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Automox Pros and Cons: Top Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users appreciate the effortless automated patch management that enhances security and streamlines IT operations effectively. (104 mentions)
Users commend Automox for its automated patch management, simplifying updates across multiple OS types with minimal effort. (79 mentions)
Users appreciate the ease of use of Automox, showcasing intuitive navigation and straightforward patch management capabilities. (71 mentions)
Users value the easy deployment of Automox, enhancing efficiency and simplifying network management without full workforce engagement. (42 mentions)
Users find the customer support of Automox responsive and helpful, aiding in quick issue resolution. (37 mentions)
Users appreciate the flexibility and simplicity of Automox for effective patching and software deployment. (33 mentions)
Users experience access issues with Automox, facing connectivity problems and delays in executing policies and updates. (18 mentions)
Users report that Automox has slow performance, with delays in connections and device loading times affecting usability. (18 mentions)
Users find the poor reporting of Automox lacks detail, making audits and troubleshooting more challenging. (17 mentions)
Users find the missing features in Automox frustrating, particularly regarding login time, patching categories, and vulnerability scanning. (16 mentions)
Users report frequent issues with duplicate devices and challenging installations, leading to missed patches and usability problems. (16 mentions)
Users report update issues with Automox, including unexpected device restarts and lack of advance notice for updates. (16 mentions)
Users note a steep learning curve with Automox, particularly regarding slow console loading and disconnecting devices. (11 mentions)

Top Pros or Advantages of Automox

1. Patch Management
Users appreciate the effortless automated patch management that enhances security and streamlines IT operations effectively.
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Brian F.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Very good remote system management utility"

What do you like about Automox?

Ease of use and ability to run PowerShell scripts remotely to any system that has the agent. Patching 3rd party apps is a big plus as well that we li

Logan S.
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Logan S.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"I Love Automox"

What do you like about Automox?

I like how it combines a bunch of crucial things needed to run IT for a business all in one place. From pushing updates to getting general knowledge a

2. Automation
Users commend Automox for its automated patch management, simplifying updates across multiple OS types with minimal effort.
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Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.0/5

"A good tool for managing updates."

What do you like about Automox?

We use Automox to manage patching for several different OS types (Linux, MacOS and Windows) across our organization. Automox has made that whole proce

Verified User
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Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Effortless Patch Management & Cybersecurity"

What do you like about Automox?

Automated Patch Management – Keeping systems up to date is effortless. Automox automates patch deployment across Windows, macOS, and Linux, reducing v

3. Ease of Use
Users appreciate the ease of use of Automox, showcasing intuitive navigation and straightforward patch management capabilities.
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Brian F.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Very good remote system management utility"

What do you like about Automox?

Ease of use and ability to run PowerShell scripts remotely to any system that has the agent. Patching 3rd party apps is a big plus as well that we li

Verified User
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Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.0/5

"Very easy to use and setup. Very useful tool overall."

What do you like about Automox?

Dashboard is intuitive and easy to use. Information is displayed in a clear way and is easy to find, not overwhelming you when reviewing patch status.

4. Easy Deployment
Users value the easy deployment of Automox, enhancing efficiency and simplifying network management without full workforce engagement.
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phuc m.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"it's a great product"

What do you like about Automox?

The automated process we’ve implemented covers both system patching and worklet deployment. This ensures that critical updates are applied consistentl

Mike L.
ML

Mike L.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Automox is a great force multiplier."

What do you like about Automox?

Great tool when you need to manage the network without a full work force. Get a big view on the network vulnerability and then deploy updates needed f

5. Customer Support
Users find the customer support of Automox responsive and helpful, aiding in quick issue resolution.
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Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Really cool product to add you anyone’s arsenal of tools in making jobs in IT a doddle."

What do you like about Automox?

Easy interface to use, the ability to automate tasks, patch and execute PS scripts. Setup was super easy also. Customer support is top draw!

Terry M.
TM

Terry M.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Profficent, Ease of Use, Outstanding"

What do you like about Automox?

As an IT engineer, tasked with ensuring our clients endpoints remain up to date, and in-line with our software / patching compliance standards. The th

6. Patching
Users appreciate the flexibility and simplicity of Automox for effective patching and software deployment.
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Yasiru P.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Efficient Endpoint Management for Enterprise Networks"

What do you like about Automox?

Automox is one of the best products in the markets, which enables convenient endpoint management for Roaming endpoints. Automx is a cloud native, clou

Jack E.
JE

Jack E.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Automox is a top choice for automatic patching and device compliance!"

What do you like about Automox?

The installation and configuration of Automox agent and console are simple and straightforward. Automox provides the user with the flexibility and gra

Top Cons or Disadvantages of Automox

1. Access Issues
Users experience access issues with Automox, facing connectivity problems and delays in executing policies and updates.
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Verified User

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"A Game-Changer for Patch Management and Cybersecurity"

What do you dislike about Automox?

The delay when a list of patches is in the queue is frustrating. When I try to execute a policy on demand, it doesn't run immediately but instead wait

Jeff H.
JH

Jeff H.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Better results than MS System Center"

What do you dislike about Automox?

