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Enterprise PC power management capabilities, organized for real IT operations.
Compare the capabilities available in Auto Shutdown Manager Enterprise, Education/Government/NPO and Free Light editions. The feature set covers safe shutdown, Wake-on-LAN, central policy management, reporting, remote operations and integration with existing endpoint-management workflows.
Editions at a glance
Choose the edition by operational need, not by feature buzzwords.
Enterprise and Education/Government/NPO licenses are built for managed environments. The Free Light edition is for private use and keeps a smaller local feature set.
Enterprise
For commercial and enterprise environments that need central management, policy control, WOL infrastructure, reporting and rollout support.
81 supported capabilitiesEducation / Government / NPO
For public sector, education and non-profit deployments with the managed feature set needed for labs, offices and controlled fleets.
81 supported capabilitiesFree Light
For private use only. Useful for local power management, but not intended as the managed enterprise deployment edition.
21 supported capabilitiesFeature areas
From safe shutdown to reliable wake-up and reporting.
Use these groups to find the capabilities relevant to your rollout scenario.
Safe shutdown & wake control
14 capabilities
Wake-on-LAN / WAN infrastructure
14 capabilities
Central management & policies
12 capabilities
Remote power operations
9 capabilities
Monitoring, analysis & reporting
16 capabilities
Automation & integration
6 capabilities
Specific environments & hardware
4 capabilities
User access & usage control
6 capabilities
Detailed comparison
Feature availability by edition
Open each group to compare availability across editions. A check mark means supported; a dash means not included in that edition.
Safe shutdown & wake control Core runtime reduction controls: idle shutdown, document protection, warnings, schedules and wake-up. 14 features
| Capability | Enterprise | Education / Gov / NPO | Free Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shutdown based on Timer countdown | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Forced Shutdown based on Time Rules | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Time Rules (for further automation, e.g., starting applications, messages, power on/off, stopping/starting shutdown timers, and much more) | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Detection of running Applications (e.g. PowerPoint) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wake-Up PC from Sleep | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Auto shutdown mode selection (e.g. use Standby in the afternoon, Hibernate or PowerOff at night) | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Dependent on Power mode (AC / DC) | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Windows Power Management: Respect / Ignore Windows Power Management settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Screen Saver Management Keep display always on Keep display on while selected applications are running Switch display off after x minutes of PC idle time (optional: and lock PC) Switch display off as soon as PC is locked (WIN+L or by system) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| User warnings before Shutdown | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Save unsaved documents before shutdown (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, Outlook, ...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Business Times Management for example prevent shutdown during core business times | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Scheduled Shutdown of local or remote PCs | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Scheduled Wake-Up of local or remote PCs | ✓ | ✓ | — |
Wake-on-LAN / WAN infrastructure Wake devices reliably across local networks, VLANs, remote sites and WOL proxy scenarios. 14 features
| Capability | Enterprise | Education / Gov / NPO | Free Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCP Server extends Wake-On-LAN to AI-driven agents (VS Code, N8N, etc.) | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Wake On LAN - Local Broadcast - Server -> Clients | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Wake On LAN - Local Broadcast - Clients -> Server | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Wake On LAN - Directed Broadcast - Server -> Clients | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Wake On LAN - Directed Broadcast - Clients -> Server | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Wake On WAN – Remote PC -> Internet -> Server -> Clients, optionally with VPN | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Wake on Wan Client | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Wake On LAN/WAN- WOL Proxy (local, segments, VLANs, Internet) | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Wake On LAN/WAN- WOL Proxy for RaspBerry Pi (Java) | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Auto-generate WOL Proxies (updates WOL Proxies automatically to ensure reliable WOL after network changes are detected) | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Wake on LAN Scheduler with exceptions | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Scheduled Maintenance WoL Wake-Up | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Support for the free Advanced EnviProt Wake On LAN WEB Portal with AD and SSO support | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| WOL - Start virtual machines via Wake On LAN | ✓ | ✓ | — |
Central management & policies Manage policies, groups, updates, maintenance windows, licensing and background client/server operation. 12 features
