Enterprise Patch Management Software That Just Works
Unified Cross-OS and Third-Party Patching
Real-time assessment of missing patches and compliance status
Custom application patching via Software Repository
No VPN is required for remote, off-site patching
Bandwidth-efficient P2P software update distribution
Unified Cross-OS Patch Management
Manage and update your Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints directly in your browser from anywhere around the world with no VPN required. Action1’s Autonomous Endpoint Management platform delivers real-time visibility into vulnerabilities, missing patches, and compliance status, enabling your IT team to remediate security gaps with patch management software that just works.
Windows OS
Keep your Windows 10/11 and Windows Server endpoints secure and compliant by automating update/patch deployments and report generation in just a few clicks. Avoid unexpected downtime by remediating vulnerabilities with phased, risk-free, autonomous rollouts.
macOS
Automate patching across your entire macOS fleet. Identify vulnerabilities and missing updates in real time, test patches thoroughly, and schedule seamless deployments to turn manual patching into a set-it-and-forget-it process.
Linux
Keep your Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, and SUSE distributions secure and stable with automated updates that never fall behind. Less downtime, stronger security, no manual overhead—just patching that works.
Action1 Patch Management Platform Functionalities
Cloud - Native Patch Management
Action1 is a cloud-native, agent-driven platform that requires no VPN or local infrastructure to update your endpoints and keep them secure and compliant. All you need to do is open your browser and start patching to stop vulnerabilities from being exploited.
Remote Update Deployment
Save time and resources by updating your on-premises and remote endpoints from anywhere. With a quick login to your Action1 account, you can deploy patches instantly or schedule them outside business hours to prevent operational disruptions.
Update Management
Take complete control over update management across your network. Identify missing patches, assess vulnerabilities, deploy updates on your schedule, and generate compliance reports to reduce your attack surface and meet regulatory requirements.
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Distribution
Updates and patches are downloaded once to your network, then shared internally. This optimizes bandwidth usage when deploying large updates, delivers patches faster, and eliminates the need for local appliances or cache servers.
Update Rings
Update rings enable staged, risk-free, autonomous patch rollouts, advancing updates from inner to outer rings based on success rates and deployment counts. Only reliable patches advance to the next stage, while problematic ones are automatically stopped.
Automated Patch Deployment
Our cloud-native platform autonomously handles the complete patch management lifecycle from vulnerability detection through patch testing and deployment to reporting.
Cross-OS Patching
Automatically identify, prioritize, test, and deploy patches across your Windows, macOS and third-party applications to keep every single endpoint secure and up-to-date, cutting vulnerability remediation time from weeks to hours.
Real-Time Visibility
Gain real-time visibility into your IT assets, existing vulnerabilities, and patch status. Through the intuitive dashboard, you can monitor endpoint health, identify missing patches, ensure compliance, and remediate vulnerabilities promptly.
Enterprise Integrations
Action1 integrates with your existing IT infrastructure through SSO (Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Duo, and Google), Active Directory, REST API, and PowerShell automation, and supports multi-organization management with role-based access controls.
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Scalable Enterprise Patch Deployment
Action1 gives you an infinitely scalable enterprise patch deployment that works just as well for 50 endpoints as it does for 50,000+. It automates end-to-end patch management, requiring no VPN, appliances, or complex configuration. In minutes, you can identify all known vulnerabilities across your on-premises and remote endpoints and remediate them by scheduling, testing, and deploying missing patches. From a single console, you can update multiple OSes and third-party apps and generate audit-ready reports to stay on top of compliance, address software code imperfections, and enhance system stability.
Keep operating systems patched
Update Windows and macOS consistently on all your workstations and servers, even if they are not on a corporate network, disconnected from a company VPN, or not joined to a domain.
Patch third-party applications
Deploy patches for dozens of the most common applications, tested by Action1 team shortly after release, and save the hassle of checking vendors’ websites for the latest versions. Patch your custom applications from the same console.
Detect missing patches in real-time
See in seconds what OS and application patches are pending on what machines, either by an endpoint or by an update. Be notified about new Windows, macOS updates and missing software patches waiting to be rolled out.
Enforce patch management policy
Prioritize patches based on their security severity. Choose the patching schedule for update deployment to meet your patching policy requirements, assign patches between critical and non-critical endpoints, avoid patching overlaps and user downtime.
Test and approve patches
Test patches before the rollout per established patch management best practices. Approving patches before deploying them is easy, too: specify whether updates have to be manually approved or choose to deploy all critical security patches automatically.
