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BlackBerry UEM vs. KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Blackberry UEM

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/ABlackBerry UEM (formerly from Good Technology) offers a complete enterprise mobility management solution, including capabilities for mobile device management, mobile application management, mobile content management, identity access management and mobile security and containerization.N/A

    KACE Systems Management Appliance

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AQuest now offers the KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) as an IT Asset tracking and management appliance (also available as a virtual deployment if hardware requirements are met). Beyond discovery, inventory tracking and license management, KACE emphasizes automating software upgrade distribution with minimal end-user disruption, featuring remote replication for multi-site upgrades and rollouts. KACE SMA may be bundled with KACE Cloud Mobile Device Management (MDM) to form a complete UEM…N/A
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    Blackberry UEMKACE Systems Management Appliance
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    Blackberry UEMKACE Systems Management Appliance
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    Blackberry UEMKACE Systems Management Appliance
    IT Asset Management
    Comparison of IT Asset Management features of BlackBerry UEM and KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)
    Feature
    BlackBerry UEM
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    Ratings
    KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)
    8.6
    12 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Software and hardware inventory tracking00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    License management00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Asset lifecycle monitoring00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Asset relationship management00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    KACE Asset Management Appliance
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Blackberry UEMKACE Systems Management Appliance
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.9
    (2 ratings)
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Blackberry UEMKACE Systems Management Appliance
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BlackBerry
    If you want to connect securely, connect the mobile android or iOS devices to your network for communication purposes, where you have control over all the devices, who can access the network and remove the corporate data from those same devices if the need arises.
    Incentivized
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    Quest Software
    I think it has added value for any organization. It reduced our Tech Support cost by: -Supporting users anywhere -Reducing users downtime as well keep them informed with the status of their tickets -Managing software and hardware actively -Processing automation -deploy mass software installs, patching or updates - Provide approved software's to users to install without IT help
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    Pros
    BlackBerry
    • Security and Web Filtering are easy to set up and maintain
    • Initial set up and install of company profile onto Android/iOS devices
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    Quest Software
    • Inventory: KACE provides a ton of hardware and software inventory information that is easy to search, filter, and export. This is critical when we need to find the answers to questions about how many of such and such we have in our fleet.
    • Patch Management: We were using WSUS before and it was altogether too cumbersome. KACE has given us the power, flexibility, and verification we need to feel comfortable our patches are up-to-date.
    • Service Queue: We made KACE our help desk system and it does everything we need it to do. Great improvement over our old system.
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    Cons
    BlackBerry
    • One thing which is annoying to me is that after every 5-10 minutes, I need to log in again with my credentials to access emails. It could be from a security perspective but in that case the auto log out time should be user configurable.
    • It's not possible to save or forward attachments from my inbox on my device
    • Good does allow for synchronizing of contacts in your personal corporate email address book to your personal device address book.
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    Quest Software
    • The KACE SMA needs a better way to handle different roles in the software so certain users can access or administrate certain parts of the software, but not the entire software installation.
    • The KACE SMA could improve the ticketing process of projects. The aspects of the title and some information do not always flow down from the parent ticket to its child tickets.
    • The KACE SMA could improve the UI of the software with the addition of different CSS color schemes.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    BlackBerry
    I will renew use of this product for as long as the company supports its use.
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    Quest Software
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    Usability
    BlackBerry
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    Quest Software
    Overall, the software is simple to understand and use. That said, most vendors have been slowly updating their user interfaces to HTML5 so that they have a clean updated look and feel. This is where KACE falls short in that the UI is great for a packaged software 10 years ago. This isn't a major limitation as the software is really meant primarily for technology users.
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    Support Rating
    BlackBerry
    If you have a serious issue with your on-premise installation, access to support can take a bit to get someone on the phone, and it can take some time to rectify, given the complexity of the software. In my experience, the support team does get you back up and running in critical scenarios, but you more than likely will be on some marathon calls, unless it is a very simple and known issue.
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    Quest Software
    KACE does exactly what you need it to do, it maintains your computer environment. You can set patch schedules, inventory computers, setup software catalogs; basically everything you need to ensure the computers on your network are being actively managed. This is all with little need for constant configuration or updating the setup.
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    Alternatives Considered
    BlackBerry
    Well, selecting Good was an organization level decision and not my personal one. I like Good from the security perspective and that it helps our IT department avoid worrying about data theft. Otherwise, from the perspective of user convenience, Outlook scores way over Good with it's real time delivery of email, real time syncing and a host of other features
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    Quest Software
    We have selected this software because it rolls several different systems into one. We have a helpdesk system with this and an asset and inventory management system as well. We pay one price for the whole system instead of paying multiple companies different amounts that would have totaled more than we pay for the single system.
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    Return on Investment
    BlackBerry
    • Security profiles have been effective in managing user devices.
    • Location tracking has helped locate lost and stolen devices.
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    Quest Software
    • KACE has saved us from having to spend several days of employee hours in crafting DVDs and duplicating them (100+ DVDs)
    • KACE has saved us on the postage required to send out those DVDs for every update (monthly) to all of our customers electronically
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