This product overview is based on a synthesis of 10 recent reviews across 2 dimensions, focusing on user satisfaction and product ecosystem. ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is primarily employed by IT departments to automate patch management processes for operating systems and applications. A significant benefit, highlighted by 4 out of 5 reviewers, is the automation of patching, particularly for third-party software. This automation addresses the critical business problem of maintaining up-to-date systems and reduces the burden of manual updates, allowing IT staff to focus on other tasks, as noted by 3 reviewers. While the tool excels in streamlining patch deployment and freeing up IT resources, users often integrate it within a broader ecosystem of tools. Specifically, 3 out of 5 reviewers use other ManageEngine products alongside Patch Manager Plus, suggesting a reliance on integrated solutions. Mentions of software like Microsoft 365 and PDQ Deploy (2 of 5 reviewers) indicate that Patch Manager Plus is often used in conjunction with other software to meet diverse organizational needs. The overall value proposition is a tool that automates and improves patch management, though its effectiveness is often amplified when used within a suite of complementary software solutions.

Pros

Automates OS and application patching, especially for third-party software.
Reduces the burden of manual updates, freeing up IT resources.
Streamlines patch deployment processes.
Integrates well with other ManageEngine products for a cohesive IT management ecosystem.

Cons

Effectiveness may be amplified when used within a broader ecosystem of tools, potentially increasing complexity.
Reliance on multiple ManageEngine solutions may create vendor lock-in.

Besides ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, what other software do you regularly use? How likely would you be to recommend it to a friend or colleague?

From 5 reviews

Summary

This report analyzes 5 recent reviews to understand what other software users regularly employ alongside ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus and their likelihood of recommending it. Reviewers often mention using other ManageEngine products (3 of 5 reviewers). There are also mentions of other software, such as Microsoft 365 and PDQ Deploy (2 of 5 reviewers). The reviews suggest an integrated ecosystem of tools is common, with users often leveraging multiple ManageEngine solutions or combining ManageEngine with other software to fulfill their needs. Due to the small sample size, these findings should be interpreted as directional indications rather than definitive conclusions.

Reviews

15 Reviews

A good solution for a great result

Rating: 10 out of 10

June 20, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I was looking for a way to improve my patch management for my SoHo network (partly private, partly commercial), to automate it to a certain extent, and, especially for security reasons, to get an overview of missing updates for the third-party software I use. The fact that driver and BIOS updates are also offered was an added bonus for me.

Pros

Patching
Reporting
Management like planned restarts and shutdowns
Improving security

Cons

Software deployment via packages or scripts
Updates for more anti-virus manufacturers like fpr example ESET
Remote access to clients

Likelihood to Recommend

I would recommend ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus at any time, or even use it for smaller customers. Regarding things like software deployment or remote support, another product would probably be more advantageous.

However, as a pure patch management solution, it is definitely more than sufficient and it would increase the security level enormous.

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Wont be disappointed with ManageEngine Patch Manger Plus

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

June 3, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus to automatically update our OS and applications during on- or off-hours. We had issues having our staff members update their computers; either they forgot or didn't bother. This software does that work, allowing our IT department to focus on more pressing IT needs and freeing up more time for their breaks.

Pros

Auto patching does its work
Easy-to-use browser portal interface
Portal reporting is simple to work with

Cons

Forcefully install the updates (e.g. MS Office apps), but warn the user doing so.
Remind (via a notification) the users to reboot every 15 mins even though they have already shut the counter down.
I wish we could update more than 50 computers manually at a time via the portal

Likelihood to Recommend

This software is well-suited for small and mid-size businesses, as I work with 50 to 100 users.

Ronaldo Villamayor

Sales and IT Coordinator in Information Technology at Ambico (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

7 years of experience

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus

Rating: 10 out of 10

May 16, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The basic problem was smooth deployment of patches and keeping the track of it, the other one was third party application patching and the said the solution was required is for offline systems. where the ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus has played a great role to provide seamless solution where all the above mentioned issues got resolved.

Pros

Smooth Patching
detailed track of applied and missing patches
works very good for remote or offline systems

Likelihood to Recommend

it is well suited in all scenarios

Verified User

Vice-President in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

Great Tool for Small- to Mid-Size Environments

Rating: 9 out of 10

May 15, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use this to identify and update systems to ensure they are running the latest software packages and operating system updates.

Pros

Identify non-compliant systems
scheduled updates
reporting

Cons

better interface for schedule creation
test group creation prior to overall launch

Likelihood to Recommend

it is best suited for organizations that have a mix of on premise and remote systems that require software patching.

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Definitivly recommended

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 8, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus to keep up to date all our Server OS and 3rd party applications on a automatic schedule. This saves us time and I think it is way more friendlier tu use than WSUS

Pros

Windows Updates
Scheduling
Automation

Cons

Upload an out of band patch manually

Likelihood to Recommend

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is a perfect replacement for WSUS and does even more. We started including 3rd party application patching in our schedules. So we can use the same maintenance windows to update VMWare tools for example.

Patrick Montmarquet

Sysadmin in Information Technology at Harnois Energies (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Great patch management, simple to use

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

February 13, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus to help us comply with our 14 day patching schedule, we have set up automatic deployments for both Windows and Third party apps, we typically install updates for most software using MS Intune but for all the smaller third party apps that tends to get missed, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus comes in handy and catches most of them. It has definitely been a good asset when it comes to our security audits.

