Minutes to configure, with no infrastructure to build

Quick to start, but an agent has to be deployed to every endpoint first

Scan and patch over the same agentless channel, with nothing installed on the endpoint

Not offered. Every managed device must run their agent.

Scanning, patching, configuration audit and remote access in one console

Patching and remote access share a console, but detection happens in a scanner you buy elsewhere

SaaS and on-premises, with fully air-gapped support

Cloud-only. There is no on-premises deployment.

Servers, desktops, virtual machines, network devices and cloud workloads, on-premises and in the cloud

Servers and endpoints only. No network devices.

Full enterprise platform with software inventory plus kernel and package scanning

None. Automox imports findings from a scanner you already own.

Supported

No built-in benchmark audit engine. CIS checks mean writing custom scripts.

Fully in-built. Patch straight from the vulnerability finding.

Patching is the core of the product

1300+ applications, pre-validated before deployment

Supported

Both fully supported, including disconnected and air-gapped sites

No driver patching, and agents need to reach their cloud so disconnected sites are out

Stage, test then deploy, with rollback on any patch

Group-based scheduling, with rollback on Windows only

Real-time status for every patch, plus post-patch health checks that flag unresponsive hosts

Dashboard job status, but no post-patch health check

Custom and predefined policies, software deployment and custom scripts

Custom scheduled policies and scripts through Worklets

Agentless access across Windows, Linux and macOS, with file transfer and session recording

Windows and macOS only, through a bundled third-party tool, with no session recording

Syncs users, groups and devices from AD, and every device it finds is ready to scan and patch with nothing to install

No directory sync for discovery. A device does not exist until the agent is installed on it.

Summary and in-depth reports in PDF, JSON and CSV, with mitigation and patch mapping

Patch job dashboards only, with no vulnerability reporting of its own

Intuitive interface with a low learning curve

Intuitive, with a low learning curve

24x7 support with fully remote onboarding and training

Tiered support

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Subscription or perpetual

Subscription only

SecOps Solution delivers the best overall performance: fast scanning, exceptionally low false positives, and patching, configuration audit and remote access in one console. Everything works agentlessly, and the platform runs as SaaS, on-premises or fully air-gapped, on subscription or perpetual licensing.

Automox is a clean, easy patching tool, but it is only half the workflow. It finds nothing on its own, so you still pay for a scanner, and being cloud-only and agent-bound it cannot reach disconnected sites, network devices, or anything that has not had the agent installed first.