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Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.9% of reviews)
Mid-Market (75.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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$1,650.00
NinjaOne
Star Rating
(3,657)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.9% 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 providing a comprehensive set of features for remote access and patch management, with users highlighting its robust scripting capabilities and built-in automations that help streamline IT tasks. This makes it a strong choice for teams looking for an all-in-one solution.
- Users say that PDQ Deploy & Inventory offers a clean interface and multiple credential setup options, which simplifies the deployment process. Reviewers appreciate its speed in deploying applications and querying installed software, making it a practical tool for IT personnel with limited resources.
- According to verified reviews, NinjaOne's ease of use and implementation are frequently praised, with many users noting that it is intuitive and works well in daily operations. This user-friendly approach can significantly reduce the learning curve for new team members.
- Reviewers mention that while PDQ Deploy & Inventory is effective for keeping software up to date through automation, it may not offer the same level of comprehensive asset management features as NinjaOne. Users looking for a more holistic IT management solution might find NinjaOne to be a better fit.
- G2 reviewers highlight that NinjaOne has a significantly higher overall satisfaction score, reflecting its strong market presence and user approval. This suggests that users are generally more satisfied with NinjaOne's performance and support compared to PDQ Deploy & Inventory.
- Users note that while both products serve the mid-market well, NinjaOne's recent reviews indicate a more active user base, with a substantial number of recent feedback entries. This could imply a more engaged community and ongoing product improvements, which may be beneficial for prospective buyers.
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
3,427
9.4
166
Ease of Use
9.1
3,462
9.4
168
Ease of Setup
9.1
3,245
9.5
153
Ease of Admin
9.1
3,006
9.5
151
Quality of Support
9.1
3,288
9.5
144
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
2,939
9.7
142
Product Direction (% positive)
9.7
3,391
9.6
148
Features by Category
Administration
8.2
655
Not enough data
8.7
685
Not enough data
8.2
687
Not enough data
Service Desk
8.1
677
Not enough data
7.9
652
Not enough data
7.7
632
Not enough data
Management
8.3
621
Not enough data
9.0
626
Not enough data
8.7
602
Not enough data
8.8
604
Not enough data
8.4
583
Not enough data
Functionality
7.6
614
Not enough data
8.5
610
Not enough data
8.9
641
Not enough data
8.9
653
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools
6.9
172
Not enough data
6.8
170
Not enough data
6.9
168
Not enough data
6.7
169
Not enough data
6.7
168
Not enough data
6.7
166
Not enough data
6.8
165
Not enough data
Compatibility
8.8
328
Not enough data
8.1
290
Not enough data
8.3
299
Not enough data
8.2
278
Not enough data
Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
290
Not enough data
8.6
291
Not enough data
8.8
319
Not enough data
9.2
324
Not enough data
Compliance
8.7
290
Not enough data
8.4
277
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
63
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
364
Not enough data
8.5
345
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Compatibility
8.8
349
Not enough data
8.6
341
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
2116
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
541
Not enough data
8.1
447
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
9.3
2100
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
1859
Not enough data
8.7
1962
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
2128
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
467
Not enough data
IT Operations & Workflow - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
8.5
462
Not enough data
Service Management
9.1
2037
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
448
Not enough data
7.3
475
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
7.3
477
Not enough data
7.0
461
Not enough data
7.2
462
Not enough data
6.9
452
Not enough data
6.8
451
Not enough data
6.9
452
Not enough data
7.0
448
Not enough data
Scope
8.7
411
Not enough data
8.8
424
Not enough data
Security
8.5
418
Not enough data
8.3
388
