ManageEngine Endpoint Central vs ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus comparison

 

Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine Endpoint Central
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
60
Ranking in other categories
Client Desktop Management (1st), Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (4th), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) (3rd)
ManageEngine Patch Manager ...
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Patch Management (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the Client Desktop Management category, the mindshare of ManageEngine Endpoint Central is 50.0%, up from 30.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is 66.7%, down from 85.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Client Desktop Management
Unique Categories:
Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)
4.0%
Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
10.0%
Patch Management
8.8%
 

Featured Reviews

Park Armstrong - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 20, 2022
Helpful for identifying and filling the gaps and meeting compliance needs, but each of their product works an independent product and lacks integration
We are using it for managing desktops and configurations and compliance. We are using its latest version. We are all up to date with whatever we're doing. It is deployed on-premises It helps with compliance. We're moving into a regulated space, and we need to be compliant and have full control…
Isaac Al Wahaibi - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 20, 2022
Directly receive updates and push them to the server using a stable solution
There is one area that confuses me and can use a lot of improvement in ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus. Once we add a server inside the solution, we cannot specify the server or target for a specific customer. If I want to apply a patch for a specific customer, I have to look at them by the IP, I have to sort them by the IP, then select them, one by one. There is no tagging or a site where I can include them in that group, so I have to patch the group. I would like the ability to segregate the customer. The solution should have a customer label where we can label those servers or include those servers for specific customers.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Its cross-platform capabilities and the ability to do both OS-level patching and third-party patching are valuable. It is difficult to find a software product that will do all that for you out of the box, and you don't have to do any configuration other than your initial setup. Once you do that, there is a very minimalistic approach to getting it operational. You can have it up and running within a 20-minute time span."
"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."
"Well, what we like is that it catch actually a lot of features constantly upgrading. So all the three maybe there there were some features as the tenant on the earliest version. Now it's it's almost everything that we we need. So managing security ManageEngine configuration. It's we are very satisfied because it has the Telstra that's what we we need."
"The solution is time-saving and resource-saving."
"The most valuable feature of ManageEngine Endpoint Central is the central management console. Additionally, inventory tracking is helpful for knowing where our assets are."
"The ability to run event viewer, task manager, services, command, file browser, certificate all remotely without interrupting users is the most valuable aspect. Software deployment and prohibiting, allowing us to standardize on the software that has been deployed through the environment and then prohibiting illegal software such as torrent applications has been valuable."
"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 patch manager is good, and it's easy to use."
"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."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"You can create remote sessions for client systems."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is centralized management."
"The fetch repository is a good feature."
"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."
"The most valuable features are patch management and mobile device management."
 

Cons

"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."
"The solution isn't fully stable, and, when it goes down, it's hard to get it up and running."
"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."
"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."
"The tool's security can be better."
"I would like to see more click to complete actions such as - USB lockdown for Mac, the ability to check AV compliance on servers, bit locker controls, printer tracking or print page tracking, self-help for self-healing like "BMC my IT" and more options in the self-service menu other than just software - maybe add integration in ADSelfService at the self-service menu."
"I would like to have the option to install the agent remotely."
"Some difficulties with setup for multiple locations."
"The solution should have a customer label where we can label those servers or include those servers for specific customers."
"The agent can be a bit more intelligent."
"The tool's support needs improvement."
"The only area for improvement in ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, which I noticed, is the reporting."
"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."
"I find the user interface a little bit intimidating and not very appealing."
"The user interface of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus needs to be made more user-friendly, simplified, and less complicated."
"They should add better features for managing hardware."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Could provide more services on the standard license"
"The product is cheap."
"There are multiple flavors of the app. They have a distributed version for enterprises. It depends on your size. They price it on a per machine basis. 250 or 500 is probably their least amount."
"Affordable for any customer."
"We had perpetual licenses. The cost was around 36,000, and then you'd have the yearly maintenance fee of 2,000 or 3,000."
"The licensing is very easy to understand and pricing is right for what you get."
"Choose wisely between the Professional and Enterprise editions, based on your needs."
"The price could be cheaper."
"I rate the product price a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."
"Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and the charge for support is extra."
"The solution cost is around $5,000 per year."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is a little bit cheaper."
"Its price needs improvement."
"The price of this product is reasonable."
"Patch Manager is cost-effective."
"The pricing for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is on the moderate side."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
41%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
5%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How to choose between ManageEngine Desktop Central and Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (formerly SCCM)?
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 a...
What do you like most about ManageEngine Endpoint Central?
Well, what we like is that it catch actually a lot of features constantly upgrading. So all the three maybe there there were some features as the tenant on the earliest version. Now it's it's almos...
What needs improvement with ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus?
The cloud version should have the option to add all the endpoints using the agent. Not only for Windows but also the Linux version. There are some versions that are not compatible with SaaS Manager...
 

Also Known As

ManageEngine Desktop Central, Desktop Central, ManageEngine Desktop Management MSP
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Sample Customers

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Strathallan School, BMI Healthcare, Comercial Kywi, First Priority Federal Credit Union, Gerab National Enterprises
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