We performed a comparison between Microsoft Configuration Manager and Pulseway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It saves a lot of money when you can install things automatically and they are installed the exact same way on every computer."
"It lets you know what your infrastructure is like and what state you are in."
"It is a very well-rounded product. It is a complete package with all the features using which we are able to manage our PCs very efficiently."
"There have to be made some improvement in WSUS and control in other non-Microsoft products updates."
"It's a stable product."
"The ability to make collections and deploy to them has been great."
"The solution is highly scalable."
"It uses detailed descriptions of the workstations, and that is good for me."
"The setup is simple."
"We like the patching of the window updates in the client's systems. You can automatically do updates with a single click."
"The solution has great workflow and server modules."
"It has been very helpful to get notifications about various issues with my servers and network to help me take action to resolve problems before they become major issues."
"It gives you remote control and has a mobile app."
"Our company would prefer not rebooting computers while people are using them. There seems to be no strategy behind it."
"The solution should be more compatible with different versions of Linux."
"There is a reboot issue with the patching. Sometimes, if patching runs into any issue whatsoever, it doesn't reboot but it doesn't tell you it errored out. It just sits there and we don't find out until the next day whether it patched or not. That was a big issue for us. We're working through that. They added some stuff in there now where you can actually tell reboot is pending. But we still need some kind of notification that if something fails or is pending, we know. We shouldn't have to go in and look. They don't have anything for that right now."
"There should probably be better remote support. They should also continue to improve on patch management, patching, and creating or turning products in software into deployable apps."
"On some hardware, we'd like an easier way to get peripherals attached."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager could improve the integration."
"Not everything is readily available, and there are a lot of commands that are only executable via PowerShell."
"With Microsoft Premier Support, you get what you pay for. There's Third Tier Support that you pay for. If you pay for that, you get excellent support, and if you don't pay for that, then you get the less experienced staff."
"It would be nice if it also had a desktop application, similar to the phone app, which would allow me to monitor and control computers from my desktop."
"They have good technical support but it's not excellent."
"GUI needs to be improved and the solution lacks a process for monitoring VOIP calls."
"There are some bugs or glitches."
"The solution does not allow you to make a script for just one customer."
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Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Server Monitoring with 78 reviews while Pulseway is ranked 18th in Server Monitoring with 6 reviews. Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2, while Pulseway is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pulseway writes "A solution with a great monitoring system and ability to control access remotely". Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Intune, BigFix and Tanium, whereas Pulseway is most compared with Zabbix, Kaseya VSA and PRTG Network Monitor. See our Microsoft Configuration Manager vs. Pulseway report.
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