PDQ Deploy & Inventory Reviews & Insights

Score9.5 out of 10

74 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for PDQ Deploy & Inventory are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Easy to use: Many users have found the software easy to use, allowing for a smooth and efficient experience. They appreciate its user-friendly interface and intuitive navigation, which makes it accessible even for those with limited technical knowledge.

Seamless integration with PDQ Inventory: Several reviewers have mentioned that the software seamlessly integrates with PDQ Inventory, enhancing its functionality and ease of use. This integration enables users to manage their inventory more effectively and streamline their IT processes.

Comprehensive monitoring and management capabilities: Users highly value the software's extensive monitoring and management capabilities. With features such as WMI scanners and PC hardware and software inventory, it provides a comprehensive solution for tracking, analyzing, and managing various aspects of an organization's IT infrastructure.

Reviews

12 Reviews

Happy PDQ User

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 5, 2025

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

Likelihood to Recommend

It works very well if you have a smaller environment with no DNS or networking issues, and established standards for the users.

It may not work as well if you have known DNS or networking issues or for larger environments with multiple sites.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Easy to use low cost solution

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 19, 2025

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

Likelihood to Recommend

Very easy to use software that is licensed per admin instead of per machine. So, I've got it on my laptop and desktop and only pay for the 1 license. Great way to keep up with updates to both Microsoft and non-Microsoft software. Set up dynamic groups within the inventory module and then use those groups as targets and deploy updates to those targets. Use the inventory part to see what hardware your devices are running and get a better picture of the devices on your network. Cannot be used to deploy Windows itself, but they do have a separately licensed software package (similar to Norton Ghost, but capable of working with UEFI) which does that.

Nick Axelberg

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

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 14, 2025

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

Likelihood to Recommend

If you have a Windows shop, you simply should have this.

Jeff Percival

Network Admin in Information Technology at CKF (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Verified on LinkedIn

Makes software deploy easy with no interruptions

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 3, 2025

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is very helpful deploying software fast and no interruptions. Makes IT life easier. Being able to create packages to deploy and not have to do them individually. It is also good that we see a history of what was deployed. We still have yet to look at the inventory portion of it.

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Fantastic and versatile tool to help us IT people

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

September 2, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use PDQ Inventory to keep our systems standardized. We use it to check hardware specs on our machines for things like like solid state drives, and CPU generation, and create an inventory of service tags for warranty renewals. We also use it for monitoring installed software for unauthorized changes, or malicious changes to hosts files and suspicious files on servers.

Pros

File monitoring in specific directories
WMI scanners
PC hardware inventory
Software inventory
Troubleshooting and Standardization

Cons

Speed of interface when lots of columns are loaded
UI fit and polish
Automatic client updates would be nice if the central server gets updated.

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

Reach all your targets with PDQ Deploy!

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 19, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

PDQ Deploy is invaluable to us to deliver first installation, setup, patching, and anything we want software-wise to our retail computer estate. This is way over 1,000 machines total and PDQ Deploy can make deployment automated and seamless with reporting for all our needs. It is also great to fetch information from remote machines with simple scripting.

Pros

Deploy software with ease
Patch remote computers
Execute scripts for various tasks on remote computers

Cons

The scripting part could benefit from samples / examples
Deployment scenarios could be included for ease on first use
Including Inventory directly within Deploy would be great

Likelihood to Recommend

PDQ Deploy is great for businesses where reaching a large number of remote computers is required for patching, setting up apps, or Windows tasks. It does it really well once you have created your deploy scenario with various steps where each will be logged in case of failure. PDQ Deploy may be unsuitable where multiple layer of security are in place on the computer you are trying to reach (although some steps can be taken to fix this on remote PC).

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

An easy way to push out software

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

April 13, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use PDQ Deploy to roll out new software to end-users computers. This has been important since we have been working remote and it is harder to install new software. I also use PDQ Deploy for software updates that need to be installed on laptops across our organization. This way we can stay consistent on version of software.

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

Likelihood to Recommend

[PDQ Deploy] is great software for most any shop, but I find it very helpful being a one man show and having to work remotely. I can do things faster not having to connect to each laptop and do updates. This save lots of time and makes managing many computers easy.

Mike Montagna

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

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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The best deployment tool that saves one full time employee time

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

December 13, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use PDQ Deploy across the whole organization. We have offices all over the USA. Being in an engineering industry we deal with large applications like Autodesk, and, at the same time, so many tiny engineering applications. Installing these applications sometimes are complicated and cumbersome. PDQ Deploy is one tool that has solved all of our challenges.

Pros

Installing applications, updates and even drivers are very simple.
Scheduling installation is a big plus.
Creating custom packages based on applications and office location.

Cons

Certain .exe files cannot be pushed, it requires .msi files.

Likelihood to Recommend

The majority of engineering software is managed from license servers. Based on office location, we need to customize the installation with different license servers. Certain software release add-ons/features frequently that you need to install on a regular basis. Installing the software and add-ons manually is very time-consuming. PDQ Deploy has resolved all these issues.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

PDQ Deploy the best software in my IT tool box

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

November 26, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use PDQ Deploy across our entire network of 250 computers. We know we can get Microsoft Security updates from WSUS or Patch Tuesday. But want do we do with all of the other browser, Flash PDF readers / writes and other common apps that are on our computers today. We use PDQ Deploy to push pre-built packages (by PDQ) to update the computers in one quick step.

Pros

Updated patches as soon as they are release from vendors
Integrates seamlessly with PDQ Inventory
Easy to re-deploy failed updates

Cons

As good as there email support is.. would like a live operator option
Some updates are hard to understand when 5 versions of the same program exist
Thats about it, PDQ deploy is the best out there

Likelihood to Recommend

To stay compliant we need to keep all 3rd part apps up today. Google chrome, Firefox PDF readers, and Flash are the some of the biggest issues in my eyes. We do not give out admin rights to user so IT must install all updates; If I had to walk around even once a month and update all of these apps I would have not time for any other work. There 80-100 hours of work to do this. No organization has this type of money to do every month. That why we use PDQ products.... it pays for it self the first time you use it. Its like gaining 1/2 an IT guy using this simple tool

Jim Ryan

IT Manager in Information Technology at Switchcraft, Inc. (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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PDQ Deploy is the best application deployment product on the market.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

September 1, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

PDQ Deploy is implemented by our infrastructure team to deploy applications and patches quickly, silently and in bulk. Its been a life saver with volume license version of office deployments and a is a massive time saver any time I need to bulk deploy applications across our environment. It perfectly fills the need for bulk application deployment and silent installation.

Pros

Deploy applications in bulk across dozens of servers at a time, things like Office
Deploy AWS PV drivers and NVME drivers in bulk across dozens of servers

Cons

Automation and scheduling are locked behind the pay version, which is as close to a con as I can think of

Likelihood to Recommend

When managing a large windows based environment PDQ is basically the gold standard for application deployment. If you have an exe, msi or ps1 script that needs to be pushed in bulk PDQ handles it quickly and easily. With the paid version you even get scheduling options.

Not well suited for Linux or Mac deployments from what I have tested.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

7 years of experience

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