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ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus vs Symantec Ghost Solution Suite comparison

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Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine Patch Manager ...
Ranking in Software Distribution
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Configuration Management (26th), Patch Management (9th)
Symantec Ghost Solution Suite
Ranking in Software Distribution
3rd
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Software Distribution category, the mindshare of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is 9.0%, down from 23.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Ghost Solution Suite is 13.6%, up from 8.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Distribution Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Symantec Ghost Solution Suite13.6%
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus9.0%
Other77.4%
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Featured Reviews

ManojNair2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Centralized patching has unified multi‑OS management and delivers detailed security reporting
Based on my experience, a better function would be to address the problem that the product only scans a machine once a day. It has a central scanning activity that scans every laptop for changes in assets, meaning both hardware and software, as well as installed software for patches. However, this activity works only once per day and does not work on local time. If you are a global organization with the UK office and a colleague in the US, for example, and you set the task at 11:00 AM UK time, that translates to 6:00 AM in the US East Coast. If that colleague's laptop is on, the task completes; otherwise, it fails. This represents a major drawback because the task does not run on the local time of the system. Regarding the ability to create multiple tasks, you cannot create them, which is another significant issue. Only one task exists for these two activities. That one task performs both the hardware and software scanning for any changes and also conducts a patch scan. Both activities occur through the same task, but the problem is that if you have a global user base, this becomes a bottleneck.
it_user5682 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager of Infrastructure at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
Saves time in our deployments
For many years we were using Ghost for saving time in our deployments. Almost 15 year later this product is still on the way. Ease of use, faster and useful.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The initial setup was easy."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus covers almost all my end devices, and I can easily look over my device's hardware status."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is centralized management."
"I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus provides patching for Windows, Mac, and Linux from a single console, including cloud servers like AWS EC2, which makes it particularly valuable because you can patch and monitor all platforms from one tool."
"The best features in ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus are the connectivity across different platforms, such as connectivity with Rapid7, connectivity with CrowdStrike, and connectivity with the SIEM solution."
"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."
"Great for personal use."
"Norton Ghost provides a friendly interface to backup and restore the disk image."
"Norton Ghost is a great tool for disk imaging, backup and restore with an easy-to-use interface and a variety of unique features."
"We can restore the Hard Disk including OS with few clicks."
 

Cons

"They should add better features for managing hardware."
"The only area for improvement in ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, which I noticed, is the reporting."
"The ability to do out of network patching needs to be added to the solution."
"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."
"I find the user interface a little bit intimidating and not very appealing."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus needs to improve speed."
"If a report shows that testing did not work for one version but succeeds for another, a comparison would be beneficial."
"Norton Ghost software do not provide disk management utilities."
"Data backup on DVDs failed entirely on Win (XP, Vista), as the process either could not be completed or written data was corrupted."
"It doesn't offer scripting or drive-spanning."
"Recovery CD is slow to boot and requires a minimum of 1GB RAM."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Patch Manager is cost-effective."
"I rate the price of the product a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"I rate the product price a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."
"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 pricing for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is on the moderate side."
"The solution cost is around $5,000 per year."
"Its price needs improvement."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
9%
University
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
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Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise3
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus?
Pricing for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is pretty reasonable. Currently, I am paying around three dollars per agent per month.
What needs improvement with ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus?
Based on my experience, a better function would be to address the problem that the product only scans a machine once a day. It has a central scanning activity that scans every laptop for changes in...
What is your primary use case for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus?
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus was the first solution on the cloud six years ago when I started using this product. Although other competitors existed in the market, they were either behind in ter...
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