Deploy Windows feature updates
Centrally upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11 or install feature upgrades for Windows 10 or Windows 11 across the entire enterprise including remote employees.
Action1 Patch Management Platform Functionalities
Cloud - Native Patch Management
Action1 is a cloud-native, agent-driven platform that requires no VPN or local infrastructure to update your endpoints and keep them secure and compliant. All you need to do is open your browser and start patching to stop vulnerabilities from being exploited.
Remote Update Deployment
Save time and resources by updating your on-premises and remote endpoints from anywhere. With a quick login to your Action1 account, you can deploy patches instantly or schedule them outside business hours to prevent operational disruptions.
Update Management
Take complete control over update management across your network. Identify missing patches, assess vulnerabilities, deploy updates on your schedule, and generate compliance reports to reduce your attack surface and meet regulatory requirements.
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Distribution
Updates and patches are downloaded once to your network, then shared internally. This optimizes bandwidth usage when deploying large updates, delivers patches faster, and eliminates the need for local appliances or cache servers.
Update Rings
Update rings enable staged, risk-free, autonomous patch rollouts, advancing updates from inner to outer rings based on success rates and deployment counts. Only reliable patches advance to the next stage, while problematic ones are automatically stopped.
Automated Patch Deployment
Our cloud-native platform autonomously handles the complete patch management lifecycle from vulnerability detection through patch testing and deployment to reporting.
Cross-OS Patching
Automatically identify, prioritize, test, and deploy patches across your Windows, macOS and third-party applications to keep every single endpoint secure and up-to-date, cutting vulnerability remediation time from weeks to hours.
Real-Time Visibility
Gain real-time visibility into your IT assets, existing vulnerabilities, and patch status. Through the intuitive dashboard, you can monitor endpoint health, identify missing patches, ensure compliance, and remediate vulnerabilities promptly.
Enterprise Integrations
Action1 integrates with your existing IT infrastructure through SSO (Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Duo, and Google), Active Directory, REST API, and PowerShell automation, and supports multi-organization management with role-based access controls.
Automate the entire patch management process
Unlike other patch management tools, Action1 implements a reliable and consistent patch management process, regardless of where your endpoints are. It automates the entire software update process, from scanning your network for missing updates, to installing patch updates to multiple endpoints in minutes and reporting on compliance status.
Keep operating systems patched
Update Windows and macOS consistently on all your workstations and servers, even if they are not on a corporate network, disconnected from a company VPN, or not joined to a domain.
Patch third-party applications
Deploy patches for dozens of the most common applications, tested by Action1 team shortly after release, and save the hassle of checking vendors’ websites for the latest versions. Patch your custom applications from the same console.
Detect missing patches in real-time
See in seconds what OS and application patches are pending on what machines, either by an endpoint or by an update. Be notified about new Windows, macOS updates and missing software patches waiting to be rolled out.
Enforce patch management policy
Prioritize patches based on their security severity. Choose the patching schedule for update deployment to meet your patching policy requirements, assign patches between critical and non-critical endpoints, avoid patching overlaps and user downtime.
Test and approve patches
Test patches before the rollout per established patch management best practices. Approving patches before deploying them is easy, too: specify whether updates have to be manually approved or choose to deploy all critical security patches automatically.
Deploy Windows feature updates
Centrally upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11 or install feature upgrades for Windows 10 or Windows 11 across the entire enterprise including remote employees.
Enterprise Patch Management at Any Scale
From 200 To 200,000 Endpoints
Patch Distributed Enterprise Environments
Built for Enterprise Security Requirements
Granular Patch Deployment Policies
Integrates with Enterprise IT Ecosystems
Reduce Patch Management Complexity
What Our Customers Say
Action1 helped us save about 125 hours per month by automating patch management. That’s a huge enabler to our business; as an MSP, the more you automate, the more money you save, and the more savings you can pass on to your customers.
I gotta tell you that Action1 has changed how I install updates — I feel like now I can sleep, knowing my clients are patched.
With Action1, I’m saving hours every week and bringing in better control and consistency across everything that we do. It was also very easy to deploy; I was able to quickly install it and ensure nothing was missed.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Action1 patch management software free?
You may upgrade and scale up at any point simply by getting in touch with our sales department.
How to get started with Action1 patch software?
Getting started with the Action1 computer patch management system takes a couple of effortless steps.
