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At a Glance
NinjaOne
NinjaOne
Star Rating
(4,298)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.0% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
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PDQ Deploy & Inventory
PDQ Deploy & Inventory
Star Rating
(274)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (75.3% of reviews)
Information
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.
  • G2 reviewers report that NinjaOne excels in overall user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher G2 Score compared to PDQ Deploy & Inventory. Users appreciate the platform's wide feature set and continuous improvements, making it a robust choice for IT asset management and patch management.
  • Users say that NinjaOne's implementation process is notably quick and intuitive, with many highlighting the ease of installation on client endpoints. This contrasts with PDQ Deploy & Inventory, where some users find the setup process less straightforward despite its clean interface.
  • Reviewers mention that NinjaOne provides a seamless experience for generating usage reports, which is particularly beneficial for project meetings and client check-ins. In comparison, while PDQ Deploy & Inventory allows for efficient software updates and management, it lacks the same level of reporting capabilities that users find valuable in NinjaOne.
  • According to verified reviews, NinjaOne's support quality is highly rated, with users noting responsive assistance and helpful resources. On the other hand, while PDQ Deploy & Inventory also offers solid support, some users feel that NinjaOne's proactive approach gives it an edge in customer service.
  • G2 reviewers highlight NinjaOne's versatility in asset management, particularly in hardware and software inventory, where it receives strong ratings. PDQ Deploy & Inventory, while effective for deployment tasks, does not match NinjaOne's comprehensive asset management features, which users find essential for their operations.
  • Users report that NinjaOne's ability to run scripts and PowerShell commands without needing to log onto endpoints is a game-changer for efficiency. In contrast, PDQ Deploy & Inventory, while fast and capable of deploying applications, does not offer the same level of flexibility in remote management that NinjaOne provides.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
NinjaOne
No pricing available
PDQ Deploy & Inventory
Standard pricing
$1,650.00
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Free Trial
NinjaOne
Free Trial is available
PDQ Deploy & Inventory
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
4,087
9.4
166
Ease of Use
9.1
4,129
9.4
168
Ease of Setup
9.1
3,879
9.5
153
Ease of Admin
9.1
3,085
9.5
151
Quality of Support
9.1
3,918
9.5
144
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
3,018
9.7
142
Product Direction (% positive)
9.7
3,958
9.6
148
Features by Category
IT Service Management (ITSM) ToolsHide 22 FeaturesShow 22 Features
7.9
844
Not enough data
Administration
8.2
676
Not enough data
8.8
723
Not enough data
8.3
722
Not enough data
Service Desk
8.1
716
Not enough data
7.9
667
Not enough data
7.7
643
Not enough data
Management
8.3
638
Not enough data
9.0
643
Not enough data
8.7
615
Not enough data
8.8
616
Not enough data
8.4
590
Not enough data
Functionality
7.6
640
Not enough data
8.5
626
Not enough data
8.9
670
Not enough data
9.0
686
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools
7.0
177
Not enough data
6.8
173
Not enough data
6.9
170
Not enough data
6.8
173
Not enough data
6.7
171
Not enough data
6.8
170
Not enough data
6.8
169
Not enough data
8.2
415
Not enough data
Compatibility
8.9
368
Not enough data
8.2
306
Not enough data
8.5
329
Not enough data
8.3
288
Not enough data
Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
305
Not enough data
8.7
303
Not enough data
8.9
345
Not enough data
9.2
366
Not enough data
Compliance
8.8
302
Not enough data
8.4
285
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server Backup
7.4
67
Not enough data
7.3
66
Not enough data
7.7
66
Not enough data
7.4
64
Not enough data
7.3
64
Not enough data
7.5
65
Not enough data
8.6
447
Not enough data
Functionality
8.3
92
Not enough data
8.7
349
Not enough data
9.0
389
Not enough data
8.6
355
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Compatibility
