Comparison

PDQ Deploy vs SolarWinds Patch Manager

No leader: the top candidate PDQ Deploy has only 0.30 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
PDQ Deploy18
SolarWinds Patch Manager9
Score
Vioscale score
PDQ Deploy18 / 100low · 30%updating
SolarWinds Patch Manager9 / 100low · 3%updating
Pricing
Free tier
PDQ Deploy
SolarWinds Patch Manager
Model
PDQ Deploycommercial
SolarWinds Patch Managercommercial
Price level
PDQ Deployunknown
SolarWinds Patch Manager
Integrations
Count
PDQ Deploy3
SolarWinds Patch Manager1
Security
Gdpr
PDQ Deploy
SolarWinds Patch Manager
Soc2
PDQ Deploy
SolarWinds Patch Manager

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for patch management. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Deployment model
PDQ Deploy-
SolarWinds Patch Manager-
Windows os patching
PDQ Deploy-
SolarWinds Patch Manager-
Macos patching
PDQ Deploy-
SolarWinds Patch Manager-
Linux os patching
PDQ Deploy-
SolarWinds Patch Manager-
Third party app catalog
PDQ Deploy-
SolarWinds Patch Manager-
Custom software deployment
PDQ Deploy-
SolarWinds Patch Manager-
Automated reboot scheduling
PDQ Deploy-
SolarWinds Patch Manager-
Patch rollback
PDQ Deploy-
SolarWinds Patch Manager-
Vulnerability scanner ingest
PDQ Deploy-
SolarWinds Patch Manager-
Offline endpoint patching
PDQ Deploy-
SolarWinds Patch Manager-
SOC2 type ii
PDQ Deploy-
SolarWinds Patch Manager-
ISO 27001
PDQ Deploy-
SolarWinds Patch Manager-
Pricing model
PDQ Deploy-
SolarWinds Patch Manager-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

PDQ Deploy

Not documented yet.

SolarWinds Patch Manager

A centralized patching platform that simplifies deployment of Windows and third-party application updates through scheduling, approval workflows, and compliance reporting across servers and endpoints.

Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
PDQ Deploy
SolarWinds Patch Manager
Windows
PDQ Deploy
SolarWinds Patch Manager
CLI
PDQ Deploy
SolarWinds Patch Manager
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
PDQ Deploy
SolarWinds Patch Manager
Self-hosted
PDQ Deploy
SolarWinds Patch Manager
On-premise
PDQ Deploy
SolarWinds Patch Manager
Hybrid
PDQ Deploy
SolarWinds Patch Manager

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

PDQ Deploy

3 total
  • PDQ Inventory
  • Azure AD
  • Freshworks
Independently observed

SolarWinds Patch Manager

1 total
  • WSUS (Windows Server Update Services)
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.