Small business▼−14Since September 2026: 68% → 53%, −14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.
53%from 68% in September 2026
Cleared the floor by 3 pointsRank 1 of 64, unchanged
6 categories · RankedAction1
184Judge labels
67First choices
12Negative labels
14 / 14Models named it
6Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.8, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
55% in Patching for small business buyers
Rank 2 of 85 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger
0 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 0% of its 38 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of Action1 →By buyer segmentStrongest at small business.
Small business1 of 69
55%54 labels
endorsed leader
Mid-market2 of 85
29%38 labels
accepted challenger
Enterprise5 of 96
7%27 labels
accepted challenger
In patching · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named Action1 for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patch management | IT operations and endpoint | 29% | 2 of 85 | 0% | 38 | accepted challenger | ▲+3Since September 2026: 27% → 30%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Remote monitoring and management | IT operations and endpoint | 8% | 3 of 62 | 10% | 10 | accepted challenger | ▼−4Since September 2026: 11% → 7%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Unified endpoint management | IT operations and endpoint | 7% | 3 of 53 | 0% | 7 | under 10 labels · led by Microsoft Intune at 39% | ▲+4Since September 2026: 2% → 6%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Vulnerability management platforms | Security operations | 4% | 10 of 77 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Rapid7 InsightVM at 30% | ▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Microsoft 365 management | IT operations and endpoint | 2% | 14 of 149 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by CoreView at 20% | |
| Remote support and remote access | IT operations and endpoint | 0% | 55 of 77 | 50% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Splashtop Remote Support at 23% |
Movement
Since September 2026, Action1 held within the floor in all six categories: no change cleared 11 points.
Best category · Patching · by segment
Mid-market▲+3Since September 2026: 27% → 30%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
30%from 27% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 8 pointsRank 1 → 2 of 79
Enterprise▲+4Since September 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
8%from 4% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 7 pointsRank 8 → 5 of 94
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RMM | 11% | 7% | ▼−4Since September 2026: 11% → 7%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 3 of 62, unchanged |
| Vuln management | 0% | 4% | ▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 32 → 10 of 77 |
| UEM | 2% | 6% | ▲+4Since September 2026: 2% → 6%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 8 → 3 of 53 |
| Patching | 27% | 30% | ▲+3Since September 2026: 27% → 30%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 1 → 2 of 85 |
| M365 management | 0% | 2% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 2% now. | New this edition | Rank 14 of 149, unchanged |
| Remote support | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 55 of 77, unchanged |
Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.
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 · The editions
By model
How each model treated Action1 across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
How each model treated Action1 across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ShowHide| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct29 labels9
Paraphrase10 labels6
Comparative38 labels11not counted in share
Budget-constrained60 labels42
Scale-constrained22 labels10
Negative25 labels9not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative184 labels in all, every segment counted; 67 of the 87 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Automox or Action1 | Extremely modern, cloud-native, excellent cross-platform support (Mac/Win/Linux), and very simple to deploy” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Patching · scale prompt · first choice
“Choose Action1 if you have under 200 devices and your primary needs are patching, software deployment, and remote access.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · RMM · budget prompt · first choice
“Action1 is the clear winner. Its free tier (200 endpoints, full functionality, no expiration) is unmatched in the industry” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Patching · budget prompt · first choice
“Action1 is widely regarded as the best budget-friendly choice because its free tier includes almost all premium features.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · UEM · budget prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“we observed threat actors leveraging vulnerability management software such as Action1 to deploy ScreenConnect clients via Microsoft Installer packages” Muse Glimmer 30B · RMM · negative prompt · soft negative
“the available results do not frame it as clearly as the best fit specifically for mid-market B2B support teams” Perplexity Sonar · Remote support · direct prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Action1, over the 184 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Action1 was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Action1, over the 184 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Action1 was named but was not.
ShowHideProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Action1. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 181 of the 184 answers that named Action1 and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
action1.comYour site88
motadata.com85
syncrosecure.com77
learn.g2.com73
acronis.com66
expertinsights.com66
g2.com54
heimdalsecurity.com52
ninjaone.com51
atera.com48
572 of the 660 domain citations in answers naming Action1 came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
action1.com ranks 5 on Google for the category's searches. In the answers, Action1 takes 29% of first choices and ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus takes 29%.ShowHide
Search and answers
action1.com ranks 5 on Google for the category's searches. In the answers, Action1 takes 29% of first choices and ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus takes 29%.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimatesPosition for “patch management tool”
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not in the top ten
Position for “patch management tools”
5
- Searches for its name, Google
- 8,100 a month (“action1”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 87 a month
- Organic visits to its site
- about 18,854 a month
- Searches its site ranks for
- 5,928 · 233 in the top three
- Sites linking to it
- 2,394
- Paid Google search
- 4 searches its ads show for, about 30 clicks and $3,801 a month (estimate)
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
29%
rank 2 of 85 in patching
Segment leader
29%
ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
- First choices
- 67 across its categories
- Named in
- 184 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 181 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
What it publishes
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What it publishes
ShowHideAddresses on action1.com
3,976
subdomains included
Content
638
counted in the table below
Documentation
125
Product · Integration
0 · 0
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 393 | undated | Patching, RMM | ||
| News or press | 134 | undated | RMM, Patching | ||
| Case study | 50 | undated | Patching, RMM | ||
| Comparison | 30 | undated | Patching, RMM | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 10 | undated | Patching | ||
| Conference or event | 9 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 7 | undated | Patching | ||
| Report or ebook | 4 | undated | Patching | ||
| Template or tool | 1 | undated |
Events in person
Last twelve months
- September 30, 2026Meet Action1 at MSP Summit 2026!Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Orlando · exhibited
- September 29, 2026Meet Action1 at MSP Summit 2026!Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Orlando · exhibited
- September 28, 2026Meet Action1 at MSP Summit 2026!Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Orlando · exhibited
- May 26, 2026 to May 27, 2026Cloud & Cyber Security Expo – Sweden 2026KISTAMÄSSAN, Stockholm, Sweden · exhibited
- May 6, 2026 to May 7, 2026Meet Action1 at Cloud & Cyber Security Expo – Frankfurt 2026Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany · exhibited
- November 17, 2025 to November 19, 2025CITE Annual Conference 2025SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, Sacramento, USA · exhibited
As the event pages on action1.com state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page action1.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.
Follow Action1
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Already following? Everything you follow, with a stop for each.
The company
Action1 is its own company.ShowHide
The company
Action1 is its own company.
ShowHideIn its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- Autonomous endpoint management with a scalable and secure cloud-native platform configurable in 5 minutes, with no VPN needed.
- For
- IT and security teams
- Price stated
- Free forever for your first 200 endpoints action1.com
- Starting price
- 0 action1.com
- Free plan or trial
- always free for the first 200 endpoints, with no functional limits action1.com
- Certifications
- SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001:2022GDPRISO 27001TX-RAMPCSACISA Secure by DesignCAIQ
- Hosting
- USAUKEuropeAustraliamultiple geographic data centers
- Customers named
- ArkEcobankHachAsburyLabcorpUtah governmentTillysTranscom
- Not stated on the pages read
- Integrations
What Action1's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: action1.com, action1.com/pricing, action1.com/legal/security, action1.com/case-studies, action1.com/integrations. A claimed page can correct any of them.
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Claim this page
Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when Action1's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as Action1, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.
What a new claim receivesHide what a new claim receives
A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Action1 by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where Action1 is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name Action1, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.
Badges
Wins only: a badge exists where Action1 is ranked in a category's top three this edition. Three sizes, one file each, light and dark; the code is under each.ShowHide
Badges
Wins only: a badge exists where Action1 is ranked in a category's top three this edition. Three sizes, one file each, light and dark; the code is under each.
ShowHidePatch management
Action1 is among the products AI models recommend first in Patch management this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of October 2026.
Wide · 320 × 104 Website, beside other badges
Square · 240 × 240 LinkedIn, slides
Compact · 200 × 56 Email signature, footer
Remote monitoring and management
Action1 is among the products AI models recommend first in Remote monitoring and management this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of October 2026.
Wide · 320 × 104 Website, beside other badges
Square · 240 × 240 LinkedIn, slides
Compact · 200 × 56 Email signature, footer
Unified endpoint management
Action1 is among the products AI models recommend first in Unified endpoint management this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of October 2026.
Wide · 320 × 104 Website, beside other badges
Square · 240 × 240 LinkedIn, slides
Compact · 200 × 56 Email signature, footer
Badges read on light and dark pages. Alt text carries the claim, the category, the edition and the index, so it stays a citation where the image does not load.