We performed a comparison between ManageEngine Endpoint Central and Symantec Client Management Suite based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Client Desktop Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can scale the product."
"ManageEngine Desktop Central's most valuable features are remote desktop control and image management. We can send things out from the desk here, it is a very good tool for us."
"Honestly, I have to say all features together have become the Swiss army knife of desktop management. They all work hand in hand. Software deployment saves an unbelievable amount of time installing an application on hundreds of computers."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"What is great about the patch management solution, is that it patches OS, applications, browsers, plug-ins, and firmware updates."
"Has good functionality and is user-friendly."
"Since deploying Desktop Central our endpoints are all updated. We use configuration management to deploy shortcuts to our users' desktops with ease. Also, we use configuration management to map logical hard drives to our users. Our users are very happy with how much ease IT can solve their problems."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"The most valuable feature of Symantec Client Management Suite is the ease of client management and agent installation."
"We can track the incidents, we can track the changes, we can track the assets from cradle to grave and give some kind of accounting as they get older."
"The most important thing for us is that it is very easy to use, as well as the availability of it in our support centers."
"The solution should be better at integrating with other solutions."
"We would like to see options for deploying Microsoft 365 accounts into Outlook. For now we only can use it to deploy exchange accounts. Also we would like to see an option do decline Windows 7 ESU patches in a bulk."
"Tech support is mediocre at best."
"It is compatible with the systems such as Windows and Mac but not with Linux systems."
"I would like to see more click to complete actions such as - USB lockdown for Mac, the ability to check AV compliance on servers, bit locker controls, printer tracking or print page tracking, self-help for self-healing like "BMC my IT" and more options in the self-service menu other than just software - maybe add integration in ADSelfService at the self-service menu."
"The team I've currently got is not using it particularly well, due to the fact that they don't know how to use it particularly well. They've not done any training and so on."
"There are no dynamic changes on web pages and it's lacking visually."
"The team should work on improving the stability, particularly with massive patches deployment, clients are not 100% getting patches and the information provided by the system does not help; more detailed report would be very useful."
"Symantec Client Management Suite can improve by adding more network devices."
"Some parts are working okay, some of the other components aren't. Workflow isn't working properly. Different people accepting changes and being able to close it has some issues. Putting hot fixes and installing it usually breaks the system."
"The technical support is in need of improvement."
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ManageEngine Endpoint Central is ranked 1st in Client Desktop Management with 60 reviews while Symantec Client Management Suite is ranked 2nd in Client Desktop Management with 3 reviews. ManageEngine Endpoint Central is rated 8.2, while Symantec Client Management Suite is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of ManageEngine Endpoint Central writes "An in-depth and intuitive product with good cross-platform capabilities, but they should have a more global support channel". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Client Management Suite writes "Knowledgeable support, easy client management, and straightforward agent installation". ManageEngine Endpoint Central is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Configuration Manager, VMware Workspace ONE, Jamf Pro and Sophos Mobile, whereas Symantec Client Management Suite is most compared with Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Configuration Manager. See our ManageEngine Endpoint Central vs. Symantec Client Management Suite report.
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