PDQ Deploy & Inventory

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Joe
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  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great product and time saver.

Reviewed on 21/12/2022

PDQ Deploy has been great for us. We use it for patching along with baseline software setup for all...

PDQ Deploy has been great for us. We use it for patching along with baseline software setup for all new machines. This has saved us tons of time, and helped to automate the process.

Pros

PDQ Deploy has been a great time saver for us. The wide range of deploying software makes installing, updating or patching quick and efficient without having to babysit each step of the process.

Cons

Understanding the layout of how the application packages are created and stacking multiple steps can be a bit confusing until you walk through a few different ones.

Jason
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  • Industry: Utilities
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

PDQ Inventory - wouldn't want to live without it

Reviewed on 10/01/2023

Pros

The interface closely resembles MMC which I'm used to. It's super fast when searching for something in particular about a computer or computers. The reports are customizable and very useful.

Cons

I have no complaints about this software. It's amazing.

Reasons for Choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory

I wanted something that wasn't web-based that held more details and was more snappy to use. Also using it because it's linked to PDQ Deploy.
Marcus
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  • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Some features and .NET dependecy

Reviewed on 14/06/2021

We use A lot, but we thing that a several GAPs to top tools, like Flexera and Snow.

We use A lot, but we thing that a several GAPs to top tools, like Flexera and Snow.

Pros

I thing PDQ Inventory is the easyest inventory tool ever.

Cons

We dont go to lastest version available because the new versions have dependency of higher .NET, and upgrade that just to follow PDQ is not that simple.

Stephen
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  • Industry: Government Administration
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The one thing you got to have

Reviewed on 14/12/2022

Used it at previous job, and when I came discovered they had a competitor. Tried to learn the...

Used it at previous job, and when I came discovered they had a competitor. Tried to learn the competitor's patch management and device management. It was a headache and time consuming. Got the boss to purchase PDQ and right of the bat, everyone could use it quickly and efficiently without reading a 100 page pdf on how to use it. So intuitive and easy to use. I use it daily to manage my computers and make sure everything is up to date. Boss has come to me a couple times asking for a list of XYZ, and expecting that it is a project for the rest of the day, I'm able to get that to him within the hour, sometimes in ten minutes.

Pros

the dynamic collections you can make has been life changing. Able to create one on the fly and it continue to update and tell me if new computers have something unwanted on it, or computers that are missing important programs. I use it daily to check things. I also use it to quickly remote into computers. I have computers on the road and I have to jump in there sometimes remotely and need to be able to look at software lists quickly and a couple clicks my remote software is already connected. Or I can use pdq deploy to shoot out a program update or install something new. PDQ Deploy has all the right switches and knows exactly what to do with files to silently deploy practically anything. Testing is simple and easy and usually I have it tested and deployed within an hour. Saves me time everyday to quickly do what I need to do and have time to work on other projects. Support is also a godsend. Quick, easy, and friendly to the max!

Cons

Not much that I do not like. The new icons are weird and there are some bugs in pdq deploy that get updates stuck and they just sit in the list forever. Usually when I have a con come up in my mind, I find out that the feature request I thought of, is already in the system some where.

Duncan
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  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

PDQ - SysAdmin's Dream!

Reviewed on 13/12/2022

All I can say is that I wish I had found this product sooner. As a 1 man band at a company of 150...

All I can say is that I wish I had found this product sooner. As a 1 man band at a company of 150 users this makes my life so much easier and gives me a great overall view of what's on my network. 10/10 recommend.

Pros

Where to start! Love the preconfigured Collections that lets us know about which most common applications are out of date, and then we can literally right-click and Select PDQ Deploy to update them.Very easy program to use and I love the reporting side of it.

Cons

There could be more commonly used Reports straight out of the box, but not that big of a deal as it's easy to create your own and run against a collection.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Intune

Reasons for Switching to PDQ Deploy & Inventory

Pricing and ability to do what I need it to do.
Bryan
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  • Industry: Banking
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Inexpensive but crazy powerful

Reviewed on 15/06/2022

I absolutely love it, but you have to have PDQ Inventory with it! If you want full IT Godhood, you...

I absolutely love it, but you have to have PDQ Inventory with it! If you want full IT Godhood, you have to both parts. Thankfully the price means it won't break the budget, heck we buy laptops for more than the yearly cost of both of these.

Pros

It is so intuitive that after watching a 30 minute video from youtube (love the channel btw) a brand new user will be able to deploy software and run reports.

