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We performed a comparison between Microsoft Configuration Manager and SolarWinds Pingdom based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Server Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Microsoft Configuration Manager vs. SolarWinds Pingdom Report (Updated: September 2020).
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Pros
"The solution doesn't require any maintenance from our end because it is a cloud-based solution and Microsoft takes care of everything.""It lets you know what your infrastructure is like and what state you are in.""I like its ease of use. It does what you need it to do, and it's a one-stop-shop for the company and for all your deployments. If you incorporate Intune into it, you can have both. You can bring your own devices and corporate devices, and everything runs out of SCCM and Intune.""Automation of operating system, application, and update deployments massively reduces IT operations effort.""The product is useful for patch management.""It's a stable product.""There is a faster time to rollout. If we get a new PC, it can be ready for productivity right away.""The most valuable feature is the scalability."

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"One notable feature of this software is its page speed setup, which is highly commendable. Additionally, the metrics it provides are also impressive.""Once you set the threshold on your environment, it feels very real-time""The most valuable features are monitoring and reporting.""There are alerting mechanisms in place to let us know, for example, if a device is not responding to a ping test and is probably not going to work."

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Cons
"I would like to see some improvements in WSUS and control of other, non-Microsoft, product updates.""With Microsoft Premier Support, you get what you pay for. There's Third Tier Support that you pay for. If you pay for that, you get excellent support, and if you don't pay for that, then you get the less experienced staff.""There's no way to say, "I want this maintenance window to be on the second Tuesday of the month." It's strict. This window is this and that's it. You can't fluctuate.""SCCM does not scale well, which is one of the reasons we are not going to continue to use it.""The setup was complex and I faced a lot of problems initially because I was new to the solution.""It would be nice to have everything in one place. Now they have Intune for the desktops and SCCM to handle their servers.""It is not easy to get good technical support, especially at level one.""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."

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"I would like to see better integration with other products.""Pingdom is always improving everything in its product. So, they should work on the GUI.""Some of the functions could improve by making them easier.""Technical support could use some improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Pricing and licensing are horrible. You have to not look at dollar value to use SCCM. It's super-duper expensive but it works. The acquisition cost is expensive, it's labor-intensive. But it works."
  • "Pricing and licensing are a downside of SCCM. It's expensive. I'd have to confirm this, but I think they changed the licensing to core-based instead of socket-based. It's not cheap, because you have to buy the software, you have to buy SQL. Another thing we learned from talking to Microsoft is that they provide you a license for SQL if you run it on the same box as the primary server. If you run it outside that box, you have to buy SQL. Microsoft does recommend you running it on the same box because of performance. But then, in order to run SQL, SCCM, and everything on the same box, you better have some resources. It's an expensive solution. There's no doubt about it."
  • "Overall, I think it's fine. It's pretty much in-line because there are ways to offset it with the Office 365 licensing."
  • "SCCM comes with its own version of SQL Server. If you use that SQL Server with SCCM and don't use it for another applications than you get an SQL Server for free."
  • "The licensing is good because they have various options, depending on what you are looking for."
  • "Pricing is negotiable with Microsoft, depending upon which of their packages you choose."
  • "When you compare this solution with other tools in the market you might actually find a lot of variation in the pricing and that's why people opt for the other tools rather than Microsoft tools."
  • "Its price is okay because it is part of our licensing."
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  • "This price of this solution is reasonable."
  • "The license was paid yearly and included technical support."
  • "While I wouldn't describe it as excessively expensive, if you require specific and reliable monitoring, SolarWinds can be a suitable option. The advantage is that SolarWinds offers a free version as well. If you don't heavily rely on its monitoring capabilities and are content with its basic features, the free version could suffice for your needs."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager takes knowledge and research to properly configure. The length of time that the set up will take depends on the kind of technical architecture that your… more »
    Top Answer:ManageEngine Desktop Central is very easy to set up, is scalable, stable, and also has very good patch management. What I like most about ManageEngine is that I can log on to every PC very easily and… more »
    Top Answer:Microsoft Configuration Manager gives different tools in one solution.
    Top Answer:One notable feature of this software is its page speed setup, which is highly commendable. Additionally, the metrics it provides are also impressive.
    Top Answer:Some of the functions could improve by making them easier. There is room for improvement when it comes to the graphs provided by the software. Additionally, there seems to be an issue with the ping… more »
    Top Answer:SolarWinds Pingdom and Cloudflare are third-party applications that we utilize through a browser without any additional setup. We simply rely on their services, which is why I lack familiarity with… more »
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    Also Known As
    Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM )
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    Overview

    Microsoft Configuration Manager helps IT manage PCs and servers, keeping software up-to-date, setting configuration and security policies, and monitoring system status while giving employees access to corporate applications on the devices that they choose. When Configuration Manager is integrated with Microsoft Intune, you can manage corporate-connected PCs and Macs along with cloud-based mobile devices running Windows, iOS, and Android, all from a single management console.

    New features of Configuration Manager, such as the support of Windows 10 in-place upgrade, co-management with Microsoft Intune, Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise Servicing Dashboard, integration with Windows Update for Business, and more make deploying and managing Windows easier than ever before.

    SolarWinds® Pingdom® is a powerful and affordable SaaS-based web app performance monitoring solution. It’s one product providing comprehensive web app performance and user experience monitoring consisting of four major capabilities:

    1. Uptime monitoring for webpages and other critical components like APIs, CDNs, DNS, networks, email, and more.

    2. Page speed performance monitoring and page rankings.

    3. Synthetic transaction monitoring from the simplest to the most complex transactions. 

    4. Real user monitoring (RUM), enabling a deeper and wider understanding of the user’s digital experience, and web application availability and performance. 

    Sample Customers
    Bank Alfalah Ltd., Wªrth Handelsges.m.b.H, Dimension Data, Japan Business Systems, St. Lucie County Public Schools, MISC Berhad
    Spotify, MailChimp, Slack, Twitter
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Insurance Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government11%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization54%
    Computer Software Company8%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Manufacturing Company4%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise68%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise66%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise62%
    Large Enterprise28%
    Buyer's Guide
    Microsoft Configuration Manager vs. SolarWinds Pingdom
    September 2020
    Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft Configuration Manager vs. SolarWinds Pingdom and other solutions. Updated: September 2020.
    763,955 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Server Monitoring with 26 reviews while SolarWinds Pingdom is ranked 47th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 2 reviews. Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2, while SolarWinds Pingdom is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Lets us remotely deploy and manage thousands of devices over the network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Pingdom writes "High performance, quick setup, but lacking ease of use". Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Intune, BigFix and Tanium, whereas SolarWinds Pingdom is most compared with Azure Monitor, Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor, Grafana, New Relic and Catchpoint. See our Microsoft Configuration Manager vs. SolarWinds Pingdom report.

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