# Page 3 | PDQ Deploy & Inventory Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 3 - 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 May 18th, 2026 # Page 3 - Reviews of PDQ Deploy & Inventory ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 51-75 of 341 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Charles C. Technology Coordinator Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "#1 most used software in my role" December 13, 2022 5.0 Pros Honestly I use it every day, multiple times a day. I wouldn't want to work somewhere that didn't have this software. My life is so much easier. Quickly find and patch computers & push out software and updates. Pair this with PDQ Inventory and you're golden. Cons I've honestly never had a problem with this software and I've been using it for probably 7 years at least. Review Source RH Rob H. Manager of IT Utilities Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Simplicity at its best, but still feature rich" December 23, 2022 5.0 The number one thing is being able to efficiently keep our endpoints patched and have visibility into that process. Pros 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! Cons 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! Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory We were lucky and ran across PDQ Deploy as out first option. I evaluated it and knew it was what we needed. Review Source JM Jakub M. Senior Service Desk Administrator Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "3rd anniversary of using PDQ Deploy & Inventory" July 7, 2023 5.0 All patches, updates and upgrades are resolved very quickly and in addition your support is very fast and friendly. I am very happy that I chose PDQ. Pros 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. Cons I haven not find anything like that yet. Review Source CM Craig M. Sr. Systems Administrator Business Supplies and Equipment Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Reliable patching at a reasonable cost" December 14, 2022 4.0 Pros What made me look at PDQ was the cost. What made me keep using it was how flexible I could get with deployments when used in conjunction with their inventory product. You really want both of these to take full advantage and the cost still remains reasonable. It is easy to setup something like monthly patching using the packages that PDQ maintains and updates have it auto update these packages on your system after a delay period such as 7 days then push it out to all systems as they come online. We even use it to deploy out base packages on new PC builds as they come online. Cons There can be some quirks with a system being detected online and it is very important your DNS is accurate. My biggest con would really be that it does not do a great job with remote users because there is no agent on the device. This is being addressed though in a cloud version of the product. Review Source ST Sonam T. Tech specialist Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A regular PDQ user of 1 person IT department" December 21, 2022 5.0 I ran into projects after projects during pandemic. was looking for a tool to manage everything remotely, PDQ demo took place and went for it right away. Saved tons of time deploying patches, softwares, custom installations and much more. This tool allowed me to run whole IT department single handedly. Pros Ease of use, simplicity, effectiveness. PDQ has nice video based how to dos and that was helpful. Cons Two part of deploy and inventory, can they be one? Alternatives considered [Atera](https://www.capterra.com/p/144309/Atera/) Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory Demo was promising and trial was exactly what I was looking for. Review Source NC Nick C. Senior SecOps Engineer Consumer Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PDQ Deploy & Inventory are awesome products, healthy DNS required" December 13, 2022 4.0 Overall a solid product. Some quirks but definitely helps a lot with patching, organizing assets, and then some. Pros PDQ makes it VERY easy to set up custom deployment packages with and without scripting. They also allowed management of common third-party apps with auto-updating, scheduling of deployments, and many other awesome tools. It is very cost efficient and I have used it across several companies. Cons A very heavy reliance on DNS. Support takes a long time to reply. No option for escalated service or support. Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory Previous experience with product. Review Source SG Sean G. Systems Administrator Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Why PDQ Deploy is a MUST HAVE!!!!" December 13, 2022 5.0 We had a great experience with PDQ starting with the onboarding experience. There was plenty of help with setting us up with Inventory and Deploy. Pros I like the packages that are already built, I also like how easy it is to build a package into the program for deployment. Cons I really did not have any cons with this software, maybe a few more integrations. Alternatives considered [TeamViewer ONE](https://www.capterra.com/p/194565/TeamViewer/) Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory Price and Ease of use. Review Source DC Dawn C. Technology Director Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Product" December 13, 2022 5.0 It has been great. It is easy to use and navigate. It makes it easy to push out patches and software to computers. We no longer have to go to each computer to install products. The built in Vendors is such a great feature and one I use often, it saves me from having to go out and down load software from the Vendor constantly! Pros It is easy to use and makes my job more efficient. Cons I would like the Deploy and Inventory products in one interface. I