Endpoint Central vs SolarWinds Service Desk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Endpoint Central
This app provides IT administrators with a mobile solution for securely managing, monitoring, and controlling endpoints. It offers real-time visibility, faster remediation, and secure control over IT environments, even when away from the desk.
- Onboard, approve, and manage computers
- Deploy, approve, and monitor patches
- View hardware and software inventory
- Securely access and control devices remotely
- Monitor system health and compliance
- Dark theme for reduced eye strain
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Endpoint Central's mobile app empowers IT admins to securely manage, monitor, and control endpoints anytime, anywhere! About Endpoint Central ManageEngine Endpoint Central is a unified endpoint management and security platform trusted by 100,000+ organizations worldwide. Acclaimed by Gartner®, Forrester, and IDC, it helps modern enterprises simplify endpoint management while maintaining strong compliance and security posture. Endpoint Central mobile app extends the power of the Central console to your fingertips, enabling real-time visibility, faster remediation, and secure control over your IT environment—even when you’re away from your desk. Key Features: Scope of Management: Centrally onboard, approve, and manage computers across domains and remote offices with real-time visibility into agent installation and connectivity status. Patch Management: Deploy, approve, and monitor patches for OS and third-party applications in real time. Asset Management: Gain instant visibility into hardware inventory, software usage, licenses, and warranty details. Remote Control: Securely access devices to troubleshoot, reboot, lock, wipe, or transfer files remotely. System Health Monitoring: Track live alerts, endpoint health, compliance status, and performance metrics at a glance. Dark Theme: Reduce eye strain with an optimized dark mode designed for extended monitoring sessions. Awards and Recognition: Recognized as a Leader in the IDC ProductScape: Worldwide Unified Endpoint Management Software 2025 vendor assessment. Recognized as Best Unified Endpoint Management at the 9th Cyber & Data Security Summit. Received Voice of the Customer recognition in Gartner Peer Insights for UEM in the year 2024 Recognized as a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens™ – Future of Work (Workplace) – UEM for SMBs in the year 2023
SolarWinds Service Desk
Access essential IT service desk functions on the go. Technicians can manage incidents and provide support remotely, while employees can submit tickets, request services, and track their requests.
- Real-time notifications for technicians
- Ticket tracking and assignment
- Remote incident resolution
- Service request submission
- Self-service article access
- Request status checking
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The SolarWinds® Service Desk app for iOS gives your technicians and employees instant access to core service desk capabilities directly from their mobile device. Your technicians can work on incidents and provide services from anywhere. With the newly included version for requesters, your service desk is available anytime from anywhere, ensuring your employees have access to the support and resources they need to stay productive. For Technicians: - Receive real-time notifications - Track open and incoming tickets - Assign or reassign active incidents - Update and resolve issues - Reference historical data for troubleshooting For Employees: - Submit a ticket (such as a broken device) - Request services (such as access to an application) - Access self-service articles - Check request status - Add comments to open tickets © SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Endpoint Central at weekly against SolarWinds Service Desk's every 2 months. SolarWinds Service Desk's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 47%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Endpoint Central against 4.6 for SolarWinds Service Desk. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 411 and 318 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of Endpoint Central's written reviews are positive against 56% of SolarWinds Service Desk's.
Endpoint Central ships an update weekly, SolarWinds Service Desk every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Endpoint Central | SolarWinds Service Desk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (411 ratings) — better | 4.6 (318 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 411 — better | 318 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zoho Corporation | SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC |
Customer experience
Endpoint Central
SolarWinds Service Desk
User reviews
Endpoint Central
From 411 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Amazing software suite
- 👍 Works as intended
- 👍 Performs very well
- 👍 Zia provides quick data
- 👍 Ties into Service Desk
Room to improve
- 🐛 App broken, no info after sign-in
- 🐛 Slow loading times
- 🐛 Login credentials not saved (previously)
- 🐛 Lacking core features
- 🐛 Not intuitive for actions
SolarWinds Service Desk
From 318 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to manage on the go
- 🚀 Quick and handy for IT tickets
- 👍 User interface easy to use
- 🚀 Runs super smooth
- 👍 Works well and listens to feedback
Room to improve
- 🐛 Blank white screen on open
- 🐛 App crashes/closes automatically
- 🐛 Notifications delayed
- 🐛 Attachment issues
- 🐛 Search is unreliable
Bugs and requests
Endpoint Central
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notifications menu item not showing
- App broken, no info after sign-in
- Won't accept on-prem credentials
- Login credentials not saved (previously)
Requested features
10 requests- Create configurations outside patches
- Create configurations from mobile app
- Push patches and configurations
- Manage configurations
- Manage software deployments
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- Manage MDM
- Push notifications for alerts
- Ability to wake or reboot machines
- Sortable inventory lists
- MSP version release
SolarWinds Service Desk
Reported bugs
15 issues- Unable to get out of attachments without closing app
- Blank white screen on opening app
- App closes automatically after updating incident
- Notifications are delayed
- Incident searching is unreliable
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- Cannot upload pictures from phone
- Cannot reassign or check off tasks not assigned to user
- App opens and operates like a website
- Post button for notes doesn't show up
- Giant 'x' button in a bad spot
- Scrolling doesn't work correctly when typing long messages
- App won't let some users sign in
- Tapping notification only opens app, doesn't go to ticket
- Notifications are delayed by days and hours
- Used to work great, now no longer connects to server
Requested features
18 requests- Dark mode option
- Read-only dashboard
- Open links to incidents in app
- View 'Problems' section
- Add tasks to incidents
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- Don't default current user as requester
- Copy title of last incident
- Add configuration item to tickets
- Notification for new tickets received
- Add ticket number to banner notifications
- Integrate CMDB and inventory
- Time tracking entry
- Ability to add tasks
- Open various attachment types
- Export to other apps
- Toggle between agent and user app modes
- iOS notifications for incidents
- Notification for specific ticket categories
In-app purchases
Endpoint Central
No in-app purchases
SolarWinds Service Desk
No in-app purchases
Questions
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