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KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) vs. TeamDynamix ITAM

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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

    TeamDynamix ITAM

    Score7.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    TeamDynamix ITAM is a platform-agnostic IT Asset Management solution that helps organizations identify unused software licenses, manage hardware across the full lifecycle, and stay audit-ready. SAM combines automated discovery with usage analytics to identify the 30%+ of software spend that's typically wasted. HAM combines data sources to build a defensible Effective License Position (ELP) for every product, optimize renewals, and mitigate audit risk. Its pre-built integrations help to speed…N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
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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 ApplianceTeamDynamix ITAM
    IT Asset Management
    Comparison of IT Asset Management features of KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) and TeamDynamix ITAM
    Feature
    KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)
    8.6
    12 Ratings
    11% above category average
    TeamDynamix ITAM
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Software and hardware inventory tracking10.012 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    License management9.011 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Asset lifecycle monitoring8.010 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Contract management6.06 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Asset relationship management10.08 Ratings7.31 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    KACE Asset Management Appliance
    Score8.9 out of 10
    KACE Asset Management Appliance
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Lansweeper
    Score8.7 out of 10
    KACE Systems Management Appliance
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KACE Systems Management ApplianceTeamDynamix ITAM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
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    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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    TeamDynamix
    Organizations Facing High-Stakes Software Vendor Audits.
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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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    TeamDynamix
    • Granular, Active Software Metering (SAM).
    • Context-Rich Ticket Resolution (Asset-Ticket Binding).
    • Visual, Real-Time Asset Location Mapping.
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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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    TeamDynamix
    • Complex Configuration for Non-Sassafras Environments.
    • Strict Constraints on Protected Security Attributes.
    • Rigid Duplicate Asset Prevention Mechanics.
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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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    TeamDynamix
    Seamless, Single-Pane Ticket Linking: The greatest threat to ITAM usability is data fragmentation. TeamDynamix solves this by embedding real-time device vitals (serial numbers, CPU health, software profiles, and active warranties) directly onto frontline ITSM technician screens. This eliminates application-switching and manual copy-pasting during active troubleshooting.
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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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    TeamDynamix
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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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    TeamDynamix
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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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    TeamDynamix
    • Direct Hard-Cost Recovery via Software Optimization.
    • Risk Mitigation and Audit Penalty Avoidance.
    • Lower Support Labor Costs through Data Integration.
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