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Monitask vs PDQ Deploy & Inventory: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 26th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 1,445 reviews from Remote Monitoring and Management users.
% Fit
Missing features
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Server Monitoring
NA
Real-Time Monitoring
NA
Real-time Alerts
4.3
Remote Access/Control
NA
Patch Management
NA
% Fit
Missing features
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Server Monitoring
NA
Real-Time Monitoring
4.8
Real-time Alerts
NA
Remote Access/Control
4.3
Patch Management
4.7
User satisfaction
4.8
User reviews135
Ease of use
4.8
Functionality
4.7
Value for money
4.8
Customer support
4.8
4.8
User reviews342
Ease of use
4.7
Functionality
4.7
Value for money
4.8
Customer support
4.7
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Free version
Free trial
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Perfect for BPO companies, outsourcing firms, call centers, VA firms with 50+ employees.

By sysadmins, for sysadmins. Designed for small, medium, and large businesses in any industry — whether you manage 50 machines or 5000.

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pros & cons
1 / 4
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Dan I
Applications support and administration
5.0

Dan: My name is Dan. I am an application specialist at a company of over 1000 people, and I would give PDQ a five out of five. I use PDQ Inventory to monitor our applications and our computers and our production environment and testing environment. I use PDQ Deploy to deploy applications, deploy patches, uninstall applications, and do this either live on, demand, or to schedule deployments. My favorite things about PDQ is its intuitiveness. The moment you turn it on, you don't need a tutorial. You can start playing around with it and you can guess what the buttons are going to do, and that's pretty much what they're going to do. If you want to try more advanced features, even those are intuitive. Though if you want to add the scripting or more complex tasks, you have to look it up online. But their tutorial page is very well documented, and they have YouTube videos as well. Besides the intuitiveness and the documentation, their support staff is also very helpful. They're very technical and they don't waste your time. They go straight to problem and they offer solutions. If not, they investigate and they get back to you with solutions. One thing about PDQ Inventory and Deploy is that it's not a cloud solution, so it always requires VPN to be turned on by our remote computers. Although they do offer a different product, which is very similar to PDQ Deploy and Inventory, which is the cloud. I wish those functionalities would be integrated in PDQ Inventory and Deploy itself because I find that they're just redoing the same work for the cloud version, whereas the non-cloud version is already perfect. Adding the option to deploy from the cloud, I think would be a much better improvement to the main application itself.

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Monitask

6/43
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Anti Virus
  • API
  • Audit Trail
  • Automatic Backup
  • Compliance Management
  • Configuration Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Deployment Management
  • Device Auto Discovery
  • Device Management
  • Event Logs
  • For MSPs
  • IT Asset Management
  • IT Asset Tracking
  • IT Incident Management
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Mobile Access
  • Network Security
  • Patch Management
  • Policy Management
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Remediation Management
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Server Monitoring
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Support Ticket Management
  • Task Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Uptime Reporting
  • User Management
  • Vulnerability Scanning
  • Workflow Management
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Network Monitoring
  • Real-time Alerts
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Task Scheduling
  • Usage Tracking/Analytics
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9/43
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Monitask

  • Best Value Remote Monitoring and Management
    Software (2024)
  • Best Value Remote Monitoring and Management
    Software (2023)

PDQ Deploy & Inventory

  • Best Value IT Management
    Software (2024)
Monitask
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
PDQ Deploy & Inventory
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Monitask
  • By Monitask
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2016
PDQ Deploy & Inventory
  • By PDQ
  • Located in United States
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