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
357
Not enough data
8.3
331
Not enough data
Management
8.2
334
Not enough data
8.8
340
Not enough data
8.8
337
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Online Backup
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)Hide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
8.1
2,806
Not enough data
Inventory Management - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
9.4
2522
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
681
Not enough data
8.2
470
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
9.4
2446
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
1940
Not enough data
8.7
2137
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
2459
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
530
Not enough data
IT Operations & Workflow - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
8.6
508
Not enough data
Service Management
9.2
2341
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
471
Not enough data
7.6
573
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
7.6
526
Not enough data
7.0
468
Not enough data
7.3
480
Not enough data
6.9
459
Not enough data
6.9
456
Not enough data
7.0
464
Not enough data
7.1
460
Not enough data
Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features
7.9
506
Not enough data
Scope
8.7
428
Not enough data
8.9
454
Not enough data
Security
8.5
448
Not enough data
8.3
408
Not enough data
7.4
390
Not enough data
Management
8.9
431
Not enough data
8.7
431
Not enough data
8.7
414
Not enough data
8.7
413
Not enough data
7.8
374
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
7.3
171
Not enough data
7.1
169
Not enough data
7.3
170
Not enough data
7.2
167
Not enough data
7.0
165
Not enough data
7.2
169
Not enough data
7.2
170
Not enough data
8.3
779
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
701
Not enough data
9.0
735
Not enough data
8.1
617
Not enough data
8.8
615
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
282
Not enough data
Management
8.3
572
Not enough data
8.2
586
Not enough data
7.6
539
Not enough data
Analytics - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.9
239
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
613
Not enough data
Monitoring
9.3
571
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
569
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
511
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.2
200
Not enough data
Management Tools
8.3
504
Not enough data
8.7
515
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
489
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Incident Management
7.6
99
Not enough data
7.5
97
Not enough data
7.8
96
Not enough data
7.3
95
Not enough data
7.2
95
Not enough data
7.3
94
Not enough data
7.5
93
Not enough data
7.9
1,308
7.0
58
Asset Inventory
9.0
1193
9.2
54
8.9
1169
9.3
56
7.7
1025
5.9
41
7.4
294
4.6
40
8.2
1070
8.9
52
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
4.6
32
Feature Not Available
4.6
32
Agentic AI - IT Asset Management
7.5
242
Not enough data
7.3
227
Not enough data
7.4
224
Not enough data
7.2
222
Not enough data
7.1
218
Not enough data
7.1
225
Not enough data
7.1
222
Not enough data
Management
9.1
1160
8.5
53
8.7
1049
7.7
47
8.1
1008
6.7
44
8.2
1073
6.6
44
8.4
2,020
Not enough data
Administration
9.2
1735
Not enough data
8.7
1617
Not enough data
7.8
1423
Not enough data
9.2
1743
Not enough data
8.9
1537
Not enough data
8.8
1598
Not enough data
Maintenance
9.2
1755
Not enough data
7.7
1335
Not enough data
Communication
8.0
1435
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.2
1304
Not enough data
Security
8.3
1357
Not enough data
8.4
1393
Not enough data
Device Support
7.6
1364
Not enough data
8.4
1469
Not enough data
8.4
1439
Not enough data
Performance
8.2
1540
Not enough data
8.0
364
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
335
Not enough data
7.9
296
Not enough data
8.1
299
Not enough data
8.6
323
Not enough data
Performance
8.8
321
Not enough data
8.6
308
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
310
Not enough data
Agentic AI - PC Backup
7.2
92
Not enough data
7.2
91
Not enough data
6.9
89
Not enough data
7.1
90
Not enough data
Endpoint ManagementHide 1 FeatureShow 1 Feature
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
254
Not enough data
Management and Discovery - IT Documentation
8.4
224
Not enough data
