We performed a comparison between Jamf Pro 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."It is a very helpful solution."
"It is user-friendly, and the performance is also good. It is a convenient product"
"The solution is easy to use, simple to understand for those new to using it, and combined with the other Microsoft products it makes for an overall good package."
"The policy and compliance monitoring of devices and the software deployment are most valuable."
"The solution is stable."
"The conditional access policies that we set up are very useful."
"Great for software update needs, operating system version updates, and security policy enforcement."
"The product has eased the deployment of Microsoft apps to the devices. We can manage it properly. We can control it and push the updates. Another company helped us with the deployment. However, we can do it internally."
"Patch management and associated policies help us manage and update our fleet's software."
"Self Service empowers the user and allows them to install the software they need when they need it."
"The most valuable features are the restrictions, Lost Mode, Self Service, and full implementation of anything Apple will let MDM manage."
"One of the most valuable features is the ability to apply apply granular level restrictions to our machines, making them easy to manage remotely from the backend."
"Automating the refresh of the devices is huge for both sides of the end-user experience."
"Some of the most valuable features for us include remote management, DEP enrollment, and zero-touch deployment."
"The zero-day support regarding new Apple hardware and Apple operating systems is very good."
"Policies are a great feature that allows us to push certain restrictions to devices that require them, such as the younger generation of students we have."
"The patch manager is good, and it's easy to use."
"The stability is very good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the Patch Management."
"ManageEngine has improved my organization because right now we can actually monitor and find out which software products are installed on each desktop. We can then figure out which ones have to get patched and so forth."
"One of the benefits of Desktop Central is it made the provisioning process simpler because now we have a provisioning package. We have around 1,500 laptops at the moment and all these PCs were provisioned by a provisioning package. In the provisioning package, we have integrated every aspect of renaming, deploying applications, patching, etc., so we simply execute the provisioning package and as soon as it's executed, it will install the management agent. Once the agent is installed, it will take care of all the tasks, so we don't have to sit in front of the computer to prepare the machine. This really helps us to provision the PC quickly with our agent."
"Everything is easily centralized and managed under this one product."
"The initial setup process is good."
"Page management and ADA integrations are the most valuable features of ManageEngine Endpoint Central."
"I would like to see micro VPN. I like the way that some of the other providers have done something similar where, as you open that app on an end-point device, it creates a micro VPN straight into your device, which is quite a nice little feature. Also, Microsoft Intune relies heavily on its fellow products in the suite. It would be nice if Microsoft Intune could stand on its own two feet."
"The initial setup is a little bit complex."
"In an upcoming release, I would like to see some kind of analytics report."
"The documentation about the custom image setup could be better. Although Microsoft provides the steps to configure Intune or set up or deploy Intune, it doesn't have much information related to custom images. If you ask, "how can we deploy the custom image?" There is no information. The steps they mention ask you to connect to your on-premises environment or create your own image on the cloud itself once there is connectivity. But I needed to go to multiple websites to get all this information. I had to figure out how to upload the custom image if you want to use the on-premise custom image for Cloud PC. If you have the proper subscription, you must have the right access, like global admin or owner. Then you can add your custom image to that. There are no steps mentioned over there. Microsoft Intune doesn't have Chrome browser support. I would like to have that support because they will want it if we pitch the product to clients."
"In the next release, I would like a feature to be able to properly lock down the device. For example, if an attacker or somebody steals the phone, you can be sure that the pin cannot be broken."
"The reports aren't complete, and it's not easy to build custom reports. For example, Windows Autopilot isn't working well in cases where the computers don't have a good internet connection. Then the option is not good enough."
"It would be helpful if there was proactive remediation."
"From a new user's perspective, it may be a little overwhelming because there are quite a few things to look at in the console, however, once you are sort of acclimated and are familiar with your core functions, it's fairly simple and straightforward."
"The cheaper Jamf School is also a product that has been acquired and decked out to meet more educational needs for a good price. Some features of Jamf School aren't (yet?) available in Jamf Pro and for educational users/customers of Jamf Pro, it would beneficial to have these available in the Pro version too."
"The solution only makes sense if you have a lot of macOS products in your company."
"Patch Management needs work to be efficient."
"I'm not exactly sure where it could be improved off the top of my head, but there is room for improvement."
"The integrated patch feature is good but needs some tweaking."
"The dashboard needs to be customizable."
"I would like to see tighter integration with Jamf Protect in the future releases of Jamf Pro."
"Apple does block certain actions from happening or disallows Jamf from making certain changes."
"ManageEngine Desktop Central is very limited. When you scan your system, it will only recognize Microsoft Windows Defender and BitLocker."
"ManageEngine Endpoint Central’s scalability could be improved."
"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."
"Compared to the solution we use to manage our Mac products, this solution lacks the ability to create dynamic groups. We would like the ability, for example, for machines which have been upgraded to form part of a grouping based on this upgrade."
"Desktop Central has very good information, however, you can't customize the dashboards."
"The Deployment scheduler needs updating to support various methods for deployment."
"ManageEngine could be improved by giving customers an option to perform certain actions proactively. Since I was a consultant, I worked on different products and some had advantages over ManageEngine. For example, proactive remediation—you want to proactively check something on the computers and run the script. In ManageEngine, you have the option to run the script, but Intune has the option to do so proactively. ManageEngine doesn't have this. You should have the option to act proactively, not just going ahead and fixing it once it's done. Proactive remediation should be a feature."
"It might be helpful if they offered a simpler way to use the OS deployment function. It's a bit complicated for most of the customers."
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Jamf Pro is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 103 reviews while ManageEngine Endpoint Central is ranked 4th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 58 reviews. Jamf Pro is rated 9.6, while ManageEngine Endpoint Central is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Jamf Pro writes "Customizable with a self-service portal and a good security posture". 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". Jamf Pro is most compared with VMware Workspace ONE, SOTI MobiControl, Microsoft Configuration Manager, IBM MaaS360 and Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM), whereas ManageEngine Endpoint Central is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, VMware Workspace ONE, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, SOTI MobiControl and BigFix. See our Jamf Pro vs. ManageEngine Endpoint Central report.
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