Patch management for small business buyers
Asked as “patch management tool”, and as “OS and third-party patching solution”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 53 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
55%
Clear leader
55Action119NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management08Automox19others
55% of first choices, clear leader.
Since September 2026▼−14Since September 2026: 68% → 53%, −14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Action1 held the lead, −14 points on 68%, past the floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Action155%Clear leader▼−14Since September 2026: 68% → 53%, −14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageMid-market
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus29%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus (30%) replaces Action1 (27% then, 30% now), 0 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Enterprise
Microsoft Intune17%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management (18%) replaces Microsoft Intune (19% then, 18% now), 0 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →
Action155%Clear leader▼−14Since September 2026: 68% → 53%, −14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageMid-marketManageEngine Patch Manager Plus29%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus (30%) replaces Action1 (27% then, 30% now), 0 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →EnterpriseMicrosoft Intune17%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management (18%) replaces Microsoft Intune (19% then, 18% now), 0 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Action155%0%54endorsed leader▼−14Since September 2026: 68% → 53%, −14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.68% → 53%
Action155%0%54endorsed leader▼−14Since September 2026: 68% → 53%, −14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.68% → 53%02
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management19%4%46accepted challenger▲+10Since September 2026: 12% → 22%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 22%
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management19%4%46accepted challenger▲+10Since September 2026: 12% → 22%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 22%03
Automox8%3%33accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 2% → 7%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 7%
Automox8%3%33accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 2% → 7%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 7%04
Atera6%0%32accepted challenger▲+7Since September 2026: 0% → 7%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 7%
Atera6%0%32accepted challenger▲+7Since September 2026: 0% → 7%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 7%05ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus4%20%41accepted challenger▼−8Since September 2026: 10% → 2%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.10% → 2%
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus4%20%41accepted challenger▼−8Since September 2026: 10% → 2%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.10% → 2%06
Patch My PC2%12%17accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%
Patch My PC2%12%17accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%07Microsoft Intune2%13%15accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Microsoft Intune2%13%15accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Windows Server Update Services0%71%14criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Windows Server Update Services0%71%14criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%09
PDQ Deploy & Inventory0%25%12criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
PDQ Deploy & Inventory0%25%12criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%08
PDQ Connect0%0%12accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%
PDQ Connect0%0%12accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus vs Patch My PCManageEngine Patch Manager Plus vs Microsoft IntuneManageEngine Patch Manager Plus vs ManageEngine Endpoint CentralAction1 vs NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementAction1 vs AutomoxAction1 vs Patch My PCAction1 vs Microsoft IntuneAction1 vs ManageEngine Endpoint CentralNinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management vs AutomoxNinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management vs Patch My PCNinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management vs Microsoft IntuneNinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management vs ManageEngine Endpoint CentralAutomox vs Patch My PCAutomox vs Microsoft IntuneAutomox vs ManageEngine Endpoint CentralPatch My PC vs Microsoft IntunePatch My PC vs ManageEngine Endpoint CentralMicrosoft Intune vs ManageEngine Endpoint Central
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
01020304050607080910Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative70%
Key
01Action155%
Action155%02NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management19%
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management19%03Automox8%
Automox8%04Atera6%
Atera6%05ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus4%
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus4%06Patch My PC2%
Patch My PC2%07Microsoft Intune2%
Microsoft Intune2%08PDQ Connect0%
PDQ Connect0%09PDQ Deploy & Inventory0%
PDQ Deploy & Inventory0%10Windows Server Update Services0%
Windows Server Update Services0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Windows Server Update Services71%
10 of 14 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“On-premises-only solutions (e.g., older WSUS setups or basic BatchPatch)... Require maintaining your own server hardware/software” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus20%
8 of 41 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“**Why to avoid:** While they have smaller tiers, the full suite is designed for massive scale. It is heavy, complex, and can be overkill” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Microsoft Configuration Manager100%
8 of 8 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“Why to avoid: MECM is the gold standard for massive, complex enterprise networks, but it is a nightmare for an SMB.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Tanium Patch86%
