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PDQ Deploy & Inventory

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What is PDQ Deploy & Inventory?

PDQ.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.

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What users are saying about PDQ Deploy & Inventory.
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Easy to use low cost solution

Incentivized
Nick Axelberg
Network/Technology Director in Information Technology at Miles City Unified School District (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Gives me a good broad view of the computers on the network and what hardware and software comprise those units. Also allows me to push out either new or updated software from my desk without having to go to the device itself. The 2 products work hand-in-hand and you can use the information from the inventory software to guide your deployments by using dynamic groups.

Pros

  • Deploy updates to software like Adobe and Java
  • Show which computers are currently connected and turned on
  • Turn on computers that are off
  • Turn off computers that are on
  • View which hardware (RAM, HDD, processor, etc) is on each device

Cons

  • would like to see an adaptation for winget to be mass deployed
  • maybe add an automations section to their software

Return on Investment

  • Low cost, good licensing structure
  • Able to hit the ground running and doesn't take a long time to learn the software

Usability

Alternatives Considered

GFI LanGuard

Other Software Used

Google Workspace for Education, Spiceworks Help Desk, Fortinet FortiGate

Happy PDQ User

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it for remote inventory and deployment of software.

Pros

  • Easy to use
  • Easy to push deployments
  • Works well with Windows AD

Cons

  • Lots of errors within Inventory make it difficult to use at times.
  • Deployments can hang making it difficult to push mass deployments

Return on Investment

  • It is very cheap compared to its competitors and offers multiple ways of using the tool.

Usability

Makes software deploy easy with no interruptions

Incentivized
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We deploy software with PDQ to not have to remote into the user's computer and not to have to manually do it. It's more convenient and less interruption for the users.

Pros

  • Software Deployment
  • Mass software uninstall and install
  • Deploying a package

Cons

  • Making desktop client connect better.

Return on Investment

  • Mainly used for deploying software for not.
  • We started using it for deploying critical OS updates.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Lansweeper

Other Software Used

Lansweeper, TcpMDT Professional

As good as it gets for inventory management and mass deployment!

Incentivized
Jeff PercivalView profile
Network Admin in Information Technology at CKF (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

PDQ Deploy & Inventory have made themselves indispensable to my company and my day-to-day work. With PDQ Deploy & Inventory, having essentially EVERY shred of pertinent information on over 300 computers readily available at all times is just the norm now. Running reports can quickly give you an idea on where the expensive licenses are sitting, get ahold of outdated drivers, or simply give you a better understanding about your domain and its hardware. PDQ Deploy & Inventory seems to be a very simply program at first, but when you see some of the tricks it has up its sleeves (remote powershell, etc) it becomes an absolute beast when it comes to mass deployment, upgrade, and repair.

Pros

  • Asset management
  • Security patching
  • Reporting

Cons

  • Remote workforce management
  • Error reporting
  • Event viewer integration

Return on Investment

  • Incalculable time saving
  • Security - peace of mind

Usability

Other Software Used

Splashtop

An easy way to push out software

Incentivized
Mike MontagnaView profile
VP of Information System in Information Technology at Charlotte Regional Business Alliance (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • 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

Cons

  • Sometimes users need to accept something on the computer depending on the update
  • Users complain when they have to reboot after an update or to make the software version work correctly

Most Important Features

  • Integration with Inventory
  • Being able to download updates
  • Being able to push out updates

Return on Investment

  • Save time on doing updates
  • Saves time and money on Deploying new software

Other Software Used

Cisco Meraki Insight, Cisco Umbrella, Mimecast Secure Email Gateway

Usability

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