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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ManageEngine Applications Manager

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AManageEngine Applications Manager is an application performance management solution that also provides the ability to manage end user experience of enterprise Internet Services and hosted Web Services.

    $395

    per year per user

    Microsoft System Center

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft System Center is an enterprise-grade IT Operations Management (ITOM) suite designed for the centralized administration of data center infrastructure, virtualized environments, and hybrid cloud workloads. The platform provides unified management across heterogeneous environments, including support for Windows Server, Linux, and Azure Stack HCI. System Center is Microsoft's ITOM stack for organizations that maintain a significant on-premise footprint, vs the company's Azure-based…

    $1,323

    per month

    Pricing
    ManageEngine Applications ManagerMicrosoft System Center
    Editions & Modules
    Professional Edition
    $395
    per year per user
    Enterprise Edition
    $9,595
    per year per user
    Standard Edition
    $1323
    Datacenter Edition
    $3607
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ManageEngine Applications ManagerMicrosoft System Center
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ManageEngine Applications ManagerMicrosoft System Center
    Considered Both Products
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    31 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    31 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    21 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    Features
    ManageEngine Applications ManagerMicrosoft System Center
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of ManageEngine Applications Manager and Microsoft System Center
    Feature
    ManageEngine Applications Manager
    9.2
    13 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Application monitoring9.211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database monitoring9.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threshold alerts8.913 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive capabilities9.212 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application performance management console9.310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration tools9.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application dependency mapping and thresholding9.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtualization monitoring8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server availability and performance monitoring9.213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery9.95 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ManageEngine Applications ManagerMicrosoft System Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (13 ratings)
    9.3
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ManageEngine Applications ManagerMicrosoft System Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    It has strength in collecting information through SSH, WMI, Telnet, SNMP, http, https, MSSQL ports (several types of DB postgresql, db2, SAP MaxDB, HANA which we must monitor).The information it extracts is very useful to us since each type of monitor gives us visibility of what happens internally in them.The truth is that the needs that we have had during these years, ManageEngine Application Manager has been able to cover them especially with business core (ERP) with monitoring of SAP Server and SAP CCMS.
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    Microsoft
    For companies with more than 10 Windows devices and needing to standardize the OS, AV, access, share resources, and install software. SCCM is the way to go. This software is unnecessary if the business is all remote users and not in an office-type setting. There are cloud offerings or none to accomplish what a business needs.
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    Pros
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • Intuitive ease of the administration interface
    • Improvements and security fixes that are quickly integrated with frequent updates
    • Visibility into the status of our services and the end user experience (End to End)
    • Reports associated with attributes of services, applications or containers that help us detect certain flaws in our services.
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    Microsoft
    • Allows the grouping of devices by user.
    • Allows controlling updates being deployed to user devices.
    • Allows for the repurposing of machines by being able to load new or updated software on machines that already are in the system.
    • Allows us the ability to wipe a machine clean and restore it back to the configuration that was assigned the machine.
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    Cons
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • Plugin Quirks where it times out
    • Navigation through some of the screen seems a bit confusing
    • Consistency such as where license info is location between op and app manager are in different places. Better if it were consistent
    • Maintenance schedules in different locations in both Op and App manger product, needs consistency. They are all Zoho products!!
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    Microsoft
    • The product could improve in the area of having better mechanisms in place with how the SCEP client is deployed/installed from the server on the management side. We have run into this firsthand with the client not installing on an endpoint, and then having to take the time to investigate why it was not installing.
    • A second improvement that can be made is to keep trying to improve the products detection rate for finding malware/viruses. The case can be made that there are some products out there that do a better job at this and have a higher detection rate.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    For the the trust, security and support that ManageEngine Application Manager has given us, for 12 years as clients, has made us very satisfied and grateful for the response times to resolve doubts or needs that we have had.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft System Center Operations Manager is tightly integrated to Microsoft Windows servers os monitoring with great product support.
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    Usability
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    The intuitive ease of the administration interface, the new features, improvements and security fixes that are quickly integrated with frequent updates. Tuning or more detailed reports associated with attributes of services, applications or containers that help us detect certain flaws in our services. The capacity for improvements that are implemented and the ease of integrating new monitors into the product, which we need, gives us the speed and ease of preventing interruptions or events that helps us avoid.
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    Microsoft
    It is not user-friendly for the most part. With IT infrastructure, sometimes it cannot handle excess requests. Every few months, you will need an upgrade in terms of server resources to keep up with incoming alerts and requests. This does not happen all of the time, but it does happen when there are too many requests.
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    Support Rating
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    The trust, security and support that ManageEngine Application Manager has given us, for 12 years as clients, has made us very satisfied and grateful for the response times to resolve doubts or needs that we have had.
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    Microsoft
    There is a fair amount of documentation out there to help you when you have questions or run into issues with this product as well as tutorials on some of the more common tasks. Between the documentation and the overall ease of use we haven't had to deal with direct Microsoft support for this product.
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    Implementation Rating
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Easy to install with intuitive interactive interface during the installation process a and integration to MS SQL was smooth
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    Alternatives Considered
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    Other solutions like Microsoft EM and SCCM can be interdependent and cause all sorts of issues and additional costs. I think software should be optionally integrated and work on its own as a standalone solution. I like that ManageEngine allows for specific use of its software and not forcing users into an unneeded license or contract.
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    Microsoft
    We previously used a mix of FOG and Clonezilla to image machines. The biggest issues with these products is that changing one piece of the image required you to rebuild the entire image itself. These pieces of software also did not allow you to manage applications and Windows Updates, causing IT to have to constantly touch machines after they were imaged and update or manage them with a much more hands on approach.
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    Return on Investment
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • By providing valuable insights into application performance and resource utilization, it has contributed to better decision-making and resource allocation.
    • It has helped us identify and resolve performance issues more quickly, minimizing the impact on business operations.
    • ManageEngine Application Manager has improved our ability to monitor and manage critical applications, reducing downtime and improving overall productivity.
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    Microsoft
    • It has allowed the enterprise to standardize on a single platform for monitoring.
    • Easier troubleshooting of issues with Microsoft platforms.
    • Greater visibility of issues across platforms when applications are hosted in a mixed environment.
    • Additional costs for monitoring systems that are not directly supported with additional packs (iSeries, Linux on Power).
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