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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 512 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://it-ai-index.com/vendors/microsoft-intune/alternatives/

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

- Action1: 62
- CoreView: 39
- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: 24
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: 23
- AdminDroid: 21
- Microsoft 365 Admin Center: 21

## Unified endpoint management

**Small business**: 37 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #1 of 15 at 28%).

- NinjaOne: first choice in 8 of those 37
- Miradore: first choice in 6 of those 37
- Hexnode UEM: first choice in 2 of those 37
- ManageEngine Endpoint Central: first choice in 2 of those 37
- Prey: first choice in 2 of those 37
- Action1: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Admin By Request: first choice in 1 of those 37
- GoTo: first choice in 1 of those 37

**Mid-market**: 33 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #1 of 12 at 39%).

- ManageEngine Endpoint Central: first choice in 6 of those 33
- Action1: first choice in 2 of those 33
- Citrix Endpoint Management: first choice in 1 of those 33
- ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus: first choice in 1 of those 33
- Miradore: first choice in 1 of those 33
- NinjaOne: first choice in 1 of those 33
- NinjaOne Mobile Device Management: first choice in 1 of those 33

**Enterprise**: 23 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #1 of 9 at 85%).

- Omnissa Workspace ONE: first choice in 1 of those 23

## Patch management

**Small business**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #7 of 10 at 2%).

- Action1: first choice in 40 of those 73
- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: first choice in 11 of those 73
- Atera: first choice in 5 of those 73
- Automox: first choice in 4 of those 73
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Avast Business Patch Management: first choice in 1 of those 73
- ManageEngine Endpoint Central: first choice in 1 of those 73
- N-able N-central: first choice in 1 of those 73

**Mid-market**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #6 of 13 at 4%).

- Action1: first choice in 17 of those 69
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: first choice in 15 of those 69
- Automox: first choice in 6 of those 69
- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: first choice in 6 of those 69
- Atera: first choice in 1 of those 69
- ManageEngine Endpoint Central: first choice in 1 of those 69
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus Free edition: first choice in 1 of those 69
- SolarWinds Patch Manager: first choice in 1 of those 69

**Enterprise**: 52 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #1 of 12 at 17%).

- Automox: first choice in 7 of those 52
- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: first choice in 7 of those 52
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: first choice in 6 of those 52
- Tanium Patch: first choice in 5 of those 52
- Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management: first choice in 4 of those 52
- Atera: first choice in 3 of those 52
- Action1: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Ivanti Patch for Endpoint Manager: first choice in 1 of those 52

## Microsoft 365 management

**Small business**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #11 of 14 at 0%).

- Microsoft 365 Admin Center: first choice in 18 of those 71
- AdminDroid: first choice in 11 of those 71
- Microsoft 365: first choice in 8 of those 71
- CIPP: first choice in 3 of those 71
- ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus: first choice in 3 of those 71
- CoreView: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Microsoft 365 Lighthouse: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 2 of those 71

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #13 of 14 at 0%).

- CoreView: first choice in 11 of those 77
- AdminDroid: first choice in 10 of those 77
- ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus: first choice in 10 of those 77
- BetterCloud: first choice in 6 of those 77
- Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK: first choice in 5 of those 77
- CIPP: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Microsoft 365 Admin Center: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 3 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Intune (Microsoft Intune is #11 of 13 at 2%).

- CoreView: first choice in 26 of those 77
- Rencore Governance: first choice in 6 of those 77
- Orchestry: first choice in 5 of those 77
- ShareGate: first choice in 5 of those 77
- ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 4 of those 77
- AvePoint Cloud Management: first choice in 3 of those 77
- AvePoint Confidence Platform: first choice in 2 of those 77

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