There are times when a device will not connect with Automox and we can not find a reason for the failures and also times when a server shows it update

2. Slow Performance
Users report that Automox has slow performance, with delays in connections and device loading times affecting usability.
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Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Really cool product to add you anyone’s arsenal of tools in making jobs in IT a doddle."

What do you dislike about Automox?

Occasionally can be a bit slow to load all devices.

Verified User
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Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.0/5

"Almost a great tool for our company"

What do you dislike about Automox?

The tool for remote access to our client machine is not relielable. When it works its great but there are far too many time where it fails to connect

3. Poor Reporting
Users find the poor reporting of Automox lacks detail, making audits and troubleshooting more challenging.
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Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.0/5

"Automox: An Effective Solution for Patch Management"

What do you dislike about Automox?

One area for improvement is the limited reporting features. It would be great to have more detailed insights into patch compliance and system status

Venkatesh P.
VP

Venkatesh P.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.5/5

"Reliable Patching with Minimal Hassle"

What do you dislike about Automox?

Patch reporting lacks depth, making audits a bit tricky. Stuck updates provide little feedback until the next system check-in. The UI can feel c

4. Missing Features
Users find the missing features in Automox frustrating, particularly regarding login time, patching categories, and vulnerability scanning.
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Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.0/5

"Great tool, make slife easier"

What do you dislike about Automox?

I cant see a way of testing patches in the platform which would of been cool. Maybe a little bit more pricey than others we dlooked at but not that it

FL

Fredrik L.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.0/5

"Used for over 1.5 years but forced to let go."

What do you dislike about Automox?

The logon time is way to short, its a bit frustrating when you are having alot stuff open at the time and you intend to back in quickly to check somet

5. Needs Improvement
Users report frequent issues with duplicate devices and challenging installations, leading to missed patches and usability problems.
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Ashok M.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.0/5

"Good patching software which patches WIndows/MacOS as well as 3rd party applications"

What do you dislike about Automox?

Automox agents get disconnected frequently and the troublehsooting of the issue is hard. This means device siwll miss patches if the agent is disconne

Verified User
A

Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2.5/5

"It's not an MDM and have to really understand the gui to not make any crucial mistake"

What do you dislike about Automox?

The gui and arrangment of policies and deployments is just terrible. So easy to make crucial mistakes.

6. Update Issues
Users report update issues with Automox, including unexpected device restarts and lack of advance notice for updates.
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Verified User

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2.0/5

"It's a good tool - could be more automated"

What do you dislike about Automox?

Not enough support updates not patched in automatically sometimes overall number of devices needing atttention is always high

Venkatesh P.
VP

Venkatesh P.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.5/5

"Reliable Patching with Minimal Hassle"

What do you dislike about Automox?

Patch reporting lacks depth, making audits a bit tricky. Stuck updates provide little feedback until the next system check-in. The UI can feel c

7. Learning Curve
Users note a steep learning curve with Automox, particularly regarding slow console loading and disconnecting devices.
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Jack F.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"How Automox helps make time consuming IT tasks easy on our support desk team."

What do you dislike about Automox?

I think it would be better if there was some more tutorials and help located near where you create worklets, because this would save time because when

Verified User
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Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Automox"

What do you dislike about Automox?

In some case if you don't have any experincen using the solution, is complicated some actions like launch own scripts etc

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Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Patch management tool I needed"
What do you like best about Automox?

Being able to segment different types of systems via groups, policies, and being able to upload installers to customize software install is very convenient. Removal of software via different set of customizable commands helps as well. All of our systems are on Automox, updated reguarly on a set schedule. Agent install are easy and straightforward, and Automox has responsive customer support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Automox?

For certain update item, Automox seems to be pushing software which fails, then reboots the system on its set schedule if policy is set that way which could irritate some users. Being able to selectively "mark off" some updates from within Automox console could be a nice feature request for future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Utilities
AU
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A solid product when it works"
What do you like best about Automox?

We've used Automox for around 2 years now and we like the simplicity in how to create policies, and some of the more granular control around when devices patch. We have complex maintenance schedules that shift month-to-month, so being able to set a 3rd Wednesday rather than a fixed date works well for us.

Getting up and running and was fairly simple and straightforward, with us only needing to deploy agents and connect them up to the Automox cloud. Automox caters for proxying only the Automox traffic rather than having system wide proxies which works well for us in a predominantly server environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Automox?

Over the past 6 to 8 months we've seen a significant degradation in performance and reliability with the product. Frequent outages of the console, delays in policies processing, or patching policies not processing at all. Sometimes this happens multiple times per week and is really disappointing and has dented our confidence in the product.

There have been automatic updates to the agents on at least two occasions which changed some behaviour about how it works, which has severely impacted us and our infrastructure operationally.

We only have standard support but we've struggled to get down to root cause on a number of issues, or we see issues being UK based and the support team being (Mountain time?) online much later in the working day for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Ashley Smith of Automox

I'm so sorry you've had this experience. If you'd like, I can try my best to connect you with our Support Team at a time that works best for you in your own time zone! Please contact me at ashley.smith@automox.com if you'd like this assistance.