understand though that people may only want one of the products. It would be nice to have them integrated together for those that use both products. Alternatives considered [ManageEngine Endpoint Central](https://www.capterra.com/p/170018/ManageEngine-Desktop-Central/) Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory I have used Manage Engine in the past and I liked the PDQ product better. We did a trial with PDQ and I liked how it was set up and how user friendly it is. Review Source MK Marcin K. Senior IT System Engineer Research Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "PDQ the best app for IT Management" December 13, 2022 5.0 Pros Easy to use and doesn't require hours of setup. Only instal app on server and you can deploy new software and updates to users (only need add some port's on the firewall and connect to AD :) ) Cons The software is amazing and I don't have any least on it. Review Source EF Erick F. IT Solution Architect Retail Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Very good Software and value for the price" December 21, 2022 5.0 Solve the patch update for workstations and clients, inventory reports. Pros The easy way to configure the deployments and schedule that to run automatically on time to time. Cons Do not have a client to install and not be able to monitor or deploy to clients outside of the network what nowadays is very normal with remote work. Alternatives considered [System Center](https://www.capterra.com/p/70929/System-Center/) Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory Yes, for do what I most need and with much better value. Review Source CK Colin K. Senior Technician Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PDQ Deploy is a Stellar Product" November 2, 2022 5.0 I echo my previous comment, i.e. this has been such a time-saver when ensuring we keep our endpoints current, and it makes it a lot easier to manage 100s of endpoints with literally the click of a button. Pros This has saved us so much effort in maintaining the integrity of our software products on our domain endpoints. In addition to the pre-built library, it has been a godsend to be able to create customized packages and get them deployed quickly. When we were hit with Hafnium on our Exchange server and moved to O365, I created a customized package to remove our previous suite and get out the latest O365 suite to our endpoints with about an hour's work on PDQ Deploy. Cons Nothing comes to mind, to be perfectly honest. Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory None Review Source Anthony R. IT Manager Computer Hardware Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A good choice for privacy conscious companies" June 6, 2023 3.0 Pros 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. Cons Because it is agentless there are issues when trying to inventory systems that are removed from the local network, e.g. Home workers. Review Source TB Tobias B. Sr Network Administrator Machinery Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best for software patching and deployment" December 14, 2022 5.0 The software reduces our overall cost of pc deployment by automating the software needed right out of the gate. It has paid for itself over and over again. Pros I like the ease of implementing this product in an environment combined with it's affordability. Cons I can say confidently at this time that there is nothing I like the least about it. Review Source André L. System Administrator Chemicals Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A easy to use and reliable solution for small and mid sized companies" August 4, 2020 5.0 When we started to use this software, we did not have a solution to inventory and deploy softwares on your computers and servers, that is a powerful tool, with a very good price that really worths the investiment. We were able to keep all our computers and softwares updated, and we have pushed some Windows build updates through PDQ Deploy, which worked very well! If you do not have a inventory/deploy solution on your environment, and cannot spend so much money with it, go with PDQ without think twice, you will not regret! Pros It is easy to implement, configure and to use it, everything on this software is so intuitive, even if you not read the manual you can do more than 50% of the software functionalities. The software has a wide variety of options to deploy softwares to your computers, also, if you spend a few bucks more, you can buy the PDQ Inventory, which works very well integrated with the Deploy solution. Cons The error messages on the deploys are not so clear, it difficults the troubleshooting on the first time without some research. Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory The functionalities, the support, and the price. Review Source GW Greg W. IT Manager Servers & Support Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I wish I knew about this software sooner" December 8, 2022 5.0 PDQ has made my PC rollout process easy and more importantly, consistent. All my systems go out configured correctly now. I have reduced human error to almost 0. Pros PDQ Deploy can take care of the monotonous IT Admin work, especially keeping software packages up to date, with ease. Cons I have no complaints at all. I really like this software. Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory Group policy only works when machines are connected to the domain when they login. Most of our work force is remote primarily, so we needed something that could go push software over a hotspot VPN connection. This does that very well. Review Source JB Jason B. Network Administrator Utilities Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PDQ Inventory - wouldn't want to live without it" January 10, 2023 5.0 Pros The interface closely resembles MMC which I'm used to. It's super fast when searching for something in particular about a computer or computers. The reports are customizable and very useful. Cons I have no complaints about this software. It's amazing. 