# Can endpoint management software eliminate daily maintenance tasks for IT managers, or do some scans still require manual work?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hey G2 community, can endpoint management software actually eliminate daily maintenance for IT managers, or do some scans still need hands-on work? I'm trying to separate the marketing from what reviewers really experience. What we're hoping to find:</p><ul>
<li>Automation that handles routine restarts, cleanup, and patching on a schedule</li>
<li>Genuinely hands-off daily upkeep, not just fewer manual steps</li>
<li>Honest limits on what still needs a person</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">From the<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/endpoint-management"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/endpoint-management">endpoint management</a> category:</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/atera/reviews"><strong>Atera</strong></a>: IT Automation Profiles turn repetitive maintenance into planned, scheduled work.</li>
<li>
<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/action1/reviews"><strong>Action1</strong></a>: software-repository automation reviewers say saves hours of manual work each month.</li>
<li>
<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/acronis-cyber-protect-cloud/reviews"><strong>Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud</strong></a>: policy-based automation of routine tasks that reviewers say saves hours daily.</li>
<li>
<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/pdq-connect/reviews"><strong>PDQ Connect</strong></a>: a SaaS model that removes server upkeep, with automations that mostly just run.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Realistically, how much daily maintenance did automation remove for you? And what still needs a manual scan or a human eye?</p>

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## Comments
### Comment 1

Honestly it eliminates most of the routine, but not quite all of it, so temper the expectation a little. Modern endpoint and RMM tools automate the daily grind well: scheduled patching, continuous monitoring, scripted tasks, alerting, and increasingly auto-remediation. Pulseway is a good example reviewers point to for automated monitoring and remediation that runs without you babysitting it, and broader endpoint platforms like ThreatDown and Absolute Secure Endpoint automate scanning and self-healing. The honest &quot;but&quot;: some things still need a human, failed patches that need investigation, exceptions and edge-case devices, hardware issues, and reviewing what the automation flagged. So it&#39;s more &quot;shrink daily maintenance to exceptions handling&quot; than &quot;zero touch.&quot; What eats the most of your day right now, patching, or chasing alerts? That decides how much automation buys you back.

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