We performed a comparison between ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus and Microsoft Windows Server Update Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Patch Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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 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."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is lightweight and has a remote push feature that helps me manage several main sites and subsites."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus covers almost all my end devices, and I can easily look over my device's hardware status."
"The tool's most valuable feature is performance."
"The most valuable features are patch management and mobile device management."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"The initial setup was easy."
"Microsoft Windows Server Update Services is an easy-to-use and stable solution."
"I am absolutely happy with its stability and performance. It is a stable product."
"Instead of leaving each server to download their own updates, with WSUS you have a centralized management tool for all the updates alongside a log for all the servers. By creating and deploying a WSUS server that will download the updates from the internet and dispatch them to the other servers, you can have control over the entire deployment process."
"The central points of managing product updates have been the tool's most valuable features."
"We get server updates from the internet and from the Bluetooth server. All of the clients are connected to it, and they're all updated from this exact server. It updates automatically."
"Setup is very simple and straightforward."
"The reporting capabilities that help maintain compliance and security are good."
"Provides the ability to create multiple downstream servers."
"The solution's UI is an area that requires improvement."
"I find the user interface a little bit intimidating and not very appealing."
"The tool's support needs improvement."
"The solution should have a customer label where we can label those servers or include those servers for specific customers."
"The only area for improvement in ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, which I noticed, is the reporting."
"There are limitations to this solution when we are working with iOS, Apple laptops or desktops such as the Mac and iMac."
"The agent can be a bit more intelligent."
"They should add better features for managing hardware."
"The product must integrate with third-party applications."
"They could reduce the platform's prices."
"The ability to have more fine control within this solution is very important. It is not available for the solution in its current state."
"There are some bugs in IIS."
"Having the ability to group updates by the operating systems would be very helpful."
"A few bugs need to be figured out for the security side."
"In the next release, I would like to see additional tools added to fix the engine issues on the client's side."
"Microsoft Windows Server Update Services could improve by being less cumbersome to use. It's somewhat difficult to use, but we manage to get through it."
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ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is ranked 7th in Patch Management with 12 reviews while Microsoft Windows Server Update Services is ranked 3rd in Patch Management with 38 reviews. ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Windows Server Update Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus writes "Good scalability and a responsive tech support team ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Windows Server Update Services writes "Lets us manage all our organization's updates from a single management console". ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is most compared with BigFix, Microsoft Configuration Manager, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, GFI LanGuard and N-able N-central, whereas Microsoft Windows Server Update Services is most compared with BigFix, Quest KACE Systems Management, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Ivanti Neurons Patch for Intune and GFI LanGuard. See our ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus vs. Microsoft Windows Server Update Services report.
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