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ManageEngine OS Deployer vs. SmartDeploy

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ManageEngine OS Deployer

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AN/AN/A

    SmartDeploy

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASmartDeploy, now from PDQ.com (acquired January 2022), provides a software deployment solution supporting computer imaging, app deployment, driver management, and Windows migration.

    $960

    per year

    Pricing
    ManageEngine OS DeployerSmartDeploy
    Editions & Modules
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    Starter
    $960
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ManageEngine OS DeployerSmartDeploy
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$96,050
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    User Ratings
    ManageEngine OS DeployerSmartDeploy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
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    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    ManageEngine OS DeployerSmartDeploy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    Easy to setup and train a colleague for use. PXE boot is great as well within the application.
    Incentivized
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    PDQ
    Well suited scenarios : One of the situations SmartDeploy helped immensly was in application deployment and management for our projects , making it and instant favorite for the deployment process. Also in one situation where we had a high flying app development which did'nt had much time to develop, deployment thorugh smart deploy made it quick and less involvement. Easier to understand major functionalities and onboard new projects. Less appropriate scenarios: We faced issues while utilising by DevOps team for monitoring every system for issue resolving in linux update on every employees system. This created alot of delay in every employees work front as systems were not working as expected
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    Pros
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • Imaging endpoint is fast and easy and works well with the Instant task solution.
    • Driver installation. When all drivers exists on Remote Office it handles the needed driver installations with ease.
    • Allowing different templates based on customers make it easy to handle multiple customers and with different tasks for each customer the code prevents installation of task not for the customer in question.
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    PDQ
    • It allows us to maintain only one image. Much less effort required than storing and maintaining multiple images.
    • LAN deployment works very well with few issues.
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    Cons
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • ManageEngine OS Deployer some features really not needed with a hosted server
    • Forcing MFA should be a customer option.
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    PDQ
    • Remote monitoring is useful but has some lagging and functionalities are not upfront to use , making it complicated for new users to be aware just by using the application
    • Windows migration was quite difficult in terms of updates of softwares to be migrated to new system
    • Integration with client systems can be tough as major usage of other softwares is done in most of client systems causing us difficulties to integrate with smart deploy on the same platform
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    Usability
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    As I mentioned earlier it's going there just a few more functions before it will have what's needed. When those functions are there it meets the required requirements for a complete product to manage deployments if endpoints.
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    PDQ
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    Support Rating
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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    PDQ
    SmartDeploy customer support has been very good. Although we do not always get a super-fast response (though always within the time stated). The tech support folks at SmartDeploy always go the extra mile to see that our immediate issues are taken care of in as timely a manner as possible. They have always been attentive to our needs and frustrations.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    Microsoft Deployment Tools, SCCM and Autopilot using Intune. ManageEngine OS Deployer is a combination of them just with another way of imaging. This make it easy to use and meets most demands to re-image an endpoint.
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    PDQ
    SmartDeploy has a fantastic deployment process management with detailed and configurable aspects. Even though it has detailed configuration it still somehow makes it easy to understand and implement compared to other services which need special learning and courses to understand them completelya and use them efficiently. This is one quality highly appreciated and stacks up against any other services I have used for deployment
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    Return on Investment
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • Keep our golden images updated with windows updates.
    • Much better than MDT for manging a golden image.
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    PDQ
    • Very fast as an image deployment solution for new PCs. We do not have to create a completely new image when new hardware comes out. This is an amazing time-saver on its own.
    • With offline deployment and some workarounds, this is allowing us to migrate many Windows 7 units, rather than having to upgrade each one or load from scratch or replace it with new hardware.
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