# Page 2 | PDQ Deploy & Inventory Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 2 - Is PDQ Deploy & Inventory the right IT Management solution for you? Explore 341 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/174535/PDQ-Deploy/reviews --- PDQ Deploy & Inventory 4.8 (341) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/174535/PDQ-Deploy/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated January 14th, 2026 # Page 2 - Reviews of PDQ Deploy & Inventory ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 26-50 of 341 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use RW Randy W. Corporate Director of IT Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PDQ Deploy and Inventory - Tools for the Admin" June 18, 2024 5.0 I am a long time user of both Deploy and Inventory. These tools are a force multiplier for an understaffed IT group. You cannot imagine the ease of pushing out hundreds of updates while drinking your coffee in the morning. Pros Ease of use. This is a product that actually does what it says. Cons 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. Review Source PC Perry C. Systems Engineer Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PDQ the IT Professional's best deployment tool" June 11, 2024 5.0 A great management tool for our organization. Pros 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. Cons It's not free. Seriously, I don't have a con that I can think of. It meets my needs, Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory Ease of setup. Great Support. Ease of use. Multiple YoutTube videos available if needed. Review Source MW Matt W. AM Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PDQ Deploy" June 6, 2024 5.0 Pros This is a great solution to deploy software and scripts remotely. Cons Sometimes you will get a success message even though the task did not complete. Review Source JW Jim W. Director of Information Security Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Inventory and Patching System for Network Administrators" March 13, 2024 5.0 It is a critical component in our Inventory and Security Patching process. Helps us keep systems patched so that we are less vulnerable to security threats. Pros 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. Cons 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. Review Source BD Bryan D. IT Support Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Inexpensive but crazy powerful" June 15, 2022 5.0 I absolutely love it, but you have to have PDQ Inventory with it! If you want full IT Godhood, you have to both parts. Thankfully the price means it won't break the budget, heck we buy laptops for more than the yearly cost of both of these. Pros 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. Cons I wish that this software would integrate into Smart Deploy, so I can push OS as well as software Alternatives considered [ManageEngine Endpoint Central](https://www.capterra.com/p/170018/ManageEngine-Desktop-Central/) Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory We went with PDQ because the price was perfect, and the functionality was everything we needed. Review Source JN Javier N. MR Civic & Social Organization Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "PDQ la Herramienta Indispensable para los Equipos de IT" December 21, 2022 5.0 Sin duda ha sido un acierto para nosotros, hemos apostado y hemos ganado con creces con su herramienta.Agradezco el foro pdqforum.com y los videos que hay en su canal de youtube, ha sido un acierto, ya que nos han ayudado a entender la forma de trabajar con la herramienta y de como configurar los primeros paso y lo que es indispensable, luego ya nos ha tocado afinar las configuraciones según nuestras necesidades.PDQ Inventory y PDQ Deploy han cambiado nuestra forma de trabajar, todo mucho más ordenado y viendo los cambios realizados en los equipos en tiempo real, lo recomiendo 100% Pros 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. Cons 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. Alternatives considered [ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus](https://www.capterra.com/p/179288/Patch-Manager-Plus/)[ManageEngine Endpoint Central](https://www.capterra.com/p/170018/ManageEngine-Desktop-Central/) Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory Se realizaron pruebas con licencia Free de 14 días y se vieron las diferencias entre ambas. Review Source DW Duncan W. IT Manager Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "PDQ - SysAdmin's Dream!" December 13, 2022 5.0 All I can say is that I wish I had found this product sooner. As a 1 man band at a company of 150 users this makes my life so much easier and gives me a great overall view of what's on my network. 10/10 recommend. Pros 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. Cons 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. Alternatives considered [Microsoft Intune](https://www.capterra.com/p/230703/Microsoft-Endpoint-Manager-MEM/) Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory Pricing and ability to do what I need it to do. Review Source JB Jamie B. IT DIrector Government Administration Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "PDQ Deply and Inventory" December 24, 2022 5.0 As stated above, this has made my monthly patching much easier and also allowed me to auto patch more apps than just Windows updates. I have also built out auto deployment packages that I use when settin gup new machines. I add them to my domain, Inventory picks them up on scan and adds them to a dynamic collection, Deploys heartbeat deployment for that collection pushes out the preconfigured list of apps/packages and generates a message on each machine when finished. Pros 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. Cons 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. Review Source JG Jeroen G. Network/Systems Admin Farming Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Just Get It !! You will never regret it !!" July 14, 2021 5.0 It is an amazing piece of software what takes a huge amount of headache away. It is quick, easy. If you want want to do software install and update deployment quick and easy you need PDQ Deploy !! Pros This product is super easy to use. Most standard packages are already build for you (and every new update there is more) what can be super easy rolled out to a test machine and then production. If you want custom