Enterprise IT Management Software
Alternatives to Microsoft Configuration Manager
The tools Specifiction weighs against Microsoft Configuration Manager, from its list of enterprise it management software, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.
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Checkmk Checkmk suits teams monitoring infrastructure across cloud, hybrid, and data center environments, including servers, networks, and containers.
From $275/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.4 Visit Specs - 02
ManageEngine OpManager OpManager suits teams monitoring network devices and servers in a self-hosted deployment.
From $7.92/mo Free plan Web · Windows · Linux · iOS9.2 Visit Specs - 03
CFEngine CFEngine suits teams managing infrastructure across devices or large node fleets that want policy-based configuration and compliance reporting.
Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.1 Visit Specs - 04
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus It suits organizations that need an IT help desk with service-level tracking, knowledge resources, and approval workflows.
From $10/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.0 Visit Specs - 05
Nagios XI Nagios XI suits teams that want to host monitoring on their own Linux infrastructure and need configurable checks, notifications and access controls.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.0 Visit Specs - 06
Puppet Puppet Enterprise is intended for medium and large organizations managing complex hybrid environments that need centralized automation, security, and compliance controls.
From $120/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.9 Visit Specs - 07
Rudder From $3.33/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · Linux · API8.8 Visit Specs - 08
Chef Infra Chef Infra suits teams managing mixed operating-system fleets that want to define, test, and enforce configuration policies as code.
From $4.92/mo Free trial Windows · macOS · Linux · API8.6 Visit Specs - 09
Icinga Icinga suits teams of any size that need self-hosted infrastructure monitoring, from small setups to large distributed environments.
From $166.67/mo Free plan Web · Windows · Linux · API8.6 Visit Specs - 10
SysAid SysAid suits IT teams needing service management, asset oversight, automation, integrations, and mobile incident handling.
From $89/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.6 Visit Specs - 11
TOPdesk TOPdesk suits service departments in IT, Facility Management, and HR that need ticket handling and self-service.
From £51/mo Free trial Web · iOS · Android · API8.6 Visit Specs - 12
Automic Continuous Delivery Automation Free trial Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted8.5 Visit Specs - 13 Microsoft Defender for Business From $0.25/mo Free trial Windows · macOS · iOS · Android8.5 Visit Specs
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Device42 Device42 suits IT teams managing assets and dependencies across data center, cloud, or hybrid environments.
Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.4 Visit Specs - 15
KACE Systems Management Appliance Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.1 Visit Specs - 16
Flexera One IT Asset Management Flexera One IT Asset Management suits organizations managing software entitlements, contracts, and hardware across mixed environments.
Web · Self-hosted8.0 Visit Specs - 17 HCL BigFix
It suits organizations managing employee endpoints or virtual servers across Windows, UNIX, Linux, macOS, and mobile devices.
Free trial Windows · macOS · Linux · API8.0 Visit Specs - 18
WhatsUp Gold Free plan Web · Windows · API · Self-hosted7.5 Visit Specs - 19 OpenText AI Operations Management (formerly Operations Bridge)
The platform suits IT operations teams managing hybrid environments, observability data, incident prevention, and controlled remediation.
Free trial Web · Self-hosted7.3 Visit Specs - 20
Zabbix Zabbix suits organizations monitoring infrastructure, applications, networks or services across varied data sources.
Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.3 Visit Specs - 21
ManageEngine Endpoint Central Endpoint Central suits teams managing mixed desktop, mobile and other listed device platforms.
From $66.25/mo Free plan Web7.2 Visit Specs - 22 OpenText Service Management
It suits organizations managing service requests and changes across IT and non-IT departments.
Web · iOS · Android6.2 Visit Specs - 23
ServiceNow ITSM Web · iOS · Android6.1 Visit Specs - 24
Matrix42 Enterprise Service Management Web · iOS · Android6.0 Visit Specs - 25
Ivanti Neurons for UEM Web5.8 Visit Specs - 26 Tanium Comply Windows · macOS · Linux5.6 Visit Specs
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes Web5.5 Visit Specs - 28 USU IT Monitoring Web5.3 Visit Specs
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Microsoft Configuration Manager, head to head
- Microsoft Configuration Manager vs Checkmk
- Microsoft Configuration Manager vs ManageEngine OpManager
- Microsoft Configuration Manager vs CFEngine
- Microsoft Configuration Manager vs ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
- Microsoft Configuration Manager vs Nagios XI
- Microsoft Configuration Manager vs Puppet
- Microsoft Configuration Manager vs Rudder
- Microsoft Configuration Manager vs Chef Infra
- Microsoft Configuration Manager vs Icinga
- Microsoft Configuration Manager vs SysAid
- Microsoft Configuration Manager vs TOPdesk
- Microsoft Configuration Manager vs Automic Continuous Delivery Automation