We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Identity 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."The most valuable features in Microsoft Intune for me are application deployment, Defender deployment, and asset management."
"I like the group policy management feature, which performs application monitoring and device enrollment."
"Its security is most valuable. It gives us a way to secure devices, not only those that are steady. We do have a few tablets and other devices, and it is a way for us to secure these devices and manage them. We know they're out there and what's their status. We can manage their life cycle and verify that they're updated properly."
"The Microsoft Windows Autopilot and Defender policies are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The policy and compliance monitoring of devices and the software deployment are most valuable."
"This product works very well for companies already using the full Microsoft suite."
"Autopilot is the most valuable feature."
"The stability is good."
"Google is always on its own. Google Cloud Identity is pretty good on every point."
"The most valuable feature is the performance."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Identity is its stability."
"One of the most useful features was the single sign-on. You can use it as an identity provider or service provider. And you can use their organization unit feature to enable or disable some of the features for a specific group of users."
"Google Cloud Identity uses what they call organizational units (OUs) instead of the security groups you'd find in Microsoft's Entra."
"It is a very stable solution. I would rate it a ten out of ten."
"The main control page and the ability to manage all our users from a web-based portal are the most valuable aspects of the solution. That's particularly useful because we're a heterogeneous network."
"The solution is primarily used for single control and single sign which helps with the security and authentication of multiple devices."
"The mobile functionality is very easy."
"Its cross-platform capabilities and the ability to do both OS-level patching and third-party patching are valuable. It is difficult to find a software product that will do all that for you out of the box, and you don't have to do any configuration other than your initial setup. Once you do that, there is a very minimalistic approach to getting it operational. You can have it up and running within a 20-minute time span."
"The solution's most valuable features are its patch management capabilities, especially for third-party applications, along with quick and easy configuration and deployment processes."
"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 initial setup is easy."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"The centralized control of all of our Windows hardware that this solution offers has been most valuable to our organization."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"Having a dedicated configuration server that assists in modifying the configuration service, and creating personalized structures, interfaces, and web services could enhance usability."
"They could also make it easier to use because there are some other products that may be easier to use in terms of the look and feel of the dashboard."
"Microsoft needs to enhance device-level security, as sometimes when using Microsoft Intune, the device's operating system becomes stuck and requires a full uninstall to remove the Intune bug."
"It would be better if they can reduce the cost of the license."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with Apple."
"There is room for improvement in integration and security as well."
"The solution could improve its flexibility."
"Microsoft Intune fails a lot when it comes to device compliance."
"The pricing for this solution is a little bit higher than AWS and others, which is something that should be improved."
"If you want to set up some alerts, you don't have much control over the configuration. You have to use their default alerts. And they only provide alerts for certain activities, so you cannot customize those. Monitoring isn't very helpful either."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"I would like to see more integration in future releases."
"The interface could be improved by simplifying it further."
"We cannot manage the attributes of SSPR."
"Google Cloud Identify could make the technology used easier to understand as a layman making it more user-friendly."
"The one place it could be improved is the password vaulting. The password vaulting does not prevent the admins from reading users' passwords, and that's a debate."
"Computer imaging is powerful but breaks frequently. The reason for this breaking is not clear and requires heavy amounts of attention to keep operational. There is a lot of room for this tool to do more but the reliability of this process should be focused on first to ensure core competencies are being fixed before more features are added."
"Its licensing should be improved."
"The performance sometimes lags a bit because the solution is demanding on system resources."
"ManageEngine Desktop Central is very limited. When you scan your system, it will only recognize Microsoft Windows Defender and BitLocker."
"I would like to see them include the ability to find out the network usage but I believe that might be a feature of it already."
"Each of their products is an independent product, and they don't have anything to do with each other. It is a suite of packages. They all run independently, and they all are a little different because they were acquired differently. They could standardize their portfolio."
"The product's remote access manager needs improvement."
"The pricing is lower than other well-respected solutions in this category."
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Google Cloud Identity is ranked 7th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 21 reviews while ManageEngine Endpoint Central is ranked 4th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 59 reviews. Google Cloud Identity is rated 7.6, while ManageEngine Endpoint Central is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Identity writes " A stable solution that can help with collaboration and productivity". 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". Google Cloud Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Workforce Identity, JumpCloud, VMware Workspace ONE and SailPoint IdentityIQ, whereas ManageEngine Endpoint Central is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, VMware Workspace ONE, Jamf Pro, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus and N-able N-central. See our Google Cloud Identity vs. ManageEngine Endpoint Central report.
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