6 of 7 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Why to avoid: Tanium is built for environments with tens of thousands of endpoints. Its licensing costs are prohibitively high” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
77 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 952 links across 157 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 5 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Motadata48 answers · 49 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Acronis37 answers · 37 citations · 11 models
35 answers · 36 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Action133 answers · 60 citations · 12 models
33 answers · 39 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G229 answers · 30 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Heimdal Security25 answers · 34 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Splashtop23 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
22 answers · 26 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Kaseya21 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · NinjaOne19 answers · 26 citations · 9 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
47 answers · 12 models
37 answers · 11 models
35 answers · 12 models
32 answers · 11 models
27 answers · 11 models
25 answers · 9 models
22 answers · 8 models
21 answers · 8 models
21 answers · 9 models
19 answers · 9 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best patch management tool”, “patch management tool”, “patch management tools”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action1 action1.com | 55% | 181 | 8,100 | 87 | 18,854 | $3,801 | 48 | 5 |
| NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management ninjaone.com | 19% | 113 | 0 | 316,268 | $17,226 | 118 | 4 | |
| Automox automox.com | 8% | 115 | 3,600 | 52 | 64,075 | $832 | 18 | |
| Atera atera.com | 6% | 341 | 18,100 | 260 | 87,774 | 120 | ||
| ManageEngine parent site ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus 4%, ManageEngine Endpoint Central 2%, ManageEngine Patch Connect Plus 0% | 6% | 204 | 8,100 | 675 | ||||
| Patch My PC patchmypc.com | 2% | 48 | 4,400 | 144 | 18,983 | 1 | ||
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Intune 2% | 2% | 329 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| Avast Business Patch Management avast.com | 2% | 5 | 2,021,508 | 115 | 1 | |||
| Tanium Patch tanium.com | 2% | 44 | 110 | 12 | 28,789 | $707 | 31 | |
| PDQ pdq.com PDQ Connect 0%, PDQ Deploy & Inventory 0%, PDQ 0% | 0% | 26 | 1,900 | 46 | 184,243 | $1,720 | 29 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 6 of them are among the sites the models cited here (acronis.com, action1.com, heimdalsecurity.com, learn.g2.com, ninjaone.com, syncrosecure.com). The first result for “best patch management tool” is reddit.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best patch management tool for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which OS and third-party patching solution would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top patch management tools for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best patch management tool for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a patch management tool. What should we look at?”Negative“Which patch management tools should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Action1, AteraAction1, AteraHeldAction1, PDQAction1no first choiceagainst: Adaptiva OneSite Patch, Chocolatey, Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management, Kaseya VSA, Microsoft Intune, Ninite Pro
Three alternatives
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management, PDQ Connect, PDQ Deploy & InventoryOne alternative
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementTwo alternatives
Atera, AutomoxFour alternatives
Atera, Itarian, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, PDQ Deploy & InventoryGPT-5.4 miniAction1against: ManageEngine Endpoint CentralNinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementChangedPatch My PCAction1against: ManageEngine Patch Manager Plusno first choiceagainst: Microsoft Configuration Manager, Windows Server Update Services
One alternative
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementTwo alternatives
ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft IntuneFour alternatives
Atera, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Microsoft Intune, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementOne alternative
PDQ ConnectGemini 3.5 FlashAction1Action1Heldagainst: Microsoft Configuration Manager, Windows Server Update ServicesAction1Action1against: Windows Package ManagerAction1against: Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Tanium Patchagainst: Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Qualys, Tanium Patch, Tenable, Tenable Nessus, Windows Server Update Services
Three alternatives
Atera, Automox, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementThree alternatives
Automox, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management, PDQ ConnectFour alternatives
Atera, Automox, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management, PDQ ConnectFour alternatives
Atera, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, PDQ Deploy & Inventory, SyncroFour alternatives
JumpCloud, Microsoft Intune, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management, RipplingPerplexity SonarManageEngine Patch Manager PlusManageEngine Endpoint CentralChangedAction1Action1against: NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Managementno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Action1, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management, Patch My PCOne alternative
Heimdal Patch & Asset ManagementFour alternatives
Atera, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management, PDQ Deploy & Inventory, Patch My PCTwo alternatives
Itarian, ManageEngine Patch Manager PlusGrok 4.1 FastAction1Action1, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementChangedagainst: Windows Server Update ServicesAction1Action1against: Ansible, PDQ Deploy & Inventory, Spacewalkno first choiceagainst: BatchPatch, Datto RMM, HCL BigFix, Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management, Kaseya VSA, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Shavlik Protect, Tanium Patch, Windows Server Update Services