Pros

Automatic Deployments
List of Third Party App Patches
Ease of Use

Cons

Autodesk Patches would be nice
Inbuilt vulnerability with automated patching would be a great feature to implement.
Not much integration except for with Tenable

Likelihood to Recommend

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is great if you just need something to catch automatically deploy patches without the need to continuously check in with the system. It also has a test and prove feature that can push out patches to test on a few machines and then if it all works it will auto-approve the patch if you notice the patch does not work then you can manually deny the patch. If you're looking for a solution where you can upload your own patches, this is not it.

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus review

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

January 5, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus to patch our Windows Server estate. Previously we were using WSUS which was proving hard to manage servers with failed patches which would sometimes take hours to report in. ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is instantaneous and makes patching so easy now. Fixing patching issues can be done within 15 minutes rather than hours.

Pros

Reporting
Management of Computers from the console
Broad range of 3rd party applications

Cons

Would like to be able to still install patches that are older than 3 months
Would like to be able to upload our own installers, but understand this is part of endpoint central

Likelihood to Recommend

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is great if you want to have a single solution to patch your entire server estate. It provides great reporting for our Security team so we know we have the latest security patches. Since it's installation we have been able to patch third party software which we've never been able to do before.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Great Patching Software! That, (at times) Falls Short Due to the End Users

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

June 30, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Patch Manager Plus in an educational environment where finding time to update is hard for teachers. One of the challenges we faced was that teachers would not update their apps during the school day and have outdated software. With Patch Manager Plus, we set up our distribution servers, deployment profiles, and gave teachers specific times of day when their computers would update. This helped solve our problems by allowing devices to update and not hinder the work day.

Pros

Efficient and kind support.
Updating apps with relative ease.
Simple to set up distribution servers.

Cons

More detailed explanations for “why” an update failed.
Better MacOS update support.
More customizable reports for building technicians.

Likelihood to Recommend

Patch Manager Plus is a piece of software that does its job well under the correct conditions. This is not always perfect, and sometimes patching fails on a client system. This can be frustrating because there could be a number of reasons "why" a patch failed, but the system does not always tell you that in detail. I have been able to figure out that Patch Manager Plus will not update certain systems if the battery is too low, and the system is not plugged in. While I recognize this as a fault with the system, and NOT Patch Manager Plus. I still believe it would be nice if the software would tell me that on the back end, so that I can troubleshoot better. Overall, as said, Patch Manager Plus does it job perfectly under the correct conditions.

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, a Reliable and Robust Patch Management Solution.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 30, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IT security nowadays has become of primary concern and given our very large number of PCs and Laptops (more than 1400) all connected to LAU’s network and having internet access, we realized that it is of utmost importance to have a solid patching solution. Up until now, we were relying on Microsoft WSUS for updating Microsoft products but over the past several years, it proved to be extremely unreliable and problematic. We tested Microsoft SCCM for the patching role but it also proved to be extremely impractical, unreliable and cumbersome. We did research to find out what are the best patch management (PM) applications on the market, tested 7 different products and found ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus to be the best effective solution for our needs. Now we have an efficient automated solution that keeps our 2000+ PCs, Laptops and servers up to date and safe.

Pros

Integrates with Active Directory
Agent deployment on endpoints
It has a lot of very comprehensive rules and queries that can be used to group clients for the division of tasks
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus can patch servers as well as normal operating systems
It has a rich user interface that is easy to understand and navigate
Supports patching Mac OS and Linux in addition to Windows operating systems

Cons

Patching based on AD groups. It does not understand AD groups
Provide more agent/user options
Work with Solaris

Likelihood to Recommend

If you are managing a very large number of computers, I would say 1000+, the standard patching tools provided by Microsoft will fail to do their job properly. This is where you will benefit from ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, being agent-based it is fast, easy to manage, and reliable. If you require functionality more than just patching, like security auditing, you have to look elsewhere.

Alexei Karam

Senior Systems Analyst in Information Technology at Lebanese American University (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Simple, Ease of Use

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

March 3, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We need some tested products for ManageEngine Patch Management and we choose the same. It updated my network very easily. Just create a policy on what to do and the rest will take care of ManageEngine Patch Manager.

Pros

All the patches are tested before delivered to us.
It's on cloud so we does not need to maintain Hardware and Network.
It also upgrades the hardware drivers & BIOS. But for BIOS only we use monthly updates no automatic policy just push to target computers.

Cons

Reporting needs to improve.
Support needs to improve. Ex. quick answer or timely answers. 6-8 hrs.
No prior information of client version update. They just pushed without intimation.

Likelihood to Recommend

Shiju Chacko

System Administrator in Information Technology at Ganga Acrowools Limited (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, a Reliable and Robust Patch Management Solution.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 30, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

Integrates with Active Directory
Agent deployment on endpoints
It has a lot of very comprehensive rules and queries that can be used to group clients for the division of tasks
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus can patch servers as well as normal operating systems
It has a rich user interface that is easy to understand and navigate
Supports patching Mac OS and Linux in addition to Windows operating systems

Cons

Patching based on AD groups. It does not understand AD groups
Provide more agent/user options
Work with Solaris

Likelihood to Recommend

Alexei Karam

Senior Systems Analyst in Information Technology at Lebanese American University (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience