PDQ Deploy & Inventory

Vorteile

- Klasse Paketverteilung für individuelle Software- mit Inventory zusammen lassen sich leicht gefilterte Gruppen nutzen

Nachteile

- benötigt etwas Eingewöhnung in die Benutzeroberfläche- Paketverteilung bedarf manchmal etwas händische Nacharbeit

Vorteile

PDQ Deploy allows you to deploy and install software remotely in bulk
PDQ Inventory allows you to take inventory of obsolete software
it's simple to use!

Nachteile

You have to buy both software together but the product is very good

Vorteile

-> Intuituve
-> Extensive and detailed documentation
-> Good technical support
-> Low maintenance, great performance
-> Fantastic UI
-> Phenomenal integration with external scripting languages like powershell and batch.

Nachteile

-> Hard to think of anything, this thing WORKS. Reminds me of Windows 7 when it came out, kicked ass out of the box (and kicks ass even today).
We're on a 4 year old version of PDQ and even with all the missing updates, it still works very well.

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Vorteile

The ability to use tools and deployments remotely as well as how well the two products work with each other.

Nachteile

I don't like how difficult it is to add multiple PCs to an inventory collection or deploymwnt.

Vorteile

There are no agents to install on systems being inventoried and it is installed locally on your own network (even just a local desktop) which make a it quick to install and keeps all the communications and data within your local network.

Nachteile

Because it is agentless there are issues when trying to inventory systems that are removed from the local network, e.g. Home workers.

Vorteile

You can setup automated scheduled tasks to patch systems at any time during the week or weekends. Allows patches to automatically be pushed out afterhours to avoid any system downtime.

Nachteile

It is mainly intended to only inventory and patch Windows products. It would be great to have more integration where it could go out and inventory printers and linux type devices.

Vorteile

Once you get the platform configured it has tremendous value in the host inventory and custom reporting features.

Nachteile

Initially, understanding the logic within the data gathering/scan profiles and custom reporting was difficult. It's not the most intuitive, but once you figure it out you can literally do anything you want with it.

Vorteile

Ease of use and ability to do the tasks needed for managing devices. A huge time saver. A huge travel saver as I do not need to be on site to push programs, add printers, etc.

Nachteile

It's not free. Seriously, I don't have a con that I can think of. It meets my needs,

Vorteile

Ease of use. This is a product that actually does what it says.

Nachteile

I would like the ability to connect 2 instances of PDQ Inventory to create a baseline configuration of each machine so that I can track and report changes.

Vorteile

As a small IT shop PDQ helps me stay on top of updates and schedule them where it does not inconvenience the user.

Nachteile

Sometimes confusing creating an inventory collection.

Vorteile

Best thing is that it is very easy to use and guides us with the maps of printers and deployment of updated softwares.

Nachteile

Sometimes some error occurs in the deployment that is not so clear...On large scale it's speed slows down

Vorteile

This is a great solution to deploy software and scripts remotely.

Nachteile

Sometimes you will get a success message even though the task did not complete.

Vorteile

Automating Software and Patches for Desktops.

Nachteile

Wake on LAN does not work. Also, the package library is limited. I do not have the option to add different software to the package library so It can auto-download/ approve the latest version,

Vorteile

Easy to implement and use. This project just works as intended. There is no hoops to jump through.

Nachteile

Does not have an agent, some scans take a while over a bad connection

Vorteile

Dead simple setup, with quite powerful tools.

Nachteile

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.

Vorteile

PDQ is an easy to use tool to scan machines for information on each machine as well as deploying apps. We use it with our deployments to segregate different builds for machines. The ability to deploy powershell scripts, install .exe files and copy files is amazing and very easy.We also calls PDQs API to deploy different things making it a central hub for app deployment. The future will be making a service that users can just call PDQ to deploy an app to them.PDQ connect has a lot of promise, which will allow us to deploy apps that are not connected to our network. Giving us more control beyondAnother plan soon will be to use PDQ for software license counts.PDQ was also easy to setup and migrate to a new server when we wanted to increase the specs of the machine it was on.

Nachteile

They are working towards it now, but the ability to deploy to machines beyond our network is amazing. Giving us information too and status updates on those machines so we can monitor them.Not a con but I do hope they continue adding to their PDQ inventory and API. A future request/project for us is to beable to use PDQ to keep an accurate license count of software. We have some long ideas but would love to use PDQ to keep tabs on everything for us rather than relying on basic data entry.

Vorteile

We like being able to perform the same repetitive task, deploy configurations and installations, and keep consistency across our computers. We reclaimed so much time with how fast we can now do these tasks! It is straightforward to use, and there are so many ways to perform my tasks that I only need to choose the easiest way that I know to do them. The community and knowledge base articles are a treasure trove whenever I need to do something new that I don't yet know how to do.

Nachteile

I think the only improvement that I would like to see is a way to know that a failure to deploy is something other than the network path was not found. If I deploy a package to multiple computers and some of them fail with an error code and some where network paths can't be found,, I need to look at each failure across multiple failed deployments to make sure that they all did not fail with an error.

Vorteile

I took over at an organisation with a fleet of servers, laptops and desktops that had been poorly maintained - each seemed to have a random selection of applications on an unpatched OS and there was no central knowledge of what was installed where. I was also on my own so didn't have time to investigate each endpoint individually - PDQ made it easy to automatically catalogue and then remediate all the issues out there - from the comfort of my desk!

Nachteile

There's nothing that I don't actually like about PDQ - my only issue is that I haven't had time to investigate all its many options and features! It was easy to get up to a good baseline and then I guess I didn't further my knowledge of its capabilities - that's all on me. Reading this questionnaire, it's clear it can do way more than I was aware of.

Vorteile

1) LAPS Support2) LAPS Support3) LAPS Support!!!!PDQ is the only deployment + update tool which does support LAPS. Even Microsofts own tools do not support LAPS. This is major game changer and big thank you to PDQ that they invested into security by supporting LAPS.- 3rd Party + Microsoft Update Library- Easy deployment of new software- Fair pricing- Very easy to use, also for Juniors- Excellent documentation

Nachteile

Missing Agent for updates.Windows Release Upgrades not supported

Vorteile

It has helped me save time.  Our organization has limited IT staff and your software has immensly helped us to automate patching and installing software on our systems.   We are using PDQ to update some of our applications such as Chrome, FireFox, Notepad ++, and Audacity.As a result of Covid, most of our staff had to move to work remotely. We were able to support our staff remotely using PDQ.

Nachteile

There is a little learning curve, especially for installations that are more complicated. However, there is excellent documentation, and there is a wealth of data online.   The cost was a bit costly for our organization, but it was well worth it.    Although I don't use the software to its full potential, I'm sure there are some sophisticated functions that others could find useful.    It would also be wonderful to have more software packages included with PDQ right out of the box or at the very least an ability to patch in more commonplace software.

Vorteile

PDQ is a fantastic tool and one I'd demand to have if I was to start over somewhere else. Smaller/midsized companies this is a fantastic tool. The pre-baked deployments are great! I think with PDQ for deployments and patching, and MDT for imaging, I'd feel like I have my computer imaging and management well under control.

Nachteile

I'm a log nerd, and I do wish I could see more logging on what is happening on a deployment, and better reporting of it when its all done. There is logging built in, and maybe this is to my own fault of not configurating the software correctly, but I want to see steps and messages both for successful and failed deployments.

Vorteile

Honestly I use it every day, multiple times a day. I wouldn't want to work somewhere that didn't have this software. My life is so much easier. Quickly find and patch computers & push out software and updates. Pair this with PDQ Inventory and you're golden.

Nachteile

I've honestly never had a problem with this software and I've been using it for probably 7 years at least.

Vorteile

What made me look at PDQ was the cost. What made me keep using it was how flexible I could get with deployments when used in conjunction with their inventory product. You really want both of these to take full advantage and the cost still remains reasonable. It is easy to setup something like monthly patching using the packages that PDQ maintains and updates have it auto update these packages on your system after a delay period such as 7 days then push it out to all systems as they come online. We even use it to deploy out base packages on new PC builds as they come online.

Nachteile

There can be some quirks with a system being detected online and it is very important your DNS is accurate. My biggest con would really be that it does not do a great job with remote users because there is no agent on the device. This is being addressed though in a cloud version of the product.

Vorteile

I like the packages that are already built, I also like how easy it is to build a package into the program for deployment.

Nachteile

I really did not have any cons with this software, maybe a few more integrations.

Vorteile

This has saved us so much effort in maintaining the integrity of our software products on our domain endpoints. In addition to the pre-built library, it has been a godsend to be able to create customized packages and get them deployed quickly. When we were hit with Hafnium on our Exchange server and moved to O365, I created a customized package to remove our previous suite and get out the latest O365 suite to our endpoints with about an hour's work on PDQ Deploy.

