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Patch management · November 2026 Edition
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management vs Patch My PC
Three of fourteen models named NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management first on the direct prompt; zero named Patch My PC. NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Patch My PC by thirteen and NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management carries 52 labels and Patch My PC 20, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share20%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels5220A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Action1 vs NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management · Action1 vs Patch My PC · NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management vs ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the patch management page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch ManagementFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPatch My PC
Direct30
Paraphrase52
Comparative50
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained10
Negative201 against Patch My PC
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management and Patch My PC were named in the same answer forty-three times, of the 156 answers naming NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management and the 59 naming Patch My PC. In those answers Patch My PC took the first choice four times and NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management eleven.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management and Patch My PC stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management Patch My PC first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management on the left and Patch My PC on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management and Patch My PC stood in it.
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management first, Patch My PC not the choice
3 of 14 modelsPatch My PC was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Perplexity SonarNinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management alternatives: Automox, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Microsoft Intune, Motadata ServiceOps, Syxsense
Qwen 3.7 FlashNinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management alternatives: Atera, Automox, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
GLM 4.7 FlashXAction1, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management alternatives: Automox, Heimdal Patch & Asset Management, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
Neither was the first choice, one was named
11 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus alternatives: Action1, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
GPT-5.4 miniManageEngine Endpoint Central alternatives: ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Microsoft Intune, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
Gemini 3.5 FlashAction1, Automox alternatives: ManageEngine Endpoint Central, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Microsoft Intune, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
Grok 4.20Automox alternatives: Action1, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Microsoft Intune, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management, Patch My PC
Mistral SmallManageEngine Patch Manager Plus alternatives: Heimdal Patch & Asset Management, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
DeepSeek V4 FlashAction1 alternatives: Automox, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
Llama 4 MaverickManageEngine Patch Manager Plus alternatives: Action1, Atera, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
Kimi K2ManageEngine Endpoint Central alternatives: Action1, Automox, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
MiniMax M2.5ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus alternatives: Action1, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
GPT-6 LunaAction1 alternatives: Automox, Microsoft Intune, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
Muse Glimmer 30BManageEngine Endpoint Central, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus alternatives: Action1, Atera, Automox, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management leads by fifteen points.
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management19%#2 of 11Patch My PC4%#5 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management leads by fifteen points.
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management20%#2 of 12Patch My PC4%#6 of 12Enterprise
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management leads by seven points.
NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management15%#2 of 13Patch My PC8%#6 of 13What the models said about NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“NinjaOne Patch Management — Editor's Choice ... Most mid-market companies find that NinjaOne or Action1 provide the best balance” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“The Best All-In-One Solution: NinjaOne (formerly NinjaRMM) ... frequently cited as the "Editor's Choice" for mid-market companies” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“### Recommended Third-Party Patching Solution NinjaOne Patch Management (cloud-based, part of their RMM platform).” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Patch My PC
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Users have reported several shortcomings, including reporting limitations” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Windows 11 Enterprise + Intune for OS updates + Patch My PC for third-party apps is my default recommendation” GPT-6 Luna · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Patch My PC Cloud or ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus for third-party application patching” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Alternative for Microsoft-heavy environments: Patch My PC ($3,500/year Enterprise Premium)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · alternative
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.