KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) vs. Microsoft Intune

KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)

24 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Intune

354 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
KACE Systems Management Appliance	Score10 out of 10	N/A	Quest now offers the KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) as an IT Asset tracking and management appliance (also available as a virtual deployment if hardware requirements are met). Beyond discovery, inventory tracking and license management, KACE emphasizes automating software upgrade distribution with minimal end-user disruption, featuring remote replication for multi-site upgrades and rollouts. KACE SMA may be bundled with KACE Cloud Mobile Device Management (MDM) to form a complete UEM…	N/A
Microsoft Intune	Score8.4 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Intune (formerly Microsoft Endpoint Manager), combining the capabilities of the former Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, SCCM or ConfigMgr, is presented as a unified endpoint management option. Microsoft Intune is an endpoint management solution for mobile devices, an MDM solution that allows the user to securely manage iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS devices with a single endpoint management solution. The component Endpoint Configuration Manager (the…	$5 per user/per month

Pricing

KACE Systems Management Appliance

Microsoft Intune

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Microsoft 365 Business Basic: $5
per user/per month
Microsoft 365 For Individuals: $6.99
per month
Microsoft 365 Apps: $8.25
per user/per month
Microsoft 365 For Families: $9.99
per month
Microsoft 365 Business Standard: $12.50
per user/per month
Microsoft 365 Business Premium: $15
per user/per month

Pricing Offerings
KACE Systems Management Appliance	Microsoft Intune
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	KACE Systems Management Appliance	Microsoft Intune
Considered Both Products	Quest Software Verified User Chose KACE Systems Management Appliance KACE has been a little bit easier to use and cheaper than when we were looking at Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). We have had much success with KACE as it has extra services such as the license manager and helpdesk ticketing system. Great value for the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose KACE Systems Management Appliance Compared to more robust tools like SCCM, KACE delivers 90% of the value for a fraction of the cost. Not only is the initial upfront investment less it requires significantly less care and feeding to ensure you get what you need. Incentivized Helpful? Gus Awad Senior Systems Engineer in Information Technology at BELLA + CANVAS (Retail, 51-200 employees) Chose KACE Systems Management Appliance By far it easier to deploy and manage. It makes the process of deployment, software, and patching much easier, and it's an all-in-one solution that is easy to manage and train helpdesk on. Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Verified User Chose Microsoft Intune [Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Microsoft Intune + SCCM)] was already in our environment when I was hired. We haven't really evaluated the need to use another application because SCCM has been working well for us. Additionally, Microsoft SCCM is the industry-standard when it comes … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Intune SCCM is probably used across the industry more so than most other Systems Management solutions, and the reasoning behind this is most likely because it is a Microsoft product, which integrates well with the Windows Server platform, and also with clients/endpoints that are on … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Intune WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) was the previous way patches were handled, but only for servers. SCCM is a single pane of glass for all Windows machines in our environment. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Intune Better product overall with additional features. Supports a lot of third-party add-ons. SCCM gets updated and patched for bug fixes a lot more frequently as compared to other competitive products. Makes a whole lot of sense for large Windows-based environments. AD unification … Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

KACE Systems Management Appliance

Microsoft Intune

Comparison of IT Asset Management features of KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) and Microsoft Intune
Feature	KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) 8.6 12 Ratings	Microsoft Intune - Ratings
Software and hardware inventory tracking	10.012 Ratings	00 Ratings
License management	9.011 Ratings	00 Ratings
Asset lifecycle monitoring	8.010 Ratings	00 Ratings
Contract management	6.06 Ratings	00 Ratings
Asset relationship management	10.08 Ratings	00 Ratings

User Ratings
	KACE Systems Management Appliance	Microsoft Intune
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (12 ratings)	9.4 (50 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	9.9 (2 ratings)
Usability	8.6 (3 ratings)	7.5 (9 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	6.9 (14 ratings)
Support Rating	9.5 (4 ratings)	10.0 (10 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.9 (2 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	7.6 (14 ratings)