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Hexnode Alternative: How Infronest Compares
Hexnode is a capable unified endpoint management platform with broad operating-system coverage and a friendly interface. Teams typically look for an alternative when they realise device management is one line item among several overlapping tools.
Infronest is an all-in-one IT management platform: 19 modules — monitoring, IT assets, helpdesk, device management, patch management, RMM and VAPT — in a single tenant-isolated workspace. See all modules →
Last updated: 16 August 2026
What Hexnode is known for
Hexnode focuses on unified endpoint management across Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and tvOS, with a well-regarded administrative UI.
Hexnode vs Infronest, side by side
| Hexnode | Infronest | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary focus | Unified endpoint management | Full IT platform; device management is one of 19 modules |
| OS coverage | Broad — including Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, tvOS, Fire OS | Windows, macOS, Linux, Android (no iOS/iPadOS today) |
| Server & network monitoring | Not offered — Hexnode manages endpoints (UEM); infrastructure monitoring needs a separate tool | Included |
| Helpdesk & ITSM | No native helpdesk module in the Hexnode UEM suite | Included, SLA-aware, asset-linked |
| VAPT / security testing | Not offered — no security-testing product in the Hexnode suite | Included |
| Patch management | Included in endpoint management | Dedicated module, Windows and Linux, ring deployment |
Hexnode capabilities verified: 16 August 2026, from Hexnode’s public documentation. Capabilities reflect what each vendor publicly documents and may change as products evolve.
Choose Hexnode if…
- You need very broad OS coverage including Apple tvOS
- Device management is genuinely your only gap
- You want a UEM-specialist vendor rather than a platform
Choose Infronest if…
- Device management is one of several tools you want to consolidate
- You want monitoring, tickets and assets in the same workspace as your devices
- You need security testing alongside endpoint control
When Hexnode is the right call
If your estate is Apple-heavy — iPhones and iPads for staff, Apple TVs in meeting rooms, maybe visionOS on the horizon — Hexnode covers ground Infronest simply does not. The same goes for Fire OS tablets and Android TV signage. No consolidation argument beats a platform gap: if those devices are your fleet, stay.
Hexnode also earns its keep as a focused UEM when device management is genuinely your only gap. If monitoring, helpdesk and assets are already handled by tools your team likes, adding a platform to replace one product can be more change than the benefit justifies.
The Infronest case appears when the tool count itself is the problem: device management is one of four or five subscriptions, each with its own console, renewal and partial inventory, and you want devices, tickets, assets, patches and vulnerabilities to be one connected record.
What consolidating actually changes day-to-day
The change is less about features and more about joins. A helpdesk ticket opens against an asset; that asset is the managed device; the device’s patch level, monitoring state and open vulnerability findings sit on the same record. Questions that used to need two consoles and a spreadsheet — which unpatched laptops belong to the finance team, which server behind a ticket is alerting — become filters.
For MSPs, Infronest’s tenant isolation applies across every module: each client gets a separate workspace for devices, monitoring, tickets and VAPT findings, with remote desktop via MeshCentral isolated per organisation. That is a different shape from adding multi-tenancy to a UEM console alone.
Security & compliance considerations
A single workspace changes what an audit looks like: device compliance, patch state, ticket history and VAPT findings with CVSS scores and retest evidence come from one system with one audit trail, instead of exports from a UEM, a monitor and a helpdesk stitched together.
Infronest is India-based and DPDP-aligned, with tenant isolation per organisation — a practical point for Indian companies mapping processor obligations. And because a VAPT module ships in the platform, the tool that manages endpoints can also run and document security testing against them; UEM specialists like Hexnode leave that to separate vendors.
See how it prices for your team
Infronest platform tiers
- Starter: ₹29,999/month flat
- Professional: ₹49,999/month flat
- Enterprise: ₹94,999+/month flat
Flat per plan — employees raise tickets free; device add-ons (MDM, patch) are per-device. Full pricing
Hexnode pricing
Pro plan from $2.2 per device/month (monthly billing; annual saves 10%) source · verified 16 August 2026
Hexnode prices per device: Pro at $2.2, Enterprise at $3.2 and Ultimate at $4.7 per device/month on monthly billing (annual billing saves 10%), with the Ultra tier on request and a starting point of 15 devices.
Infronest prices the platform flat — ₹29,999, ₹49,999 or ₹94,999+ per month for the whole workspace — with device management as a per-user add-on (MDM ₹300–700 per user by tier, Endpoint Management ₹700 per user). Monitoring, helpdesk, assets, patching and VAPT live inside the platform fee rather than as extra per-device products.
A per-device model is easy to start small with and grows linearly with the fleet; a flat platform fee plus per-user add-ons buys the surrounding IT tooling in the same bill. Which is cheaper depends entirely on your device count and how many other tools you currently pay for — model both against your own numbers.
Migrating from Hexnode to Infronest
The honest starting point for any UEM-to-UEM move: enrolments do not transfer. Management trust is per vendor, so every device leaving Hexnode re-enrols into Infronest. What you migrate is knowledge — inventory, app lists, policy intent — not the enrolment itself. Treat the move as a staged rollout with a parallel-run period, and it is routine; treat it as a weekend cutover and it will hurt.
Plan around the platform rules: Windows, macOS and Linux machines unenrol and install the Infronest agent without a wipe, while fully managed (Device Owner) Android devices need a factory reset to change owner. If part of your Hexnode estate is Apple mobile or TV — iPhones, iPads, Apple TVs — those stay behind: Infronest does not manage iOS, iPadOS or tvOS today, so scope the migration to the platforms both products share.
- Export the device inventory, installed-app reports and policy configuration from the Hexnode console — your migration record and audit evidence.
- Decide the scope honestly: Windows, macOS, Linux and Android move to Infronest; any iOS/iPadOS, tvOS or Fire OS devices need a retained tool.
- Rebuild policies in Infronest — restrictions, Wi-Fi, app allow/block, compliance rules — and validate them on a pilot batch of 10–20 devices for a week or two.
- Re-enrol in batches by department or site: agent install on desktop OSes, Device Owner provisioning on Android (fully managed devices need a scheduled factory reset).
- Run Hexnode and Infronest in parallel until each batch reports healthy; export any compliance or audit history you need before Hexnode seats lapse — historical data does not migrate.
- Cut over, decommission Hexnode, and keep the exports with your change records.
What you lose by switching
Hexnode’s breadth is real, and some of it has no Infronest equivalent. Leaving it costs you:
- Apple-ecosystem breadth. Hexnode manages iOS, iPadOS, tvOS and even visionOS; Infronest manages Windows, macOS, Linux and Android only — no Apple mobile or TV devices today.
- Fire OS and Android TV management — relevant if you run Amazon tablets or TV-based signage.
- ChromeOS management, which Hexnode offers and Infronest does not.
- A UEM-specialist admin experience. Hexnode’s console is well-regarded and focused; Infronest is a broad platform, and its device module is one screen among seventeen.
- Mature Apple Business Manager / zero-touch enrolment workflows built over years of Apple-first customers.
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