Absolute Resilience vs. HCL BigFix

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Absolute Resilience
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Absolute Relience provides protection and self-healing to mission critical applications on remote endpoints, allowing them to heal and re-install themselves if they are removed or tampered with. It can also be used to scan endpoints for sensitive data like financial information, social security numbers, PHI, and intellectual property, or to query and remediate a fleet to gather precise contextual insights. This is to address dark endpoints, ransomware attacks, and other vulnerabilities with…N/A
HCL BigFix
Score 7.1 out of 10
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BigFix, now supported by HCL Technologies since the acquisition of BigFix from IBM in 2018, is an endpoint management solution providing endpoint visibility and IT asset discovery, automated endpoint patching (BigFix Lifecycle and BigFix Patch) policy enforcement (BigFix Compliance), and software asset discovery for licensed and unlicensed software (BigFix Inventory).N/A
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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User Testimonials
Absolute ResilienceHCL BigFix
Likelihood to Recommend
The is no comparison to Absolute Resilience as no other company has integration with the bios of the computers. If you are concerned with computers leaving a specific area geofencing along with notifications will keep you informed. If you have a program you need to be installed on your computers application persistence will allow you be sure that the application will be there.
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BigFix is well suited for patch review and deployment, but there are key features that can definitely be improved. An example is that if a specific patch is deployed, but a cumulative update that contains that patch is not deployed, the system still shows the patch as outstanding or not implemented. Another area for improvement is the customization of BigFix. The tool has many uses and can be extremely helpful, but the amount of knowledge required to customize the solution is significant and customized scripts or "fixlets" need to be created. If common things could be pre-packaged and provided to the customer community, it would allow for an easier deployment and use of the tool.
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Pros
  • Keeps track of assets
  • reinstalls software
  • reinstalls itself through the computer's bios
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  • Custom patch packages are easy to set up and allows for use with a repository.
  • Asset management by use of agents is simple and allows for user assignment by the device.
  • Reporting has a large variety of templates.
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Cons
  • It is difficult to remove the software from computers on some occasions
  • The computer wipe action does not do a great job of keeping track of the certificate of destruction
  • We have had computers stop reporting to Absolute Resilience
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  • No console for macOS
  • No easy setup UI for macOS users
  • Patching can be complicated if you don't understand relevance
  • Patching can be complicated it you don't understand scripting
  • Could be better in helping with CIS Benchmarks
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Support Rating
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While some support calls are quickly responded to, many times our engineers have been pointed to collaborative web sites such as Bigfix.me for solutions or the option of engaging professional services has been proposed. While this may seem like a good way to drive business, it is not seen as efficient a support process as could be provided to the customer base.
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Alternatives Considered
We have been using this for so long....that should speak volumes
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We have significantly enhanced our ability to patch desktops, including laptops, desktop, cloud, virtual machines and other mobile devices used by end-users. BigFix's endpoint management functionality allows us to seamlessly patch a wide range of operating systems, such as Windows, MacOS, ChromeOS, and Linux systems, ensuring comprehensive patch management across IT infrastructures. We have established a track record of delivering secure and hassle-free patching solutions to our clients
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Return on Investment
  • ability to recover lost and stolen laptops
  • better management of asset life cycle
  • Ease of asset data destruction
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  • Overall, the product helps achieve the security posture mandated by HIPAA for our organization.
  • It is a decent inventory management solution, and provides IT leaders with useful information for decision making.
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