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