Compare NinjaOne and PDQ Deploy & Inventory 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.7% of reviews)
Mid-Market (75.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$1,650.00
NinjaOne
Star Rating
(3,702)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(274)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (75.3% 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.
- 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 availableFree Trial
NinjaOne
Free Trial is available
PDQ Deploy & Inventory
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
3,514
9.4
166
Ease of Use
9.1
3,551
9.4
168
Ease of Setup
9.1
3,329
9.5
153
Ease of Admin
9.1
3,055
9.5
151
Quality of Support
9.1
3,373
9.5
144
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
2,988
9.7
142
Product Direction (% positive)
9.7
3,471
9.6
148
Features by Category
Administration
8.2
657
Not enough data
8.7
690
Not enough data
8.2
689
Not enough data
Service Desk
8.1
684
Not enough data
7.9
655
Not enough data
7.7
634
Not enough data
Management
8.3
622
Not enough data
9.0
628
Not enough data
8.7
604
Not enough data
8.8
607
Not enough data
8.4
585
Not enough data
Functionality
7.6
620
Not enough data
8.5
613
Not enough data
8.9
644
Not enough data
8.9
660
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools
6.9
173
Not enough data
6.8
171
Not enough data
6.9
169
Not enough data
6.7
170
Not enough data
6.7
169
Not enough data
6.7
167
Not enough data
6.8
166
Not enough data
Compatibility
8.8
331
Not enough data
8.1
291
Not enough data
8.3
301
Not enough data
8.2
279
Not enough data
Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
290
Not enough data
8.6
291
Not enough data
8.8
320
Not enough data
9.2
328
Not enough data
Compliance
8.7
291
Not enough data
8.4
278
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server Backup
7.3
65
Not enough data
7.2
63
Not enough data
7.6
64
Not enough data
7.4
63
Not enough data
7.2
63
Not enough data
7.4
64
Not enough data
Functionality
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
339
Not enough data
9.0
366
Not enough data
8.5
345
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Compatibility
8.8
350
Not enough data
8.6
342
Not enough data
8.3
327
Not enough data
Management
8.2
327
Not enough data
8.8
330
Not enough data
8.7
331
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Online Backup
7.6
75
Not enough data
7.3
72
Not enough data
7.3
73
Not enough data
7.3
71
Not enough data
7.4
72
Not enough data
7.3
72
Not enough data
Inventory Management - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
9.3
2164
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
564
Not enough data
8.1
449
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
9.3
2141
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
1868
Not enough data
8.7
1985
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
2168
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
475
Not enough data
IT Operations & Workflow - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
8.5
469
Not enough data
Service Management
9.2
2074
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
451
Not enough data
7.3
484
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
7.3
480
Not enough data
7.0
462
Not enough data
7.2
464
Not enough data
6.9
453
Not enough data
6.8
453
Not enough data
6.9
454
Not enough data
7.0
450
Not enough data
Scope
8.7
413
Not enough data
8.8
428
Not enough data
Security
8.5
422
Not enough data
8.3
389
Not enough data
7.4
381
Not enough data
Management
8.8
411
Not enough data
8.7
409
Not enough data
8.7
398
Not enough data
8.7
400
Not enough data
7.8
371
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
7.3
168
Not enough data
7.1
167
Not enough data
7.3
167
Not enough data
7.1
164
Not enough data
7.0
164
Not enough data
7.2
166
Not enough data
7.1
167
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
670
Not enough data
8.9
697
Not enough data
8.0
614
Not enough data
8.8
609
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
7.5
247
Not enough data
7.8
250
Not enough data
8.3
262
Not enough data
Management
8.2
569
Not enough data
8.2
583
Not enough data
7.6
536
Not enough data
Analytics - Network Monitoring
7.0
238
Not enough data
6.9
236
