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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.6% of reviews)
Mid-Market (75.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$1,650.00
NinjaOne
Star Rating
(3,211)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about NinjaOnePDQ Deploy & Inventory
Star Rating
(273)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (75.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$1,650.00
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that NinjaOne excels in its "Unattended Remote Access" feature, providing seamless connectivity for IT support, while PDQ Deploy & Inventory's remote access capabilities are noted to be less intuitive, making it harder for users to navigate.
- Reviewers mention that NinjaOne's "Patch Management" is highly effective, allowing for quick updates across multiple devices, whereas users on G2 highlight that PDQ Deploy & Inventory's patch management can be cumbersome and less user-friendly.
- G2 users appreciate NinjaOne's "Central Dashboard" for its ease of use and comprehensive overview of system health, while PDQ Deploy & Inventory's dashboard is seen as less visually appealing and harder to customize according to user preferences.
- Users say that NinjaOne's "File Sharing" feature is straightforward and efficient, facilitating easy collaboration, whereas reviewers mention that PDQ Deploy & Inventory's file sharing lacks some advanced functionalities that could enhance user experience.
- Reviewers mention that NinjaOne's "Performance Monitoring" is robust, providing real-time insights that help in proactive management, while users report that PDQ Deploy & Inventory's performance monitoring tools are less comprehensive, leading to potential oversight of critical issues.
- Users on G2 highlight that NinjaOne's "Asset Management" capabilities are superior, offering detailed tracking and reporting, while PDQ Deploy & Inventory's asset management is seen as basic and lacking in depth, which can hinder effective IT management.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
NinjaOne
No pricing availableFree Trial
NinjaOne
Free Trial is available
PDQ Deploy & Inventory
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
3,038
9.4
165
Ease of Use
9.1
3,072
9.5
167
Ease of Setup
9.2
2,871
9.5
152
Ease of Admin
9.2
2,747
9.5
150
Quality of Support
9.2
2,917
9.5
143
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.5
2,683
9.7
141
Product Direction (% positive)
9.7
3,022
9.6
147
Features by Category
Administration
8.2
654
Not enough data
8.7
672
Not enough data
8.2
674
Not enough data
Service Desk
8.0
665
Not enough data
7.8
654
Not enough data
7.7
631
Not enough data
Management
8.3
617
Not enough data
9.0
623
Not enough data
8.7
601
Not enough data
8.8
598
Not enough data
8.4
581
Not enough data
Functionality
7.5
604
Not enough data
8.5
611
Not enough data
8.8
631
Not enough data
8.9
630
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools
6.9
175
Not enough data
6.8
173
Not enough data
6.9
171
Not enough data
6.7
172
Not enough data
6.7
171
Not enough data
6.7
169
Not enough data
6.8
168
Not enough data
Compatibility
8.8
310
Not enough data
8.0
286
Not enough data
8.3
287
Not enough data
8.2
276
Not enough data
Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
287
Not enough data
8.6
290
Not enough data
8.8
304
Not enough data
9.2
304
Not enough data
Compliance
8.7
283
Not enough data
8.4
276
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server Backup
7.2
63
Not enough data
7.2
63
Not enough data
7.6
64
Not enough data
7.3
64
Not enough data
7.3
64
Not enough data
7.4
64
Not enough data
Functionality
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
338
Not enough data
9.0
353
Not enough data
8.5
342
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Compatibility
8.8
347
Not enough data
8.6
337
Not enough data
8.3
328
Not enough data
Management
8.2
327
Not enough data
8.8
329
Not enough data
8.7
330
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Online Backup
7.5
74
Not enough data
7.3
73
Not enough data
7.3
72
Not enough data
7.3
72
Not enough data
7.3
72
Not enough data
7.2
72
Not enough data
Inventory Management - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
9.2
1951
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
467
Not enough data
8.1
447
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
9.3
1938
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
1832
Not enough data
8.6
1887
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
1935
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
451
Not enough data
IT Operations & Workflow - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
8.4
441
Not enough data
Service Management
9.1
1859
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
435
Not enough data
7.2
426
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
7.2
468
Not enough data
7.0
466
Not enough data
7.1
460
Not enough data
6.9
455
Not enough data
6.8
456
Not enough data
6.9
452
Not enough data
7.0
449
Not enough data
Scope
8.7
411
Not enough data
8.8
419
Not enough data
Security
8.5
416
Not enough data
8.3
389
Not enough data
7.4
379
Not enough data
Management
8.8
406
Not enough data
8.6
403
Not enough data
8.6
395
Not enough data
8.7
399
Not enough data
7.8
372
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
7.2
168
Not enough data
7.0
167
Not enough data
7.2
167
Not enough data
7.1
166
Not enough data
6.9
166
Not enough data
7.1
166
Not enough data
7.1
167
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
652
Not enough data
8.9
669
Not enough data
8.0
614
Not enough data
8.7
608
