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."The tool's most valuable feature is performance."
"You can create remote sessions for client systems."
"The fetch repository is a good feature."
"The most valuable features are patch management and mobile device management."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is centralized management."
"The ability to deploy patches seamlessly is the solution's most valuable aspect. It allows us to not only deploy patches but to monitor the deployment of those patches."
"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."
"This solution is stable."
"A valuable feature about this solution is that it enforces an updating and patching process for my applications."
"Downloads critical reports separately."
"The solution gives authentic updates."
"Instead of leaving each server to download their own updates, with WSUS you have a centralized management tool for all the updates alongside a log for all the servers. By creating and deploying a WSUS server that will download the updates from the internet and dispatch them to the other servers, you can have control over the entire deployment process."
"The most important aspect is that we can centrally deploy the updates that are necessary for the organization. It's important."
"Compared to Linux, Windows Server’s setup is easier."
"We can easily download particular patches, and we can apply them on a group basis and policy basis."
"I find the user interface a little bit intimidating and not very appealing."
"The only area for improvement in ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, which I noticed, is the reporting."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus needs to improve speed."
"The solution should have a customer label where we can label those servers or include those servers for specific customers."
"The solution's UI is an area that requires improvement."
"They should add better features for managing hardware."
"The solution's initial setup is not straightforward, and we have to customize it with our relevant features."
"The agent can be a bit more intelligent."
"Microsoft Windows Server Update Services must include functions for providing updates about inventory."
"Could be improved with additional features such as an update alarm."
"The product must integrate with third-party applications."
"There are some bugs in IIS."
"Having the ability to group updates by the operating systems would be very helpful."
"The old backup files created by this solution use up a lot of storage, and this needs to be improved."
"In the next release, I would like them to provide better connectivity. They must improve the connectivity between the WSS with Microsoft or the client."
"The reporting is not as practical as I would like it to be."
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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 38 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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