# PDQ Deploy & Inventory alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 234 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where PDQ Deploy & Inventory holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/pdq-deploy-inventory/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Action1: 58
- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: 30
- Automox: 28
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: 24
- Microsoft Intune: 15
- Patch My PC: 9

## Patch management

**Small business**: 75 of 84 answers did not name PDQ Deploy & Inventory (PDQ Deploy & Inventory is #9 of 10 at 0%).

- Action1: first choice in 40 of those 75
- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: first choice in 10 of those 75
- Automox: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Atera: first choice in 2 of those 75
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Microsoft Intune: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Patch My PC: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Avast Business Patch Management: first choice in 1 of those 75

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name PDQ Deploy & Inventory (PDQ Deploy & Inventory is #9 of 13 at 0%).

- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: first choice in 15 of those 77
- Action1: first choice in 13 of those 77
- Automox: first choice in 10 of those 77
- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: first choice in 9 of those 77
- Patch My PC: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Microsoft Intune: first choice in 2 of those 77
- ManageEngine Endpoint Central: first choice in 1 of those 77
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus Free edition: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name PDQ Deploy & Inventory.

- Automox: first choice in 14 of those 82
- Microsoft Intune: first choice in 11 of those 82
- NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management: first choice in 11 of those 82
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Tanium Patch: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Action1: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Patch My PC: first choice in 4 of those 82

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