The following table can help you decide when to use an Onsite Manager and when to use Device Managers.
| Onsite Manager | Device Manager |
Is designed for Networks | X |
|
Is designed for single roaming devices and environments that don’t have a server or peer-to-peer networks |
| X |
Manages both Windows and Mac | X |
|
Is OS-specific (Choose Windows or Mac) |
| X |
Communicates directly with Service Center | X | X |
Requires an additional instance of MS SQL Server express | X |
|
Can be configured to communicate to Service Center through a proxy | X |
|
Requires device access to the Internet when managing patches |
| X |
Supports device discovery | X |
|
Supports cloud service monitors | X |
|
Supports Wake-on-LAN | X |
|
| Supports Microsoft 365 and VMWare service modules |