Cons

I wish that this software would integrate into Smart Deploy, so I can push OS as well as software

Alternatives Considered

ManageEngine Endpoint Central

Reasons for Switching to PDQ Deploy & Inventory

We went with PDQ because the price was perfect, and the functionality was everything we needed.
Brian
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  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Has proven it's worth

Reviewed on 13/12/2022

It has mostly been positive. There are a few pain points that we're still trying to figure out,...

It has mostly been positive. There are a few pain points that we're still trying to figure out, such as stale DNS records for workstations. But besides this we're quite happy with the product.

Pros

We've been using PDQ Deploy/Inventory for the past couple of years to manage our employee machines as well as our Windows servers. The ability to push out a new piece of software, or to patch older software with just a few click has been invaluable with how much time it's saved us.

Cons

With a lot of our employee's working from home during and now after the pandemic, one short-coming of the software is that there is a complete lack of management for remote devices. If the workstation is not on the "local" network with the PDQ server it is impossible to manage. Having an agent that phones home to the PDQ server and handles all tasks would be the ideal solution to this.

Alternatives Considered

NinjaOne and ManageEngine Endpoint Central

Reasons for Switching to PDQ Deploy & Inventory

The catered library of software, and the ease of integration into our AD environments was a significant part of the decision, but also the community recommendations and reviews on Reddit and other sources as well.
Ben
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

We love PDQ Deploy because its cheap, easy to use, and it just works

Reviewed on 15/12/2022

We've had a great experience. We love their YouTube channel tips, and the product is easy to...

We've had a great experience. We love their YouTube channel tips, and the product is easy to figure out.

Pros

We like the fact that they create so many patches and software deployment packages on their end. It saves us so much time, and it just works. I haven't had a single issue with the software and it's very cost effective.

Cons

When we first set up the inventory scanning, we kicked it off and it almost locked up the server we installed the software on. We are a large environment so it doesn't surprise me, but it did take a long time, and I wasn't sure if it was going to work for awhile. We ended up leaving over a weekend to scan though, and it ended up figuring itself out.

Sonam
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  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

A regular PDQ user of 1 person IT department

Reviewed on 21/12/2022

I ran into projects after projects during pandemic. was looking for a tool to manage everything...

I ran into projects after projects during pandemic. was looking for a tool to manage everything remotely, PDQ demo took place and went for it right away. Saved tons of time deploying patches, softwares, custom installations and much more. This tool allowed me to run whole IT department single handedly.

Pros

Ease of use, simplicity, effectiveness. PDQ has nice video based how to dos and that was helpful.

Cons

Two part of deploy and inventory, can they be one?

Alternatives Considered

Atera

Reasons for Switching to PDQ Deploy & Inventory

Demo was promising and trial was exactly what I was looking for.
Dawn
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Product

Reviewed on 13/12/2022

It has been great. It is easy to use and navigate. It makes it easy to push out patches and...

It has been great. It is easy to use and navigate. It makes it easy to push out patches and software to computers. We no longer have to go to each computer to install products. The built in Vendors is such a great feature and one I use often, it saves me from having to go out and down load software from the Vendor constantly!

Pros

It is easy to use and makes my job more efficient.

Cons

I would like the Deploy and Inventory products in one interface. I understand though that people may only want one of the products. It would be nice to have them integrated together for those that use both products.

Alternatives Considered

ManageEngine Endpoint Central

Reasons for Switching to PDQ Deploy & Inventory

I have used Manage Engine in the past and I liked the PDQ product better. We did a trial with PDQ and I liked how it was set up and how user friendly it is.
Jakub
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  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

3rd anniversary of using PDQ Deploy & Inventory

Reviewed on 07/07/2023

All patches, updates and upgrades are resolved very quickly and in addition your support is very...

All patches, updates and upgrades are resolved very quickly and in addition your support is very fast and friendly. I am very happy that I chose PDQ.

Pros

It is very easy to install and using. You can choose if you want client/server or local mode.Has got many (maybe all) softwares for daily use.

Cons

I haven not find anything like that yet.

Bobby
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  • Industry: Defense & Space
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Patching my network

Reviewed on 17/04/2023

Overall PDQ Deploy has helped me bring my patching solution on several networks up to date. It is...

Overall PDQ Deploy has helped me bring my patching solution on several networks up to date. It is just so much easier to use that other products I have tried over the years. I would highly recommend this product to anyone needed to keep networks up to date.

Pros

I absolutely love the ease and usage of PDQ Deploy. The product does almost everything I can ask of it in a very easy to use package.

Cons

The only con I can think of is that I get hit with a lot of hits on my Vulnerability scans for Microsoft Office products. I know it would be difficult, but it would be nice if Office patches were included in the Package Library.

Raphael
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  • Industry: Mining & Metals
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Absolute life-saver if you're an admin

Reviewed on 03/04/2023

Deploying software, copying files, changing Windows settings, rebooting, those are all things I...

Deploying software, copying files, changing Windows settings, rebooting, those are all things I accomplish with PDQ that I would have to do one by one on each PC otherwise.

Pros

PDQ can do literally anything you can think of on Windows PCs you manage. Installing, copying files, executing Powershell, etc. I mean if you can execute Powershell remotely what is there you cannot do?

Cons

Honestly can't really think of anything I don't like about this software. It even has dark mode for ultimate eye comfort, so I cannot complain.

Brian
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  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great software

Reviewed on 01/03/2023

Pros

Just the ease of use and being able to build my own packages that fit our company

Cons

just how heavily the software relies on DNS to find machines.

Garan
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  • Industry: Biotechnology
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Your ServiceDesks best friend.

Reviewed on 21/12/2022

Amazing, PDQ Deploy has been an outstanding piece of software that we could never live without.

Amazing, PDQ Deploy has been an outstanding piece of software that we could never live without.

Pros

PDQ is an amazing tool that I could not live without, it provides the helpdesk with one click installation of custom MSI packages, pre-built MSI packages to make software deployment a breeze. It has built in scheduling to ensure all machines across our entire network have all the right software and are always up to date. It was an absolute breeze to set up and we were up and running within a couple of hours. Support has always been next level with detailed responses about almost any question we throw at them.

Cons

I don't like how vague some of the error messages can be on deployment when it fails but these are usually Windows errors that PDQ is simply feeding back.

Jamie
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  • Industry: Government Administration
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

PDQ Deply and Inventory

Reviewed on 24/12/2022

As stated above, this has made my monthly patching much easier and also allowed me to auto patch...

As stated above, this has made my monthly patching much easier and also allowed me to auto patch more apps than just Windows updates. I have also built out auto deployment packages that I use when settin gup new machines. I add them to my domain, Inventory picks them up on scan and adds them to a dynamic collection, Deploys heartbeat deployment for that collection pushes out the preconfigured list of apps/packages and generates a message on each machine when finished.

Pros

Tried this out after some frustration with SCCM. While the MS product was getting my monthly patch Tuesday stuff covered, it felt a little complicated to manage. With PDQ deploy, it feels much easier, plus im now getting windows patches as well as patching many other apps(Chrome, edge, 7-zip, VLC, etc.) in what I feel is a much more user friendly and intuitive interface.

Cons

Has built-in support for VNC for remote control which I don't currently use. I'll be making the switch but wish there were other options.

Kerry
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  • Industry: Primary/Secondary Education
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Outstanding software, low priced and perfect for schools

Reviewed on 13/12/2022

I originally started with the free version but quickly found I needed to upgrade to the paid...

I originally started with the free version but quickly found I needed to upgrade to the paid version including inventory, it was the best move I ever did.

Pros

The price is perfect for schools that have had their budgets slashed and still very affordable

Cons

I would like some sort of training on setting up pdq with MDT, my current workflow is to roll out the base windows image using wds, the I push the rest of the software installs via pdq deploy

Robert
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  • Industry: Government Administration
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

PDQ Deploy is wonderful for Windows networks

Reviewed on 23/05/2022

Overall, I absolutely loved PDQ products when paired in a mostly Windows environment. My needs...

Overall, I absolutely loved PDQ products when paired in a mostly Windows environment. My needs were simple, and PDQ worked wonderfully. You can test out both PDQ Deploy and Inventory before you buy, and I highly suggest you do so. It is one of the fastest, most lightweight products I've ever used, and I'd recommend it in almost all scenarios where Windows is your main OS.

Pros

PDQ Deploy and Inventory are one of the absolute best if you have only Windows based end machines in your network. It is really, really fast, and well laid out. I doubt you'll have to read the manual in most cases.
The resource usage of PDQ products is extremely light and not demanding.

Cons

It's really made for mostly Windows based networks, and works best when all machines are on-prem, or connected via VPN in my experience. If you need really complex IF / THEN type deployment or patching on other OSes, you may wish to look at BigFix.

Landon
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  • Industry: Gambling & Casinos
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

PDQ is ready for your enterprise

Reviewed on 26/07/2021

from Print Nightmare mitigation to installing the latest packages from MS and partners the...

from Print Nightmare mitigation to installing the latest packages from MS and partners the experience has been great. Great support. Great product.

