ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus vs Microsoft Configuration Manager comparison

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus vs. Microsoft Configuration Manager

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine Patch Manager ...

Ranking in Patch Management

7th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Configuration Man...

Ranking in Patch Management

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (6th), Configuration Management (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Patch Management category, the mindshare of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is 7.7%, down from 8.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Configuration Manager is 14.8%, down from 18.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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AdeolaEkunola

Director at NIGERCUBES LTD

A quite straightforward solution that works easily with different operating systems

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten. When the use of the solution for customers grows, there is a need for more endpoints, and it may grow up to 500 endpoints, and the solution's use may even be scaled up further. It is possible to do what is needed to scale up the solution for the IT environments of any of our company's customers. Before scaling up, one needs to buy the license and consider the IT architecture to see if there are any modifications required in the solution. Around three of my company's customers who manage enterprise-sized businesses with a minimum requirement of 700 endpoints at least use the solution.

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MikeNelson2

IT Infrastructure Coordinator at NSW Government

Deployment recovery works well but requires configuration improvements

While I do not use the product frequently, many issues were due to configuration rather than the product itself. I cannot give an exact recommendation as it is not my area of responsibility. The team that uses it finds it adequate. It is presently good enough for us not to investigate other options. Overall, I rate the product a six out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features are patch management and mobile device management."

"The solution supports patching not only Microsoft products but also non-Microsoft products, which is beneficial for me."

"It is a highly stable solution."

"Scalability-wise, I rate the 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."

"I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten."

"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."

"The pricing for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is reasonable."

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"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is the availability of being able to manage the Microsoft estate. It handles many areas, such as asset management and tracking."

"I like Mircosoft's technical support. Microsoft has a few updates, like some of the critical KBs. They are published within the interval time, and in case of an escalation on the client missions, we will raise a ticket with the Microsoft team. They will create a hotfix or a critical update. They will chat with us, and that is one thing I like about Microsoft. Whenever any issues occur at my organization, they will help you out soon as possible within the SLA."

"Automation of operating system, application, and update deployments massively reduces IT operations effort."

"Offers good patching."

"I like the data collection."

"The ease of usability is the most valuable feature. It's user-friendly."

"It saves a lot of money when you can install things automatically and they are installed the exact same way on every computer."

"Provides great insight into the functionalities of the data scope."

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Cons

"I think ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus could improve its testing capabilities. If they could test different SQL versions and server versions in their sandbox, it would be better. For example, it didn't work well with Server 2012, but it works fine with 2016 and up."

"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus needs to improve speed."

"The solution should have a customer label where we can label those servers or include those servers for specific customers."

"They should add better features for managing hardware."

"I find the user interface a little bit intimidating and not very appealing."

"The tool's support needs improvement."

"The user interface of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus needs to be made more user-friendly, simplified, and less complicated."

"The agent can be a bit more intelligent."

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"The solution is a bit heavy on the sources such as RAM or CPU and the software needs to be a bit lighter."

"They should improve their anti-malware policies like the SCEP policies. For instance, you can't have different policies for different servers, there is only one policy in all the servers, and everything is covered under that. For example, say you want to scan one group of servers on Saturday, and then you want to scan another group of servers on Sunday, you can't do that. You have to scan all your servers, a regular scan or a full scan, on the same day and at the same time. That's definitely one thing they need to resolve. In the next release, it would actually be nice if they included Apple products. It will also help if you can use Intune again. Their compliance reporting feature could also be better. They can maybe work a bit on that for patching now. It would be better if SCCM came with the functions of Right Click Tools built-in. If SCCM would have all those functions already built-in, we won't have to go and spend $5,000, just as an add-in from another company to get those functions."

"Microsoft should extend support for additional platforms."

"The solution can be improved with the addition of a mobile device manager."

"The ability to integrate MDM would be great."

"As far as load balancing across, they don't have that support yet, so that you can actually build multiple primaries and have it load balance across. They don't have any of that functionality yet. That would be a nice feature, to scale that way."

"We'd like the solution to make it easier to manage remote users."

"It would be better if reporting were more user-friendly. I would like to see an upgrade in the reporting structure in the next release. At the moment, you have to use an SQL query or configure it to pull reports through the graphical user interface. Their updates could be more regular. I think Mircosoft updates it every six months. They are also moving many things to Intune, and Microsoft decided to move the deployment solution there. I think SCCM is getting old, and Intune is new."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is a little bit cheaper."

"Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and the charge for support is extra."

"The solution cost is around $5,000 per year."

"I rate the product price a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"I rate the price of the product a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"Its price needs improvement."

"The pricing for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is on the moderate side."

"Patch Manager is cost-effective."

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"We have to pay for a license."

"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."

"There is an annual license needed to use the solution."

"The licensing is good because they have various options, depending on what you are looking for."

"For enterprises, there is an annual license required to use this solution. The price of the solution could be cheaper. However, this is mostly because of the exchange rate from the dollar to the Nigerian currency."

"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."

"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."

"I rate the price of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager an eight out of ten."

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Top Industries

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17%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

11%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus?

The fetch repository is a good feature.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus?

The pricing for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is reasonable. There is a concern regarding the exchange rate as one dollar equals six reais today, making everything expensive in dollars for us.

What needs improvement with ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus?

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. Additionally, in...

How does Ansible compare to Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (SCCM)?

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 org...

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 SCCM?

One of the standout features of SCCM is its application management capabilities. It allows us to create packages efficiently and deploy them to specific groups within our network. This streamlined ...

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Also Known As

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Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM )

Overview

Patch Manager Plus is a simple patch management tool that makes it easy to keep your network patched and secure. It is an endpoint patch management software that provides enterprises a single interface for automating all patch management tasks - from detecting missing patches to deploying patches - for Windows, Mac, Linux and 250+ third-party applications. Whether you have one computer or hundred, they can all be patched at the same time from a single point of console.

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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.

Microsoft

Sample Customers

IKEA Honda UNICEF The University of Georgia Evander

Bank Alfalah Ltd., Wªrth Handelsges.m.b.H, Dimension Data, Japan Business Systems, St. Lucie County Public Schools, MISC Berhad

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus vs. Microsoft Configuration Manager