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."It's enabled us to have a highly successful endpoint patching program for the past decade. It's been enormously successful there. It's also become a core part of many of our business processes, from compliance monitoring of endpoints, encryption management, key escrow, and local administrator password escrow. It's built into our inventory. It's very much everywhere."
"In terms of vulnerability management, it gives tough competition by providing a single management console with multiple benefits."
"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."
"It's very straightforward."
"The older version of the tools that I use also included the connectivity aspect, and the fact that the tool now has it separate from the collection of usage data makes the deployment of these tools much easier."
"The most valuable feature of BigFix is the reporting tool and patching Windows."
"The most valuable aspect of BigFix is its ability to patch desktops. While we have complete control over servers and can easily push patches to them, desktops pose a greater risk for leaks and vulnerabilities if patches are not installed in a timely manner. By using BigFix, we have significantly improved our ability to patch desktops, whether they are laptops, desktops, or other mobile devices used by end-users."
"Servers are patched more consistently than they have been previously."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is lightweight and has a remote push feature that helps me manage several main sites and subsites."
"The initial setup was easy."
"The ability to deploy patches seamlessly is the solution's most valuable aspect. It allows us to not only deploy patches but to monitor the deployment of those patches."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"The solution's technical support is top-notch. Whenever I have a question, they get back to me immediately, which is probably one of the best features of the solution's technical support."
"The most valuable features are patch management and mobile device management."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The fetch repository is a good feature."
"I would like to see more integration with external data."
"The tool should be more friendly in terms of Web UI and should be having better vulnerability scanning mechanisms so a third-party application is not required to fulfill that aspect."
"It could use better integration with Hypervisor products like VMware."
"The main shortcoming of BigFix was integration with vulnerability management. If you had a vulnerability in your software and BigFix on the endpoint, you needed integration with Qualys, Tenable, or another vulnerability management solution to fix that. It was like, "Okay, we can identify issues, and get that information back from the endpoint, but what are we doing about it?""
"They don't have a proper mobile device management capability. They're working on it, however, that's the one thing that needs improvement so that you can have full unified endpoint management."
"IBM has not focused on the Web Reports capabilities."
"The console interface is not friendly, and requires training before using it in production."
"Needs to improve Network Access Protection (NAP) technologies to prevent computers with vulnerabilities from gaining access to networks."
"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus needs to improve speed."
"The user interface of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus needs to be made more user-friendly, simplified, and less complicated."
"There are limitations to this solution when we are working with iOS, Apple laptops or desktops such as the Mac and iMac."
"The tool's support needs improvement."
"The solution's initial setup is not straightforward, and we have to customize it with our relevant features."
"The agent can be a bit more intelligent."
"They should add better features for managing hardware."
"The solution's UI is an area that requires improvement."
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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, Microsoft Configuration Manager, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, GFI LanGuard and N-able N-central. See our BigFix vs. ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus report.
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