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vRx vs PDQ: Which one is right for you?

vRx offers a unified platform for continuous vulnerability detection, prioritization, and remediation (including patch management). PDQ, on the other hand, focuses primarily on software deployment and patching, making it more suited for IT teams looking for simpler patching solutions without advanced remediation capabilities.

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Which solution is right for you?

Beyond Patch Management, Advanced Remediation

vRx provides more than just patch management with an end-to-end solution for remediation. Continuous scanning, real-time data, and contextual prioritization ensure vulnerabilities are addressed efficiently. vRx’s Patchless Protection™ offers additional security when patches are unavailable. Automated patching and a scripting engine offer other mitigation techniques.

Patch Management Focused on Software Deployment

PDQ specializes in patch management and software deployment but lacks full vulnerability remediation capabilities. While it offers strong automation for patching, it does not continuously scan for vulnerabilities or provide a comprehensive remediation process. Organizations using PDQ would need to integrate additional tools for vulnerability scanning, increasing complexity and risk.

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vRx is continuously detecting and reporting new vulnerabilities in your environment. Using lightweight agents and an intuitive cloud dashboard, you will always be informed on the current active CVEs in your environment at all times
PDQ does not include or integrate with any vulnerability scanners. Because of this gap, security teams will not know which vulnerabilities exist in your organization with PDQ alone.
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vRx goes beyond basic vulnerability detection by analyzing and weighing additional risk factors associated with each vulnerability. From there, the prioritization engine automatically assigns an easy to read risk score so you know where your security and IT teams need to spend the most time and energy.
PDQ does not prioritize any vulnerability using context or otherwise. In fact it does not offer any vulnerability detection.
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vRx makes patch management easy. OS and 3rd party app patches are automatically aggregated in vRx for you and are able to be installed on endpoints through one time patches as well as through automations.
PDQ has basic out of the box patch management though the coverage for apps and OSes is fairly limited leaving a large portion of your business unprotected. You are able to upload patches and deploy them manually but this involves a lot of time and effort from the IT team.
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vRx not only detects vulnerabilities but also has the tools to remediate them. Depending on the nature of the vulnerability, vRx has a corresponding mitigation method available.
PDQ offers package deployment and scripting capabilities. The scripting portion does allow for the mitigation of some vulnerabilities that are not guided by vulnerability data and so it is not considered a vulnerability remediation platform.
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vRx provides several reporting options so you can choose what works best for your organization. Exporting data to external sources like SIEM, Syslog, Ticketing systems is possible as well as downloading executive and granular technical reports.
PDQ provides various basic reporting options though to fully take advantage of this you will need to upgrade to their higher tier. Additionally their reports will only be intended for technical teams with no options for executive reports and no out of the box options for easy visualizations.
"With Vicarius' vRx, I've never seen a patch that failed or had to be rolled back. We're saving quite a bit of time. Our clients using vRx haven't had any issues, and they've easily established patching for all their endpoints. "
Jeremy Herman
Security Engineer

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