We performed a comparison between AWS Systems Manager and Kace Systems Deployment Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Red Hat, Microsoft, HCLTech and others in Configuration Management."Users can make screenshots, and devices only need the minimal version of iOS."
"We can securely manage both company-owned devices and personal devices enrolled in our BYOD program."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Autopilot is the most valuable feature."
"The initial setup is not overly complex or difficult."
"The ability to wipe data from and reset devices is one of the most important and valuable features. If a device is reported stolen, we can freeze it or wipe the data from it, preventing data leakage."
"Its direct integration with all the other products that we have from Microsoft is valuable. We're using the E5 license, and we have a whole wealth of different products available. It just makes it easier to have everything from one provider."
"It helps implement conditional access policies to restrict mobile users from accessing potentially dangerous emails."
"Systems Manager has a feature where it analyzes the logs and gives us a performance overview in the form of a graph. We know when it's taking up more resources and when there are spikes, so we can predict the usability."
"The solution's ability to scale is good."
"With AWS Systems Manager, our company can patch our systems directly from it, so we don't need to patch our systems manually."
"AWS provides Auto Scaling groups."
"When we do the automation in the cloud, we use the SSM agent. This helps us to test our automation and documents, and monitor the cloud."
"Has a variety of automation options."
"The solution is user-friendly"
"Its ticketing is pretty good."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with Apple."
"They could also make it easier to use because there are some other products that may be easier to use in terms of the look and feel of the dashboard."
"The UI also needs improvements because it is complex for end-users. We have had feedback from a few users in our organization who found the UI is not feasible for tracking and analyzing all the processes and monitoring all the devices."
"The security features should be improved."
"Some enrollment features could be improved."
"The add-ons must be integrated into the solution."
"I would like to see the ability to deploy custom packages as a Windows 64-bit package, as opposed to the Windows 32-bit, which is the only one available now."
"There is no catalog for mobile access management (MAM) security."
"Lacks sufficient integrations."
"We formerly used third-party products to analyze the log, give us information, and find bottlenecks. Systems Manager could provide more tools that conduct this analysis, so we don't have to do it ourselves."
"AWS does not have EKS cluster backup."
"Additional features can be added as per customer requirements."
"The current challenge is that we can't pull any incidents from other accounts."
"The AWS UIs are not the most intuitive. Also, the usability needs room for improvement."
"The fact that AWS Systems Manager takes time to complete the patching process, makes it an area where improvements are required."
"I have heard feedback that the imaging is slow. It takes somewhere around an hour to image one PC."
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AWS Systems Manager is ranked 6th in Configuration Management with 7 reviews while Kace Systems Deployment Appliance is ranked 28th in Configuration Management. AWS Systems Manager is rated 8.0, while Kace Systems Deployment Appliance is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of AWS Systems Manager writes "Offers a variety of automation options; simplifies governance and administration ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Kace Systems Deployment Appliance writes "Straightforward to use with good ticketing but accessing inventory needs to be easier". AWS Systems Manager is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat Satellite, AWS CloudFormation and BigFix, whereas Kace Systems Deployment Appliance is most compared with .
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