Action1 vs PDQ Deploy & Inventory
User Ratings & Reviews
Reviews are generated by real users. When reviewing a product, users are asked to assess the product’s overall quality, which includes assigning specific ratings for ease of use, value for money, customer support, and functionality.
Ease-of-Use
4.8 / 5
4.7 / 5
Value for Money
4.9 / 5
4.8 / 5
Customer Support
4.9 / 5
4.7 / 5
Functionality
4.7 / 5
4.7 / 5
Last Review Written
September 26, 2024
August 2, 2024
Pros/Cons
Pros
- It's a fantastic free tool for small businesses to make administrator's life easier. It's just brilliant, it allows me to inventory, update and remotely support users from my armchair.
- The way it is constantly being improved with new features added on a regular basis. The support team have always been great when contacted and seem to genuinely want to help resolved your issue.
- Very fair pricing and simple to set up. The real-time updates in the GUI are impressive and there looks to be some rapid and useful development underway.
Cons
- After doing all missing updates on many devices, when selecting "update now" in the "Office Updates" part of various "Microsoft 365 Apps for Business", the updates have then run.
- No IOS app to manage and remote into the devices, need to use a web browser, but remote desktop is really limited unless you have a mouse and keyboard connected to your Ipad.
- It's sometimes difficult to find the report you are looking for in the reporting section. Some of them have names that don't really explain what info is on the report.
Pros
- The reliability and ease of use of PDQ is great. I also love the ability to customize and create packages.
- I love the product, it's reliable, easy to use, robust features, and the support folks are great.
- All patches, updates and upgrades are resolved very quickly and in addition your support is very fast and friendly. I am very happy that I chose PDQ.
Cons
- Lack of remote client aside (Connect would resolve that) , lack of information for connection errors, and the basic reports with certain fields limiting other fields is quite annoying.
- The error messages on the deploys are not so clear, it difficults the troubleshooting on the first time without some research.
- Can be a little difficult to find the silent install switches for some of the software.
Pricing
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Product Demo & Screenshots
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Additional Info
Ideal Customer Size
Small
Medium
Large
Small
Medium
Large
Deployments
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad
Support and Training
Support
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Training
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
