ManageEngine Patch Connect Plus VS SanerNow

Patch Connect Plus is an auxiliary tool for Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) and introduces third-party patch management to your everyday IT management operations. Patch Connect Plus supports a large repository of over 530 updates for 330+ third party applications.

Automate the deployment of third-party patches through SCCM. Patch Connect Plus automatically scans, publishes and initiates SCCM-WSUS syncs to make updates available from the SCCM console. From there, the deployment of published patches can be carried out using SCCM's Automated Deployment Rules (ADR).

Apart from third-party updates, Patch Connect Plus also lets you manage and deploy third-party applications to endpoints using the SCCM Application Management feature of the product. Additionaly, you can customize the deployment of both third-party applications and their respective updates using pre/post scripts.

With SCCM versions 1806 and above, Microsoft extended support to custom update catalogs through the Software Update Point. Patch Connect Plus offers third-party software update catalogs ready to be published to SCCM. The product enables a range of on-demand client actions that can be performed from the console using the integrated admin tools feature.

Patch Connect Plus comes with a dedicated SCCM plug-in which allows you to view the complete list of third-party updates, carry out deployment and subsequently generate reports to evaluate your patch management cycle.

SecPod is an endpoint security and management technology company. SecPod (Security Podium, incarnated as SecPod) was founded in the year 2008. SecPod’s SanerNow platform and tools are used by MSPs and Enterprises worldwide. SecPod also licenses security technology to top security vendors through its SCAP Content Professional Feed.

SecPod’s SanerNow platform and tools provide a paradigm shift in endpoint security and management. SanerNow simplifies endpoint security, increases IT and security effectiveness, and reduces IT management cost. Platform-specific tools provide vulnerability scanning, patching, compliance, asset, endpoint, and threat management. SanerNow provides one dashboard with one agent to address multiple high-value business use cases.

With more devices being connected to the Internet and an increasing number of attacks targeting endpoints, a new approach to endpoint security and management is needed. SecPod’s vision is to create a unified platform that helps to manage traditional endpoint systems, mobile devices and IoT (Internet of Things) devices alike.