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
7.7
241
Not enough data
7.2
238
Not enough data
7.1
238
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
6.9
239
Not enough data
7.4
243
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
6.4
228
Not enough data
6.3
228
Not enough data
6.4
227
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
6.6
124
Not enough data
6.5
122
Not enough data
6.7
125
Not enough data
6.6
121
Not enough data
6.4
120
Not enough data
6.6
121
Not enough data
6.4
122
Not enough data
Monitoring
9.3
560
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
557
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
506
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.1
197
Not enough data
Management Tools
8.2
497
Not enough data
8.6
507
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
487
|
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
94
Not enough data
7.7
93
Not enough data
7.2
93
Not enough data
7.2
93
Not enough data
7.3
92
Not enough data
7.5
91
Not enough data
Asset Inventory
9.0
1152
9.2
54
8.8
1138
9.3
56
7.7
1019
5.9
41
Feature Not Available
4.6
40
8.2
1055
8.9
52
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
4.6
32
Feature Not Available
4.6
32
Agentic AI - IT Asset Management
7.4
228
Not enough data
7.2
223
Not enough data
7.4
220
Not enough data
7.1
217
Not enough data
7.1
216
Not enough data
7.1
221
Not enough data
7.0
218
Not enough data
Management
9.1
1116
8.5
53
8.7
1038
7.7
47
8.1
996
6.7
44
8.2
1048
6.6
44
Administration
9.2
1628
Not enough data
8.7
1553
Not enough data
7.8
1416
Not enough data
9.2
1633
Not enough data
8.9
1497
Not enough data
8.8
1546
Not enough data
Maintenance
9.2
1619
Not enough data
7.7
1326
Not enough data
Communication
7.9
1396
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.2
1300
Not enough data
Security
8.3
1345
Not enough data
8.4
1377
Not enough data
Device Support
7.6
1352
Not enough data
8.4
1429
Not enough data
8.4
1412
Not enough data
Performance
8.2
1500
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
324
Not enough data
7.9
291
Not enough data
8.1
296
Not enough data
8.6
313
Not enough data
Performance
8.7
317
Not enough data
8.5
302
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
304
Not enough data
Agentic AI - PC Backup
7.1
88
Not enough data
7.1
88
Not enough data
6.9
87
Not enough data
7.0
87
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Management and Discovery - IT Documentation
8.3
221
Not enough data
8.3
219
Not enough data
8.7
221
Not enough data
Operations - IT Documentation
8.4
221
Not enough data
8.8
228
Not enough data
8.4
223
Not enough data
Generative AI - Autonomous Endpoint Management
7.0
64
Not enough data
7.2
65
Not enough data
7.1
63
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management - Autonomous Endpoint Management
8.7
92
Not enough data
8.1
72
Not enough data
7.8
67
Not enough data
8.8
83
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
442
Not enough data
Operating System
9.2
528
Not enough data
8.1
502
Not enough data
8.3
478
Not enough data
Management
8.5
486
Not enough data
8.2
448
Not enough data
8.2
445
Not enough data
8.1
437
Not enough data
8.3
449
Not enough data
Security
8.5
457
Not enough data
8.6
465
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Mobile Device Management (MDM)
7.7
143
Not enough data
7.6
140
Not enough data
7.8
142
Not enough data
7.7
139
Not enough data
7.6
137
Not enough data
7.6
139
Not enough data
7.6
136
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
8.1
727
Not enough data
Platform
7.8
699
Not enough data
9.1
785
Not enough data
8.2
680
Not enough data
8.5
737
Not enough data
8.3
707
Not enough data
Security
8.7
741
Not enough data
9.2
812
Not enough data
7.6
673
Not enough data
8.7
711
Not enough data
8.2
681
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise IT Management
7.4
163
Not enough data
7.2
153
Not enough data
7.3
156
Not enough data
7.0
152
Not enough data
7.0
151
Not enough data
6.9
151
Not enough data
7.0
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
26.7%
Computer & Network Security
13.0%
Hospital & Health Care
4.0%
Manufacturing
3.7%
Computer Software
2.9%
Other
49.6%
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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