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
7.5
250
Not enough data
7.7
252
Not enough data
8.2
252
Not enough data
Management
8.2
571
Not enough data
8.2
580
Not enough data
7.6
537
Not enough data
Analytics - Network Monitoring
7.0
241
Not enough data
6.9
239
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
7.7
243
Not enough data
7.2
240
Not enough data
7.0
241
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
6.9
242
Not enough data
7.3
241
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
6.4
231
Not enough data
6.3
231
Not enough data
6.4
230
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
6.5
125
Not enough data
6.5
124
Not enough data
6.5
125
Not enough data
6.6
123
Not enough data
6.4
122
Not enough data
6.5
123
Not enough data
6.4
123
Not enough data
Monitoring
9.2
552
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
550
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
504
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.1
197
Not enough data
Management Tools
8.2
492
Not enough data
8.6
507
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
488
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Incident Management
7.5
95
Not enough data
7.4
95
Not enough data
7.6
94
Not enough data
7.2
94
Not enough data
7.2
94
Not enough data
7.3
93
Not enough data
7.5
92
Not enough data
Asset Inventory
8.9
1125
9.2
54
8.8
1116
9.3
56
7.7
1023
5.9
41
Feature Not Available
4.6
40
8.1
1050
8.9
52
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
4.6
32
Feature Not Available
4.6
32
Agentic AI - IT Asset Management
7.3
228
Not enough data
7.2
225
Not enough data
7.4
223
Not enough data
7.1
220
Not enough data
7.1
219
Not enough data
7.0
221
Not enough data
7.0
219
Not enough data
Management
9.1
1079
8.5
53
8.7
1028
7.7
47
8.0
994
6.7
44
8.1
1019
6.6
44
Administration
9.2
1552
Not enough data
8.7
1511
Not enough data
7.8
1414
Not enough data
9.1
1549
Not enough data
8.9
1475
Not enough data
8.8
1509
Not enough data
Maintenance
9.1
1539
Not enough data
7.7
1330
Not enough data
Communication
7.9
1377
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.2
1303
Not enough data
Security
8.3
1344
Not enough data
8.4
1373
Not enough data
Device Support
7.6
1339
Not enough data
8.4
1408
Not enough data
8.4
1395
Not enough data
Performance
8.2
1463
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
321
Not enough data
7.9
293
Not enough data
8.0
297
Not enough data
8.5
309
Not enough data
Performance
8.8
316
Not enough data
8.5
303
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
306
Not enough data
Agentic AI - PC Backup
7.2
90
Not enough data
7.1
90
Not enough data
6.9
89
Not enough data
7.1
89
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Management and Discovery - IT Documentation
8.4
223
Not enough data
8.3
222
Not enough data
8.7
223
Not enough data
Operations - IT Documentation
8.3
220
Not enough data
8.7
221
Not enough data
8.3
223
Not enough data
Generative AI - Autonomous Endpoint Management
7.2
64
Not enough data
7.2
64
Not enough data
7.2
64
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management - Autonomous Endpoint Management
8.5
74
Not enough data
8.1
72
Not enough data
7.7
67
Not enough data
8.8
74
Not enough data
System Control
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Vulnerability Prevention
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform - Mobile Device Management (MDM)
8.5
431
Not enough data
Operating System
9.1
475
Not enough data
8.0
467
Not enough data
8.2
454
Not enough data
Management
8.5
459
Not enough data
8.2
438
Not enough data
8.2
436
Not enough data
8.1
437
Not enough data
8.3
438
Not enough data
Security
8.5
444
Not enough data
8.5
441
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Mobile Device Management (MDM)
7.7
141
Not enough data
7.6
141
Not enough data
7.8
142
Not enough data
7.7
139
Not enough data
7.6
138
Not enough data
7.6
139
Not enough data
7.6
137
Not enough data
Knowledge Base
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
8.0
704
Not enough data
Platform
7.8
691
Not enough data
9.0
714
Not enough data
8.2
675
Not enough data
8.4
707
Not enough data
8.2
690
Not enough data
Security
8.6
705
Not enough data
9.1
719
Not enough data
7.6
665
Not enough data
8.6
688
Not enough data
8.1
668
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise IT Management
7.2
156
Not enough data
7.2
152
Not enough data
7.3
154
Not enough data
6.9
152
Not enough data
6.9
151
Not enough data
6.8
149
Not enough data
6.9
150
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
NinjaOne and PDQ Deploy & Inventory are categorized as Patch Management and IT Asset Management
Unique Categories
NinjaOne is categorized as Endpoint Management, Unified Endpoint Management (UEM), Enterprise IT Management, Mobile Device Management (MDM), Remote Support, PC Backup, Online Backup, Server Backup, Network Monitoring, Incident Management, IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools, Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM), Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM), and IT Documentation
PDQ Deploy & Inventory has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
NinjaOne
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
PDQ Deploy & Inventory
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
26.8%
Computer & Network Security
12.9%
Hospital & Health Care
4.3%
Manufacturing
3.9%
Construction
2.8%
Other
49.3%
Primary/Secondary Education
9.0%
Government Administration
7.1%
Hospital & Health Care
6.0%
Education Management
4.9%
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
4.5%
Other
68.4%
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