installation it is so easy to install/copy - install/ create little batch files or full on powershell scripts. This is super easy comparing to SCCM or even WSUS. Cons I had to think long and hard about what could be improved and even asked my co-workers.... and really there is nothing at this moment what needs to be improved. It does what needs to be done and is super easy. (edit: Perhaps the only thing is that the log files with errors could be more detailed to directly been viewed) Review Source GT Garan T. Senior Desktop Support Engineer Biotechnology Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Your ServiceDesks best friend." December 21, 2022 5.0 Amazing, PDQ Deploy has been an outstanding piece of software that we could never live without. Pros 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. Cons 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. Review Source JM John M. Information Technology Manager Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Amazing Software for Managing and Updating Windows Computers" January 17, 2023 5.0 Before using PDQ Deploy, we were periodically re-imaging our public computers which was a time consuming process as we have multiple areas in the library each with different software programs installed. In between re-imaging, key utility programs would regularly become out of date, negatively impacting patrons usage of the computers. Now with PDQ Deploy, we are able to easily update only specific software programs across all areas, irregardless of the overall software image in use. Simpler and faster process allows for the computers to be updated on a quicker schedule resulting in a better overall experience for our patrons, and significantly less time expended by IT staff. Pros 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. Cons 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. Review Source RH Richard H. Sys Admin Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PDQ Deploy for Education" December 21, 2022 5.0 I literally cannot do my job without this software. I daresay that once you try it, you will find that you will agree with me. Pros 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. Cons 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. Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory Goverlan's ability to deploy software isn't as powerful as PDQ's. However, I am using Goverlan concurrently because PDQ doesn't offer actual remote-access screensharing to the desktop for those apps that don't have command-line functionality for installation (they exist!!!!!) Review Source CM Calum M. IT Manager Building Materials Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy to get started with - lots more features once you're up and running!" December 14, 2022 5.0 PDQ is a massive time-saver - it allows me to manage way more devices than I could manually. It automates the drudgery of setting up and subsequently updating devices for users in my organisation, allowing me to get on with value-added development work, enhancements to business systems etc. PDQ gives me the peace of mind that my endpoints are updated, secure and all offer the same experience to my users. Pros 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! Cons 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. Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory I'd used PDQ briefly in another organisation and had seen the benefits it could bring - it just worked so there was no point looking elsewhere. Review Source DI Dan I. Applications support and administration Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best all around remote management and monitoring tool in the industry, no contest" February 2, 2024 5.0 Mindblowing, if all software was this good there would not be any conflict in the world. Pros \-> Intuituve -> Extensive and detailed documentation -> Good technical support -> Low maintenance, great performance -> Fantastic UI -> Phenomenal integration with external scripting languages like powershell and batch. Cons \-> 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. Alternatives considered [PDQ Connect](https://www.capterra.com/p/10009259/PDQ-Connect/)[SmartDeploy](https://www.capterra.com/p/171214/SmartDeploy/)[ConnectWise Automate](https://www.capterra.com/p/142789/ConnectWise-Automate/)[Microsoft Intune](https://www.capterra.com/p/230703/Microsoft-Endpoint-Manager-MEM/) Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory Most intuitive, most easy to understand, most efficient, least least least expensive, best documentation. Review Source BH Brian H. System Administrator Telecommunications Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Has proven it's worth" December 13, 2022 4.0 It has mostly been positive. There are a few pain points that we're still trying to figure out, such as stale DNS records for workstations. But besides this we're quite happy with the product. Pros We've been using PDQ Deploy/Inventory for the past couple of years to manage our employee machines as well as our Windows servers. The ability to push out a new piece of software, or to patch older software with just a few click has been invaluable with how much time it's saved us. Cons With a lot of our employee's working from home during and now after the pandemic, one short-coming of the software is that there is a complete lack of management for remote devices. If the workstation is not on the "local" network with the PDQ server it is impossible to manage. Having an agent that phones home to the PDQ server and handles all tasks would be the ideal solution to this. Alternatives considered [NinjaOne](https://www.capterra.com/p/184229/NinjaOne/)[ManageEngine Endpoint Central](https://www.capterra.com/p/170018/ManageEngine-Desktop-Central/) Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory The catered library of software, and the ease of integration into our AD environments was a significant part of the decision, but also the community recommendations and reviews on Reddit and other sources as well. Review Source KE Kerry E. ICT Network Manager Primary/Secondary Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Outstanding software, low priced and perfect for schools" December 13, 2022 5.0 I originally started with the free version but quickly found I needed to upgrade to the paid version including inventory, it was the best move I ever did. Pros The price is perfect for schools