Five alternatives
Datto RMM, Kaseya VSA, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, N-able N-central, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementTwo alternatives
Automox, Patch My PCFour alternatives
Atera, Automox, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementOne alternative
ManageEngine Patch Manager PlusFour alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Atera, Kaseya VSA, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementMistral SmallAction1NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementChangedagainst: Kaseya VSAAteraAction1against: Windows Server Update Servicesno first choiceagainst: HCL BigFix, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
Two alternatives
Atera, Patch My PCTwo alternatives
Atera, ConnectWise AutomateFour alternatives
Action1, Automox, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management, PDQ Deploy & InventoryOne alternative
ManageEngine Patch Manager PlusDeepSeek V4 FlashAction1NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementChangedAction1Action1Action1against: HCL BigFix, Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management, Tanium Patch, Windows Server Update Services
Three alternatives
Avast Business Patch Management, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementThree alternatives
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Patch My PC, Windows 11 ProFive alternatives
Atera, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management, PDQ Deploy & Inventory, SyncroFour alternatives
Atera, Automox, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementTwo alternatives
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementLlama 4 MaverickAction1AutomoxChangedAteraAction1no first choiceagainst: ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
One alternative
AteraTwo alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, PDQQwen 3.7 FlashNinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementAction1ChangedAction1against: ManageEngine Patch Manager PlusAutomoxNinjaOne Autonomous Patch Managementagainst: HCL BigFix, Ivanti Neurons for UEM, Microsoft Configuration Manager, PDQ Deploy & Inventory, Windows Server Update Services, Windows Update
Three alternatives
Action1, Atera, SyncroOne alternative
Windows 11 Pro or EnterpriseThree alternatives
Automox, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management, Patch My PCThree alternatives
Lansweeper, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Windows Server Update ServicesThree alternatives
Action1, Automox, ManageEngine Endpoint CentralKimi K2NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementMicrosoft IntuneChangedAction1Action1Atera, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Managementagainst: Automox, Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management, Kaseya VSAagainst: Ivanti Patch Management Products, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Microsoft Intune, Windows Server Update Services
Three alternatives
Action1, Atera, AutomoxThree alternatives
Automox, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management, Patch My PCFour alternatives
Atera, Automox, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management, PDQ Deploy & InventoryThree alternatives
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, PDQ Connect, Windows Server Update ServicesTwo alternatives
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, PDQ Deploy & InventoryGLM 4.7 FlashXAutomox, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementTanium PatchChangedN-able N-central, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementAction1no first choiceagainst: ManageEngine Endpoint Central, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, PDQ Deploy & Inventory
Three alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Action1, ManageEngine Patch Manager PlusOne alternative
AteraThree alternatives
Lansweeper, PDQ Deploy & Inventory, Splashtop AEMTwo alternatives
Opsi, PDQ ConnectMiniMax M2.5NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementPatch My PCChangedagainst: Ninite ProAction1Action1no first choiceagainst: Ivanti Endpoint Manager, LogMeIn Resolve, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Patch My PC, SolarWinds Patch Manager, Tanium Patch, Windows Autopatch
Two alternatives
Atera, ManageEngine Patch Manager PlusFour alternatives
Automox, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Microsoft Intune, Windows Update for BusinessTwo alternatives
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Patch My PCOne alternative
ManageEngine Patch Manager PlusGPT-6 LunaAction1Action1Heldagainst: Patch My PCAction1Action1no first choiceagainst: Microsoft Configuration Manager, Standalone Symantec/Broadcom Patch Management Solution, Windows Server Update Services
Two alternatives
Microsoft Intune, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementOne alternative
Microsoft IntuneFour alternatives
Automox, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Intune, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementOne alternative
ManageEngine Patch Manager PlusMuse Glimmer 30BAvast Business Patch ManagementAutomoxChangedAction1, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementAction1, ManageEngine Patch Manager PlusAction1against: HCL BigFix, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Tanium Patch
Three alternatives
Atera, Automox Patch OS, ManageEngine Patch Manager PlusTwo alternatives
ManageEngine Patch Connect Plus, Patch My PCSix alternatives
Atera, Automox, Itarian, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, RobinTwo alternatives
Patch My PC Home Updater, Windows Server Update ServicesTwo alternatives
