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Patch Management Software

Patch Management

What is Patch Management Software?

Patch Management is the central management of software application, system, and security patches to servers and workstations at an organization. Patches are meant to be interim software “fixes” by a vendor between major software version releases, for the purpose of fixing or addressing an issue.​

Common Features

  • Approval Process
  • Third Party Application Patching
  • Notifications
  • Testing
  • Scheduling
  • Automation
  • Reporting
  • Validation
  • Assessment
  • Deployment
  • Management Console

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Top Patch Management Software 2024

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

Composite Score
8.4 /10
CX Score
8.7 /10

NinjaOne automates the hardest parts of IT, delivering visibility, security, and control over all endpoints for more than 20,000 customers. The NinjaOne automated endpoint management platform is proven to increase productivity, reduce security risk, and lower costs for IT teams and managed service providers. The company seamlessly integrates with a wide range of IT and security technologies. NinjaOne is obsessed with customer success and provides free and unlimited onboarding, training, and support.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy
Composite Score
8.3 /10
CX Score
8.4 /10

From remote IT monitoring & management to powerful ticketing and customer satisfaction surveying, Atera brings your entire IT business together. Less hassle, more control, and an MSP strategy that actually works.

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Pros

  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy
  • Efficient Service
  • Effective Service
Composite Score
8.0 /10
CX Score
8.3 /10

For Mac, iPad or iPhone, use Jamf Pro to automatically enroll devices into management, distribute apps and content, enforce security settings, and manage configurations: all over-the-air. Whether you want to fully provision your devices in IT or allow your end users to set it up on their own and access approved resources Self Service, Jamf Pro can make it simple and sustainable.

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Pros

  • Reliable
  • Security Protects
  • Transparent
  • Enables Productivity
Composite Score
7.6 /10
CX Score
7.5 /10

Automate, formerly LabTech, is an IT management tool that helps deliver IT services at the speed of business. Our remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform provides powerful automation to discover & manage devices, monitor for problems, and automate action. Deliver streamlined reactive and proactive managed services, stop putting out fires, and start focusing on what matters most.

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Pros

  • Acts with Integrity
  • Respectful
  • Transparent
  • Enables Productivity
Composite Score
7.6 /10
CX Score
7.8 /10

This allows the deployment of a seamless, end-to-end management solution that combines the functionality, data, and new intelligent actions of Microsoft Intune and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). MECM provides modern management and security that meets customers where they are and helps them move to the cloud.

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Pros

  • Includes Product Enhancements
  • Enables Productivity
  • Unique Features
  • Saves Time

Cons

  • Vendor Friendly Policies

Prioritize and patch vulnerabilities based on active risk exposure, patch reliability and device compliance with Ivanti’s cloud-native patch management solution.

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Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Caring
  • Respectful
  • Fair
Composite Score
7.4 /10
CX Score
7.8 /10

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) enables information technology administrators to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates. You can use WSUS to fully manage the distribution of updates that are released through Microsoft Update to computers on your network.

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Pros

  • Saves Time
  • Effective Service
  • Fair
  • Acts with Integrity

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Composite Score
7.7 /10
CX Score
7.8 /10

Nessus eases the pain of patch auditing by providing the largest library of checks for operating systems, applications, databases, networks and virtual infrastructure. Automate the time-consuming comparison that security teams typically go through to verify patch status through our unique integration with leading patch managers, including Microsoft, IBM, VMware, Red Hat, and Dell KACE.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
Composite Score
7.5 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10

TrueSight Server Automation allows you to quickly and securely provision, configure, patch, and maintain physical, virtual, and cloud servers.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
Composite Score
7.5 /10
CX Score
7.9 /10

Streamline and accelerate vulnerability remediation for all your IT assets.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing