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Printix alternative: Tenvara
Printix is a cloud print management service that removes print servers, puts print queues and drivers on computers and adds secure release and usage reports. Many MSPs use it mainly to get the right printers onto the right machines. Tenvara does that through the agent you already deploy: it installs printers and drivers on Windows, macOS and Linux, sets default printers, and watches every printer for status and toner, with alerts that can open tickets. Secure release, print quotas, guest printing and scanning are there too.
The tool today
What Printix does
Serverless cloud print management with queue deployment, secure release and usage reports. Made by Tungsten Automation. This is how the vendor describes it, in our words.
- Serverless printing managed from the cloud, with no print servers.
- Printix Client installs print queues and drivers automatically, with drivers kept in a central driver store.
- Secure print release from a phone, browser, or card and ID code at the printer with Printix Go.
- Tracking reports and Power BI analytics on print usage.
- Sign-in with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, Okta and OneLogin, plus Printix Capture for scanning workflows.
Side by side
Tenvara vs Printix
The printing jobs that matter most, and how each product handles them. Then what else comes with Tenvara, such as a service desk, RMM and remote access, in the same app.
Put printers on devices
Printix Client adds queues automatically
Driver management
Central driver store, matching driver per printer
Default printers
Default printer settings
Printers for users and Entra groups
Deploy and restrict printers by group
Find printers on a network
Printer discovery through Printix Client
Printer status and toner
Collects printer information over SNMP
Secure print release
Phone, browser, card or ID code
Print usage and quotas
Tracking reports and Power BI
Mobile and guest printing
Includes iOS, Android and Chromebook
Drivers found for you
Global driver store, with universal drivers as a fallback
Take over existing print queues
Print server migration with Printix Client
Printing on Remote Desktop session hosts
Printix Client on Citrix or RDS servers
Also in Tenvara
What else you get with Tenvara, in the same app
PSA and service desk
Not included
Remote monitoring and alerts
Not included
Remote access
Not included
Patching
Not included
Software deployment
Not included
Endpoint, server and VM backup
Not included
Microsoft 365 management
Not included
IT documentation
Not included
Add-on means the vendor sells it as a separate product or paid extra. Printix details come from the vendor's own website, see sources.
The one-app pitch
What else you'd replace
Most MSPs running Printix pay for several other tools beside it. Tenvara does these jobs too, on the same customer record, with one agent and one login.
See every comparisonSwitching
Moving from Printix
A calm move, not a big bang. Run both side by side until your team is happy.
How a gradual move to Tenvara works-
1
Deploy the agent alongside
Install the Tenvara agent on each computer. It carries the printers module, so there is nothing extra to deploy.
Installing the agent -
2
Find and add printers
Run a discovery from a device at each site to find the printers on its network and add them in a click, or add printers by hand.
Adding printers and finding them on a network -
3
Let Tenvara find the drivers
Tenvara looks for each Windows driver in the Microsoft Update Catalog and a library of signed vendor universal drivers. Upload your own package and map models to it where you want a particular driver.
Driver sources and the device for printer work -
4
Take over the old queues
Devices > Printers, the Unmanaged queues tab, lists the Printix queues on each customer's devices, grouped by printer. Take over installs Tenvara's printer as the default where the old queue was, then removes the old queue once the new one reports installed.
Deploying printers to devices
Printix pricing
Printix publishes its prices on its website. Check its pricing page for current prices and terms.
Vendor pricing pageTenvara pricing
One product with every feature included, hosted or self-hosted. Tenvara is new and in beta, and pricing is announced before launch.
See pricingQuestions
Printix vs Tenvara: FAQ
Yes. A deployment can make a printer the default, set per signed-in user on Windows, and the more specific deployment wins if two disagree.
Windows, macOS and Linux devices running the Tenvara agent. Site and customer deployments go to workstations and laptops, and servers get printers through a device group or by choosing them.
No server is needed. Every queue is local and prints straight to the printer, so printing keeps working even if Tenvara is unreachable, and the PrintNightmare restrictions never get in the way.
One agent at each site checks its printers over SNMP every five minutes. When any toner falls below the printer's alert level (10% by default) an alert is raised, and your alert rules decide whether it opens a ticket.
Tenvara is coming soon.
Apply for the beta to run Tenvara side by side with Printix before you decide, or get launch updates and hear first when pricing is announced.
Comparison based on publicly available information as of September 2026. Printix is a trademark of its owner; Tenvara is not affiliated with it. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll correct it.
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