Automox, ManageEngine Patch Manager PlusBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:35 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:19 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:18 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:43 | yes | 19 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:11 | yes | 24 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:01 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:28 | yes | 21 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:25 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:56 | yes | 13 | 45 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:41 | yes | 14 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:33 | yes | 10 | 137 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:57 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 07:39 | yes | 4 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:01 | yes | 21 | 43 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:28 | yes | 14 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:11 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:50 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:37 | yes | 24 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:50 | yes | 20 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:51 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:10 | yes | 10 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:17 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:35 | yes | 10 | 42 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:45 | no | 0 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:11 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:39 | no | 0 | 58 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:01 | yes | 3 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:48 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:24 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:43 | yes | 6 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:10 | yes | 18 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:54 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:18 | yes | 21 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:38 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:21 | yes | 22 | 47 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:52 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:56 | yes | 10 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:48 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:03 | yes | 25 | 53 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:25 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:27 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 07:59 | yes | 12 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:20 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:48 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:48 | yes | 24 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:12 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:51 | yes | 24 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:27 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:17 | yes | 10 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:37 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:28 | no | 0 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:55 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:00 | yes | 15 | 72 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:42 | yes | 13 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:01 | yes | 2 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:54 | yes | 17 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:26 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:27 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:57 | yes | 8 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:54 | yes | 16 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:03 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:42 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:58 | yes | 11 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:08 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:46 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:00 | yes | 13 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:35 | yes | 17 | 67 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:30 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:01 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:45 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 13:49 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:18 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:18 | yes | 17 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:13 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:31 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:07 | yes | 12 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:35 | yes | 19 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:26 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:02 | yes | 24 | 71 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:51 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:32 | yes | 20 | 61 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:33 | yes | 17 | 76 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:31 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:00 | yes | 17 | 25 s |
Normalization in this category
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Category-scoped readings
Acronis read as Acronis Cyber Protect
Heimdal read as Heimdal Patch & Asset Management
Ivanti read as Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management
Ivanti (enterprise suites) read as Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management
Kaseya read as Kaseya VSA
ManageEngine read as ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM/Intune-On-Prem) read as Microsoft Configuration Manager
N-able read as N-able N-central
NinjaOne read as NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
NinjaOne (ex-NinjaRMM) read as NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
NinjaOne Patch Management read as NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
NinjaOne Patch Management (formerly NinjaRMM) read as NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
PDQ Deploy read as PDQ Deploy & Inventory
SCCM read as Microsoft Configuration Manager
Tanium read as Tanium Patch
Unresolved, counted raw
Automox Patch OS
BatchPatch
Chocolatey for Business
Ivanti Patch Management Products
ManageEngine Patch Management Plus
Shavlik Protect
Standalone Symantec/Broadcom Patch Management Solution
WULF
Windows 11 Pro
Windows 11 Pro or Enterprise
Windows Package Manager (WinGet)
built-in Windows Update
macOS
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.