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Quest Software

KACE Systems Management Appliance

Composite Score
5.2 /10
CX Score
4.9 /10
Category
KACE Systems Management Appliance
5.2 /10

What is KACE Systems Management Appliance?

Comprehensive IT systems management for any network-connected device. The KACE® Systems Management Appliance by Quest® helps you fulfill all your endpoint management needs. This comprehensive solution provides automated endpoint-related administrative tasks, inventory of all hardware and software, patch management software for mission-critical applications and operating systems, reduced risk of a breach and guaranteed software license compliance.

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KACE Systems Management Appliance Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

61 Likeliness to Recommend

60 Plan to Renew

64 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+35 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love KACE Systems Management Appliance?

42% Negative
7% Neutral
51% Positive

Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Reliable
  • Respectful

Cons

  • Charges for Enhancements
  • Vendor's Interest First
  • Less Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 69

Multi Device Capability

80

Technician Administration

76

Integrated Knowledge Management

75

Multi-Site Functionality

75

End User Self Serve

74

End User Support Solutions

67

Service Catalog

63

Reporting

58

Integration With IT Tools

57

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 59

Ease of Implementation

73

Ease of Customization

67

Availability and Quality of Training

66

Ease of IT Administration

64

Usability and Intuitiveness

62

Vendor Support

60

Business Value Created

59

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

55

Breadth of Features

52

Ease of Data Integration

49

Quality of Features

45

KACE Systems Management Appliance Reviews

Aaron M.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Construction
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2023

Lots of features, but fails to execute

Likeliness to Recommend

5 /10

What differentiates KACE Systems Management Appliance from other similar products?

Kace is your typical all in one solution where they really do have something for every piece of IT Systems Management. They pride themselves on being that end all system for IT support.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Their document library and user base to help create scripts and figure out how to fix a random bug is far superior to most products out there today.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The ability to create reports is non existent. They have some built in reports, but you will be spending hours if not weeks creating custom scripts which are the backend to the reports and even then it's not user friendly at all. You will never present these reports to any IT leadership board. Likewise the agents are extremley buggy and disconnect all the time from computers. One day they work and the next they are offline for weeks and require a reinstall for no reason.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If the price is right and the company size is below 250 users this could be the right product for you. As you start to grow it requires more and more hands on implimentation even after the initial rollout and you will be needing to have a Kace only IT staff member full time to fix the issues and support requests you run into.

Pros

  • Acts with Integrity
  • Unique Features
  • Efficient Service
  • Respectful

Cons

  • Slower Product Innovation
  • Less Effective Service
  • Inhibits Innovation

Adrian L.

  • Role: Operations
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

Easy deployment

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates KACE Systems Management Appliance from other similar products?

The security of the appliance, being a FreeBSD OS, reduces the possibility of suffering an attack. It does not depend on active directory. light agent.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is very fast to implement

What do you dislike most about this product?

Does not have real-time monitoring

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a virtual appliance and can work on-premise or SaaS

Pros

  • Effective Service
  • Saves Time
  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product

Cons

  • Commodity Features

Charlie M.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Good Product, Easy to report on

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates KACE Systems Management Appliance from other similar products?

KACE has good reporting tools and can provide a multitude of information on anything needed

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

KACE gives a lot of information about each machine and allows us to push and remove software easily

What do you dislike most about this product?

I dislike the layout of KACE the most, the menus are different sizes and it can be difficult to find what you are looking for

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend a more modern interface that is more user friendly.

Pros

  • Saves Time
  • Altruistic
  • Includes Product Enhancements
  • Helps Innovate

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