Summary: <p>This episode continues our series on comparing popular patching solutions, such as:</p> <ul> <li>Ninite</li> <li>ManageEngine</li> <li>Ivanti</li> <li>PDQ</li> </ul><h2>Ninite</h2> <p>This week I focused on <a href="https://ninite.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Ninite</a>, and here's the TLDR version:</p> <h3>Pros</h3> <ul> <li> <p>Does one thing (third party patching) and does it really well</p> </li> <li> <p><em>Extremely</em> <a href="https://ninite.com/pro" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">affordable</a></p> </li> <li> <p>User interface is clean, simple and really easy to use/learn</p> </li> </ul><h3>Cons</h3> <ul> <li> <p>No "agentless" option - it's an agent or nothin'</p> </li> <li> <p>I'm not sure if Ninite has the brand name recognition and reputation to be accepted/respected by large companies</p> </li> <li> <p>I need to do more homework on how they pull down their packages...are they ripping apart packages and repackaging them at all? That could be a big avenue for side-loading icky stuff.</p> </li> </ul>
