Automox vs ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus comparison

Automox and ManageEngine are both solutions in the Patch Management category. Automox is ranked #14, while ManageEngine is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.2. Automox holds a 3.5% mindshare in PM, compared to ManageEngine’s 7.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Automox users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of ManageEngine users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus and Automox are leading competitors in the patch management solutions category. Based on user feedback, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus excels in pricing and support, while Automox stands out for its comprehensive features.

Features: ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is known for its robust reporting, extensive OS and application support, and competitive pricing. Automox offers cloud-native infrastructure, advanced automation capabilities, and improved operational efficiency.

Room for Improvement: ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus needs to improve performance speed, update frequency, and overall simplicity. Automox could benefit from better dashboard customization, enhanced offline patching, and customer service improvements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus offers comprehensive deployment but is considered complex, with positive customer service reviews. Automox provides straightforward cloud-based deployment, with mixed customer service feedback.

Pricing and ROI: ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is recognized for competitive pricing and notable ROI, ideal for budget-conscious users. Automox, although slightly higher in cost, demonstrates strong ROI through improved efficiency.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Automox

Ranking in Patch Management

14th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

8.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (49th), Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (61st), Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (18th)

ManageEngine Patch Manager ...

Ranking in Patch Management

7th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Patch Management category, the mindshare of Automox is 3.5%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is 7.7%, down from 8.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Patch Management

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Jack Leung

EMEA Senior Systems Engineer at Quaker Chemical Corporation

Easy to use and deploy agents but needs more stability

We just need to deploy the agent to the endpoints. We don't need to set up anything. For a single agent, it takes one or two minutes. However, we deployed globally, and you need to take into consideration the time it will take to deploy across each endpoint. It's very simple to deploy. We had three or four engineers take care of the implementation.

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AdeolaEkunola

Director at NIGERCUBES LTD

A quite straightforward solution that works easily with different operating systems

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten. When the use of the solution for customers grows, there is a need for more endpoints, and it may grow up to 500 endpoints, and the solution's use may even be scaled up further. It is possible to do what is needed to scale up the solution for the IT environments of any of our company's customers. Before scaling up, one needs to buy the license and consider the IT architecture to see if there are any modifications required in the solution. Around three of my company's customers who manage enterprise-sized businesses with a minimum requirement of 700 endpoints at least use the solution.

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Pros

"The fact that it's just one product that can patch multiple operating systems is really great."

"Among the most valuable features are its ease of use and the Worklets. Both of them are time-savers. Worklets enable us to customize things for a given environment. It's something like when Apple lets other people create applications. Other peoples' Worklets can be used in our environment and in our customers' environments. That saves a lot of time, and it's really cool."

"The biggest improvement to our organization involves the reduction in its man hours... We've probably saved hundreds of hours."

"Its flexibility is most valuable."

"It's super easy to use and we haven't found anything easier."

"The flexibility in creating tools to make changes on remote machines is most valuable to me. The reporting feature is also fantastic because on any given day I can bring up a list of machines that don't have patches, for example. Or I can bring up a list of machines that are in my environment on a certain day. The solution helps me with not only my own role, and what I look for internally myself, but it also helps during audits. I can go in and look at the number of machines in there, and their owners and timelines. It certainly helps tell a story for anything that IT requires."

"Coming from prior solutions that were a lot more effort, Automox's patch management abilities are transformational. When I took over patching at my company, they were using on-premise architecture to patch. As the workforce shifted from being in the office into their home offices, I was able to lift and shift with no effort other than deploying the new agent out into the environment."

"They've been adding some new features lately, which I'm not nearly as familiar with, but the ability to just deploy patches and exempt certain machines from certain patches is helpful. For instance, for our servers, we may not want to roll out zero-day patches. We are able to exempt those and make sure that they don't get those policies. We've got certain servers that have to run a particular version of Java, and being able to exempt those servers from receiving Java updates is pretty fantastic."

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"The solution supports patching not only Microsoft products but also non-Microsoft products, which is beneficial for me."

"The initial setup was easy."

"The automated patch deployment feature is really helpful. I can schedule it anytime, even on weekends, without needing to restart systems. The centralized management and unified console are great. It shows me which PCs are out of date or which users are breaching our policies. I can test patches before deploying them."

"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is lightweight and has a remote push feature that helps me manage several main sites and subsites."

"The most valuable features are patch management and mobile device management."

"The pricing for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is reasonable."

"It does not restart unexpectedly, allowing automation anytime, even during weekends."

"The fetch repository is a good feature."

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Cons

"It should have integrated workstation access. So, there should be a remote desktop feature."

"The stability has come a long way from what it was like when it started and now it's really good."

"They need to improve the automation features."