Not enough data
7.4
380
Not enough data
Management
8.8
408
Not enough data
8.6
406
Not enough data
8.6
396
Not enough data
8.7
398
Not enough data
7.8
371
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
7.2
167
Not enough data
7.1
166
Not enough data
7.3
166
Not enough data
7.1
164
Not enough data
7.0
164
Not enough data
7.2
165
Not enough data
7.1
166
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
667
Not enough data
8.9
689
Not enough data
8.0
612
Not enough data
8.8
607
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
7.5
245
Not enough data
7.8
248
Not enough data
8.3
258
Not enough data
Management
8.2
567
Not enough data
8.2
581
Not enough data
7.6
534
Not enough data
Analytics - Network Monitoring
7.1
236
Not enough data
6.9
234
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
7.8
239
Not enough data
7.2
236
Not enough data
7.1
236
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
6.9
237
Not enough data
7.4
240
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
6.4
226
Not enough data
6.3
226
Not enough data
6.4
225
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
6.5
123
Not enough data
6.5
121
Not enough data
6.7
124
Not enough data
6.6
120
Not enough data
6.4
119
Not enough data
6.6
120
Not enough data
6.5
121
Not enough data
Monitoring
9.3
560
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
557
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
505
|
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
8.9
1139
9.2
54
8.8
1127
9.3
56
7.7
1017
5.9
41
Feature Not Available
4.6
40
8.2
1048
8.9
52
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
4.6
32
Feature Not Available
4.6
32
Agentic AI - IT Asset Management
7.4
226
Not enough data
7.2
221
Not enough data
7.4
219
Not enough data
7.1
216
Not enough data
7.1
215
Not enough data
7.1
219
Not enough data
7.0
216
Not enough data
Management
9.1
1105
8.5
53
8.7
1033
7.7
47
8.1
992
6.7
44
8.2
1043
6.6
44
Administration
9.2
1613
Not enough data
8.7
1546
Not enough data
7.8
1414
Not enough data
9.2
1618
Not enough data
8.9
1491
Not enough data
8.8
1536
Not enough data
Maintenance
9.1
1600
Not enough data
7.7
1324
Not enough data
Communication
7.9
1393
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.2
1296
Not enough data
Security
8.3
1341
Not enough data
8.4
1371
Not enough data
Device Support
7.6
1348
Not enough data
8.4
1424
Not enough data
8.4
1405
Not enough data
Performance
8.2
1488
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
324
Not enough data
7.9
291
Not enough data
8.1
296
Not enough data
8.6
312
Not enough data
Performance
8.7
316
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
8.4
220
Not enough data
8.3
218
Not enough data
8.7
220
Not enough data
Operations - IT Documentation
8.4
220
Not enough data
8.8
224
Not enough data
8.4
222
Not enough data
Generative AI - Autonomous Endpoint Management
7.1
63
Not enough data
7.2
64
Not enough data
7.1
63
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management - Autonomous Endpoint Management
8.7
89
Not enough data
8.1
71
Not enough data
7.8
67
Not enough data
8.9
79
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
435
Not enough data
Operating System
9.1
509
Not enough data
8.0
490
Not enough data
8.3
470
Not enough data
Management
8.5
477
Not enough data
8.2
443
Not enough data
8.2
441
Not enough data
8.1
436
Not enough data
8.3
442
Not enough data
Security
8.5
448
Not enough data
8.5
455
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
714
Not enough data
Platform
7.8
693
Not enough data
9.1
762
Not enough data
8.2
676
Not enough data
8.5
724
Not enough data
8.3
699
Not enough data
Security
8.7
730
Not enough data
9.2
789
Not enough data
7.6
668
Not enough data
8.7
703
Not enough data
8.2
679
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise IT Management
7.4
160
Not enough data
7.2
151
Not enough data
7.3
154
Not enough data
7.0
151
Not enough data
7.0
150
Not enough data
6.9
149
Not enough data
6.9
148
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
12.9%
Hospital & Health Care
4.1%
Manufacturing
3.8%
Computer Software
2.9%
Other
49.7%
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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2 Comments
BA
Hey Sam,
We are an all Mac firm (as we work on Macs ourselves) and I can confirm they do support Macs well. Now, because of the Apple environment, they...Read more
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3 Comments
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1 Comment
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