ManageEngine Endpoint Central vs. Microsoft Intune

ManageEngine Endpoint Central

130 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Intune

354 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
ManageEngine Endpoint Central	Score9.3 out of 10	N/A	Desktop Central from ManageEngine is a client desktop management with patching, remote control, and configuration.	$795 per year per user
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

ManageEngine Endpoint Central

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
ManageEngine Endpoint Central	Microsoft Intune
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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	ManageEngine Endpoint Central	Microsoft Intune
Considered Both Products	ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd Axel Kasper Network Engineer in Information Technology at Demgy EIS GmbH (Airlines/Aviation, 201-500 employees) Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central It holds up very well even against the microsoft native solution Microsoft Intune. The Configurations are easy to set up and apply quickly over the selected scope of Clients. You have a almost real time inventory of everything detected by the agent. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central Jamf was always easier to use and than our Intune and SCCM setups. ManageEngine gives us that usability across all our supported platforms instead of just Apple, enough that we are now considering retiring Jamf Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central ManageEngine is easy to use compared to Microsoft Intune. You don't have to use a package manager to build your apps it lets you deploy them in a more natural way. Inventory and reports are robust and easy to run. Reports in Intune are mainly CSV files Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central I worked on SCCM/Intune and different is one single console of ManageEngine Endpoint Central using which you can manage your BYOD/corporate-owned devices for which other tools you need to work two different consoles to do the same thing. This makes ManageEngine Endpoint Central … Incentivized Helpful? Marc-Philippe Bannereau Architecte Infrastructure et Sécurité in Information Technology at Port Autonome de Strasbourg (Logistics & Supply Chain, 51-200 employees) Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central We preferred Endpoint Central for several reasons. The wide range of functionality, the ability to manage our entire infrastructure from a single console, and the capability to manage our smartphones. No other solution allowed us to do all this, except Microsoft Intune which is … Incentivized Helpful? Joe Amer IT Systems Analyst in Information Technology at WD-40 Company Limited (Chemicals, 201-500 employees) Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central We did not use ManageEngine Endpoint Central over intune specifically, we run the solutions in parallel. This is ideal, as intune allows surface devices to be shipped and enrolled (no imaging, PXE or any intervention needed) The huge advantage of intune is we can ship the … Incentivized Helpful? Scott Phillips Infrastructure Engineer in Information Technology at CIPFA (Accounting, 201-500 employees) Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central I tend to use a combination of solutions to keep the estate running efficiently. ManageEngine Endpoint Central has more control over the timing of patching for users. Juggling users being able to work and keeping systems up to date with user satisfaction in mind is a monthly … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central The reporting on scripts is far better in ManageEngine, always showing the latest result. Unlike Intune which can run a script every day, but the "Report" only shows the result from the first time the script ran, it never refreshes. When we have had issues where the LAPS … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central Much better patching capabilities Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central So much easier and intuitive than the competitors. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central Deeper Windows control, especially for legacy, domain-joined machines. Better third-party patch management out of the box. Incentivized Helpful? Stephen Fuller DevOps Engineer in Information Technology at Chorus Intelligence Ltd (Computer Software, 51-200 employees) Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central Compared to the Microsoft patching and software deployment applications ManageEngine Endpoint Central is so easy and intuitive to use. I've always found the Microsoft products overly-complicated and bloated. It takes weeks-and-weeks to get used to them and get anything useful … Incentivized Helpful? Roberto Villón Jara Asesor Comercial in Sales at Synergy Ecuador (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central ManageEngine Endpoint Central is the best option if the cost-benefit obtained is evaluated.With ManageEngine Endpoint Central it is possible to perform vulnerability analysis and patching of operating systems and applications other than Microsoft such as: Linux and Mac. This … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central We had 3 key points in mind on our market research when selected the MDM solution. This where: Best integration across multiple OS vendors; Ease of use of the management console; Licensing model per endpoint and agents. If we were to have a Windows only environment, then … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central ManageEngine Endpoint Central is definitely more affordable than most any of the other solutions out there. The software suite continues to compete with the other vendors in regard to functionality, usability, reliability, and even security. The system is flexible and simple to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central TeamViewer is a good solution for remote control, but I haven't found it as useful for patch management, software deployment and inventory reporting However, the file transfer and chat functions of TeamViewer are better to use than Endpoint central Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central ManageEngine Desktop Central is simpler, easy to learn, [and has] online and dedicated support. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central I came into the company while the already had ManageEngine Endpoint Central. Frankly, I have attempted to switch our company to a different platform due to its confusing interface, lack of quality support when I have connected support, and lack of features then I have used in … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central In general is best all round performer and tends to have multiple tools in one place compared to others. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central Kaseya's system of handling patch management was not as intuitive as Endpoint Central, however in some respects it was easier to set up. Kaseya VSA and ConnectWise are also more geared towards managed service providers that handle multiple organizations versus a single … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central In terms of feather and usability ManageEngine Endpoint Central far surpasses both. Although spiceworks is free, you are limited to support and new feature updates. Intune does well what it is built for, but does not provide all the features that are needed for day to day … Incentivized Helpful? Mohamed Ismail Systems Administrator in Information Technology at City of Frederick (Government Administration, 501-1000 employees) Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central Endpoint Central provides a more robust unified Endpoint Management product. Other products would need separate add-ons or third party products to manage what we would require from an asset management product. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central For the cost its better than most. Consistency and reliability are usually solid but have some hiccups. Small-Medium environments are easily manageable with EC but large rollouts would need a higher tunable and applicable product. Overall i would say its top 10% in it's price … Incentivized Helpful? David Smith Lead, IT Services and Support in Information Technology at Technology Credit Union (Banking, 201-500 employees) Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central ManageEngine Endpoint Central was the clear winner for us, as intune was not as user friendly and ivanti was extremely expensive and significantly less user friendly. The cost of ManageEngine Endpoint Central was the main selling point, along with the ease of use. It was almost … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ManageEngine Endpoint Central ManageEngine definitely has the most easy to navigate and useable interface of the systems we have used previously, and currently is the best product that we use day to day to support our staff. Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Verified User Chose Microsoft Intune We use AD GPO to deploy software, WDS for OS deployment, and Spiceworks for inventory. This solution has significantly reduced feature set compared to SCCM but much easier to troubleshoot and configure. Currently, we are looking into ManageEngine Desktop Central and SmartDeploy … Incentivized Helpful? Valery Mezentsau IT Department Manager in Information Technology at Acceptance Solutions Group (Financial Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft Intune Microsoft System Center Configuration manager was always selected because it combines several standalone solutions provided by other vendors. Has great integration with all Microsoft services including Azure. Being an enterprise standard level product, you can expect that your … Incentivized Helpful? Michael Timms Network Administrator II in Information Technology at iQor (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Intune I am going to speak strictly on imaging here as this is what I have used System Center Configuration Manager for more than anything. I used SCCM at two companies that I worked for before my current company, and compared to the other software imaging suites that I have used, … Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	ManageEngine Endpoint Central	Microsoft Intune
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (54 ratings)	9.4 (50 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.3 (6 ratings)	9.9 (2 ratings)
Usability	7.9 (14 ratings)	7.5 (9 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	6.9 (14 ratings)
Support Rating	7.8 (7 ratings)	10.0 (10 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.1 (1 ratings)	8.9 (2 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	7.6 (14 ratings)