We performed a comparison between BigFix and vCenter Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Configuration Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Microsoft Endpoint Manager is not expensive overall, especially for small environments."
"There has been a noticeable increase in productivity for both my organization and clients."
"Being able to manage the devices remotely is most valuable. We can push security requirements through Microsoft Intune."
"Conditional access has helped us tailor and enforce our security policies in the mobile space."
"Agile and easy to deploy MDM solution that covers the maximum number of policies. Stable, scalable, and with knowledgeable technical support."
"Easy to use."
"We have not experienced any bugs or glitches with this solution."
"The performance of Microsoft Intune is good."
"The most valuable point is when you deploy an application, you have to make sure that the application has been deployed to all computers and that is working perfectly. This solution works well at deployments."
"BigFix is incredibly fast and accurate in patching, reporting, and remediation."
"It is pretty secure, and it gives extensive vulnerability features as compared to other applications. It supports multiple languages, and the security checks are pretty high as compared to other tools in the market."
"One of the biggest benefits BigFix has had for our organization is the ease and efficiency to perform many different tasks, across pillars and platforms, all from one pane of glass."
"DOWNLOADING-PATCHES; It has also helped to reduce network traffic when it comes to downloading patches. By only having to download the patch once to the central location and then utilizing the relay structure to then download the patch to a specific site and then everything gathering at local, it greatly reduces the bandwidth of multiple endpoints."
"The most valuable feature of BigFix is the software deployment."
"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."
"BigFix technical support is good."
"Beneficial patch management and template features."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The solution is stable and we haven't run into issues with bugs or glitches."
"I appreciate it because it's very easy to set up and configure new disks and servers."
"The management of vCenter Configuration Manager can support the UI interface. It helps in monitoring, logging alert and performance, forecasting the system to provide services in the environment."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is the virtual machine management across different hosts, located in different areas."
"I particularly appreciate the reporting capabilities, as they allow for in-depth analysis of logs and the ability to interpret alerts effectively, enabling informed responses."
"My experience managing virtual environments using vCenter Configuration Manager has been quite smooth. Over time, I've observed that there's been a significant local competency built around the product, especially in India, where ESXi and VMware dominate the market. It's evident that vCenter Configuration Center is the preferred management tool in this context, and it's relatively easy to find expertise in the market."
"The product needs to upgrade itself when the server is overloaded."
"China blocks Google and Google Play Store, which makes installation challenging. Microsoft Intune is a company software, which has to be installed to the app portal or Microsoft Software Center."
"It should be easier to define policies and comply with those policies."
"No option to do end-to-en macOS management. Slow implementation of policies."
"There is room for improvement in integrating additional features such as Purview and SharePoint activities into Intune."
"In terms of what can be improved, I am looking for better enhancements regarding Apple management, not only on the mobile device, but also on the laptop."
"There is improvement needed in integrating with the installed Office solutions versions, such as Office 2019. The Office 365 integrates without a problem."
"The reporting could be improved, as it's pretty poor compared to other products of this type."
"The self-service application seems to need some work to replace the client UI. There are a lot of pop-ups if you use a baseline as the object that you're setting to a workstation. Unless you're using web UI, the message is not customizable in the user notification."
"The reporting structure could be a little more simplistic. Currently, it throws too many vulnerabilities. Some of them are not needed because they are only informational and limitations, and they are not of much help. It doesn't need to show us these things."
"It can be improved speed-wise. They can make it a little bit light. If you do any query for servers in bulk, it can take some time. Similarly, creating a job can take some time."
"Needs to improve Network Access Protection (NAP) technologies to prevent computers with vulnerabilities from gaining access to networks."
"I would like to see SDK for Web UI included in the next release."
"The relevant language takes a little getting used to since it's not used anywhere else in the industry. It's just in the BigFix environment."
"BigFix should improve its compatibility with other platforms, such as Linux."
"Sometimes there is a lag time for our users."
"The product's high price is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Configuration Manager's reporting could be better. I need to use a third-party reporting solution to get the details. They could add reporting features similar to RVTools."
"It would be better to integrate this infrastructure with native cloud environments, but we can't do it. We are trying to improve our experience by converting our infrastructure through virtualization on native cloud environments and workloads."
"The functions are not running in HTML5."
"The reporting could be improved."
"The customer service and support are not as good as that of other solutions. It is not very fast."
"Error reporting should be more precise and descriptive, and there is no way to filter the logs. It would be helpful if its logs analysis can be more detailed, and the logs can be filtered."
"When vCenter is in a Microsoft environment, there is a lot of licensing involved, where we face some difficulties."
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BigFix is ranked 5th in Configuration Management with 91 reviews while vCenter Configuration Manager is ranked 9th in Configuration Management with 50 reviews. BigFix is rated 8.6, while vCenter Configuration Manager is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of BigFix writes "Very stable and easy to deploy with excellent patch compliance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vCenter Configuration Manager writes "A solution with a range of functionalities and several pricing plans that suit your needs". BigFix is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Tanium and ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, whereas vCenter Configuration Manager is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager and Red Hat Satellite. See our BigFix vs. vCenter Configuration Manager report.
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