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SolarWinds Patch Manager VS WuInstall

Compare SolarWinds Patch Manager VS WuInstall and see what are their differences

SolarWinds Patch Manager logo SolarWinds Patch Manager

SolarWinds Patch Manager is an intuitive patch management software for quickly addressing software vulnerabilities.

WuInstall logo WuInstall

WuInstall is a command line tool that makes it possible to install Windows Updates on demand.
  • SolarWinds Patch Manager Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-25
  • WuInstall Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-19

SolarWinds Patch Manager videos

Solarwinds Patch Manager Demo

More videos:

  • Review - Introduction to SolarWinds Patch Manager
  • Review - SolarWinds Lab Bits: A Brief SolarWinds Patch Manager Overview

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to SolarWinds Patch Manager and WuInstall)
Patch Management
63 63%
37% 37
Monitoring Tools
63 63%
37% 37
IT Management
100 100%
0% 0
IT Asset Management
45 45%
55% 55

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, WuInstall seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 2 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

SolarWinds Patch Manager mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of SolarWinds Patch Manager yet. Tracking of SolarWinds Patch Manager recommendations started around Mar 2021.

WuInstall mentions (2)

  • Running All Windows Updated w/PowerShell
    I don't think either of those will, they will need WSUS. WUinstall can use an offline repo: https://wuinstall.com/. That is not cheap though. Source: 11 months ago
  • I don't hear about NinjaRMM too much around here, has patching gotten any better? How about their support?
    The patching actually uses WUInstall - https://wuinstall.com/ as the "patch management" agent, instead of some custom made/janky one. They must pay a hefty licensing fee to be able to use this. Source: about 3 years ago

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