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/) Switched from [Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk](https://www.capterra.com/p/102709/Spiceworks-IT-Help-Desk/)[openAudit](https://www.capterra.com/p/248212/openAudit/) I wanted something that wasn't web-based that held more details and was more snappy to use. Also using it because it's linked to PDQ Deploy. Review Source LN Luke N. Senior Network Engineer Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Affordable option with low barrier to entry but highly customizable to fit your needs" July 13, 2022 4.0 We have been able to use PDQ Inventory to finely tune our PDQ Deploy schedules and deployments, as well as to plan hardware refresh cycles and do patch management, etc. Pros Easy to set up but highly customizable with SQL and PowerShell Cons Some aspects of building reports and collections are not intuitive. e.g. using "All, Any, Not All, Not Any" group filters instead of simple nested and/or operators. There is also some overlap between Reports and Collections in terms of functionality that can be confusing. Building a lot of collections, especially nested ones, gets very cumbersome and slows down the software considerably. I would like to see an option to use another SQL other than SQLite that would scale better. Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory Easier to set up Review Source EJ Eric J. Programmer/Analyst Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great patch management software" December 24, 2022 5.0 Love it! I use it constantly every day. Pros The automatic scanning of your entire network, seeing what software and software versions you have on each machine, and being able to automatically patch those machines to the latest software updates. Cons There really isn't anything I don't like about it. Review Source JC Joshua C. Systems Administrator Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PDQ is a dream for the damll IT Team" December 21, 2022 5.0 Everyone on the PDQ team is excellent. Pros The value for the money, the flexibility and ease of use. Cons True remote access and monitoring would be a huge benefit, I'm really hoping this gets added in the future . With an increasingly mobile workforce this would be a gamechanger. Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory The price. Review Source BZ Boris Z. Sr. Serve rAdmin Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy local computer management" May 3, 2023 5.0 I like this very much Pros Easy to implement and use. This project just works as intended. There is no hoops to jump through. Cons Does not have an agent, some scans take a while over a bad connection Review Source FA Faisal A. Technical Specialist Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Love to Use PDQ , Helps me a lot to manage my Environment and scope of work " December 19, 2022 5.0 I love using PDQ as It helps me a lot to manage a large number of users in one go no matter if they are in the office or working virtually. Pros Very easy to deploy and prompt results of your outcome. also, you can have a history with timestamps when and how many in each phase achievements. Cons The library has to update more frequently for prebuilt scripts. Review Source SS Steve S. IT Manager Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Outstanding tool for the money" December 21, 2022 5.0 Love the product, recommend it to friends and colleagues often. Pros It's super easy to use, great support when you need it ... it's one of the few truly set it and forget it tools out there. Cons Dealing with remote devices can be challenging. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer IT Manager Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PDQ solution" December 13, 2022 5.0 Pros Integration with Active Directory, pull all computers based on OU and departments. Cons It doesn't have a client to deploy, so it depends 100% on service account, being administrator, DNS and some features that can fail. Also would love that PDQ integrates the remote desktop control. Review Source AD Adam D. IT Technician Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Excellent Deployment and Installation Tool" September 14, 2023 4.0 Was able to install products that GPOs couldn't. Was able to discretely target systems, or initiate a sitewide roll-out. Pros Many options for setting up install and deploy routines. Automatically refreshed network inventory. Active Directory Integration. Ability to target by queries, OUs or just about anything.Good integration between the prodcts (Deploy and Inventory). Good reporting. Cons Can be kind of daunting for new users. A bit slow sometimes. Reason for choosing PDQ Deploy & Inventory All three are used to maintain systems. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Problem Setter Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Scale your Business with PDQ Deploy and Inventory " November 10, 2023 5.0 Overall best for my use because of it's ease of use and convience provided by it. Pros Best thing is that it is very easy to use and guides us with the maps of printers and deployment of updated softwares. Cons Sometimes some error occurs in the deployment that is not so clear...On large scale it's speed slows down Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Patch Management](https://www.capterra.com/patch-management-software/)[Computer Security](https://www.capterra.com/computer-security-software/)[IT Management](https://www.capterra.com/it-management-software/) ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.