We performed a comparison between BigFix and vCenter Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Configuration Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The central administration con dashboard is very easy to use and provides very good oversight on all that needs to be monitored."
"We already use a lot of Microsoft products in our company, and therefore, it made sense to also use this product."
"The many policies available in Microsoft Intune for managing our devices are valuable."
"The device profiling which uses the official Outlook email enabled us to control the screenshot feature and prevent copying outside of the organization's application."
"The most valuable feature is the policy CSPs."
"It is a helpful tool to manage BYOD policies."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It is very easy to use. It has a very easy interface."
"BigFix can manage lost devices, so you can wipe them remotely to ensure the IP doesn't get out in public. Unified endpoint security is a new perspective. I know that HCL is also collaborating with IBM, but I'm not sure if there is any cooperation between them and MaaS360 or other endpoint components."
"The most valuable aspect of BigFix is its ability to patch desktops. While we have complete control over servers and can easily push patches to them, desktops pose a greater risk for leaks and vulnerabilities if patches are not installed in a timely manner. By using BigFix, we have significantly improved our ability to patch desktops, whether they are laptops, desktops, or other mobile devices used by end-users."
"It is a one-stop tool that allows you to do everything. It supports reporting, vulnerability management, patch management, and configuration. All things can be done in one tool."
"BigFix has drastically reduced the maintenance window period to patch and reboot servers."
"The patch management and the BigFix Inventory have been the most valuable features."
"It allows us to quickly deploy capabilities that we need, whether it be security or non-security. We use it to keep systems up to date, deploy new drivers, find the information we need in the case of security incidents. The capability allows us to gather a lot of information very quickly and it also allows us to have a centralized reporting feature and a centralized deployment capability which is nice."
"I like the inventory and life cycle management feature."
"One of the biggest benefits BigFix has had for our organization is the ease and efficiency to perform many different tasks, across pillars and platforms, all from one pane of glass."
"The product's deployment phase was easy."
"I like vMotion because it manages fault tolerance."
"The most valuable feature of vCenter Configuration Manager is the automated processes."
"vCenter has some good user experience, and the initial setup is straightforward."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"vCenter Configuration Manager is a very good product, it works well."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is the virtual machine management across different hosts, located in different areas."
"It has many valuable features that serve many purposes."
"There is still a gap between SCCM and Intune, especially in the reporting, inventory, and software deployment areas."
"I would like some integration with the Microsoft reporting platform Power BI."
"The reports aren't complete, and it's not easy to build custom reports. For example, Windows Autopilot isn't working well in cases where the computers don't have a good internet connection. Then the option is not good enough."
"Microsoft Intune needs to improve the initial login process."
"When Microsoft Intune is used with different android devices it does not always work as it is supposed to."
"The scalability could be improved, and like most other MDM products, Intune is good but not 100% there yet."
"From a new user's perspective, it may be a little overwhelming because there are quite a few things to look at in the console, however, once you are sort of acclimated and are familiar with your core functions, it's fairly simple and straightforward."
"The solution can have some compliance problems in general and the end-point user can bypass easily the company policies in Intune."
"In order to derive maximum benefit from BigFix, it is essential that we configure all of its features and implement them effectively. If the automation could be improved we would be able to mitigate the risks associated with zero-day threats."
"The new EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) feature, Detect, is new and still needs a few updates."
"The product lacks AI, ML, and IIT."
"The only thing that I don't like about BigFix is that it does not support other devices such as printer firmware, router firmware, and things like that. I will be happy if I can control everything and get everything else in there, even if it is just a line item. They can do some enhancements to the Web UI. I am trying to get customers to be able to manage their environment by using Web UI, and it would be good if we can delete endpoints by using Web UI. We should also be able to generate Excel content or data tables from the Web UI without having to go to the console. It is small stuff, and it drives me crazy that I have to go to another console to do these things."
"They need better integration."
"I would like better support on the backend."
"The main shortcoming of BigFix was integration with vulnerability management. If you had a vulnerability in your software and BigFix on the endpoint, you needed integration with Qualys, Tenable, or another vulnerability management solution to fix that. It was like, "Okay, we can identify issues, and get that information back from the endpoint, but what are we doing about it?""
"I self-taught for this online, so the initial setup was a little difficult to pick up at first. I had to create a couple of testing environments and destroy them in order to learn how to use it. There was a lot of trial and error, a lot of reading of the manuals."
"It lacks the capability to manage the other systems."
"SAP CRM could improve by adding additional automation features."
"The customer service and support are not as good as that of other solutions. It is not very fast."
"There is room for improvement in operating and managing cluster environments and maintenance. And hardware environment visibility."
"The technical support is not as responsive as it could be. They are slow to respond to our issues with a resolution. There should be online chat support added."
"Their licensing needs to be improved."
"The solution needs to add its own backup system because it has issues integrating with third-party solutions."
"The functions are not running in HTML5."
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BigFix is ranked 5th in Configuration Management with 91 reviews while vCenter Configuration Manager is ranked 9th in Configuration Management with 50 reviews. BigFix is rated 8.6, while vCenter Configuration Manager is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of BigFix writes "Very stable and easy to deploy with excellent patch compliance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vCenter Configuration Manager writes "A solution with a range of functionalities and several pricing plans that suit your needs". BigFix is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Tanium and ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, whereas vCenter Configuration Manager is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager and Red Hat Satellite. See our BigFix vs. vCenter Configuration Manager report.
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