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Product	Riverbed Aternity by Riverbed View product	PDQ Deploy by PDQ View product
Overview
What it is	Looking for Endpoint Management software? Riverbed Aternity by Riverbed provides shadow IT tracking for IT asset optimization. Compare features and alternatives.	What does PDQ Deploy do? It covers automated scheduling and Pre-built Package Library. See typical use cases, on-premises deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Product type	Digital Experience Monitoring & Endpoint Telemetry Platform	Automated Windows Software & Patch Deployment Utility
Best for	Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Technology, Legal	System Administrators, Enterprise IT, Education, Small Business, Healthcare
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	On-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS; Hosted Cloud	On-premises Software; On-premises Windows Software Utility
Data residency	United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Regions	Customer Local Network / On-Premises Infrastructure
Key features
What it offers	Real-user experience monitoring Automated self-healing remediation Endpoint hardware diagnostics Application crash analysis Shadow IT tracking Digital employee experience tracking Proactive endpoint remediation Application performance benchmarking	Agentless Windows deployment Pre-built Package Library (hundreds of apps) Multi-step deployment sequences Automated scheduling PDQ Inventory integration Automated Windows software deployment Third-party patch management Silent software uninstallation
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: no
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: yes	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Enterprise LaptopsDesktopsVirtual Desktops (VDI)Mobile Devices	Windows Enterprise WorkstationsLaptopsWindows Server Clusters
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA	CIS ControlsNIST 800-53 Reference
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	ServiceNowMicrosoft TeamsRiverbed NPMSplunkPower BI	PDQ InventoryActive DirectorySpiceworksPowerShellWindows Task Scheduler
Industries	Financial ServicesHealthcareRetailTechnologyLegal	System AdministratorsEnterprise ITEducationSmall BusinessHealthcare
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Riverbed	PDQ
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Company size	1,001-5,000	201-500
Founded	2002	2001

Riverbed Aternity

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PDQ Deploy

by PDQ

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Overview

What it is

Riverbed Aternity

Looking for Endpoint Management software? Riverbed Aternity by Riverbed provides shadow IT tracking for IT asset optimization. Compare features and alternatives.

PDQ Deploy

What does PDQ Deploy do? It covers automated scheduling and Pre-built Package Library. See typical use cases, on-premises deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Product type

Riverbed Aternity

Digital Experience Monitoring & Endpoint Telemetry Platform

PDQ Deploy

Automated Windows Software & Patch Deployment Utility

Best for

Riverbed Aternity

Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Technology, Legal

PDQ Deploy

System Administrators, Enterprise IT, Education, Small Business, Healthcare

Pricing

Pricing model

Riverbed Aternity

Contact Vendor

PDQ Deploy

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Riverbed Aternity

PDQ Deploy

Deployment

Deployment options

Riverbed Aternity

SaaSCloud

PDQ Deploy

On-Premise

Deployment details

Riverbed Aternity

Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS; Hosted Cloud

PDQ Deploy

On-premises Software; On-premises Windows Software Utility

Data residency

Riverbed Aternity

United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Regions

PDQ Deploy

Customer Local Network / On-Premises Infrastructure

Key features

What it offers

Riverbed Aternity

Real-user experience monitoring
Automated self-healing remediation
Endpoint hardware diagnostics
Application crash analysis
Shadow IT tracking
Digital employee experience tracking
Proactive endpoint remediation
Application performance benchmarking

PDQ Deploy

Agentless Windows deployment
Pre-built Package Library (hundreds of apps)
Multi-step deployment sequences
Automated scheduling
PDQ Inventory integration
Automated Windows software deployment
Third-party patch management
Silent software uninstallation

Platform & access

API access

Riverbed Aternity

PDQ Deploy

Single sign-on (SSO)

Riverbed Aternity

PDQ Deploy

Role-based access (RBAC)

Riverbed Aternity

PDQ Deploy

Multi-tenant

Riverbed Aternity

PDQ Deploy

Mobile app

Riverbed Aternity

PDQ Deploy

Supported platforms

Riverbed Aternity

Enterprise LaptopsDesktopsVirtual Desktops (VDI)Mobile Devices

PDQ Deploy

Windows Enterprise WorkstationsLaptopsWindows Server Clusters

Compliance

Riverbed Aternity

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA

PDQ Deploy

CIS ControlsNIST 800-53 Reference

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Riverbed Aternity

ServiceNowMicrosoft TeamsRiverbed NPMSplunkPower BI

PDQ Deploy

PDQ InventoryActive DirectorySpiceworksPowerShellWindows Task Scheduler

Industries

Riverbed Aternity

Financial ServicesHealthcareRetailTechnologyLegal

PDQ Deploy

System AdministratorsEnterprise ITEducationSmall BusinessHealthcare

Regions

Riverbed Aternity

Global

PDQ Deploy

Global

Vendor

Company

Riverbed Aternity

Riverbed

PDQ Deploy

PDQ

Headquarters

Riverbed Aternity

San Francisco, California, USA

PDQ Deploy

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Company size

Riverbed Aternity

1,001-5,000

PDQ Deploy

201-500

Founded

Riverbed Aternity

2002

PDQ Deploy

2001