ManageEngine Endpoint Central vs. Microsoft System Center

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ManageEngine Endpoint Central
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Desktop Central from ManageEngine is a client desktop management with patching, remote control, and configuration.N/A
Microsoft System Center
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft System Center Suite is a family of IT management software for network monitoring, updating and patching, endpoint protection with anti-malware, data protection and backup, ITIL- structured IT service management, remote administration and more. It is available in two editions: standard and datacenter. Datacenter provides unlimited virtualization for high density private clouds, while standard is for lightly or non-virtualized private cloud workloads.
$1,323
per month
Pricing
ManageEngine Endpoint CentralMicrosoft System Center
Editions & Modules
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Standard Edition
$1323
Datacenter Edition
$3607
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ManageEngine Endpoint CentralMicrosoft System Center
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
ManageEngine Endpoint CentralMicrosoft System Center
Considered Both Products
ManageEngine Endpoint Central
Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found ManageEngine easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with ManageEngine overall. ManageEngine and Microsoft System Center both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate. …
Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central
Both are good in their own right, but I view Endpoint Central as MS SCCM on steroids :)
Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central
In my opinion, ManageEngine Endpoint Central is way easier to use for endpoint management and is superior in all ways.
Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central
I worked on SCCM/Intune and different is one single console of ManageEngine Endpoint Central using which you can manage your BYOD/corporate-owned devices for which other tools you need to work two different consoles to do the same thing. This makes ManageEngine Endpoint Central …
Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central
ManageEngine is an All in one product , which keeps the work smoother and Accurate. ME support gives more information in understanding more better. Taking or giving demonstrations on unknown issues solving by screen sharing session or live session .
Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central
ManageEngine Desktop Central is simpler, easy to learn, [and has] online and dedicated support.
Microsoft System Center
Chose Microsoft System Center
We are using Microsoft products for a long time, so the overall confidence played a part in the decision, the feature set and licensing cost was also very high when compared with above products, so we decided to use System Center for our environment, so far it has solved many …
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User Ratings
ManageEngine Endpoint CentralMicrosoft System Center
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(48 ratings)
8.5
(20 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.6
(8 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(7 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ManageEngine Endpoint CentralMicrosoft System Center
Likelihood to Recommend
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
ManageEngine Endpoint Central is fantastic for a set and forget patching tool. This is great for the Windows clients that we have and provides good reporting and ensures machines are kept up to date and gives us good reporting on which machines are vulnerable in our organisation. Linux machines are not as well handled due to the multiple flavours of Linux that are out there. ManageEngine Endpoint Central only manages specific versions of Mac and Linux so it is best to check compatability ahead of time.
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Microsoft
We used a product before that was designed to prevent users making changes and saving files to the desktop computer. This required a renewal of the license. By using SCCM in our environment we were able to discontinue using that product because SCCM allows us to completely restore a machine back to the original configuration. We have taught our users to save their individual work on either a network drive or a cloud drive. By doing this, if we do a re-image of their machine they have lost no data, and it makes for a faster resolution. In some instances having a computer in our SCCM environment it can become cumbersome when creating new users for very specific purposes. It can be done by creating new organizational units and applying new policies but when in a pinch it can be frustrating. For the most part we have tried to make "new" purpose images and groups to at least accommodate a quick install.
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Pros
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
  • Patch Management is very easy to use and deploy patches each month
  • Inventory Reporting is straight forward with multiple premade reports available
  • Remote Connections are very simple to use, it only takes 15 seconds to find and connect to a device.
  • Software Deployment and the Self serviceportal give you multiple ways of deploying your apps.
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Microsoft
  • Provides our users the ability to deploy and manage our own datacenter based on defined software with understandable solutions for storage, compute, networking and security.
  • We are able to update at once all the computers from all departments without having to install the OS on every computer.
  • It allows us to have everything in one place for database management and datacenter inspection as well.
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Cons
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
  • More granular access level controls for technicians (restrictions for juniors) on the Mobile Device Management add-on
  • Monitoring mobile data usage on mobile devices, this has been in the product pipeline for 5 years, but not yet implemented
  • Ability to remotely support company-owned mobile devices with no end-user permission. End-user needs to allow the remote session, when sometimes that's what we don't want since we're doing an investigation.
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Microsoft
  • Needs web based storefront for requesting new software
  • Needs ability to manage the packaging work flow better
  • Sometimes is slow to download and there is no indication the entire catalog is being loaded, resulting in confused users not being able to find common software in the available list.
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Likelihood to Renew
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
ManageEngine is considered an excellent product due to its comprehensive suite of solutions for IT management, with ManageEngine Endpoint Central specifically excelling in endpoint management. The platform stands out for its user-friendly interface, robust features, and versatility in addressing diverse IT needs. It offers organizations a centralized solution for endpoint security, patch management, software deployment, and asset management
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Microsoft
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Usability
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
We are a specialized Software as a Service company with a distributed workforce across the United States. This creates challenges with endpoint management. In comes ManageEngine Endpoint Central. We use this solution for all aspects of endpoint management including device provisioning, software deployment, vulnerability management, remote support, Inventory, and more.
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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 local distributor of the product is always available, however most support is received within an hour from India. We've had complex requirements and the support team went so far as to customize their mobile application to suit our unique needs. We honestly can't complain about any support we've received and it's always been very quick.
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Microsoft
If I had to dislike something about the system it would be how much it changes once you upgrade. This could be more of a problem of mine since I get used to one way and don't like it when it changes so much. I am enjoying the newest update, but it is a mess when you are actually going through the upgrades.
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Alternatives Considered
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
WSUS (provided by Microsoft) is a MUCH inferior product, no flexibility at all, updates when it wants and how it wants and was generally not suit for purpose. In addition, endpoint offers all the other functionality that WSUS doesn't (as said earlier in my review, remote control, endpoint security and much more).
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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
  • Reporting makes displaying information (such as patch status, age of devices) to the board of directors incredibly easy.
  • During a blue screen of death event, the OS Deployment functionality allowed us to re-image all of our 70+ laptops in one day's time.
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Microsoft
  • We have been able to automate our patch management, firmware and other security concerns.
  • We have a standardized "image" ensuring our setup is consistent across the enterprise. This alone has saved us in time to support and time to understand how to use our desktops.
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