Mikey C.
MC
Director, IT Infrastructure
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great system for automation and streamlining policies and procedures"
What do you like best about Automox?

Automox immediately helped our lackluster patching and updating policies and procedures. Previously we "hoped" we were patched or updated. Only to find out when looking at the server or laptop the updates were not applied. With Automox we are are 100% certain the patches are applied. this helps us know our environment is consistent across the board. Software deployment is great as well. It is very easy to setup applications for deployment. This has sped up deployment and makes us more secure as end users do not need local admin rights anymore. Implementation was fast we were up and running in a few short hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Automox?

We are a little disapointed in the remote control tools. We are working with Automox on the issues to see if there are ways to improve our experience. It is a little clunky and does not aleays connect. We are troubleshooting to see if it is something with our systems or with Automox. We are using our previous tool until we are able to get Automox to work better for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Martin R.
MR
Systems Engineer II
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Automox has changed my job entirely!"
What do you like best about Automox?

My favorite thing would be the simplicity to navigate and understand the data. Although I am the primary admin foe the Automox platform at our company, I can rest esier knowing that any other admin on my team can go in and easily see what we have going on and easily troubleshoot any issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Automox?

I wish the remote sessions were more robust in the features it offered. It would be nice to be able to disable client controls or even a curtain maintenance mode. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
AF
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Amazing patch management software"
What do you like best about Automox?

Ability to roll out automatic weekly scheduled patches.

Ability to remotely connect to people's machines.

I also really like the endpoint management system and the web UI, I find it very easy to use.

I am a frequent user, I like to use Automox everyday simply to check patches and also to remote onto devices.

Very easy to implement for my organisation which has a size of 150 people.

Great Customer Support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Automox?

The multi-factor authentication seems to disconnect at times, this could be due to connection issues, this is something that can be improved.

Integration with Mac users could be improved and enhanced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MF
Network Administrator
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Life Saver"
What do you like best about Automox?

Love that we can not only use it for remote connection to machines but also we use it for patching, vulnerability scans, software patches, software installs. With the modules that they offer being all user based it opens the door to the market for usability. We use it everyday for anything and everything. Anytime we have needed assistance from the support team they are right there on the ball to get us helped out. Implenetation and integration in the network was super fast and easy and training that they offer to admins is very very handy. Top notch service and reliability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Automox?

Not much to say that I dislike. They schedule updates in a manner that is conveinent for you and its rarely been down. One time in the now 2 years we have had it in place and only for about 2 hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FL
System administrator
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Used for over 1.5 years but forced to let go."
What do you like best about Automox?

Automox is a really good patching tool and if you give it a bit of time to setup you can achieve quite alot of configurations and solutions for your company.

I would even say its so easy to use you most likely wont need to call customer support but even if you did they are more then happy to give you a tour again.

we used it everyday for all of our windows servers for a full year without any kind of misshaps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Automox?

The logon time is way to short, its a bit frustrating when you are having alot stuff open at the time and you intend to back in quickly to check something but you need to manually log in again.

Automox should seperate OS patching and security patching and 3rd party software patching into different categories in the software section instead of having one big one instead.

A uninstall flag on your agent exe would be appreciated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FX
Junior Systems Administrator
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great for remote access and patching"
What do you like best about Automox?

It allows quick access to remoting in to computers and provides an assortment of worklets that can help with patching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Automox?

There are times where the service for the agent has stopped and we are unable to access it without starting the service again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JF
Helpdesk Support Specialist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"How Automox helps make time consuming IT tasks easy on our support desk team."
What do you like best about Automox?

I love the ability for us to push out specific software to groups on computers quickly and without interruption. For example; say a group of users needs have a new version of a specific software updated. Instead of our helpdesk going around to each user and installing it on their computer, we can run a worklet and silently install this remotely. Worklets also allow us to see an "activity log" for our policies, this will return the results of powershell scripts that were run on specific devices, so we can comfirm if the script worked, or if there were errors and troubleshoot from there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Automox?

I think it would be better if there was some more tutorials and help located near where you create worklets, because this would save time because when I'm not sure how to make a policy to do what I specified, I need to go online and do some research and this can take awhile.

Possibly automox could have some prompts like "I want to create a worklet that does... [Generic IT Task] and help the user costume a worklet based on already available powershell scripts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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System Engineer
Retail
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Powerful and user-friendly patch management solution"
What do you like best about Automox?

Automox is incredibly easy to use, with a smooth implementation process that had us up and running quickly. The platform offers a wide range of features that cover all our patch management needs, from automating updates to monitoring system health across multiple platforms. We use Automox frequently to ensure our systems stay secure, and the intuitive interface makes it simple for both IT and non-IT staff to manage. The integration with our existing infrastructure was seamless, requiring minimal setup. Additionally, the customer support has been very responsive and helpful when we've needed assistance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Automox?

The only downside is that Automox does not support older, obsolete operating systems. It would be great to have compatibility for legacy systems, as upgrading all OS versions isn't always possible right away. However, for modern environments, it performs flawlessly and has greatly improved our patch management processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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