Small business▼−8Since September 2026: 10% → 2%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
2%from 10% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 3 pointsRank 3 → 5 of 64
ManageEngine · 1 category · RankedManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
131Judge labels
23First choices
19Negative labels
14 / 14Models named it
1Category
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.8, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
29% in Patching for mid-market buyers
Rank 1 of 85 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger
10 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 10% of its 51 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus →By buyer segmentStrongest at mid-market.
Small business5 of 69
4%41 labels
accepted challenger
Mid-market1 of 85
29%51 labels
accepted challenger
Enterprise4 of 96
10%38 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 ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus 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% | 1 of 85 | 10% | 51 | accepted challenger | ▲+8Since September 2026: 21% → 30%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
Movement
Since September 2026, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus held within the floor in its one category: no change cleared 11 points.
Best category · Patching · by segment
Mid-market▲+8Since September 2026: 21% → 30%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
30%from 21% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 3 pointsRank 2 → 1 of 79
Enterprise=heldSince September 2026: 12% → 12%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
12%from 12% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 3 → 4 of 94
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patching | 21% | 30% | ▲+8Since September 2026: 21% → 30%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 2 → 1 of 85 |
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 ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus 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 ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus 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 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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
Direct27 labels12
Paraphrase19 labels9
Comparative27 labels1not counted in share
Budget-constrained26 labels2
Scale-constrained12 labelsNone
Negative20 labels1not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative131 labels in all, every segment counted; 23 of the 25 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.
“ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: It covers Windows, macOS, and Linux OS patching alongside third-party application updates for 850+ applications.” Llama 4 Maverick · Patching · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For third-party patching: ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus. Top pick for mid-sized businesses due to its balance of features, cost, and ease” Grok 4.20 · Patching · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus gives you the widest third-party catalogue and policy-driven automation with a low entry cost.” Muse Glimmer 30B · Patching · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Option A: ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus (Best for Value & Versatility) This is highly recommended for mid-sized teams” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Patching · paraphrase 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.
“vendors like ManageEngine and Qualys publish their own security advisories, which is normal, but it also means the patching platform itself becomes part of your attack surface” GPT-5.4 mini · Patching · negative prompt · soft negative
“The issues are real but not universal — evaluate against your environment size and complexity.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Patching · negative prompt · soft negative
“You can use them (they are functional), but audit their changelogs carefully.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Patching · negative prompt · soft negative
“often criticized for being up to 6 months behind on patches... a risky choice” Mistral Small · Patching · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, over the 131 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, over the 131 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus 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 ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus. 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 122 of the 131 answers that named ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
motadata.com65
acronis.com59
expertinsights.com57
action1.com53
learn.g2.com53
heimdalsecurity.com50
syncrosecure.com47
cybersecuritynews.com43
thectoclub.com40
atera.com39
506 of the 506 domain citations in answers naming ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
Where ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.ShowHide
Search and answers
Where ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimates- Searches for its name, Google
- 320 a month (“manageengine patch manager plus”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 16 a month
- Its own site
- It sits on ManageEngine's site (manageengine.com), so there are no site figures for it alone
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
29%
rank 1 of 85 in patching
First choices
23
across its categories
- Named in
- 131 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 122 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.
Names read as ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus; a claim can dispute any of them.
ManageEngine 5Patch Manager Plus 2ManageEngine (Patch Manager Plus / OpManager) 1ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus (PMP) 1ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus (or Endpoint Central) 1ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus / Endpoint Central 1
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The company
ManageEngine is the company behind ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus.ShowHide
The company
ManageEngine is the company behind ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus.
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Company recordsIn its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- Automated patching across multiple OSs and 1100+ third party apps
- For
- administrators
- Free plan or trial
- Try Analytics Plus for free manageengine.com/analytics-plus/advanced-analytics-for-patchmanagerplus.html
- Customers named
- Michael Senatore, Operations Manager, Rojan Australia Pty Ltd.Venkatesan Veerappan, IT ConsultantMohd Jaffer Tawfiq Murtaja, Information Security officer from Al Ain sports clubJonathan ManageEngine CustomerIT Admin from "Royal flying doctor service", AustraliaMichael - Network & Tech, ManageEngine CustomerAltaleb Alshenqiti - Ministry of National Guard - Health AffairsDonald Stewart, IT Manager from Crest Industries
- Not stated on the pages read
- Price, starting price, integrations, certifications, hosting
What ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: manageengine.com/network-monitoring/emergency-patching.html, manageengine.com/network-monitoring-msp/emergency-patching.html, manageengine.com/it-operations-management/emergency-patching.html, manageengine.com/network-configuration-manager/emergency-patching.html, manageengine.com/analytics-plus/advanced-analytics-for-patchmanagerplus.html. A claimed page can correct any of them.
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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 ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus'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 ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.
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A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus 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 ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, 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 ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus 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 ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus is ranked in a category's top three this edition. Three sizes, one file each, light and dark; the code is under each.
ShowHideAI models recommend ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus 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
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.