manage corporate-connected PCs and Macs along with cloud-based mobile devices running Windows, iOS, and Android, all from a single management console.

    New features of Configuration Manager, such as the support of Windows 10 in-place upgrade, co-management with Microsoft Intune, Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise Servicing Dashboard, integration with Windows Update for Business, and more make deploying and managing Windows easier than ever before.

    Sample Customers
    Migros Zurich, Tyr_ns AB, Port Otago Limited, BTC, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., AIG, Swedish Match, DTE Energy
    Bank Alfalah Ltd., Wªrth Handelsges.m.b.H, Dimension Data, Japan Business Systems, St. Lucie County Public Schools, MISC Berhad
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Government12%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Computer Software Company10%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Insurance Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government11%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    No Data Available
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise69%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is ranked 17th in IT Asset Management with 1 review while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Server Monitoring with 78 reviews. IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is rated 7.0, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT writes "A user-friendly solution that has a good user interface, but its technical support is not good enough". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is most compared with BigFix, ServiceNow and BMC Helix Discovery, whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Intune, BigFix and Tanium.

    We monitor all IT Asset Management reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.