8.4
222
Not enough data
8.8
225
Not enough data
Operations - IT Documentation
8.4
225
Not enough data
8.9
240
Not enough data
8.4
227
Not enough data
Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM)Hide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features
8.1
142
Not enough data
Generative AI - Autonomous Endpoint Management
7.2
67
Not enough data
7.4
70
Not enough data
7.4
68
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management - Autonomous Endpoint Management
9.0
130
Not enough data
8.3
78
Not enough data
8.1
79
Not enough data
9.1
117
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
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
Mobile Device Management (MDM)Hide 18 FeaturesShow 18 Features
8.2
676
Not enough data
Platform - Mobile Device Management (MDM)
8.6
465
Not enough data
Operating System
9.3
638
Not enough data
8.2
584
Not enough data
8.5
554
Not enough data
Management
8.7
571
Not enough data
8.4
501
Not enough data
8.4
498
Not enough data
8.3
492
Not enough data
8.5
509
Not enough data
Security
8.6
507
Not enough data
8.7
520
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Mobile Device Management (MDM)
7.8
150
Not enough data
7.6
143
Not enough data
7.8
147
Not enough data
7.7
143
Not enough data
7.7
139
Not enough data
7.7
145
Not enough data
7.7
142
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Enterprise IT ManagementHide 18 FeaturesShow 18 Features
8.0
1,008
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
777
Not enough data
Platform
7.9
722
Not enough data
9.2
918
Not enough data
8.3
699
Not enough data
8.6
790
Not enough data
8.4
746
Not enough data
Security
8.8
810
Not enough data
9.2
923
Not enough data
7.7
690
Not enough data
8.8
753
Not enough data
8.2
706
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise IT Management
7.6
175
Not enough data
7.3
157
Not enough data
7.4
161
Not enough data
7.0
155
Not enough data
7.0
153
Not enough data
7.1
158
Not enough data
7.0
154
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
NinjaOne
NinjaOne
PDQ Deploy & Inventory
PDQ Deploy & Inventory
NinjaOne and PDQ Deploy & Inventory are categorized as Patch Management and IT Asset Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
NinjaOne
NinjaOne
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
43.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
49.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
7.6%
PDQ Deploy & Inventory
PDQ Deploy & Inventory
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
7.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
75.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
16.9%
Reviewers' Industry
NinjaOne
NinjaOne
Information Technology and Services
26.9%
Computer & Network Security
13.5%
Hospital & Health Care
4.0%
Manufacturing
3.5%
Computer Software
2.8%
Other
49.3%
PDQ Deploy & Inventory
PDQ Deploy & Inventory
Primary/Secondary Education
9.0%
Government Administration
7.1%
Hospital & Health Care
6.0%
Education Management
4.9%
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
4.5%
Other
68.5%
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Discussions
NinjaOne
NinjaOne Discussions
Do I need a WSUS Server to enable patch management on Windows devices?
6 Comments
Tyler F.
TF
All of the update management is handled directly in the Ninja console area. You can have it monitor WSUS servers if you'd like to keep a local one for speed...Read more
What is NinjaOne (formerly NinjaRMM) used for?
2 Comments
Robert S.
RS
It’s an all in one MSP RMM will deploy Antivirus, Remote Desktop, security patching, Remote scripts and much more from one dashboard.Read more
Does NinjaRMM hold weight against other RMM in other opinions?
2 Comments
Isabella J.
IJ
Yes it is, it’s very innovative and their team is always working towards improving their softwareRead more
PDQ Deploy & Inventory
PDQ Deploy & Inventory Discussions
What is PDQ Deploys solution for remote staff?
3 Comments
Micaela W.
MW
Hey Scott! Micaela from PDQ here. Check out this blog on managing remote computers with...Read more
Can PDQ deploy images?
1 Comment
Official Response from PDQ Deploy & Inventory
Great question! The short answer is that's not what it's built for. If you for some reason you have no other recourse, you're welcome to submit a support...Read more
What does PDQ stand for deploy?
1 Comment
MY
Pretty Damn QuickRead more