Nachteile

Nothing comes to mind, to be perfectly honest.

Vorteile

I like the ease of implementing this product in an environment combined with it's affordability.

Nachteile

I can say confidently at this time that there is nothing I like the least about it.

Vorteile

Despite the ease of use, it is a great tool that helped with patch management as well as real time monitoring of assets.

Nachteile

Nothing to dislike, it met our expectations

Vorteile

Automation is a must when you have over 400 devices. It makes complex problems much easier to accomplish.

Nachteile

I really have not had time to learn all of the features of your products. But that is not on PDQ. Your YouTube videos are amazing and fun to watch. Keep up the humor. That goes a long way in IT.

Vorteile

Efficace, rapide, sans interaction avec les clients

Nachteile

Il faut y consacrer du temps pour le prendre en main correctement

Vorteile

Without agent installation on the Clients.

Nachteile

So far nothing negative has been noticed.

Vorteile

Many options for setting up install and deploy routines. Automatically refreshed network inventory. Active Directory Integration. Ability to target by queries, OUs or just about anything.Good integration between the prodcts (Deploy and Inventory). Good reporting.

Nachteile

Can be kind of daunting for new users. A bit slow sometimes.

Vorteile

PDQ Deploy makes software deployment an easy task. Super powerfull tool to install programs and patch computers without bothering users. Best tool i've ever used.

Nachteile

No cons i can think of. Really, maybe ui can be a little more modern? but who cares?

Vorteile

Most of all, we use PDQ deployment, easy way to deploy software and patches. PDQ deployment is good for script automation, easy to set up any scheduled task to meet your requirements.

Nachteile

Devices outside the local network are not manageable.

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Vorteile

Really easy to used platform to deploy softwares and patch

Nachteile

Sometimes need some search to have good silent deploy

Vorteile

Ease of use, integration with other tools, price, functionality, the overall stability of both Inventory and Deploy and the integration of the two products.

Nachteile

They ONLY thing that I have found no way to do that would make things perfect, is to be able to pass a computer name or IP address variable to a custom PowerShell script or custom scanner.

Vorteile

It is very easy to install and using. You can choose if you want client/server or local mode.Has got many (maybe all) softwares for daily use.

Nachteile

I haven not find anything like that yet.

Vorteile

PDQ Deploy & Inventory service and support

Nachteile

PDQ Deploy & Inventory service and support Software and report type

Vorteile

I absolutely love the ease and usage of PDQ Deploy. The product does almost everything I can ask of it in a very easy to use package.

Nachteile

The only con I can think of is that I get hit with a lot of hits on my Vulnerability scans for Microsoft Office products. I know it would be difficult, but it would be nice if Office patches were included in the Package Library.

Vorteile

I’ve use it for all sorts, managing 500 machines. I use collections to alert me to machines missing keyboard/mice, hard drive space, machines offline for over 3 days. Battery life in laptops. Software inventory….. the list goes on

Nachteile

It’s dependancy on DNS. I’m not sure if our dns is configured correctly

Vorteile

PDQ can do literally anything you can think of on Windows PCs you manage. Installing, copying files, executing Powershell, etc. I mean if you can execute Powershell remotely what is there you cannot do?

Nachteile

Honestly can't really think of anything I don't like about this software. It even has dark mode for ultimate eye comfort, so I cannot complain.

Vorteile

Block programming approach to defining the deployments and inventory. Really in-depth access to the OS that can read whatever you can think of with an ease. Visualisation of the results is not possible though.

Nachteile

No mobility support, no cloud, no dashboards, nothing. Users cannot interact with any deployment in any other way than by pressing OK. UX level cca when Greenday lead the hitparades.

Vorteile

I like the ability to create nested groups, that can be dynamic or static. I will also enjoy the ability to use multiple compound statements, without limitation in order to drill down and find devices that meet whatever criteria I can dream up or that I've been given.

Nachteile

The only problems I've really run into is the speed that you're able to scan large scale organizations with a lot of VPN users. Occasionally DNS does not update quickly enough so you wind up with an IP pointing to a different workstation. This doesn't really cause a great deal of problems, it just causes the scan to fail. It's not a huge deal because it will correct itself during the next scan typically

Vorteile

The included Package Library is a fantastic added value to the program providing prepared and tested packages for installing/updating most of the popular/requested software programs. Very easy to use without having to study a lengthy manual. Seemless integration with existing systems and AD. Regular updates to the software, weekly webcasts, extensive video tutorials on usage.

