Centurion Setup vs. Symantec Ghost Solution Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Centurion Setup
Score 9.1 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Centurion Setup is presented as an easy to use professional installation program installer. The installer is self-contained in a single compressed executable file, and runs on all versions of Windows. The vendor describes Centurion Setup as simple to learn, but also feature rich, with support for uninstallation, multiple languages, interface customization, license agreements, readme files, file associations, DOS batch operations, DLL installation, automated installations, device drivers,…
$130
one-time fee 5 activations
Symantec Ghost Solution Suite
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Symantec's Ghost Solution Suite is an imaging and deployment solution.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Standard Edition
$130.00
one-time fee 5 activations
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Centurion SetupSymantec Ghost Solution Suite
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$130 one-time fee 5 activationsNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA license entitles the user to 5 activations. Once activated, the software will remain activated indefinitely unless it is moved to a different drive, or if a major upgrade (such as 1.0 to 2.0) is installed. Minor upgrades (such as 1.0 to 1.1) are free. The 5 activations are not restricted to one machine or user.
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User Testimonials
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It helps to manage the mass of computers we use. We use GSS to see where and who deployed software to what computers. This can particularly be helpful when dealing with license usage, and tracking how many licenses we have left, and where those licenses have been used. We are able to use it to manage clients.
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Pros
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  • Ghost Cast [Server} gets the job done.
  • Easy to use.
  • Nice UI.
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Cons
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  • Even though Ghost Solution Suite saves configurations, software settings and installation within the image, there is still some manual configuration that needs to be done once the image is complete.
  • Installing Drivers for specific models of computers. With Ghost Solution Suite, it can be difficult to get the drivers for all the hardware of all the different model computers, so you have to create different images for different model computers. It would be nice to have the ability to have a hardware independent image for all model computers
  • Image Size. Ghost does have compression to reduce the size of the image, but when you have to store all the drivers within the image it increases the total size of the image you need to manage.
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Alternatives Considered
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Based on our particular company needs, we selected Ghost primarily for the cost. There are better products out there to deploy new computers. KACE was one of the products tested. I used KACE at a previous company and I can say KACE is a more effective deployment method, but the cost prevented us form going with this product. Also, since we have one single standard image it was very easy to manage Ghost for all our employee computers. We also standardized to one single hardware model computer which also made the decision to use Ghost easier.
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Return on Investment
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  • Initial setup took a long time to nail down. Once support figured out the issues, it was smooth.
  • After implementation, capturing and deploying images were smooth.
  • Being able to quickly deploy software, or move users to new AD groups, or manage power of the machines quickly made us enjoy the software even more.
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