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10 Mender Reviews
I can describe Mender as a mature solution for OTA, fleet management and monitoring. I personally like Mender's rollback and OTA services, grouping features to ramp up a version to the complete fleet as well as mender remote capabilities. A few more points:
- Open source with an active supportive community
- Integration with Cloud Vendors
- Northen.tech support
- Robust OTA solution
- Includes configuring and monitoring solutions
- Easy to customize deployments with scripts or event add a few microservices into the backend solution for specific requirements.
- User-friendly UI but also well-documented APIs
- So much can be done with Mender, so that we learn something new or have new ideas every week! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It can be difficult (resource-consuming) to use the solution at the beginning for your own Hardware. However this is the nature of such solution and there's not much it can be done to avoid it, considering the efforts come with great price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Mender gives you the proper OTA toolbox to ramp up your product from the first beta version to managing your entire fleet. This on a secure, fast and very reliable way. On top of that, you are joining a fast-moving company and community which can support you. Your scalability is guaranteed. And your flexibility is supported as well. With their state-script feature, you can significantly enhance the functionality to your purpose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Mender focused a lot on the rock-solid and efficient backend. The web frontend of the hosted mender version improved greatly in the last months but still needs a bit of love... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- Mender is open source
- Mender solves common use cases - it is not just an SDK and you have to solve the use case on your own
- Mender has an active community
- You can easily extend the functionality of Mender through state scripts, inventory scripts, etc. while still keeping the upstream binary
- Mender has a stable interface towards the cloud - we can still update devices that come with very old software
- Mender has added valuable features like the remote terminal, device configuration, monitoring etc. over the past months
- So far it has been the most robust and reliable OTA update system I have been working with
- The company behind Mender is listening to its customers and is working hard to understand their needs
- The Mender documentation is very good
- There is great Debian support
- It does solve the OTA update use case end-to-end
- Through the API you can integrate Mender into the overall IoT device orchestration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sometimes the web interface has some small glitches but the problems get resolved very quickly by the Mender team. For tiny devices, the mender binary could be a bit smaller - but this is not an issue for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- Mender is free and open source software.
- Mender handles typical use cases - it's not just an SDK where you have to figure out how to solve the problem yourself.
- Mender has an active community
- You may simply extend Mender's functionality with state scripts, inventory scripts, and other methods while maintaining the original binary.
- Mender has a stable cloud interface; we can still update devices that came with outdated software.
- In recent months, Mender has added useful functions such as the remote terminal, device configuration, and monitoring.
- So far, it's been the most stable and dependable OTA update method I've encountered.
- Mender's organization pays attention to its consumers and works hard to understand their demands.
- Mender's documentation is excellent.
- There is a lot of Debian help available.
- It completely solves the OTA update use case.
- Mender may be integrated into the wider IoT device orchestration using the API. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The web interface has a few minor errors now and again, but the Mender crew rapidly resolves them. The mender binary could be a little smaller for small devices, however this isn't a concern for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
With Mender we have found a very good software for our OTA updates. It is easy to integrate on the devices and offers a very wide range of functions for rolling out the updates. Furthermore, our devices can be grouped, which makes it very easy to roll out specific software to the right devices. As a Mender Enterprise user, we have access to special features, such as the remote terminal, which is very helpful when there is no other access to the device. Also, as part of the Mender steering committee, you are always informed about upcoming features, learn how other companies are using Mender, and can give your feedback directly to the Mender team [Feedback can be given even if you do not use the Enterprise version ;-) ]. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
All in all, there's nothing we don't like about Mender. This is also the reason why we decided to use Mender. If we do run into problems, Mender provides great support to get them fixed quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Mender allows us to update IoT devices in the field. The community edition offers a fully functional OTA update client. There is great detailed documentation and many resources to get started quickly.
The time required for the first update implementation of Mender is very low. It is used by small companies as well as for large enterprises. The software is highly customizable. There is a local device API and there is also an API for the Mender server environment. One of my favorite features is the state scripts. These make it possible during the execution of an update to execute scripts to different states, such as Before Download, after Download, After install, etc.. .
The entire Mender ecosystem has a great community, which is extremely helpful. The forum (Mender Hub) contains good tutorials, quick start guides and there are many experts around to help with more difficult problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The product range of mender is growing very fast. It is not always clear which features are included in which commercial plan. Most new features are only available in combination with the Mender Server. The mender client, which can run completely standalone, rarely gets new features. Nevertheless, it is extremely stable and well customizable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like to be able to instantly manage my fleet of airborne computers from my couch, wherever they are in the world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Some specific user management limitations, but continuous features addition will solve this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Supreme Technology, user friendly interface, active open source community & great People working there Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Offers just OTA, which is good one the one haf because they pushed the functionalities, security and automation to the maximum - I would like to have some configuration management features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
