Automox

Best suited for Linux and Windows Patch management, less appropriate on vulnerability assessment

Best suited for Linux and Windows Patch management, less appropriate on vulnerability assessment because it doesn't show the critical|high|medium|low for all the patches or security threats for the system.

its works well for us since we have the patch, we also use it as inventory control. it is also get to use for what is already installed on the laptop

It is perfectly suited for organizations with a small IT staff and large amount of devices. It's also perfect for pushing software to machines that are not on the network or VPN. It's less effective for server patch management. I like to have a little more control of my server patching.

Automox is well suited to environments that are able to allow patching to run automatically. Where there are no sensitive applications that require special treatment Automox works exceptionally.

Automox works well with well controlled application deployment.

It is well suited in providing patching capabilities

We find it works great for our Server environment but it is more difficult to patch user devices due to laptops being turned off overnight or staff ignoring the patching warnings (not the fault of Automox) It doesn't always handle macOS updates smoothly, but I think many integrations with Apple can be challenging.

I've found Automox to have simplified our patch management and lets me efficiently track, schedule and deploy patches to my devices. It's scaled very well as we've removed and added servers and has taken away the need for an on-premise update repository. It has also handled cross-platform issues well and has a decent amount of 3rd party patching support.

Automox is best suited where connectivity is close to 100% with Cloud access. Where there are disconnected endpoints or clients that have limited bandwidth, it is less appropriate. If you are looking to seed patches down to a location and have endpoints updated from that, is is also less appropriate as first or third-party patching solutions would need to be added on.

Automox dashboard is great and has a great potential to improvise, specially the graphs and easy to understand process and not to forget the major functionality of deployment and patching at end points. The easy to use interface helps to set up. vulnerabilities are reduced by a great scale after using Automox. When compared to other tools they are priced on a higher scale.

The installed agent and cloud-based nature of Automox makes it extermely useful with a remote workforce. There's no need for the remote users to connect to the corporate VPN in order to be inventoried and remain connected to receive patches.

If Automox supports all the applications that you run on your PCs, it mitigates the need to a separate vulnerability scan. Automox doesn't look for vulnerabilities, it looks for patches that aren't installed, so if there's no patch for a particular vulnerability Automox won't tell you anything. A vulnerability scanner would tell you there's a vulnerbility, but if there's no patch available there isn't much value to knowing it. We trust Automox to patch the vulnerabilities that can be patched and don't waste our time chaing the ones that can't.

Automox has worked very well for all our use cases - scheduled patching of servers and end use systems, deployment of new software's remotely on these systems, reporting on software installed on these systems in situations where we need an inventory of a particular software that we might be looking for etc. The Asset Management piece can probably me made more matured, or it might be possible there is already something out there that we are not aware of.

Automox is versatile and well-suited for various scenarios. Its custom policies automate tasks, enforce rules, and manage system configurations across groups of endpoints. Customization options include evaluation code for Windows PowerShell. Pre-packaged scripts cover popular software and settings, with the ability to upload custom scripts. Creating groups and integrating with WSUS is easy, enhancing device management and patching efficiency. Worklets automate custom tasks, including software removal. Flexible device targeting allows precise management based on attributes like Hostname, OS, IP Address, and Tags. Automox rapidly remediates vulnerabilities detected by third-party software, improving security. However, it may be less suitable for highly specialized software needs or environments favoring manual configuration. Assessing specific requirements is crucial for optimal use.

Automox is well suited for device patching by remote employees, as it allows devices to be patched even when employees are outside the corporate network. It is also well suited for managing patches in infrastructures that have various devices, including Windows, Linux, MacOS. Automox is least suitable where the Internet connection is unstable.

We have branches in different areas across the states and even some employees work remotely. We use Automox to automate the patching across all the devices in the company without any issues. It is simple to configure allowing us to schedule and automate patch deployments quickly, as well as create and apply policies to any system anywhere in the state.

Well suited:
If you have updates that can be pushed at leisure, not ASAP.
If you have updates that are not very big in size.

Less appropriate:
If you need an update on a workstation and you need 100% confirmation that it happened or not.
If you can't miss an update within a specific time period.

Automox is a very easy product to bring into an environment; the agent is simple and quick to deploy, with devices showing up within minutes of agent deployment and policies can be setup quickly and easily to get patching of OS and third party products underway.

The customisable pre-patch and post-patch notifications allow you to give flexibilty to end-users to manage patches to be deployed at a convenient time, while still ensuring the patching and reboot (if required) occurs within a defined time frame.

Worklets provide a powerful way to deploy software, but can also be used to manage other aspects of devices, for example, check network performance of a remote device, change the wallpaper/background image, uninstall applications ...

I would like to see improved role-based access controls. Automox has a concept of "Zones" as a security boundary, but these don't provide much granularity. Something a bit simpler to manage would be useful, for example, allowing role-based access to device groups would help delegate patching responsibilities to end-user devices separately to patching responsibility to servers.

We use Automox to provide OS and third party software updates on Windows & Mac machines. We have found Automox to work far better on Windows based machines than on Macs for OS updates to the point where we have disabled the OS updates on Mac because it causes more issues than it solves. Third party software patching works well on both for supported software.

Automox appears to be best suited for organizations with only one or two operating systems across their enterprise (so long as one of them isn’t MacOS). Additionally, while we are a smaller organization it appears that Automox should scale well to larger organizations as building out patching groups is very intuitive.

Automox works really well if you are coming from a manual patch environment and needing to ensure devices are automatically patched, even if you decide to do it on a nightly basis.

Well suited for small IT departments that need a solution that doesn't require a lot of management.

It is well suited for people who have numerous systems that require patch updates. Automox is useful everywhere from large scale to small scale deployments. It takes the worry out of patch updates!

Perfect for any organization wanting to easily and quickly roll out software, patches, and updates of any software, including windows update globally to hardware. Esp. Good if you have staff all over the country or world. We don't have MS in-tune licensing and don't need it with Automox.

At a very reasonable price point, Automox continues to be our "go to" patching software. It appears to be continously updated and the reporting options are clear and concise. Policy creation and asset management are very easy processes that can be performed by even your least tech-savvy employee. Excellent product!