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Microsoft System Center vs. Symantec Ghost Solution Suite

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft System Center

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft System Center Suite is a family of IT management software for network monitoring, updating and patching, endpoint protection with anti-malware, data protection and backup, ITIL- structured IT service management, remote administration and more. It is available in two editions: standard and datacenter. Datacenter provides unlimited virtualization for high density private clouds, while standard is for lightly or non-virtualized private cloud workloads.

    $1,323

    per month

    Symantec Ghost Solution Suite

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASymantec's Ghost Solution Suite is an imaging and deployment solution.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft System CenterSymantec Ghost Solution Suite
    Editions & Modules
    Standard Edition
    $1323
    Datacenter Edition
    $3607
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    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft System CenterSymantec Ghost Solution Suite
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Microsoft System CenterSymantec Ghost Solution Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft System Center
    Microsoft System Center has more options. Microsoft System Center has the ability to image PCs as well as remotely connect to PCs, and software installation and patching where Symantec Ghost Solution Suite didn't handle all of these options as well. We haven't looked at many …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft System Center
    We have used Ghost from Symantec (licensed), FOG and Clonezilla which are freeware products. All three products had their pros and cons. The two freeware products were functional but did lack some polish, and Ghost was a good product for imaging of desktop computers. All did …
    Incentivized
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft System CenterSymantec Ghost Solution Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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