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."ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is lightweight and has a remote push feature that helps me manage several main sites and subsites."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"The fetch repository is a good feature."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable features are patch management and mobile device management."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is centralized management."
"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."
"The initial setup was easy."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Windows Server Update Services is the efficiency once configured."
"We can easily download particular patches, and we can apply them on a group basis and policy basis."
"The solution has great potential and leaves the user with almost limitless possibilities. It is truly a product with a million uses."
"The product is quite stable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to use."
"Microsoft Windows Server Update Services is an easy-to-use and stable solution."
"This solution is stable."
"Microsoft Windows Server Update Services is highly stable. It is one of the most stable solutions from Microsoft."
"The solution's UI is an area that requires improvement."
"The only area for improvement in ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, which I noticed, is the reporting."
"The cloud version should have option to add all the endpoints using the agent. Not only for Windows, but also the Linux version. There are some versions which are not compatible with SaaS Manager. So some customers do not want to use the latest version of Linux latest version of CentOS. Actually, CentOS is not available. But some are using and patch manager is compatible for some versions only, not older older versions. So there are some pros and cons that are referred to patch management."
"They should add better features for managing hardware."
"The agent can be a bit more intelligent."
"The user interface of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus needs to be made more user-friendly, simplified, and less complicated."
"I find the user interface a little bit intimidating and not very appealing."
"There are limitations to this solution when we are working with iOS, Apple laptops or desktops such as the Mac and iMac."
"Having the ability to group updates by the operating systems would be very helpful."
"They should offer patch management across platforms."
"It would be good if it could deploy third-party patches or applications."
"This solution's deployment could be improved. When I was the admin, there were some problems when deploying to clients. Sometimes the policy is not effective. I guess, more on the reliability side, more reliable means working more often with the clients. It could be easier to deploy."
"There are some bugs in IIS."
"A few bugs need to be figured out for the security side."
"The challenges exist according to the planning. For example, if you plan to implement and apply updates to your infrastructure, including servers and clients, you must provide storage information and have a clear plan for that from start to end."
"More integration with different platforms would be an improvement."
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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 40 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, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Configuration Manager, 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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