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AVG PM vs BigFix comparison

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Categories and Ranking

AVG PM
Ranking in Patch Management
50th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
BigFix
Ranking in Patch Management
8th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
100
Ranking in other categories
Configuration Management (8th), Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (22nd), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) (11th), Autonomous Endpoint Management (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Patch Management category, the mindshare of AVG PM is 0.5%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BigFix is 4.6%, down from 6.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Patch Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
BigFix4.6%
AVG PM0.5%
Other94.9%
Patch Management
 

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InderjeetSingh4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
End-to-end automation has simplified patching and software deployment across thousands of servers
There is one feature in BigFix called the automation patch policy that requires enhancement. When an action is initiated through the patch policy, it appears on the console but arrives in chunks. When targeting hundreds of servers from the patch policy, the actions come in chunks such as ten out of six, ten out of nine, or ten out of fifteen. This fragmented approach creates a significant challenge for the patching team to monitor the action status. I would recommend that the development team provide a single action or one to two actions instead of multiple actions requiring individual monitoring. A broad status update could be provided to the client indicating the overall progress of the patch policy implementation rather than requiring monitoring of every individual action. This would reduce the bandwidth required by the team to track multiple actions on the console.
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
6%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise68
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BigFix?
I rate the price for BigFix as medium, neither low nor high.
What needs improvement with BigFix?
There is one feature in BigFix called the automation patch policy that requires enhancement. When an action is initiated through the patch policy, it appears on the console but arrives in chunks. W...
What is your primary use case for BigFix?
My current use case involves being one of the products and one of the clients implementing this tool.
 

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Sample Customers

1. Acer 2. Adobe 3. Adidas 4. Aetna 5. Airbus 6. Alibaba 7. Amazon 8. American Express 9. Apple 10. ATT 11. Audi 12. Avaya 13. BMW 14. Boeing 15. Cisco 16. CocaCola 17. Dell 18. Disney 19. eBay 20. ExxonMobil 21. FedEx 22. Ford 23. General Electric 24. Google 25. HP 26. IBM 27. Intel 28. JPMorgan Chase 29. Kelloggs 30. LG 31. Mercedes-Benz 32. Microsoft
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