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."It is a very helpful solution."
"The biggest thing for us is enforcing logins only from devices that are managed by Intune."
"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."
"For Windows services, there are multiple options within Intune to modernize it to be more internet-facing and dynamic."
"It is helpful for managing devices anytime and any place without requiring dependency on the local networks."
"The ability to manage devices with different sets of policies is most valuable."
"Intune device restriction policies enable me to enforce limitations on the device, like blocking the mobile camera or restricting the employees from using and inserting USB devices, including thumb drives and flash drives."
"It's really easy to access."
"Servers are patched more consistently than they have been previously."
"The best feature of BigFix is its multi-platform support."
"It has plugins development options, which are great."
"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."
"The patch management and the BigFix Inventory have been the most valuable features."
"We are able to use BigFix through API connections to automate and reduce resources and time. The product's been great for us. It's increased the security posture ten-fold and it's increased our visibility across our endpoints enormously."
"It allows for visibility into the OT, the industrial environments, that didn't exist before which is a big piece and has benefited my organization. Second, the speed at which people can patch is night and day versus SCCM scan or another similar solution."
"Between the user groups, the community, the AVP support, the direct access via technical route and the PMR support, half the time I don't even need to do a formal PMR because the solutions from the community resolve whatever issues we're having. It's the best community and support based system I've ever used."
"vCenter has some good user experience, and the initial setup is straightforward."
"Beneficial patch management and template features."
"The product's initial setup process is very simple."
"It is a very stable solution."
"vCenter Configuration Manager is a very good product, it works well."
"The tool's scalability is good and easy, especially when compared to Microsoft Hyper-V."
"We can scale the solution as needed."
"Reliable, stable and scalable."
"Areas for improvement in Intune include expanding support beyond Samsung devices to accommodate other Android manufacturers like Redmi and Motorola."
"It's the granularity: 'Is your firewall on? Is BitLocker on?' It's not amazing granularity. But I've looked into other products, like Duo, and they're all similar."
"I have a lot of Apple products in my environment. It would be nice to have an improved integration of Apple products with Microsoft Intune without Jam."
"There is no catalog for mobile access management (MAM) security."
"Cost is the biggest factor for us right now. Microsoft Intune and AD P1 together in a bundle is a good thing to have, but it is very costly compared to other products in the market. Otherwise, Microsoft Intune is the best."
"We faced issues with macOS support. The product should have better inventory and asset management."
"The backend of Microsoft Intune needs to be improved. We have seen a little bit of delay as compared to other MDM solutions. That needs to be improved. A little bit more granularity should also be added"
"The UI is not user-friendly and has room for improvement."
"The stability is generally pretty good. The one thing that we came across is the battle between load on endpoints and load on our servers and relays versus how quickly, effectively and reliably actions can be taken. I'd like to not have to take an action on a system while I'm working with someone and then have to say whether something will happen between five seconds or thirty minutes from that point."
"The solution should have some kind of a local caching methodology, where the patches can be taken locally into a localized relay server, and from there, the patch can be applied, so that there is not much usage of the network required."
"Maybe the online help could be improved. It'd be nice if you would have a lot more phrases and keywords that you could search for and find answers with the help."
"I would like to see for it to be a little easier for new users to be able to learn and create relevant statements. In my opinion, that's the hardest part for bringing on new people that haven't had BigFix experience. Being able to have easier ways to build relevance in ActionScript would be the biggest improvement I'd like to see."
"The product should become cloud-based. Also, the peer nesting ability of the product is a little backward."
"I'm looking for them to make big web UI improvements."
"I want to see a solution for being able to deploy automated software to a Mac running OS X 10.13, something that's going to deal with kernel exceptions and answering prompts for user permissions for data folders and whatnot. They need to really streamline and automate the Mac software deployment."
"Around the scalability concern, I would like to see the ability to run teamed, clustered, or hierarchical root servers, in order to provide a more robust, high availability system. The single monolithic root server model does somewhat bother me."
"When vCenter is in a Microsoft environment, there is a lot of licensing involved, where we face some difficulties."
"The interface itself is not very user-friendly."
"There isn't a clear document covering all the errors. It would be helpful if the company provided better documentation for solving issues."
"I would like there to be support for this solution in Iran."
"The solution could be more integrated with the Microsoft environment."
"There are some complexities within the system center. For example, we use two different applications for updates and the deployment of the machine. We also have another third party solution."
"Configuration Manager's reporting could be better. I need to use a third-party reporting solution to get the details. They could add reporting features similar to RVTools."
"It would be better to integrate this infrastructure with native cloud environments, but we can't do it. We are trying to improve our experience by converting our infrastructure through virtualization on native cloud environments and workloads."
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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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