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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

    Tenable Vulnerability Management

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AVulnerability management specialist Tenable offers their cloud application and container security platform Tenable Web App Scanning (formerly Tenable.io), a vulnerability management tool that emphasizes visibility of web applications, automatic scanning, and a unified view of cloud infrastructure and possible inconsistencies indicating a vulnerability.N/A
    Pricing
    KACE Systems Management ApplianceTenable Vulnerability Management
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    KACE Systems Management ApplianceTenable Vulnerability Management
    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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    Community Pulse
    KACE Systems Management ApplianceTenable Vulnerability Management
    Considered Both Products
    Quest Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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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 ApplianceTenable Vulnerability Management
    IT Asset Management
    Comparison of IT Asset Management features of KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) and Tenable Vulnerability Management
    Feature
    KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)
    8.6
    12 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Tenable Vulnerability Management
    -
    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
    Threat Intelligence
    Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) and Tenable Vulnerability Management
    Feature
    KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)
    -
    Ratings
    Tenable Vulnerability Management
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Network Analytics00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Threat Recognition00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Vulnerability Classification00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Automated Alerts and Reporting00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Threat Analysis00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence Reporting00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Automated Threat Identification00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management Tools
    Comparison of Vulnerability Management Tools features of KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) and Tenable Vulnerability Management
    Feature
    KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)
    -
    Ratings
    Tenable Vulnerability Management
    8.8
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    IT Asset Realization00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Authentication00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Configuration Monitoring00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Web Scanning00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Vulnerability Intelligence00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    KACE Systems Management ApplianceTenable Vulnerability Management
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    KACE Asset Management Appliance
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Tenable Nessus
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Lansweeper
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Tenable Nessus
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KACE Systems Management ApplianceTenable Vulnerability Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KACE Systems Management ApplianceTenable Vulnerability Management
    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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    Tenable
    I've been using this product since it began as an open source product, I really like it and for the money, I think it's probably the best choice for most companies who need a product like this. Over the years I've seen the interface change quite a bit and sometimes I think it's a bit unclear how to do certain things and the different packages can be confusing, these are the only reasons I'm giving it a 9 instead of a 10.
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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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    Tenable
    • Setup of the internal scanner was fairly simple and straight forward.
    • An update came out for the internal scanner that allows you to add an Internal Certificate Authority for lookup.
    • Has automated reporting to keep executives and compliance departments informed.
    • Internal scanner can be configured to auto-update itself.
    • "Recast Rules" allows your organization to redefine a vulnerabilities' classification, if it is not applicable or your disagree.
    • External PCI scans allow you to remediate before submitting to Tenable.io for review.
    • Tenable.io staff was very patient and helpful. They provided some limited guidance with remediation.
    • Internal and External scans can be automated. schedule for the automated scans is very granular.
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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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    Tenable
    • Expensive - You do pay a slight premium for the best product in the space.
    • Asset management is difficult to work with if you have a lot of asset turnover, the license can be ''held'' for 3-6 months after the asset is gone from your environment.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Quest Software
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    Tenable
    We like to renew tenable each year we have had it so far.
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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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    Tenable
    Overall it is good, it took a little while to understand it and figure things out but once you have a good grasp on it then, it is very good.
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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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    Tenable
    Support is usually really great at walking you through any steps you need to take when you get stuck on something. There are a few false positives and errors that have come up over the years that required their help to get through. Unfortunately, the steps required to diagnose some problems are more tedious than I think should be necessary. (IE: SQL instances can throw errors that clog up your logs because one plugin affects it in a certain way. The process to diagnose this is to watch timestamps of plugins in a log while monitoring the SQL logs at the same time and using your best guess as to what is causing it.)
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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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    Tenable
    Tenable.io has a comparable set of features, with excellent support and a competitive price. After less than desirable experiences with another company, we moved to Tenable and haven't looked back since.
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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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    Tenable
    • Since this is a requirement for our PCI compliance and the cost is relatively low, the ROI isn't really something we need to think too much about, Tenable's pricing is fair and affordable.
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