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Comparison of power management software suites

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The following tables compare technical information for a commercial PC Power Management software suites. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. The table only includes systems that are widely used and currently available.[1][2]

Software Data Synergy PowerMAN[3] EMCO Software Remote Shutdown[4] Energy Star EZ GPO[5] Faronics Power Save[6] Verdiem Surveyor[7] EnviProt Auto Shutdown Manager[8]
License Proprietary Proprietary Free Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary
64-bit Support Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Active Directory Integration Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Group Policy Configuration Support Yes No Yes No No Yes
Per-user Policy Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Per-machine Policy Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Anti-insomnia Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Sleep on idle Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hibernate on idle Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power-off on idle Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Logout on idle Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Standby display on idle Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Scheduled Sleep/Hibernate Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Scheduled power-off Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Scheduled Reboot Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Scheduled wake-up (without WoL) Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Remote wake-up (with WoL) Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
SCCM Plugin Integration (WOL, Shutdown Devices & Colletions) ? ? ? ? ? Yes
SCCM Application Deployment Support (Own WOL Proxies, WOL over VNETs, IP Segments, Internet) ? ? ? ? ? Yes

References

  1. ^ "Power Management Software for Windows Workstations".
  2. ^ "Energy Star Commercial Packages List".
  3. ^ Data Synergy. "PowerMAN/PowerMON Installation and Administration Guide".
  4. ^ Emco. "EMCO Remote Shutdown - Feature List".
  5. ^ Terra Novum. "EZ GPO Features".
  6. ^ Faronics. "Faronics Power Save Key Features".
  7. ^ Verdiem Corporation. "Surveyor Data Sheet" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Going Green: University of California, Berkeley" (PDF).