SmartDeploy vs. KACE Systems Deployment Appliance

If you need a fully remote tool for PC lifecycle management — including imaging — look no farther than SmartDeploy. With SmartDeploy’s remote deployments over the cloud and custom driver packs, you can image every endpoint in your org with ease.

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See how SmartDeploy and KACE Systems Deployment Appliance compare

KACE

KACE can image machines in your main office or at remote sites — but without imaging over the cloud, it won’t cover remote employees who WFH as seamlessly as SmartDeploy can. And with fewer driver packs than SmartDeploy, you’ll spend more time hunting down drivers for all your machines.

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SmartDeploy

SmartDeploy is essential for orgs with employees who work from home. Deploy your golden image to every endpoint, whether on-site, at remote sites, or over the cloud to WFH employees (no VPN required). And with our library of over 1,500 prebuilt driver packs, you can achieve true hardware independence.

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SmartDeploy

KACE Systems Deployment Appliance

Driver Pack Library

yes

no

Remote imaging via cloud

yes

no

Hardware independent

yes

no

Prebuilt & customizable script packages

yes

no

Cloud integrations

yes

no

Training

yes

yes

Patch management

yes

yes

Scheduling

yes

yes

Offline imaging

yes

yes

Network imaging

yes

yes

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How it works

Set up, update, and manage endpoints with greater flexibility and ease. Flexible layers enable you to manage the OS, applications, drivers, and user data independently from each other rather than baking everything into a locked image.

  • Step one

Build your golden image containing the Windows operating system, apps and settings that you need.

  • Step two

Download any of our prebuilt device driver packages for all the hardware models you support.

  • Step three

Pick the software and scripts you need from our library — or build a custom installer to fit your specific needs.

  • Step four

Save and deploy with ultimate flexibility using any combination of USB, network server, or cloud storage.

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Why customers prefer SmartDeploy

Meets requirements

Ease of use

Ease of setup

Ease of admin

Quality of support

Ease of doing business

Product direction

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Meets requirements

96%

Ease of use

95%

Ease of setup

92%

Ease of admin

96%

Quality of support

95%

Ease of doing business

97%

Product direction

85%

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Meets requirements

87%

Ease of use

79%

Ease of setup

76%

Ease of admin

82%

Quality of support

81%

Ease of doing business

83%

Production direction

75%

One platform, endless use cases

SmartDeploy is your one-stop shop for PC provisioning and lifecycle management.

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Computer imaging

Build and maintain a single Windows golden image, regardless of PC make or model

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PC refreshes

Keep all your users files and settings consistent while rolling out new hardware

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Application management

Deploy, update, and patch applications zero-touch to any endpoint

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Windows updates

Push periodic updates or centrally manage entire migrations for local and remote PCs

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Device setup

Seamlessly roll out images, drivers, and applications to entirely new devices

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PC break-fixes

Reimage the operating system layer without affecting applications or user data

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SmartDeploy is not affiliated with or endorsed by KACE. The use of KACE on this page is for comparison purposes only. Information last updated: 09/18/2022