Pros

what I like most abut the software is the great support. Yes it can deploy remotely to your entire network. Yes it can help you maintain your infrastructure security but showing patching deficiencies and missed updates but what I really like about this software is the customer support. from youtube to one on one sessions, PDQ has the best support in the business.

Cons

could have a larger set of already supported software natively.

Brett
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Simple, functional, reliable

Reviewed on 14/07/2021

PDQ Deploy is an excellent value. I've used it at previous jobs and have introduced it in every...

PDQ Deploy is an excellent value. I've used it at previous jobs and have introduced it in every new job. The amount of time saved is staggering.

Pros

The reliability and ease of use of PDQ is great. I also love the ability to customize and create packages. If you can script it, you can deploy it.

Cons

I still like the idea of PDQ Link, or similar software. During the pandemic, a lot of our machines were never on our local network, so PDQ Deploy and Inventory had limited use for us. We had no way to deploy software to users unless their machine was back on our network. Even when users are using a VPN to connect to our network remotely, deployments still don't work (probably something on our end).

I am currently looking at other options like FileWave to do off network support and inventory.

Rob
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  • Industry: Utilities
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Simplicity at its best, but still feature rich

Reviewed on 23/12/2022

The number one thing is being able to efficiently keep our endpoints patched and have visibility...

The number one thing is being able to efficiently keep our endpoints patched and have visibility into that process.

Pros

For us, the patching component was the most important part. We were using another product that we always had to struggle to complete patches and even then it was a pain just to be able to see which machines needed patches. PDQ deploy made our lives so much better!

Cons

There are three things I would like to see them do: first, a cloud based approach for deployment and patching where we dont need the computers on the company network to handle them - this is in the works from my understanding. Secondly, add the ability to capture the last logged on user and store it with the rest of the attributes where we can add that as a column. Finally, add an imaging component where we can setup, build and manage images within the same pane of glass - they recently acquired an imaging software company, so I hope this is on the roadmap!

Jeremey
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  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

PDQ is My Administrative "Go-To" Software

Reviewed on 14/12/2022

Administrative tasks like software deployment, admin scripts, asset inventory, etc. is pretty much...

Administrative tasks like software deployment, admin scripts, asset inventory, etc. is pretty much our use case. Honestly, I couldn't be more happy with any other software. Whenever I have a task I'd like to perform, PDQ is usually always there to help me in my deployment process.

Pros

Being able to create PowerShell and CMD scripts to run locally on a device is amazing. I've created multiple scripts that run easier from PDQ than from a PSSession (i.e., administrative tasks that are denied access).

Cons

There is a learning curve somewhat. I did dive in without reading too much of the help dialog, but I think I understand most of what I need for my environment (i.e., inventory dynamic groups, deployment packages, etc.).

Michal
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  • Industry: Facilities Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

An efficient solution for monitoring asset status and reporting.

Reviewed on 09/09/2022

Pros

- mostly easy to use
- lots of templates to use and edit
- provides a wide range of information and details about a specific device
- grouping devices into collections according to different combinations of parameters

Cons

sometimes it is not easy to debug some more complex reports, but this is not directly a defect of the application itself

Colin
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  • Industry: Government Administration
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

PDQ Deploy is a Stellar Product

Reviewed on 02/11/2022

I echo my previous comment, i.e. this has been such a time-saver when ensuring we keep our...

I echo my previous comment, i.e. this has been such a time-saver when ensuring we keep our endpoints current, and it makes it a lot easier to manage 100s of endpoints with literally the click of a button.

Pros

This has saved us so much effort in maintaining the integrity of our software products on our domain endpoints. In addition to the pre-built library, it has been a godsend to be able to create customized packages and get them deployed quickly. When we were hit with Hafnium on our Exchange server and moved to O365, I created a customized package to remove our previous suite and get out the latest O365 suite to our endpoints with about an hour's work on PDQ Deploy.

Cons

Nothing comes to mind, to be perfectly honest.

Tobias
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  • Industry: Machinery
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The best for software patching and deployment

Reviewed on 14/12/2022

The software reduces our overall cost of pc deployment by automating the software needed right out...

The software reduces our overall cost of pc deployment by automating the software needed right out of the gate. It has paid for itself over and over again.

Pros

I like the ease of implementing this product in an environment combined with it's affordability.

Cons

I can say confidently at this time that there is nothing I like the least about it.