ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus vs Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection

Likelihood to Recommend

Patch Manager is well suited for users that work remotely or away from main sites for long periods of time. It provides the patch administrator access to update the machine without requiring users to come to the head office.

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David Nada

IT Analyst

NewCoCivic & Social Organization, 51-200 employees

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It is well suited in environments that want a simple AV product/solution that, for the most part, can be easily deployed to client endpoints. It is also good for environments that want something that is easy to use by end-users, and also doesn't use a whole lot of system resources.It is less suited for environments that want an AV solution that is more robust feature-wise, or has more configurable options for the end-users. It is also less suited for those organizations that want an AV product to have the highest detection rate in the industry.

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Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus

Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Centralized Management

Hybrid Deployment Support

Vulnerability Management

Anti-Exploit Technology

Infection Remediation

Malware Detection

Pros

Easy to Use UI.
Easy to understand dashboards.
Quick and effective support.

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David Nada

IT Analyst

NewCoCivic & Social Organization, 51-200 employees

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Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection offers exceptional threat protections for signature-based "known" threats.
The signatures are constantly updated and management of this application is super easy with the use of Microsoft SCCM.
The application is very much a "set it and let it" type of deployment. Once you install it, there are very little configuration or changes that need to be made.

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Information Technology and Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

More customization.
The same set of software should be available on both on-prem and cloud.
Better reporting features.

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David Nada

IT Analyst

NewCoCivic & Social Organization, 51-200 employees

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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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Support Rating

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus 9.0

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The support team at Patch Manager Plus has been awesome. Very responsive and knowledgeable. There are times when there is confusion between different tickets but there is still good service.

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David Nada

IT Analyst

NewCoCivic & Social Organization, 51-200 employees

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Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection 7.5

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There was a time and a place in which Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection was an excellent choice to provide threat protections. However, now that threats have been evolving, so too does the need for more advanced protections. In its current offering, it just no longer meets the needs of our organization in terms of providing protections against threats.

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Information Technology and Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Patch Manager Plus does the most basic job of monitoring machines, deploying packages silently, and keeping machines up to date.

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David Nada

IT Analyst

NewCoCivic & Social Organization, 51-200 employees

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How SCEP stacks up against some of the other AV solutions/products is that it does a pretty good job overall (not the best in the industry) at detecting/removing malware, which is the main focus for a product like this. It is also easy to use on the end-user side, which can't be said for some other AV products on the market.I was not involved with the selection/purchase of the product in the organization, but I'm almost certain the organization selected this based on the tight integration with Microsoft System Center Manager, which is used in the organization. Also, given the fact that SCEP is tightly integrated and works well in organizations that utilize Microsoft products, it was probably another factor in selecting this. Lastly, the cost of licenses was probably lower (because of System Center already being in place) than other AV products.

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Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

Increased insight into applications installed on end user machines.
Less time spending creating packages in SCCM.
End users do not have to make time to travel to the head office or a corporate network for updates.

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David Nada

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NewCoCivic & Social Organization, 51-200 employees

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There was little/no cost associated with this software since we are utilizing SCCM and are paying license costs for that anyways.
The level or protection is excellent for the cost of the software.
There was at least one instance in which Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection identified a crypto-malware, but not before it had already started to encrypt many of our files. So it did detect the threat, but since it was a little delayed we still were infected.

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Information Technology and Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

Professional	$245¹
Enterprise	$345¹

50 endpoints

SaaS Edition

Professional	$345¹
Enterprise	$445¹

50 endpoints

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus

Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus

Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus vs Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection