# Microsoft Intune alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 453 of the 756 answers in the 3 categories where Microsoft Intune 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/microsoft-intune/alternatives

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

- Action1: 46
- CoreView ONE: 39
- Microsoft 365 Admin Center: 31
- AdminDroid 365: 26
- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: 22
- Microsoft 365: 13

## Unified endpoint management

**Small business**: 27 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #1 of 14 at 36%).

- NinjaOne: first choice in 9 of those 27
- Action1: first choice in 2 of those 27
- Miradore: first choice in 2 of those 27
- ManageEngine Endpoint Central: first choice in 1 of those 27
- ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus: first choice in 1 of those 27
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 27
- Mosyle: first choice in 1 of those 27

**Mid-market**: 25 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #1 of 12 at 54%).

- ManageEngine Endpoint Central: first choice in 3 of those 25
- Scalefusion: first choice in 1 of those 25

**Enterprise**: 19 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #1 of 10 at 86%).

- Hexnode UEM: first choice in 1 of those 19
- ManageEngine Endpoint Central: first choice in 1 of those 19
- Omnissa Workspace ONE: first choice in 1 of those 19

## Patch management

**Small business**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #6 of 11 at 2%).

- Action1: first choice in 32 of those 69
- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: first choice in 12 of those 69
- Automox: first choice in 6 of those 69
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: first choice in 3 of those 69
- Patch My PC: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Action1 RMM: first choice in 1 of those 69
- Microsoft Update for Business: first choice in 1 of those 69
- Ninety Pro: first choice in 1 of those 69

**Mid-market**: 54 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #7 of 12 at 2%).

- Action1: first choice in 11 of those 54
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: first choice in 7 of those 54
- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: first choice in 5 of those 54
- ManageEngine Endpoint Central: first choice in 4 of those 54
- Automox: first choice in 1 of those 54
- ESET PROTECT: first choice in 1 of those 54

**Enterprise**: 39 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #1 of 13 at 20%).

- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: first choice in 5 of those 39
- Automox: first choice in 3 of those 39
- Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management: first choice in 2 of those 39
- ManageEngine Endpoint Central: first choice in 2 of those 39
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: first choice in 2 of those 39
- Patch My PC: first choice in 2 of those 39
- Tanium Patch: first choice in 2 of those 39
- Action1: first choice in 1 of those 39

## Microsoft 365 management

**Small business**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #5 of 12 at 3%).

- Microsoft 365 Admin Center: first choice in 20 of those 73
- AdminDroid 365: first choice in 14 of those 73
- Microsoft 365: first choice in 10 of those 73
- Microsoft Purview Suite for Microsoft 365 Business Premium: first choice in 4 of those 73
- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Microsoft's built-in admin centers: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Adaxes: first choice in 1 of those 73
- AdminDroid Free Version: first choice in 1 of those 73

**Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #13 of 13 at 0%).

- CoreView ONE: first choice in 13 of those 78
- AdminDroid 365: first choice in 11 of those 78
- Microsoft 365 Admin Center: first choice in 8 of those 78
- Microsoft Graph PowerShell: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Microsoft 365: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK: first choice in 3 of those 78
- ShareGate: first choice in 3 of those 78

**Enterprise**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #4 of 13 at 8%).

- CoreView ONE: first choice in 26 of those 69
- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 6 of those 69
- AvePoint Confidence Platform: first choice in 4 of those 69
- Microsoft 365 Admin Center: first choice in 3 of those 69
- ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Microsoft Entra ID Governance: first choice in 2 of those 69
- AdminDroid 365: first choice in 1 of those 69
- AvePoint Cloud Governance: first choice in 1 of those 69

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