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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    PDQ Deploy & Inventory

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/APDQ.com headquartered in Salt Lake City offers PDQ Deploy, a software deployment tool used to keep Windows PCs up-to-date without bothering end users.

    $1,575

    per year per user

    xAssets IT Asset Management Software

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    IT asset management software with large enterprise scalability and deep configurability to meet the complex requirements of large enterprises. The product provides highly scalable agentless network discovery software, full lifecycle asset management including software asset management, help desk, barcoding, procurement, receiving, disposal and obsolescence, contract management, financials and depreciation, spares, storage and this can be extended easily to new functional areas.

    $0

    Pricing
    PDQ Deploy & InventoryxAssets IT Asset Management Software
    Editions & Modules
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    Enterprise Edition
    $0.00
    Express Edition - free for one user
    $0.00
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PDQ Deploy & InventoryxAssets IT Asset Management Software
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsPDQ was built by entrepreneurs & educators. Small businesses (<50 employees), nonprofits, and schools enjoy a 15% discount.Express edition is free to qualifying customers for a single user. Pricing then depends on additional users and number of assets and discovered nodes. Enterprise edition provides enterprise level scalability, security and configurability suitable for medium and large enterprises.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    PDQ Deploy & InventoryxAssets IT Asset Management Software
    IT Asset Management
    Comparison of IT Asset Management features of PDQ Deploy & Inventory and xAssets IT Asset Management Software
    Feature
    PDQ Deploy & Inventory
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    Ratings
    xAssets IT Asset Management Software
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Software and hardware inventory tracking00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    License management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Asset lifecycle monitoring00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Asset relationship management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    PDQ Deploy & InventoryxAssets IT Asset Management Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (12 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    PDQ Deploy & InventoryxAssets IT Asset Management Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    PDQ
    PDQ Inventory is great if you have a local network of computers on or off a domain. As long as you have a way to log into them with common credentials. Great for large organizations, particularly ones interconnected with VPNs. PDQ Inventory isn't so great for PCs that aren't connected to the same LAN the server is on. (i.e. non-vpn remote users) They used to have a remote agent you could install, but it was removed after numerous issues.
    Incentivized
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    xAssets
    We run a large environment where managing agents and clients would be difficult, but this software doesn't require either. We use it a lot from our iPhones accessing the software from anywhere in the office and even from home.
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    Pros
    PDQ
    • Push out new software
    • Push out Updates to current software
    • Push out patches and updates that we don't have other ways to push out
    • Keep end-users updated with little involvement
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    xAssets
    • Network discovery--with no agents to manage is great and its very fast
    • Reporting--custom reports, charts and PDFs; the software also emails monthly reports automatically
    • Users only see the data and menus they need, so no training needed and the UI is focused
    • No clients to install; we can use it from any browser and from our cell phones
    • Upgrades are done quickly; we've never needed to get involved, as they do it for us
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    Cons
    PDQ
    • The facility to attempt re-deployment can be a bit easier to use, however, once you get used to it, it is OK.
    • The errors that it produces can be a bit cryptic, so could do with some sort of a verbose mode, when logging issues with packages being deployed.
    Incentivized
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    xAssets
    • Looking forward to using their full endpoint management system, which is under development
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    Likelihood to Renew
    PDQ
    PDQ is very useful and one of the tools that we use a lot.
    Incentivized
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    xAssets
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    Usability
    PDQ
    The interface is straight forward and guides you through the process there. PDQ keeps track of the when new updates are made available writes the scripts and all l you need to do is push the button. (Mr George Jetson) Now with the download done you just sit back worry free and watch the software install in 1% of the time it would take to take care of the PC manually.
    Incentivized
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    xAssets
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    Support Rating
    PDQ
    The built-in help menus and general ease of use render whatever systems support there might be almost irrelevant. There is stability in the system's simplicity; if you're in the position to use such a product, you're your own best friend. Simple web searches more often than not turn up the solution to any little niggles, such as what silent install switches specific applications require (a remarkably wide choice of options exist). System updates are timely and unobtrusive, installing in no time at all. Maybe I've just been lucky; if so, long may it continue!
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    xAssets
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    Alternatives Considered
    PDQ
    This software was referred to us by an IT professional. Previously, we were installing the software with the help of remote desktop applications but it was very time consuming; it was wasting the user's time since he could not use his computer. After testing PDQ Deploy, we just never looked back.
    Incentivized
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    xAssets
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    PDQ
    • Speed of deployment is very positive for new software setup, saving hours of testing and deployment locally
    • Made patching for large computer estate very efficient, another positive for staff not having to spend hours of patching individual machines
    • Works well for small team of IT's and again makes various repetitive tasks much easier
    Incentivized
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    xAssets
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    ScreenShots

    xAssets IT Asset Management Software Screenshots

    Screenshot of Home page can be any configurable dashboardScreenshot of Asset list with charts, filtering, sort and drilldownScreenshot of Asset entry with configurable formsScreenshot of Store any number of asset imagesScreenshot of Drilldownable pie and column chartsScreenshot of Software licensing report shows compliance at the summary level