Three of fourteen models named ManageEngine Endpoint Central first on the direct prompt; zero named Microsoft Intune. ManageEngine Endpoint Central was named by eight of the fourteen models and Microsoft Intune by thirteen and ManageEngine Endpoint Central carries 16 labels and Microsoft Intune 38, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in six categories this edition.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the patch management page.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, ManageEngine Endpoint Central and Microsoft Intune were named in the same answer 176 times, of the 258 answers naming ManageEngine Endpoint Central and the 447 naming Microsoft Intune. In those answers Microsoft Intune took the first choice eighty-two times and ManageEngine Endpoint Central sixteen.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | ||||||
| Perplexity Sonar | ||||||
| Grok 4.20 | ||||||
| Mistral Small | ||||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | ||||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | ||||||
| Kimi K2 | ||||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | ||||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | ||||||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B |
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus / Endpoint Central is the most frequently named best mid-market all-rounder” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“NinjaOne or ManageEngine Endpoint Central are the top choices for mid-sized businesses” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“Microsoft Intune + Windows Autopatch if you're mostly Windows/Microsoft 365 and want the lowest operational overhead” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.