"Asset management would be a great feature to add to Automox. We would run easier scripts or more out of the box scripts that would help us in audits. \"

"As concerns the patching concepts, there's a bit of a learning curve in terms of working out how Automox wants you to work within the console, not only splitting up everything into groups, but then having the various policies assigned."

"We would like to see additional detailed reporting for Service providers like us. We had to build our own reports via their APIs to meet our needs."

"The biggest area they need to fix, without a doubt, is the ability to copy and sync profiles and worklets between all of the organizations you manage, and the ability to have top-level user access control across all of the companies that you manage."

"When we bring on a new client, we need to go into that client and manually set up my account, my chief engineer's account, three technicians' accounts, and a billing person's account all over again, which is annoying. We have probably up to 15 or 16 of our clients on Automox now. For every single one of those, we have had to go in and set this up. Then, if anything changes, we have to remember to go to Automox and change it 15 or 16 times. So, we just want inheritable permissions, and that is it. We have talked to them about this, and they are like, "Yeah, we hear a lot of complaints about it." I am thinking, "Guys, I have been complaining about this for a year and a half. When are you going to do it?" It must be some tricky thing or not an easy fix, because I can only assume if it were easy, then they would have done it by now."

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"The solution's UI is an area that requires improvement."

"The user interface of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus needs to be made more user-friendly, simplified, and less complicated."

"I think ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus could improve its testing capabilities. If they could test different SQL versions and server versions in their sandbox, it would be better. For example, it didn't work well with Server 2012, but it works fine with 2016 and up."

"Patching over the Internet should be improved. If I am traveling, I should have an Internet patching option for control, visibility, and vulnerability management for roaming users."

"There are limitations to this solution when we are working with iOS, Apple laptops or desktops such as the Mac and iMac."

"The cloud version should have option to add all the endpoints using the agent. Not only for Windows, but also the Linux version. There are some versions which are not compatible with SaaS Manager. So some customers do not want to use the latest version of Linux latest version of CentOS. Actually, CentOS is not available. But some are using and patch manager is compatible for some versions only, not older older versions. So there are some pros and cons that are referred to patch management."

"If a report shows that testing did not work for one version but succeeds for another, a comparison would be beneficial."

"I experienced issues with server 2012, which required an upgrade to 2016 for better functionality before moving to Azure."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing and licensing costs have been great for us... My advice to others who are evaluating or thinking of implementing Automox is to give it a shot. If a free trial is still available, definitely use it, because it makes life a lot easier."

"Automox just charges us a set amount per user, per month, for using the product. That is very important to us. Because it's a cloud-native solution, you're saving on the cost of hosting an on-premises solution on your servers."

"We're doing it annually directly through Automox. It is per endpoint. It is $2 and some change per endpoint, but I believe the cost is right around $28,000. Everything is covered in this fee."

"There are no additional costs in addition to the extended licensing fees with Automox. You get your support and your per endpoint license with what you purchased."

"The cost is very reasonable compared to the competition."

"For all these software tools, it is usually a subscription model. There is a monthly charge that we need to pass along to our clients because we are doing all this for their benefit. It is only a couple of bucks a month per computer, and that is a low enough price point where our clients, without exception, have accepted it, and said, "This is great. We will pay that. It sounds like a worthwhile thing.""

"We are on the premium licensing, which is the one that has the API capability that we use."

"The product is a great value."

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"I rate the price of the product a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"The solution cost is around $5,000 per year."

"Its price needs improvement."

"I rate the product price a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"Patch Manager is cost-effective."

"Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and the charge for support is extra."

"ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is a little bit cheaper."

"The price of this product is reasonable."

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The pricing for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is reasonable. There is a concern regarding the exchange rate as one dollar equals six reais today, making everything expensive in dollars for us.

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Overview

Facing growing threats and a rapidly expanding attack surface, understaffed and alert-fatigued organizations need more efficient ways to eliminate their exposure to vulnerabilities. Automox is a modern cyber hygiene platform that closes the aperture of attack by more than 80% with just half the effort of traditional solutions.

Cloud-based and globally available, Automox enforces OS & third-party patch management, security configurations, and custom scripting across Windows, Mac, and Linux from a single intuitive console. IT and SecOps can quickly gain control and share visibility of on-prem, remote and virtual endpoints without the need to deploy costly infrastructure.

Automox dramatically reduces corporate risk while raising operational efficiency to deliver best-in-class security outcomes, faster and with fewer resources.

Automox

Patch Manager Plus is a simple patch management tool that makes it easy to keep your network patched and secure. It is an endpoint patch management software that provides enterprises a single interface for automating all patch management tasks - from detecting missing patches to deploying patches - for Windows, Mac, Linux and 250+ third-party applications. Whether you have one computer or hundred, they can all be patched at the same time from a single point of console.

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