Nachteile

None that I can really think of. Not a fan of the new program icons which make it more difficult to identify which program is which, but that's really a minor nitpick.

Vorteile

Tried this out after some frustration with SCCM. While the MS product was getting my monthly patch Tuesday stuff covered, it felt a little complicated to manage. With PDQ deploy, it feels much easier, plus im now getting windows patches as well as patching many other apps(Chrome, edge, 7-zip, VLC, etc.) in what I feel is a much more user friendly and intuitive interface.

Nachteile

Has built-in support for VNC for remote control which I don't currently use. I'll be making the switch but wish there were other options.

Vorteile

The software itself works really well. The hard part consists of getting all the machines to talk to each other and then figuring out the silent command -line statements that are needed to install the software. For most of the well-known software, the silent switches are well known and for the most popular tools PDQ will even supply their own scripts.

Nachteile

I'd love PDQ Deploy to re-imagine their local Agent idea. The last time they tried it supposedly didnt meet their standards. I'd say look at other software like Goverlan and even AWS Thinkbox Deadline (a renderfarm manager) to see how they do a local Agent to see if those would meet the criteria. PDQ has no ability to install software that doesn't offer a command-line silent switch. You'd think that this would never come up in Education but... you'd be surprised. We run a lot of 3D and VFX apps that are made by one developer and when you ask them for the silent switches they reply "what are you talking about" . Now, to be sure, this isn't really a "con" of PDQ, but it is fair to mention. If you have any software that just doesn't have any command-line automation which can run silently via a Windows Service User, you'll have to get something alongside PDQ Deploy to make that happen.

Vorteile

PDQ is an amazing tool that I could not live without, it provides the helpdesk with one click installation of custom MSI packages, pre-built MSI packages to make software deployment a breeze. It has built in scheduling to ensure all machines across our entire network have all the right software and are always up to date. It was an absolute breeze to set up and we were up and running within a couple of hours. Support has always been next level with detailed responses about almost any question we throw at them.

Nachteile

I don't like how vague some of the error messages can be on deployment when it fails but these are usually Windows errors that PDQ is simply feeding back.

Vorteile

En un principio se tuvieron que configurar los parámetros que nosotros deseábamos, que no fueron pocos, se realizaron filtrados por equipos, por S.O., por sedes, por software instalado, por ubicaciones, por antigüedad, por no uso, por estar pendientes de Updates.

Nachteile

Lo que menos me ha gustado es sin duda el que en algunas actualizaciones de productos se hayan configurado para que no sean actualizables, nos ha pasado con Chrome y Zoom que hemos tenido que realizar la instalación con una configuración manual y editar el registro en los equipos para que vuelva a ser auto actualizables.

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Vorteile

Where to start! Love the preconfigured Collections that lets us know about which most common applications are out of date, and then we can literally right-click and Select PDQ Deploy to update them.Very easy program to use and I love the reporting side of it.

Nachteile

There could be more commonly used Reports straight out of the box, but not that big of a deal as it's easy to create your own and run against a collection.

Vorteile

the dynamic collections you can make has been life changing. Able to create one on the fly and it continue to update and tell me if new computers have something unwanted on it, or computers that are missing important programs. I use it daily to check things. I also use it to quickly remote into computers. I have computers on the road and I have to jump in there sometimes remotely and need to be able to look at software lists quickly and a couple clicks my remote software is already connected. Or I can use pdq deploy to shoot out a program update or install something new. PDQ Deploy has all the right switches and knows exactly what to do with files to silently deploy practically anything. Testing is simple and easy and usually I have it tested and deployed within an hour. Saves me time everyday to quickly do what I need to do and have time to work on other projects. Support is also a godsend. Quick, easy, and friendly to the max!

Nachteile

Not much that I do not like. The new icons are weird and there are some bugs in pdq deploy that get updates stuck and they just sit in the list forever. Usually when I have a con come up in my mind, I find out that the feature request I thought of, is already in the system some where.

Vorteile

It is so intuitive that after watching a 30 minute video from youtube (love the channel btw) a brand new user will be able to deploy software and run reports.

Nachteile

I wish that this software would integrate into Smart Deploy, so I can push OS as well as software

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