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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    MobaXTerm

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AMobaXterm is presented as an enhanced terminal for Windows with X11 server, tabbed SSH client, and network tools. From this console window, users can run any Unix commands need: ls, cd, grep, awk, tail, cut, sed, wget, rsync, telnet, ssh, rlogin, rsh, etc.

    $69

    one-time fee per user

    Pricing
    KACE Systems Management ApplianceMobaXTerm
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    KACE Systems Management ApplianceMobaXTerm
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    KACE Systems Management ApplianceMobaXTerm
    Considered Both Products
    Quest Software
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    Mobatek
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    KACE Systems Management ApplianceMobaXTerm
    IT Asset Management
    Comparison of IT Asset Management features of KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) and MobaXTerm
    Feature
    KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)
    8.6
    12 Ratings
    11% above category average
    MobaXTerm
    -
    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
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) and MobaXTerm
    Feature
    KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)
    -
    Ratings
    MobaXTerm
    8.9
    9 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Screen sharing00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
    File transfer00 Ratings9.19 Ratings
    Instant message00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Access to sleeping/powered-off computers00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Over-the-Internet remote session00 Ratings8.46 Ratings
    Initiate remote control from mobile00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
    Remote management of servers & workstations00 Ratings9.58 Ratings
    Remote Active Directory® management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Centralized management dashboard00 Ratings8.55 Ratings
    Session record00 Ratings8.86 Ratings
    Annotations00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Monitoring and Alerts00 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Multi-platform remote control00 Ratings9.86 Ratings
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    KACE Systems Management ApplianceMobaXTerm
    Small Businesses
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    N-able Take Control
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    KACE Asset Management Appliance
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Remote Desktop Manager
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Lansweeper
    Score8.7 out of 10
    BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access
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    User Ratings
    KACE Systems Management ApplianceMobaXTerm
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.7
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    9.3
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KACE Systems Management ApplianceMobaXTerm
    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
    Incentivized
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    Mobatek
    MobaXTerm shines when executing commands for large numbers of Network appliances like Switches or routers. As network Engineers, when managing an extensive infrastructure, we need tools to reduce time and work. MobaXterm Split and MultiExec features helped me push configuration changes for more than 100 Switches within a few hours.
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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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    Mobatek
    • Storing ssh session setting for easy click and go access
    • Various Network scanning tools easy to use even for non-technical people
    • SFTP filesystem browser is simple and straightforward
    Incentivized
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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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    Mobatek
    • password manager is a pain to get to
    • when I sign out of an RDP session, the tab should close on its own. If I lose connection, then the Reconnect option can be shown
    • It should be able to update on its own, not through download and basically a reinstall
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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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    Mobatek
    It's very easy for any IT administrator to use, it's highly customizable and you can download it free for personal use. It supports every protocol you can think of, has built in power shell and allows for drag and drop of SFTP file browser. I recommend this tool for any IT professional.
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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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    Mobatek
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Mobatek
    The list is not working, but comparing is not so great to other. The great best think of MobaXTerm is the unifing of the various program into one. The organization by folders, the storing of keys, the licence managemnt for teams. I liked much and was a plus it have some server utilities.
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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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    Mobatek
    • No subscription fee: you can purchase it once and use for many years
    • Easy to use - no need to spend time on learning how to use
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    ScreenShots

    MobaXTerm Screenshots

    Screenshot of MobaXterm Xserver with SSH, telnet, RDP, VNC and X11Screenshot of the MobaXterm terminal, dark.Screenshot of the MobaXterm ribbon / toolbar.