We performed a comparison between Kace Systems Deployment Appliance and Microsoft Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Red Hat, Microsoft, HCLTech and others in Configuration Management."It's really easy to access."
"As the solution is a software as a service, the scalability is unlimited."
"I haven't used other mobile device management solutions, but compared to SCCM, we eliminate a lot of on-premises infrastructure and maintenance by using Intune."
"For our office workers who are not based in Norway, when we order the PC, we can do some of the settings for them. These are standardized settings. We can set them up exactly as they are in Norway so that they're the same."
"It allows our clients to have the confidence to centrally manage policies for security. It helps them in securing the organization from a technology aspect."
"It is a helpful tool to manage BYOD policies."
"The central administration con dashboard is very easy to use and provides very good oversight on all that needs to be monitored."
"The one feature we find most useful is the Mobile Application Manager. There are two types, we have the complete MDM and the Mobile Application Manager(MAM). We don't give our users phones, it is their own personal phone, and we need to allow them to have access to the company detail on their phone. We need to create a balance between their own personal data and the company data. We deploy the Mobile Application Manager for them so that we won't be able to interfere with their own personal data."
"Its ticketing is pretty good."
"The solution has a very good set of features."
"With the SCCM inventory, we found a lot of rogue applications. We were able to identify them, find out who was running them, and either put them on our application list or remove them."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is valuable in keeping our systems updated. We are able to send updates to all the systems. Additionally, the Intune integration is helpful."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is very scalable."
"Software deployment and WSUS are most valuable."
"It uses detailed descriptions of the workstations, and that is good for me."
"The scalability to deploy the package."
"It is a very good solution. It has a good interface and is easy to use. On top of that, it is very reliable in terms of distribution as well as getting the report."
"It's only good for a Microsoft environment."
"Microsoft Intune fails a lot when it comes to device compliance."
"Integration with Mac devices requires some improvement."
"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."
"Enhancements for managing MacOS more comprehensively would be beneficial."
"Sometimes, customers compare it with AirWatch, but the concept of Intune is different from other solutions. It's an application management app. It gets a bit difficult to explain it to customers, but it's not a product limitation. It takes a presale document or presentation to explain it to customers."
"I'm still playing around with it and haven't had any issues with the product yet, but support can definitely be improved."
"It would be beneficial to have a more straightforward understanding of Intune's capabilities, presented in a simplified manner."
"I have heard feedback that the imaging is slow. It takes somewhere around an hour to image one PC."
"Their compliance reporting is not accurate, and they admitted it on the phone when we had a call with them. We were trying to understand why their numbers didn't match on our compliance reports. It is not accurate and you cannot depend on the compliance reports. The numbers just don't match, and we can't figure out why. We called Microsoft and they said, "Yeah, that's a known issue." But there is no word that they're working on it."
"In terms of the monitoring, the timeframe it takes to actually report back on the compliance of a device after it has been patched is a bit too long."
"The deployment process is lengthy and should be quicker to complete."
"It needs to be able to load faster during deployment."
"I would like to see an agentless version of the solution."
"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."
"The analysis is something that can be integrated. Their report analysis can be improved a little bit due to the fact that most of the time complaints policies are saved by the admins. It's something that we need to look into and search for."
"There is no asset management package included."
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Kace Systems Deployment Appliance is ranked 28th in Configuration Management while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Configuration Management with 78 reviews. Kace Systems Deployment Appliance is rated 7.0, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Kace Systems Deployment Appliance writes "Straightforward to use with good ticketing but accessing inventory needs to be easier". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Affordable, easy to use, and easy to understand". Kace Systems Deployment Appliance is most compared with , whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, BigFix, Tanium and AWS Systems Manager.
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