Patch management · November 2026 Edition
Patch My PC vs Microsoft Intune
Zero of fourteen models named Patch My PC first on the direct prompt; zero named Microsoft Intune. Patch My PC was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Microsoft Intune by thirteen and Patch My PC carries 20 labels and Microsoft Intune 38, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in eight categories this edition.
First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#7A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2038A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Patch My PC reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Action1 vs Patch My PC · Action1 vs Microsoft Intune · NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management vs Patch My PC
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.
Patch My PCFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMicrosoft Intune
Direct00
Paraphrase21
Comparative01
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Patch My PC · 1 against Microsoft Intune
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.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Patch My PC and Microsoft Intune 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 | | |
Patch My PC Microsoft Intune first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Patch My PC on the left and Microsoft Intune on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Patch My PC and Microsoft Intune stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.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
Perplexity SonarNinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management alternatives: Automox, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Microsoft Intune, Motadata ServiceOps, Syxsense
Grok 4.20Automox alternatives: Action1, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Microsoft Intune, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management, Patch My PC
GPT-6 LunaAction1 alternatives: Automox, Microsoft Intune, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
Neither was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus alternatives: Action1, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
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
Qwen 3.7 FlashNinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management alternatives: Atera, Automox, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
Kimi K2ManageEngine Endpoint Central alternatives: Action1, Automox, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management
GLM 4.7 FlashXAction1, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management alternatives: Automox, Heimdal Patch & Asset Management, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
MiniMax M2.5ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus alternatives: Action1, 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
Patch My PC leads by two points.
Patch My PC4%#5 of 11Microsoft Intune2%#6 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
Patch My PC leads by two points.
Patch My PC4%#6 of 12Microsoft Intune2%#7 of 12Enterprise
The order flips: Microsoft Intune leads at enterprise.
Microsoft Intune20%#1 of 13Patch My PC8%#6 of 13What 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
What the models said about Microsoft Intune
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“Microsoft Intune + Windows Autopatch if you're mostly Windows/Microsoft 365 and want the lowest operational overhead” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared
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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.