We performed a comparison between ManageEngine Endpoint Central and ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about ManageEngine, Broadcom, Quest Software and others in Client Desktop Management."The solution is definitely scalable."
"Desktop Central has improved these organizations and this is why it has been repeated multiple times at multiple organizations. If something works and is getting better it is worth repeating."
"The stability is great."
"The patch manager is good, and it's easy to use."
"The solution is time-saving and resource-saving."
"The product works perfectly for patch management and software deployments."
"The most valuable in Desktop Central is the way it is tightly coupled with the rest of the modules and the entire gamut of ManageEngine."
"The most important feature we found to be useful in the COVID situation is the secure connection, which gives the IT support staff the ability to seamlessly connect with the users remotely and in a secure way."
"The most valuable features are patch management and mobile device management."
"The initial setup was easy."
"The solution's technical support is top-notch. Whenever I have a question, they get back to me immediately, which is probably one of the best features of the solution's technical support."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The tool's most valuable feature is performance."
"The fetch repository is a good feature."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus covers almost all my end devices, and I can easily look over my device's hardware status."
"The performance sometimes lags a bit because the solution is demanding on system resources."
"Computer imaging is powerful but breaks frequently. The reason for this breaking is not clear and requires heavy amounts of attention to keep operational. There is a lot of room for this tool to do more but the reliability of this process should be focused on first to ensure core competencies are being fixed before more features are added."
"ManageEngine Desktop Central is very limited. When you scan your system, it will only recognize Microsoft Windows Defender and BitLocker."
"The product must provide more API integrations with different ERP tools."
"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."
"Documentation could improve so we don't need to create the support requests first."
"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."
"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 only area for improvement in ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, which I noticed, is the reporting."
"The solution's initial setup is not straightforward, and we have to customize it with our relevant features."
"I find the user interface a little bit intimidating and not very appealing."
"They should add better features for managing hardware."
"The tool's support needs improvement."
"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."
"The solution's UI is an area that requires improvement."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus needs to improve speed."
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ManageEngine Endpoint Central is ranked 1st in Client Desktop Management with 60 reviews while ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is ranked 7th in Patch Management with 12 reviews. ManageEngine Endpoint Central is rated 8.2, while ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is rated 8.4. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus writes "Good scalability and a responsive tech support team ". ManageEngine Endpoint Central is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Configuration Manager, VMware Workspace ONE, Jamf Pro and SOTI MobiControl, whereas ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is most compared with Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, BigFix, Microsoft Configuration Manager, GFI LanGuard and N-able N-central.
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