that have had their budgets slashed and still very affordable Cons 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 Review Source MD Marie D. IT-Manager Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Perfect Swiss Knife" December 13, 2022 5.0 PDQ allowed us for our medium-sized company to have a professional patch as well as deployment process. When users call as and tell as they need this and this special software and while we talk to them, we are able to deploy it to their computers, they are always very positively surprised by our excellent service. This is what PDQ allows us to do!We needed the support in 2 years 2 times. Answers were always quick and of good quality. We could solve all issues so far. Pros 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 Cons Missing Agent for updates.Windows Release Upgrades not supported Review Source RH Robert H. IT Manager Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PDQ Deploy is wonderful for Windows networks" May 23, 2022 5.0 Overall, I absolutely loved PDQ products when paired in a mostly Windows environment. My needs were simple, and PDQ worked wonderfully. You can test out both PDQ Deploy and Inventory before you buy, and I highly suggest you do so. It is one of the fastest, most lightweight products I've ever used, and I'd recommend it in almost all scenarios where Windows is your main OS. Pros 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. Cons 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. Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory PDQ's pricing is very reasonable and is well supported. I really enjoyed speaking with native North American English speakers when I spoke with the company. They were very knowledgeable and helpful. Review Source SQ Syed Q. IT Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Software Patching and Deployment Made Simple with PDQ" December 22, 2022 4.0 It is helping us to automate our patching;  and remotely installing new software;  and updating systems on a number of devices at once. Patching third-party applications has traditionally been a time-consuming task, but PDQ makes it incredibly simple and quick. Almost no problems have arisen when applying patches or software updates.  It's now simpler than ever to deploy new applications to all workstations. Pros 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. Cons 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. Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory We use another application to do patching but there was a feature that PDQ helped to resolve for us. A staff member that previously used this at another company recommended this software to us and they had extensive knowledge on the use of it. Review Source FS Frank S. Admin Automotive Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy to use" May 6, 2024 5.0 Pros Without agent installation on the Clients. Cons So far nothing negative has been noticed. Review Source LL Landon L. System Analyst Gambling & Casinos Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PDQ is ready for your enterprise" July 26, 2021 5.0 from Print Nightmare mitigation to installing the latest packages from MS and partners the experience has been great. Great support. Great product. Pros 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. Cons could have a larger set of already supported software natively. Review Source BB Ben B. Director of Technology Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "We love PDQ Deploy because its cheap, easy to use, and it just works" December 15, 2022 5.0 We've had a great experience. We love their YouTube channel tips, and the product is easy to figure out. Pros We like the fact that they create so many patches and software deployment packages on their end. It saves us so much time, and it just works. I haven't had a single issue with the software and it's very cost effective. Cons When we first set up the inventory scanning, we kicked it off and it almost locked up the server we installed the software on. We are a large environment so it doesn't surprise me, but it did take a long time, and I wasn't sure if it was going to work for awhile. We ended up leaving over a weekend to scan though, and it ended up figuring itself out. Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory We didn't really know there was an alternate out there. We were referred to PDQ by another school district. Switched from [System Center](https://www.capterra.com/p/70929/System-Center/) The efficiency of PDQ making patches and software packages saved us a lot of time. SCCM can be difficult to use as well. We still have SCCM, but we use PDQ for a lot of things now, that SCCM used to do for us. Review Source NE Nick E. IT Admin Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Highly recommend PDQ Deploy" December 15, 2022 5.0 Overall, I honestly couldn't ask for a better product for the money. Its super easy to use, super easy to make custom packages, and I don't think you need to be an IT pro to use it at all. Pros 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. Cons 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. Review Source MK Maksims K. Helpdesk Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PDQ deployment and Inventory" July 26, 2023 4.0 Can't tell something bad about it, easy to use, affordable price, nice support. Pros 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. Cons Devices outside the local network are not manageable. Alternatives considered [Total Network Inventory](https://www.capterra.com/p/133961/Total-Network-Inventory/) Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory Easy to use, cheap, compliant with the requirement Review Source Joe P. IT Manager Automotive Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great product and time saver." December 21, 2022 5.0 PDQ Deploy has been great for us. We use it for patching along with baseline software setup for all new machines. This has saved us tons of time, and helped to automate the process. Pros PDQ Deploy has been a great time saver for us. The wide range of deploying software makes installing, updating or patching quick and efficient without having to babysit each step of the process. Cons Understanding the layout of how the application packages are created and stacking multiple steps can be a bit confusing until you walk through a few different ones. Review Source Similar Products Featured