| Capability | Enterprise | Education / Gov / NPO | Free Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Management | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Organize Power Management Policies by Groups | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Automatically assign PCs to Power Management Policies by: PC Name filters Active Directory Attributes (like OU=, CN=...) Membership in active directory groups | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Settings Management and remote deployment | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Centralized Updates | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Maintenance Manager | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| License Manager | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Hidden operation on clients | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Auto Configurator for easiest initial setup | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operation in Background - Windows Service Mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operation as Client | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Operation as Server | ✓ | ✓ | — |
Remote power operations Start, restart, shut down, hibernate, log off or wake systems remotely when IT needs control. 9 features
| Capability | Enterprise | Education / Gov / NPO | Free Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remote Power ON / Power Off | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Remote Management | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Remote Power On from Shutdown Mode (completely off) | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Remote Shutdown | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Remote Standby | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Remote Hibernate | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Remote Log-Off users | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Remote Restart | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Remote Wake-Up (LAN and WAN) | ✓ | ✓ | — |
Monitoring, analysis & reporting Use activity, power, hardware, network and runtime signals to decide and prove what changed. 16 features
| Capability | Enterprise | Education / Gov / NPO | Free Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITAM - IT Asset Management. Collect and report key assets from your client PCs (CPUs, GPUs, RAM, HDDs, serial numbers, drivers, software, and much more) | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Performance Counters for in-depth system analysis Some examples: Network traffic & utilization Detection of processes and their utilization Active user sessions VPN Tunnel active Backup is going on And many more | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Analysis of other TCP/IP equipment such as receivers, printers, production machines for shutdown procedures | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Mouse / Keyboard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CPU Utilization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| HDD Utilization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sound analysis | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Log Up and Down times | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Power consumption and CO2 reduction analysis | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Central Monitoring | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Protocol stored in Central Database | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Identify Clients with Power Supply Problems | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Identify Clients with Thermal Problems | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Identify Clients with Power Management Problems | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Detect IP Clients to prevent shutdown | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Network Clients prevent server shutdown for dynamic servers | ✓ | ✓ | — |
Automation & integration Integrate with SCCM/MCM, scripts, scheduled tasks, file scanner jobs and command-line workflows. 6 features
| Capability | Enterprise | Education / Gov / NPO | Free Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEM/SCCM Plug-In - Integration into Microsoft® Endpoint Manager / System Center Configuration Manager® | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| File Scanner: create own XML based jobs to schedule WoL, delete clients or move them to other settings groups, add or remove WoL-Proxies | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Run Scripts or Application on Startup | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Run Scripts or Application before Shutdown | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support Command Line Arguments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduled Tasks analysis | ✓ | ✓ | — |
Specific environments & hardware Support special IT environments such as UPS, VMware and virtual machine handling. 4 features
| Capability | Enterprise | Education / Gov / NPO | Free Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPS support (Uninterruptible Power Supply): Automatically switch off selected PCs or PC groups in the event of a power outage, and restart them when power is restored | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| VMware service analysis | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Start virtual machines at Startup | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Suspend virtual machines before Shutdown | ✓ | ✓ | — |
User access & usage control Limit or manage PC access, logon behavior and user runtime policies where needed. 6 features
| Capability | Enterprise | Education / Gov / NPO | Free Light |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auto Login User on Startup (Disable / Enable) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prevent users from blocking public PCs by staying logged in for long times | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Simple PC time limitation (access protection) Limit the PC time per local user and per day on a local machine | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Extended PC time protection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Work safety: Limit total PC usage time per user account and weekday centrally managed and based on Active Directory | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Maintenance reboot after x sleep states | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Next step
Validate the capabilities in your own environment.
The full-featured Enterprise trial lets your team test shutdown behavior, Wake-on-LAN, reporting, document preservation and central management before rollout.