We performed a comparison between Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM) and ManageEngine Endpoint Central based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) 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."
"The most valuable feature is the UEM capabilities."
"It's easy to deploy a configuration or policy to a system, especially when you don't have Azure AD. Now we are talking to all these small and medium-sized customers who don't necessarily have an on-premise Windows Active Directory. If they have invested in Office 365 Premium, this functionality becomes available to them."
"Intune's feature that I have found most valuable is its auto-pilot feature."
"We are using the mobile feature, and we are also using MDM to lock the devices, to push restrictions, et cetera"
"The solution is easy to use and it has good performance."
"Great for software update needs, operating system version updates, and security policy enforcement."
"While Microsoft Intune boasts a wide range of features, its user-friendliness and bundled licensing cost are key considerations for me."
"It's extremely competitive and very good for a product in this sphere."
"It's very easy to just keep adding devices as needed."
"Initial setup was easy."
"The product provides a universal dashboard."
"The best features of Cisco Meraki Systems Manager include its simplicity and ease of use. It is straightforward to set up and manage devices compared to other products."
"The UI is easy to learn."
"The most valuable features include remote inventory analysis, security features like geofencing, and software distribution."
"It’s helped us manage our endpoints."
"ManageEngine Desktop Central automatically alerts you if there are newer releases or updates. You do not have to go to their website and check."
"The solution is time-saving and resource-saving."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"Very good, functional solution for endpoint management."
"One of the benefits of Desktop Central is it made the provisioning process simpler because now we have a provisioning package. We have around 1,500 laptops at the moment and all these PCs were provisioned by a provisioning package. In the provisioning package, we have integrated every aspect of renaming, deploying applications, patching, etc., so we simply execute the provisioning package and as soon as it's executed, it will install the management agent. Once the agent is installed, it will take care of all the tasks, so we don't have to sit in front of the computer to prepare the machine. This really helps us to provision the PC quickly with our agent."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"The product works perfectly for patch management and software deployments."
"The stability is great."
"Lacking in features such as Wi-Fi and network security."
"I wanted to check if there is any provision at the Intune level to restrict certain things, such as a website, but unfortunately, that feature is available only in Microsoft Defender. Intune has web filtering capabilities, but they are only useful for protection from malicious websites, whereas we would like to be able to restrict a website. For example, YouTube is a clean website. No one would identify it as a malicious website, but if we want to stop the end-users from going to that website, we have to go for another product, such as Microsoft Defender or another third-party proxy solution. It would be great if this capability is included in Intune."
"The UI also needs improvements because it is complex for end-users. We have had feedback from a few users in our organization who found the UI is not feasible for tracking and analyzing all the processes and monitoring all the devices."
"Data leak prevention can be integrated into it. Currently, it does not have data leak prevention."
"Intune's areas for improvement revolve around security and certificate management."
"Technical support is not that great."
"More integration with monitoring tools is needed."
"Microsoft Intune needs to improve the initial login process."
"The tool's pricing needs to be more flexible like Cisco's."
"It doesn't seem to be able to establish some VPN tunnels with other devices in a particular way that such as an ASA can do for us."
"Cisco's authorized scripting can be complicated. For example, we sometimes enter the wrong code using this script, and then we had to dictate to find the problem."
"Security could be improved, and there could be more features that enable you to customize the end customer solution."
"System's compatibility with Google Chrome could be improved."
"Integration with other tools, such as, ConnectWise Automate."
"Linux compatibility needs improvement."
"The price of the solution could be reduced."
"ManageEngine could be improved by giving customers an option to perform certain actions proactively. Since I was a consultant, I worked on different products and some had advantages over ManageEngine. For example, proactive remediation—you want to proactively check something on the computers and run the script. In ManageEngine, you have the option to run the script, but Intune has the option to do so proactively. ManageEngine doesn't have this. You should have the option to act proactively, not just going ahead and fixing it once it's done. Proactive remediation should be a feature."
"The solution is expensive."
"ManageEngine Desktop Central is very limited. When you scan your system, it will only recognize Microsoft Windows Defender and BitLocker."
"The tool's security can be better."
"Tech support is mediocre at best."
"The reports provided by the product are an area of concern where improvements are required. The visibility provided by the reports is not very attractive."
"The solution isn't fully stable, and, when it goes down, it's hard to get it up and running."
"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."
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Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM) is ranked 6th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 26 reviews while ManageEngine Endpoint Central is ranked 4th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 59 reviews. Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM) is rated 8.4, while ManageEngine Endpoint Central is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM) writes "Easy to use and excels in generating reports". On the other hand, 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". Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM) is most compared with VMware Workspace ONE, Jamf Pro, IBM MaaS360, SOTI MobiControl and Google Cloud Identity, whereas ManageEngine Endpoint Central is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, VMware Workspace ONE, Jamf Pro, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus and SOTI MobiControl. See our Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM) vs. ManageEngine Endpoint Central report.
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