4 categories · RankedPDQ
PDQ is a patch management tool from PDQ Deploy that keeps software up to date by automating the patching process · pdq.com ↗
Why models recommend it
“Best for teams that want vulnerability visibility directly tied to automated patching, on Windows-centric environments.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Scale-constrained question · alternative
“Sysadmins favor PDQ for its speed, simplicity, and pre-packaged library of third-party software updates.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“PDQ is a top pick for teams that want vulnerability insights tied directly to patching”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Tools Frequently Targeted by "Fake IT" Scams ... The Tools: ScreenConnect (ConnectWise), PDQ, SimpleHelp, and Atera.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“mentioned in reports about phishing campaigns that trick users into installing them”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as PDQ, over the 19 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 1 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 2 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 2 | View → | |
| 5 | 2 | View → | |
| 5 | 1 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on PDQ's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- IT teams and sysadmins
- Price stated
- Connect Basic $12 per device/year; Connect Plus $18 per device/year; Connect Premium $28 per device/year; Deploy & Inventory $1,950 per admin/year
- Starting price
- 12
- Free plan or trial
- Free 14-day trial
- Certifications
- SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR
- Customers named
- University of Utah, South Amboy Public Schools, NEI Electric Power Engineering, Inc, FREE NOW, Texas A&M AgriLife, NEI, AnTek Consulting, Autoleague
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 15 of the 19 answers that named PDQ and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Thirty-five of the forty-six domain citations in answers naming PDQ came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 763 | 30 | 2026-09-28 | Patching, Awareness training | |
| Podcast or video | 201 | 1 | 2026-09-28 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 51 | 5 | 2026-09-17 | Patching, UEM | |
| Comparison | 44 | 3 | 2026-09-25 | Patching, RMM | |
| Case study | 23 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 20 | 0 | 2025-12-16 | ||
| Template or tool | 1 | 0 | 2025-12-22 | ||
| News or press | 1 | 0 | 2010-12-22 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Patch management software buying guide blog
- 2026-09-28From burnout to buy in justin grote on building in the age of ai agents podcast or video
- 2026-09-25Best rmm tools and alternatives for internal it teams comparison
- 2026-09-24Best autonomous endpoint management solutions blog
- 2026-09-23Patch compliance reporting blog
- 2026-09-22Wsus vs intune vs sccm comparison
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page pdq.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.