Vicarius
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Windows only patching no longer enough
PDQ is a Windows focused deployment and patching tool built for on premises IT teams. Vicarius extends beyond patch delivery by combining vulnerability awareness, risk prioritization, patchless protection, and cross platform remediation to reduce real exposure across modern environments.
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How Vicarius compares to PDQ
Capabilities
See Vicarius in action
Watch how Vicarius identifies real risk, applies patchless protection, and executes remediation across Windows, Linux, and macOS without relying on manual deployment schedules.
Vicarius key differentiators
Remediation first vs deployment first
PDQ Connect includes vulnerability detection and one-click remediation, but remediation is still patch deployment centric. Vicarius is built around risk elimination, including patching, patchless protection, scripting, rollback, and validation.
Patchless protection
PDQ relies entirely on patch availability. Vicarius applies patchless controls when patches are missing, delayed, or unsafe, protecting systems immediately without waiting for vendor updates
Broader OS coverage
PDQ supports Windows and macOS environments only. Vicarius supports Windows, Linux, and macOS, enabling consistent remediation across heterogeneous operating systems and modern enterprise infrastructure.
Security context depth
PDQ prioritizes vulnerabilities based on CVE data and package remediation. Vicarius enriches prioritization with exploitability, asset context, and exposure to focus remediation on vulnerabilities that present real operational risk.
Enterprise scale validation
PDQ tracks deployment success but does not continuously validate exposure reduction. Vicarius continuously verifies that vulnerabilities are actually mitigated and that risk remains controlled over time.
Security platform vs IT tool
PDQ is an IT endpoint management platform with security features. Vicarius is a remediation focused security platform designed to eliminate exposure, not just manage endpoints.
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Hear from our customers
From urgency to strategy
“Vicarius allowed us to step away from reactive patching and finally manage vulnerabilities with strategy instead of urgency.”
Anonymous IT Division Manager
IT Division Manager
Third-party software patching is the most valuable feature.
"We have automated third-party patching on specific software, improving efficiency by 80%. vRx has reduced our patching time, which has improved our operations. It is more robust than other solutions because it offers better third-party remediation."
Billy Turner
VP, Managed Technology & Services
Single source of truth, capable of handling any application in our fleet
"vRx gives a single pane of glass to see what patches needed to go out and what sort of vulnerabilities we have on our Windows machines. Our meantime to remediate vulnerabilities has gone down by about 60% to 70%."
Peter Fallowfield
IT Manager
Great patching capabilities, helpful dashboard, and excellent support
"vRx has saved us an incredible amount of time. We can just rely on the automated system and the schedules we've set. It's a huge time saver. It's saved us hundreds of hours."
Michael Cortez
Sr. Director of IT
Jeremy Herman
Security Engineer
Wayne Ajimine
Information Security Professional
Patchless Protection is an incredible technology!
"vRx reduces the time customers spend on patching by reducing the overhead on the administrators, allowing them to do additional work. It saves time they would spend addressing the patching process, follow-ups, etc."
Antwune Gray
VP IT Security and Services
Merge Security & IT to Remediate Threats
“Vicarius’s vRx enabled Adama to centralize and consolidate work between IT and security teams, leading to a more efficient patching workflow."
Oshri Cohen
CISO
