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KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) vs. Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack

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    KACE Systems Management Appliance

    Score8.9 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

    Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ALakeside Software offers cloud-based digital experience management. Lakeside’s Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack, gathers and analyzes more than 10,000 metrics every 15 seconds from every endpoint across the environment, collecting edge-based device telemetry data. With continuous insights into the ecosystems that power employees, customers use Lakeside’s technology to perform: End-User Experience Management Digital Workplace Planning IT Asset…N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    80%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    KACE Systems Management ApplianceLakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
    IT Asset Management
    Comparison of IT Asset Management features of KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) and Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
    Feature
    KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)
    8.6
    12 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
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    Ratings
    Software and hardware inventory tracking10.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    License management9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset lifecycle monitoring8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management6.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset relationship management10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
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    Usability
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    KACE Systems Management ApplianceLakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Lakeside Software
    We are able to get to the root of the issue much more rapidly this way, and we don't have to interrupt the end user in order to see how their computer is functioning. Systrack is installed on-premises at our company. Check out that hosted infrastructure if you're in the market for it. In a matter of minutes, you may move from one workstation to more than 100k.
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    Pros
    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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    Lakeside Software
    • Systrack may also be scaled up thus simply
    • Systrack provides a comprehensive picture of each system
    • Systrack's customer service is second to none
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    Cons
    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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    Lakeside Software
    • Every new version brings new ideas and capabilities to the table
    • Because of the sheer volume of information available, it can be difficult to know where to begin
    • With enough time and skill, creating bespoke dashboards with meaningful titles may be effective
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    Usability
    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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    Lakeside Software
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    Support Rating
    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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    Lakeside Software
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Lakeside Software
    Systrack is also used to provide baseline and post-change analytics for the testing of new applications and equipment. This gives me the confidence to install high-quality items that won't cause any serious problems for customers. These are just some of the useful tools Systrack offers to assess the digital experience and take appropriate action.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Lakeside Software
    • It was easy to install Systrack to a group of virtual workstations while doing CPU utilization analysis in a virtual environment
    • You still need specialists to discover and fix problems in your environments with Systrack, but it will save you a lot of time
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    ScreenShots

    Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack Screenshots

    Screenshot of Lakeside Assist is an all-in-one workspace for Level 1 service desk staff to quickly diagnose and resolve issues.Screenshot of Lakeside Resolve is a powerful root cause analysis tool to diagnose and resolve complex, estate wide issues by providing heightened visibility into physical and virtual desktops, quick problem resolution, and incident prioritization.Screenshot of By automating incident detection, troubleshooting, and resolution and streamlining workflows, Prevent makes robust proactive service operations possible for more members of the IT support team.Screenshot of Lakeside helps you proactively measure, analyze and optimize your employees’ digital experience anywhere they are working, all from easily consumable dashboards that surface that data you need quickly.Screenshot of Provide the right-sized hardware for different departments across your organization, saving IT costs and improving DEX. Take the guess-work out of your next refresh and ensure end users have what they need to be their most productive.