Action1 Named One of the Fastest-Growing Products in G2’s 2026 Best Software Awards
February 18, 2026, marks a milestone in Action1’s history. We are honored to announce that our autonomous endpoint management platform earned a spot among the fastest-growing products in G2’s 2026 Best Software Awards.
Every year, G2 awards the world’s best software companies and products using a scoring methodology based on verified, real-user reviews and publicly available market presence data. Products and vendors need at least 10 reviews from the prior calendar year to be eligible award contenders.
Action1 was selected based on hundreds of reviews submitted during the evaluation period, reflecting the widespread adoption of our platform across organizations of all sizes and industries.
“As buyers increasingly shift to AI-driven research to discover software solutions, being recommended in the ‘answer moment’ must be earned with credible proof,” said Godard Abel, co-founder and CEO at G2. “Our Best Software Awards are grounded in trusted data from authentic customer reviews. They not only give buyers an objective, reliable guide to the products that help teams do their best work, but they’re also the proof AI search platforms rely on when sourcing answers. Congratulations to this year’s winners, including Action1. Earning a spot on these lists signals real customer impact.”
The Growing Need for Autonomous Patch Management
Cyberattacks have quadrupled in the past decade, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. A single phishing email or malicious link can lead to ransomware, data breaches, and system-wide compromise.
Every day, we see disturbing headlines about the devastating consequences of such cyberattacks. Customer records are stolen, proprietary data is leaked, and corporate systems are held for ransom. Organizations face downtime, regulatory fines once the breach is identified, reputational damage after it becomes public, and in some cases, complete business shutdowns.
Cybercriminals see enterprise data as an endless source of profit, and they don’t have to work for it, at least not that hard. They just steal it. One of every five data breaches starts with hackers exploiting unpatched software, and when it comes to ransomware attacks, that number jumps to one in three. They use software code imperfections to gain unauthorized access to your endpoints, exfiltrate sensitive data, and encrypt critical systems.
Action1 successfully minimizes these risks through autonomous vulnerability remediation. Our platform automates the patch management process end-to-end, from vulnerability discovery to remediation and report generation. The software monitors your endpoints 24/7/365 and allows you, with just a few clicks, to turn patching into a set-it-and-forget-it process.
Our cross-platform OS support, combined with a catalog of 600+ third-party applications, provides broad coverage to help keep your endpoints up to date. All patches are delivered securely from our privately maintained repository using P2P distribution.
You get flexible scheduling, risk-based prioritization, staged autonomous rollouts, patch approval/decline per organization, offline device updates upon reconnection, and more.
With Action1, you can minimize your attack surface, strengthen your overall security posture, and keep each on-premises and remote endpoint compliant with strict regulations while minimizing downtime risks and requiring less hands-on work.
What our users say on G2 for Action1
Action1’s recognition by G2 is backed by 880+ verified reviews with an outstanding 4.9/5 average rating.
Our Network Services team uses Action1 daily, and it has become an integral part of our endpoint management and security operations. The platform is intuitive and straightforward to administer, enabling us to automate Windows and third-party patching with confidence and consistency. The real-time visibility into patch status and vulnerabilities, combined with built-in remote management and scripting capabilities, allows the team to respond quickly and proactively. Its cloud-native architecture eliminates unnecessary complexity, and overall, it has proven to be a reliable, efficient solution that our team genuinely values and trusts. – Richard R.
Action1 helps us address several common IT management challenges that many growing organizations face. Centralized patch management means we can keep security updates consistent across our Windows environment without having to manually touch each individual system. With remote endpoint visibility, we get real-time insight into system health and compliance status across our infrastructure. It also streamlines vulnerability remediation by helping us quickly identify and close security gaps before they turn into bigger issues. Overall, the reduced manual workload and automation capabilities free up our IT team to focus more on strategic initiatives instead of routine maintenance. – Jeremy A.
The biggest headache it solved for us was the constant “manual” feel of keeping our clients secure. […] It’s saved us a ton of time on the help desk because we aren’t manually pushing basic updates anymore; the platform just handles it. […] For a smaller team like ours, it honestly feels like having an extra technician on staff who just handles the tedious patching 24/7. It lets us focus on the bigger consulting projects and growing the business instead of getting bogged down in the “small stuff” that usually eats up our mornings. – Francisco E.
Hearing from customers like Doug, Brenden, and Paul reminds us of our core mission: helping you protect what you’ve built for years with patching software that just works. This G2 recognition motivates us to keep pushing boundaries every day, so unpatched vulnerabilities never become your problem.
But that’s only possible when you share your feedback and actively vote on our roadmap, so we build what you actually need. It’s no secret that Action1 has always been and will always be a customer-focused company. Apart from our exceptional team and technology, the most valuable asset is our community.
There’s no better moment to say thank you to everyone for the continued trust, feedback, and partnership. This G2 recognition belongs to all of us.
About Action1
Action1 is an autonomous endpoint management platform trusted by many Fortune 500 companies. Cloud-native, infinitely scalable, highly secure, and configurable in 5 minutes—it just works and is always free for the first 200 endpoints, with no functional limits. By pioneering autonomous OS and third-party patching with peer-to-peer patch distribution and real-time vulnerability assessment without needing a VPN, it eliminates routine labor, preempts ransomware and security risks, and protects the digital employee experience.
In 2025, Action1 was recognized by Inc. 5000 as the fastest-growing private software company in America. The company is founder-led by Alex Vovk and Mike Walters, American entrepreneurs who previously founded Netwrix, a multi-billion-dollar cybersecurity company.
