Patch management · October 2026 Edition
Patch My PC vs Microsoft Intune
Zero of fourteen models named Patch My PC first on the direct prompt; zero named Microsoft Intune. Patch My PC was named by nine of the fourteen models and Microsoft Intune by ten and Patch My PC carries 17 labels and Microsoft Intune 23, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in seven categories this edition.
First-choice share6%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%9%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1723A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Patch My PC reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus vs Patch My PC · ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus vs Microsoft Intune · Action1 vs Patch My PC
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the patch management page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Patch My PCFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMicrosoft Intune
Direct00
Paraphrase32
Comparative001 against Microsoft Intune
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained001 against Microsoft Intune
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Patch My PC and Microsoft Intune stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| 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 | ||||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | |
Patch My PC Microsoft Intune first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Patch My PC on the left and Microsoft Intune on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Patch My PC and Microsoft Intune stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashNinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management alternatives: Action1, Automox, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Microsoft Intune
Perplexity SonarManageEngine Patch Manager Plus alternatives: Action1, Heimdal Patch & Asset Management, Patch My PC, Syxsense
Grok 4.1 FastManageEngine Patch Manager Plus alternatives: Action1, Atera, Patch My PC, Syxsense
GLM 4.7 FlashXManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management alternatives: Action1, Automox, Heimdal Patch & Asset Management, Microsoft Intune
GPT-6 LunaAutomox alternatives: Microsoft Intune, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
Neither was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management alternatives: Action1, Motadata ServiceOps
GPT-5.4 miniManageEngine Patch Manager Plus alternatives: Automox, Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management, Windows Autopatch
Mistral SmallManageEngine Patch Manager Plus alternatives: Automox, Heimdal Patch & Asset Management, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
DeepSeek V4 FlashManageEngine Patch Manager Plus alternatives: Automox, Heimdal Patch & Asset Management, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management, Syxsense
Llama 4 MaverickManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
Qwen 3.7 FlashAutomox, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus alternatives: Acronis Cyber Protect, Action1, Kaseya VSA
Kimi K2ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus alternatives: Automox, Heimdal Patch & Asset Management, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management, Syxsense
MiniMax M2.5NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management alternatives: Action1, Automox, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
Muse Glimmer 30BManageEngine Patch Manager Plus alternatives: Action1, Automox
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Level: the same share of first choices.
Patch My PC2%#6 of 10Microsoft Intune2%#7 of 10Mid-marketThe figures above
Patch My PC leads by two points.
Patch My PC6%#5 of 13Microsoft Intune4%#6 of 13Enterprise
The order flips: Microsoft Intune leads at enterprise.
Microsoft Intune17%#1 of 12Patch My PC7%#6 of 12What the models said about Patch My PC
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Patch My PC connects directly to your Intune tenant and automatically populates it with a catalog of over 3,500 pre-packaged, pre-tested third-party applications” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“If you're already on Microsoft 365 → Intune + Patch My PC - Most cost-effective - Largest third-party catalog” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Patch management: Patch My PC + Microsoft Intune/ConfigMgr for app patching and endpoint control” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Microsoft Intune
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“While incredible for Windows, patching macOS, Linux, or non-Microsoft software ... usually requires separate configuration or third-party add-ons” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · soft negative
Also compared
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.