# ManageEngine Endpoint Central alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 582 of the 756 answers in the 3 categories where ManageEngine Endpoint Central holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/manageengine-endpoint-central/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- NinjaOne RMM: 105
- Microsoft Intune: 85
- Action1: 63
- Atera: 50
- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: 28
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: 17

## Unified endpoint management

**Small business**: 52 of 84 answers did not name ManageEngine Endpoint Central (ManageEngine Endpoint Central is #3 of 14 at 10%).

- Microsoft Intune: first choice in 21 of those 52
- NinjaOne: first choice in 7 of those 52
- Action1: first choice in 3 of those 52
- Miradore: first choice in 3 of those 52
- JumpCloud: first choice in 2 of those 52
- ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Hexnode UEM: first choice in 1 of those 52
- Kandji: first choice in 1 of those 52

**Mid-market**: 37 of 84 answers did not name ManageEngine Endpoint Central (ManageEngine Endpoint Central is #2 of 12 at 18%).

- Microsoft Intune: first choice in 15 of those 37
- ManageEngine Unified Endpoint Management: first choice in 1 of those 37
- NinjaOne: first choice in 1 of those 37

**Enterprise**: 54 of 84 answers did not name ManageEngine Endpoint Central (ManageEngine Endpoint Central is #2 of 10 at 8%).

- Microsoft Intune: first choice in 33 of those 54
- Omnissa Workspace ONE: first choice in 2 of those 54

## Patch management

**Small business**: 73 of 84 answers did not name ManageEngine Endpoint Central (ManageEngine Endpoint Central is #10 of 11 at 0%).

- Action1: first choice in 36 of those 73
- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: first choice in 9 of those 73
- Automox: first choice in 7 of those 73
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: first choice in 4 of those 73
- Patch My PC: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Action1 RMM: first choice in 1 of those 73
- Atera: first choice in 1 of those 73
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 73

**Mid-market**: 68 of 84 answers did not name ManageEngine Endpoint Central (ManageEngine Endpoint Central is #4 of 12 at 11%).

- Action1: first choice in 11 of those 68
- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: first choice in 10 of those 68
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: first choice in 8 of those 68
- Automox: first choice in 4 of those 68
- Microsoft Intune: first choice in 2 of those 68
- Patch My PC: first choice in 2 of those 68
- ESET PROTECT: first choice in 1 of those 68

**Enterprise**: 72 of 84 answers did not name ManageEngine Endpoint Central (ManageEngine Endpoint Central is #10 of 13 at 2%).

- Microsoft Intune: first choice in 11 of those 72
- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: first choice in 9 of those 72
- Automox: first choice in 5 of those 72
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: first choice in 5 of those 72
- Patch My PC: first choice in 4 of those 72
- Tanium Patch: first choice in 4 of those 72
- HCL BigFix: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management: first choice in 2 of those 72

## Remote monitoring and management

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name ManageEngine Endpoint Central.

- NinjaOne RMM: first choice in 39 of those 82
- Atera: first choice in 32 of those 82
- Action1: first choice in 8 of those 82
- Syncro: first choice in 8 of those 82
- Level.io: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Microsoft Intune: first choice in 1 of those 82
- SuperOps: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Syncro Core: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name ManageEngine Endpoint Central (ManageEngine Endpoint Central is #8 of 12 at 0%).

- NinjaOne RMM: first choice in 42 of those 80
- Atera: first choice in 7 of those 80
- Action1: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Level.io: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Datto RMM: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Domotz: first choice in 1 of those 80
- LogMeIn Resolve: first choice in 1 of those 80
- MSP360 RMM: first choice in 1 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 64 of 84 answers did not name ManageEngine Endpoint Central (ManageEngine Endpoint Central is #9 of 12 at 0%).

- NinjaOne RMM: first choice in 24 of those 64
- Atera: first choice in 10 of those 64
- N-able N-central: first choice in 3 of those 64
- Syncro: first choice in 3 of those 64
- Microsoft Intune: first choice in 2 of those 64
- ConnectWise Automate: first choice in 1 of those 64
- ConnectWise RMM: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Datto RMM: first choice in 1 of those 64

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