We performed a comparison between BigFix and ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Patch Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."What I like most is that it is a powerful solution."
"BigFix can manage lost devices, so you can wipe them remotely to ensure the IP doesn't get out in public. Unified endpoint security is a new perspective. I know that HCL is also collaborating with IBM, but I'm not sure if there is any cooperation between them and MaaS360 or other endpoint components."
"It allows us to quickly deploy capabilities that we need, whether it be security or non-security. We use it to keep systems up to date, deploy new drivers, find the information we need in the case of security incidents. The capability allows us to gather a lot of information very quickly and it also allows us to have a centralized reporting feature and a centralized deployment capability which is nice."
"I like the inventory and life cycle management feature."
"We've had no issues with stability."
"BigFix is a great product. The flexibility of putting together your own relevance and retrieving custom data from any one of your agents is a valuable feature. It is one of my favorite features because if a boss asks me, "How many of these devices do we have?", I can put together a report in two seconds."
"Desktop patching is the most valuable feature, because with servers, we have complete control over them, and we can simply push patches to the servers."
"All the vendor patches are synchronized automatically."
"You can create remote sessions for client systems."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is lightweight and has a remote push feature that helps me manage several main sites and subsites."
"The tool's most valuable feature is performance."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is centralized management."
"The initial setup was easy."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"The fetch repository is a good feature."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"I'd definitely like to see additional feature parody in the web UI versus the console. There are certain things that you can only do in the console and they're very cumbersome to do, like secure parameters, for example. That's definitely something that has a wide degree of utility but it needs to be easier to surface. At this particular juncture between the transition, between the legacy console and the web UI, it's hard to justify dealing with the cumbersome aspects of the legacy console when theoretically everything's been through the web UI."
"I would like to see for it to be a little easier for new users to be able to learn and create relevant statements. In my opinion, that's the hardest part for bringing on new people that haven't had BigFix experience. Being able to have easier ways to build relevance in ActionScript would be the biggest improvement I'd like to see."
"IBM has not focused on the Web Reports capabilities."
"I would like to see a web UI SDK so we could take what is provided currently and be able to build our own customized web UI for particular customers that want to sell service."
"Sometimes there is a lag time for our users."
"The stability is generally pretty good. The one thing that we came across is the battle between load on endpoints and load on our servers and relays versus how quickly, effectively and reliably actions can be taken. I'd like to not have to take an action on a system while I'm working with someone and then have to say whether something will happen between five seconds or thirty minutes from that point."
"The remote software installation could be better."
"I would like to see more integration with external data."
"I find the user interface a little bit intimidating and not very appealing."
"There are limitations to this solution when we are working with iOS, Apple laptops or desktops such as the Mac and iMac."
"The solution's UI is an area that requires improvement."
"The solution should have a customer label where we can label those servers or include those servers for specific customers."
"The solution's initial setup is not straightforward, and we have to customize it with our relevant features."
"The tool's support needs improvement."
"The agent can be a bit more intelligent."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus needs to improve speed."
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BigFix is ranked 2nd in Patch Management with 91 reviews while ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is ranked 7th in Patch Management with 12 reviews. BigFix is rated 8.6, while ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of BigFix writes "Very stable and easy to deploy with excellent patch compliance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus writes "Good scalability and a responsive tech support team ". BigFix is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Red Hat Satellite, whereas ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is most compared with Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Configuration Manager, GFI LanGuard and N-able N-central. See our BigFix vs. ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus report.
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