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ManageEngine Application Control Plus

Partially Agent-Ready
Agent-Ready SaaS Index · manageengine.com · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 47 / 100
Privileged Access Management Pam
Free tier
Public API

ManageEngine Application Control Plus scores 47/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a free entry path exists.

See ManageEngine Application Control Plus pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
ManageEngine Application Control Plus pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · www.manageengine.com/application-control/
Billed annually only — no monthly option
Free Edition
Free
Application allowlisting and blocklisting
Audit mode visibility for apps and elevation
Policy‑based control for execution and privilege
Professional Edition
Contact sales
Application allowlisting and blocklisting
Audit mode visibility for apps and elevation
Policy‑based control for execution and privilege
Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How ManageEngine Application Control Plus scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

13 / 15

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API + docs

0 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

0 / 20

Free entry path

7 / 7

No sales call required

7 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

5 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total
47 / 100
Effective pricing
What it actually costs at typical scale
10 endpoints on Professional Edition
$5/mo
· 10 endpoints· annual billing
Confidence: high
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Agent-ready
LLM score: 70/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

Yes

Can upgrade plan

Yes

Can buy more usage

Yes

Can cancel online

Yes

Payment methods

card

Human approval recommended

No

Pricing transparency

full

Purchase motion

self_serve

Demo required

No

Quote required

No

Annual commit required

Yes

Auto-renewal mentioned

No

Cancellation policy visible

No

Refund policy visible

No

Minimum term

12 months

Invoice payment available

Unknown

Purchase orders supported

Unknown

MSA required

Unknown

DPA available

Unknown

Security review required

Unknown

Trial

30 days (no card)

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem
Headline

“Control every app and privilege on your endpoints”

Buyer persona

enterprise
mid market
smb

Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from ManageEngine Application Control Plus?
✓

Discover price

✓

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✓

Avoid a sales call

✗

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
  • A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How ManageEngine Application Control Plus could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

Control every app and privilege on your endpoints — Cloud via Endpoint Security Platform

tier_count

1

lowest_paid_entry_usd

null

free_tier

true

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

false

self_serve_paid_tiers

0

sales_only_tiers

0

public_api_docs_url

https://www.manageengine.com/api/

api_docs_auth_walled

false

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

false

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":true,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

View raw extracted page text →
Page heading: Control every app and privilege on your endpoints
CTAs (23): Home · Download · Sign up · Autonomous approval · Shadow IT · Privilege Creep · Passwordless Elevation · Admin Sprawl · Allowlist · blocklist apps · Audit unauthorized applications and block events · Just-in-time application access
Price tokens (2): $0 · $6/ endpoint per year
Home Control every app and privilege on your endpoints Download On-premises Sign up Cloud via Endpoint Security Platform 30-day free trialNo credit card requiredFree forever up to 25 endpointsTrusted by leading brands worldwideJust-in-time access controlGrant temporary application execution and privilege elevation, then automatically revokes access based on policy.Available only in Endpoint Central with Application Control and Endpoint Privilege Management add-onAutonomous approvalShadow ITPrivilege CreepPasswordless ElevationAdmin SprawlBlock the unknown. Elevate only when necessary.Application ControlStop unauthorized applications from running on endpoints.Allowlist and blocklist appsCreate rules to allow trusted applications and block risky or unapproved software.Audit unauthorized applications and block eventsSee what would be blocked before enforcement. Track unmanaged executions and block attempts.Just-in-time application accessTemporarily allow specific apps when needed and revoke access automatically.Endpoint Privilege ManagementGrant temporary admin access when users need it.Eliminate excessive admin privilegesEliminate standing local admin access to reduce attack surface.Passwordless, app-specific elevationElevate only the app or task without sharing admin passwords.Just-in-time elevation accessGrant time-bound elevation and auto-revoke based on policy.Elevate control panel and administrative toolsAllow standard users to securely access Control Panel applets and bui…
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Agent-Ready Spec
ManageEngine Application Control Plus
Partially Agent-Ready

47

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

Privileged Access Management Pam

Pricing model

Control every app and privilege on your endpoints — Cloud via Endpoint Security Platform

Tier count

1

Free tier

Yes

Lowest paid entry

Sales-led

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

0 / 0

Public API docs

Public

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from www.manageengine.com/application-control/
Pricing model

Annual-only tier subscription

Agent-purchase verdict
Agent-ready
70/100 · v2.1
Canonical answer

ManageEngine Application Control Plus pricing starts at $0/mo for the Free Edition (up to 25 endpoints); the Professional Edition costs $6 per endpoint per year, billed annually.

Cheapest entry

Free Edition (Free)

Actions
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Verdict reflects Partially Agent-Ready status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://www.manageengine.com/application-control/.
Agent-friendly features2 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

x402 / MPP

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