- Sign up to Action1 and create an account
- Install patch management agents to the desired endpoints
Find more details on how to get started with Action1 in the Documentation.
What is enterprise patch management and why is it critical for organizations operating at scale?
Enterprise patch management is the process of finding, testing, and deploying missing software (OS and third-party application) patches across every endpoint in your network. It is a critical cybersecurity process that remediates security vulnerabilities, fixes bugs, and keeps your systems compliant.
Large enterprises use automated patch management platforms to stay in control of thousands of on-premises and remote endpoints, keep them up-to-date, minimize their attack surface, and reduce the risk of a data breach or ransomware attack. Such platforms deploy patches faster, with almost no manual effort and fewer downtime risks, while giving you full visibility over your entire IT infrastructure.
What makes enterprise patch deployment different from traditional patch management approaches?
Enterprise patch deployment is a fully automated process compared to manual traditional patch management. In the first case, vulnerability identification, patch testing, and deployment at scale using risk-based prioritization are entirely automated. In the second case, all these actions are done manually, making it nearly impossible to keep up with large, multi-platform hybrid environments.
Patch management platforms equip large enterprises with a set of features for faster and safer patch deployments and allow them to generate audit-ready reports in minutes. With such software, you can remotely control each step of the patching process, schedule deployments and reboots at convenient times, install or uninstall software, and monitor the patch, compliance, and device status across all endpoints in real time.
How can Action1 Enterprise Patch Management scale across thousands of endpoints and distributed networks?
Action1 scales across thousands of endpoints and distributed networks through its cloud-native architecture, lightweight agent deployment, and P2P patch distribution. The platform needs no VPN, appliances, or on-premises servers, so adding endpoints anywhere in the world is as simple as deploying the agent manually or remotely with a script.
Once installed, it reports back to the cloud console and feeds your dashboard with real-time data about patch, compliance, and device status (online/offline). The software uses P2P patch distribution for faster large update deployments and minimal bandwidth usage, where an update is downloaded once and then shared locally across your network.
Last but not least, Action1 is free for up to 200 endpoints, and it is infinitely scalable, allowing you to go from hundreds to hundreds of thousands of endpoints at a gradually lowering per-endpoint cost.
How can enterprises maintain visibility and control over patch deployment across large infrastructures?
Action1 delivers full visibility and control over the patch management process through a lightweight agent installed on every endpoint that feeds the cloud platform with real-time data about patches, compliance, and device status, guaranteeing no blind spots across your network.
The platform allows you to create fully customized policies that fit your organization’s needs to maximize the security of your endpoints with minimal downtime risks. You can schedule updates outside business hours, approve, hold, or decline updates for specific endpoint groups (organizations, departments), and use autonomous phased rollouts through update rings to test patches on smaller groups before pushing them organization-wide.
Moreover, Action1’s fully customizable RBAC lets you define granular levels of access for individual user accounts. Customer-defined roles grant permissions to specific scopes like organizations, groups, and scripts, and to functions like reports, automations, and dashboards, preventing both over-provisioning and under-provisioning of access across your organization.
What operating systems and applications should enterprise patch management support in large environments?
Large enterprises are almost always built on endpoints and servers running different operating systems and tens, if not hundreds, of third-party applications. That said, they need patch management platforms that can cover Windows, macOS, and Linux, as well as all of the additional software used across the network, like Adobe, Chrome, Zoom, etc.
Being able to keep both operating systems and third-party software updated from a single dashboard means no blind spots, minimized downtime, stronger security, and boosted productivity.
What industries benefit most from using patch management software?
Patch management software is beneficial for all businesses, especially those with strict security requirements like healthcare, finance, and government. These sectors deal with sensitive data and are prime targets for cybercriminals. Since they started using patch management software, which guarantees compliance with regulations and keeps their systems secure from countless cyber threats, this issue will no longer be a concern.
How does enterprise software update management help reduce update backlog in large IT environments?
The update backlog grows only when your IT team has more patches to deploy than time and resources to install them. Enterprise software update management solves this problem by replacing slow, manual processes with automated, centralized, and prioritized patching. With such software, even a single administrator can maintain thousands of endpoints up-to-date with ease.
Each step of the patching process gets automated, from vulnerability identification to remediation through scheduled, phased deployments. To top it all off, audit-ready reports can be created in minutes using the built-in customizable templates that the patch management platform offers. At the end of the day, you get stronger security with 90-95% less manual effort and stop wondering what’s patched and what’s not.
