Canonical Landscape vs HCL BigFix Patch
Canonical Landscape
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HCL BigFix Patch
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| Figure | Canonical Landscape | HCL BigFix Patch |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $571.75/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Patch Management Software | 8.5 (#9) | 8.0 (#16) |
| Purpose | Landscape is a systems management tool for managing and monitoring Ubuntu deployments, including desktops, servers, cloud instances and IoT devices. | HCL BigFix discovers, patches, configures and enforces compliance on endpoints from one console across on-premises, cloud and remote environments. |
| Security and compliance | Features include patch compliance, role-based access control, automated audit logging and compliance reporting. | BigFix can enforce policy compliance against baselines including CIS and DISA STIG and apply remediations when configuration drift occurs. |
| Trial | Ubuntu Pro offers a 30-day trial for enterprises, and Landscape is available with an Ubuntu Pro subscription. | HCL offers a 30-day Endpoint Management free trial. |
| Who it serves | Landscape documentation identifies system administrators, security teams, IT managers and compliance officers in organizations of all sizes as users. | HCL positions Workspace+ for employee endpoints and Enterprise+ for servers, hybrid cloud and critical infrastructure. |
Plans
Canonical Landscape
- Landscape SaaS (Ubuntu Pro included)Free
- Self-hosted LandscapeFree
- Managed Landscape on public clouds, VMware, OpenStack or LXD$6,861 a year
- Managed Landscape on bare metal$9,470 a year
In their own words
Canonical Landscape
Canonical Landscape manages and monitors Ubuntu deployments, including desktops, servers, cloud instances and IoT devices. It can install, update and remove software, apply automated update and security-patch policies, and configure users and groups. For monitoring, it can alert on updates, chart temperature, disk, memory and system-load trends, show running processes and collect custom metrics. It also supports patch-compliance reporting, role-based access control, audit logging, APT repository mirroring and custom package management. Landscape can run as multi-tenant SaaS, as a Canonical-managed single-tenant service, or self-hosted on cloud or on-premises infrastructure, including air-gapped environments. One instance can manage up to 40,000 machines, with larger deployments possible. A scriptable API supports customization and integrations with configuration-management, monitoring and ticketing systems. Self-hosted Landscape and SaaS included with Ubuntu Pro are listed at free. Managed options cost $6,861 a year on supported public-cloud or virtualization environments, or $9,470 a year on bare metal, billed per physical machine. Ubuntu Pro offers a 30-day enterprise trial.
HCL BigFix Patch
HCL BigFix Patch has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.