Compare SCCM vs. Symantec Patch Management Solution
SCCM is ranked 2nd in Patch Management with 13 reviews while Symantec Patch Management Solution is ranked 12th in Patch Management. SCCM is rated 8.0, while Symantec Patch Management Solution is rated 0. The top reviewer of SCCM writes "Enables us to set up schedules, according to security needs, to automate server and desktop patching". On the other hand, SCCM is most compared with Ansible, BigFix, Quest KACE Systems Management, Ivanti Patch for Windows and Chef, whereas Symantec Patch Management Solution is most compared with Ivanti Patch for SCCM and ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus.
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The licensing is good because they have various options, depending on what you are looking for. 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. Overall, I think it's fine. It's pretty much in-line because there are ways to offset it with the Office 365 licensing. 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. 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. | Information Not Available |
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Also Known As | |
| System Center Configuration Manager | Symantec Patch Management |
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Overview | |
| With System Center Configuration Manager, you can manage PCs and servers, keeping software up-to-date, setting configuration and security policies, and monitoring system status while giving your employees access to corporate applications on the devices that they choose. | Symantec Patch Management Solution can assist organizations in meeting their security needs by automating the detection and facilitating the remediation of security vulnerabilities for multiple operating systems (Windows, Mac, Red Hat, CentOS and SUSE) and for Microsoft applications and over 50 third-party Windows applications (Adobe, Java Runtime, common browsers and plug-ins, etc.). Patch Management Solution provides visibility into newly released software updates and the means to identify computers susceptible to the vulnerabilities addressed by such updates. It also automates the download of software update packages from vendor sites and the distribution of those packages to computers which require those patches. |
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Learn more about SCCM | Learn more about Symantec Patch Management Solution |
Sample Customers | |
| Bank Alfalah Ltd., Wªrth Handelsges.m.b.H, Dimension Data, Japan Business Systems, St. Lucie County Public Schools, MISC Berhad | Adventist Health |
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Computer Software Company22% Construction Company11% Financial Services Firm11% Government11% Computer Software Company35% Comms Service Provider12% Government8% Retailer5% | No Data Available |
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Small Business24% Midsize Enterprise21% Large Enterprise55% Small Business5% Midsize Enterprise12% Large Enterprise83% | No Data Available |
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