PDQ Deploy & Inventory

Avantages

Efficace, rapide, sans interaction avec les clients

Inconvénients

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

Avantages

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!

Inconvénients

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

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

-> 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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Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

Nothing to dislike, it met our expectations

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

Sometimes confusing creating an inventory collection.

Avantages

Without agent installation on the Clients.

Inconvénients

So far nothing negative has been noticed.

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

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

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

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

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

I haven not find anything like that yet.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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?

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

The price is perfect for schools that have had their budgets slashed and still very affordable

Inconvénients

I would like some sort of training on setting up pdq with MDT, my current workflow is to roll out the base windows image using wds, the I push the rest of the software installs via pdq deploy

Avantages

PDQ Deploy and Inventory are one of the absolute best if you have only Windows based end machines in your network. It is really, really fast, and well laid out. I doubt you'll have to read the manual in most cases.
The resource usage of PDQ products is extremely light and not demanding.

Inconvénients

It's really made for mostly Windows based networks, and works best when all machines are on-prem, or connected via VPN in my experience. If you need really complex IF / THEN type deployment or patching on other OSes, you may wish to look at BigFix.

Avantages

what I like most abut the software is the great support. Yes it can deploy remotely to your entire network. Yes it can help you maintain your infrastructure security but showing patching deficiencies and missed updates but what I really like about this software is the customer support. from youtube to one on one sessions, PDQ has the best support in the business.

Inconvénients

could have a larger set of already supported software natively.

Avantages

The reliability and ease of use of PDQ is great. I also love the ability to customize and create packages. If you can script it, you can deploy it.

Inconvénients

I still like the idea of PDQ Link, or similar software. During the pandemic, a lot of our machines were never on our local network, so PDQ Deploy and Inventory had limited use for us. We had no way to deploy software to users unless their machine was back on our network. Even when users are using a VPN to connect to our network remotely, deployments still don't work (probably something on our end).

I am currently looking at other options like FileWave to do off network support and inventory.

Avantages

For us, the patching component was the most important part. We were using another product that we always had to struggle to complete patches and even then it was a pain just to be able to see which machines needed patches. PDQ deploy made our lives so much better!

Inconvénients

There are three things I would like to see them do: first, a cloud based approach for deployment and patching where we dont need the computers on the company network to handle them - this is in the works from my understanding. Secondly, add the ability to capture the last logged on user and store it with the rest of the attributes where we can add that as a column. Finally, add an imaging component where we can setup, build and manage images within the same pane of glass - they recently acquired an imaging software company, so I hope this is on the roadmap!

Avantages

Being able to create PowerShell and CMD scripts to run locally on a device is amazing. I've created multiple scripts that run easier from PDQ than from a PSSession (i.e., administrative tasks that are denied access).

Inconvénients

There is a learning curve somewhat. I did dive in without reading too much of the help dialog, but I think I understand most of what I need for my environment (i.e., inventory dynamic groups, deployment packages, etc.).

Avantages

- mostly easy to use
- lots of templates to use and edit
- provides a wide range of information and details about a specific device
- grouping devices into collections according to different combinations of parameters

Inconvénients

sometimes it is not easy to debug some more complex reports, but this is not directly a defect of the application itself

Avantages

This application allows us to push out "one off" applications and gives us the ability to know right away if the application install was successful. They have a ton of templates built for commonly used applications and constantly updating their pushes and templates.

Their support is second to none! They are super responsive and always willing to go above and beyond in helping our team with application pushes that are out of the ordinary. If an application fails to install successfully from a push, you can also email support right from the error message without having to do copy and paste. More support teams should follow their lead. I can't say enough good things about them.

Inconvénients

Honestly, I don't have any cons about this software.