OPSI vs Tanium Deploy

OPSI is an open-source client management system for software distribution, operating-system installation, inventory, patch management, and configuration. It can deploy Windows updates, MSI packages, setup programs, and system packages without interactive installation steps. It also automates installations of Windows client and server systems and common Linux distributions, including unattended and image-based setups.

Regular inventory collects hardware and software details, including hardware information from devices without an operating system. Administration can be centralized across multiple sites, each with its own depot servers, configurations, and software packages. Directory integrations support Active Directory, Samba 4, and OpenLDAP; single sign-on extensions support Microsoft Entra ID and Keycloak through SAML 2.0. OPSI-WebGUI runs in a modern browser without client-side installation. Community is free with unlimited devices and one worker process. Basic is free for up to 30 devices and one setup per user. Professional costs €499 a year and requires a minimum purchase of 100 devices; Enterprise costs €899 a year with the same minimum. Enterprise Cloud costs €1,199 a year, starting at 100 devices.

Tanium Deploy is a software management module for installing, updating and removing applications across large organisations. Administrators can direct deployments to computer or user groups, departments, locations, or specific computers and users. Runs can be one-time or ongoing, fit maintenance windows, or start automatically when rules are met. Software packages bring together source files, metadata, detection logic and commands for managing software on Tanium Client devices.

A predefined package gallery offers templates for importing and deploying third-party software, and a workbench supports building, maintaining and distributing packages. Administrators can make approved or assigned software available for users to install, update or remove through Self-Service Profiles and Client Applications. Tanium says its architecture can support hundreds of thousands of endpoints from one Tanium server without additional agents or infrastructure for Deploy. Endpoint operating systems include Windows, macOS and Linux, and each endpoint needs at least 2 GB of free disk space. Use requires a Tanium license that includes Deploy, Tanium Core Platform servers and a supported Tanium Client. Pricing is on request.