Item: ManageEngine Endpoint Central
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with ManageEngine Endpoint Central

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use ManageEngine to cover my small fleet of VM's and endpoints for my small business. I use a mix of Windows and Linux endpoints and servers. Endpoint Central helps me track my assets and keep all my internal and external facing systems patched and managed. Being able to see missing patches AND configuration errors has given me a huge time savings with handling security. This has also been incredibly useful with deploying software quickly without having to manually login to each system to make it happen.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Patching and CVE management
Deploying software
Tracking storage usage

Cons

CVE management could be more simplified
OS deployment could be better described
Linux patching could be streamlined

Return on Investment

Patching things quickly reduces things that I have to do manually, which lets me focus on my key areas of expertise
Mass deployments rather than manual installs or programming my own batch scripts lets me focus on the core business tasks I perform
Tracking storage / RAM usage has helped me avoid resource crunches

Usability

The usability of ManageEngine Endpoint Central is very solid. Most functions are easy to figure out and use and reuse. The critical tasks like patching and software deployment are quite self explanatory. I think the only real usability issues are how patching / software deployment feel like entirely separate programs and not just different menus within the same product.

Alternatives Considered

Spiceworks Community, PDQ Deploy & Inventory and Lansweeper

I've evaluated Spiceworks, ManageEngine, PDQ, and Lansweeper, and have settled on using ManageEngine as my goto. Software deployment is better in ManageEngine vs PDQ and Lansweeper since it is agent based, and works regardless of network location. Lansweeper has better inventory management, but ManageEngine has modules for that that function adequately. Spiceworks is free which is points in its favor, but it's not robust enough for business needs in my opinion.

Key Insights

Do you think ManageEngine Endpoint Central delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with ManageEngine Endpoint Central's feature set?

Yes

Did ManageEngine Endpoint Central live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of ManageEngine Endpoint Central go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy ManageEngine Endpoint Central again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Veeam Data Platform

Likelihood to Recommend

It works really well for small deployments as well as huge deployments.

It has served my small business very well, as well as serving the large businesses I've worked for incredibly well.

If you're looking to mass deploy or install software, it is amazing.

If you're looking to keep a small fleet or a large fleet up to date on MS and Linux patching, it performs perfectly.

With the upcoming Windows 10 EOS, it has been very helpful isolating systems that are not compatible and that will need to be replaced.

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ManageEngine Endpoint Central is Worth Every Penny