How do they compare?
Patch My PC has never claimed to be a security suite. It's a focused, well-regarded tool for one job — keeping third-party apps patched inside Intune or ConfigMgr. It does that job well. Everything else your security program needs is still somebody else's problem.
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What to consider when comparing us to Patch My PC
Patch My PC packages, tests, and deploys updates for third-party software — Chrome, Adobe, Java, Zoom, and thousands more — inside Intune, ConfigMgr, or WSUS. G2 rates it 4.8/5 across hundreds of reviews. This isn't a case of a weak competitor. It's a focused tool solving one real job.
Patch My PC patches the apps that ship on a device but includes no malware detection, behavioral analysis, or threat containment. A team running it still has to separately source next-gen AV/EDR and someone to watch it.
Patch My PC is a management and deployment tool with dashboards and reporting, not a security-operations function. If something looks wrong at 2 a.m., your team is the response team.
These four capability areas simply aren't in scope for a patch-management tool — each would need a separate vendor or module.
The top tier adds CVE and vulnerability viewing tied to patch status — useful for confirming apps are current, but not a posture score or a continuous compliance-evidence system spanning identity, email, endpoint, and training controls.
Three reasons a patch tool isn't the finish line
Patching is one control, not a full program. Credential-stuffing, phishing, and an attacker who's already past the patch layer all call for identity protection, email security, and 24/7 detection — delivered through the same EntraGuard portfolio and the same specialist team, not a separate tool for every gap Patch My PC leaves open.
Patch My PC has dashboards, not analysts. EntraGuard's 24/7 managed detection contains threats instead of handing your team another report to read.
A patch-compliance report covers one control family. Auditors and cyber-insurance underwriters want evidence across endpoint, identity, email, training, and patching together — EntraGuard rolls all of that into one posture score, on one screen.
Keep it in place or fold it into ours — either way, we'll show you exactly what it isn't covering, in about 30 minutes.
Every layer Patch My PC leaves for you to source
Each layer of your security and compliance program, run by the same specialist team, on the same screen you already trust.
Entra ID access, governed from day one, with deeper MFA and privilege governance available as you need it. Patch My PC has no identity layer at all — credential and access risk sit entirely outside what a patch-management tool watches.
Signals get correlated, not just logged. When something needs a response, Detect flags it and our specialists contain it, before it becomes an incident. Patch My PC ships dashboards and patch-compliance reports, not a security-operations function, so nothing is watching for that signal at 2 a.m.
Compliance evidence collection and framework mapping stay current, continuously, folded into one live posture score. Patch My PC's top tier adds CVE and vulnerability viewing tied to patch status — useful for confirming apps are current, but that's visibility into one control, not audit-ready evidence across the rest of the program.
Microsoft 365, Entra ID, assets, and controls — unified into one view. The operating core every engagement runs on.
Endpoint, email, and patch — specialist-run. EDR, email security, patching, dark-web monitoring, and awareness training, each a module, not a separate vendor. Patching is one of five capabilities here, not the whole job — which is exactly where Patch My PC's own strength lives.
One number your board can use — risk scoring and executive reporting, live.
A full SOC, on call. 24/7 monitoring, investigation, and response — purchased separately, same tier as Fractional CISO.
Confirmed 2026-07-14: identity governance depth is a modular add-on; full Managed Security Operations is a separately-purchased managed service, kept distinct from the six-product portfolio. Everything above traces directly to confirmed decisions — nothing guessed.
From EntraGuard clients
"Within thirty days, EntraGuard had rolled out an impressive security program that immediately identified and remediated active vulnerabilities and threats."Noah R. — COO, Staffing & Recruiting Firm
"We have been a happy client since 2009. HIPAA was a breeze — the requirements actually fall short of the policies and protection we already had in place, thanks to them."Glen B. — President, NY-area Medical Practices
"EntraGuard has significantly improved our cybersecurity program. Our compliance efforts are now stronger, with more effective management of cybersecurity."James C. — CFO, NY-area Publishing Company
EntraGuard vs. Patch My PC, 2026
Rows are the jobs a security program actually has to do. Patch My PC is scored honestly against each — including patch and device management, where it's genuinely strong. Where a capability is a modular add-on for EntraGuard too, it's marked as such rather than claimed as automatically included.
| Capability | EntraGuard | Patch My PC |
|---|---|---|
| Next-gen antivirus & EDR | ProtectModular, specialist-operated | Not offered — no AV/EDR engine |
| 24/7 managed threat hunting & response | DetectBaseline core; full SOC-grade service is separate | Not offered — no SOC function |
| Threats contained, not just alerted | Default once Detect is active | Not applicable — not a detection product |
| Identity threat protection | IdentityEntra ID core; deeper governance is an add-on | Not offered — outside product scope |
| Email security | ProtectModular | Not offered — outside product scope |
| Patch & device management | ProtectModular | Core product — 3,500+ third-party apps |
| Dark-web credential monitoring | ProtectModular | Not offered — outside product scope |
| Security-awareness training | ProtectModular, measured | Not offered — outside product scope |
| Continuous compliance evidence | ComplyModular | CVE/vulnerability view, patch-only |
| Single posture score | InsightCore — reflects what's connected | Not offered — dashboards, not a score |
| A team running it for you | Specialist operation, not self-service | Self-managed tool — admin configures and runs it |
| One vendor, one bill | Yes — one relationship as you add modules | One vendor, for patching only |
Patch My PC covers 3,500+ third-party products across 1,100+ vendors for Intune/ConfigMgr/WSUS. Published pricing runs roughly $2–$5 per device/year depending on tier, with a minimum of $2,000–$5,000/year — that price covers patching only. Its top tier adds CVE/vulnerability viewing scoped to patch status, not a cross-domain posture score. Patch My PC figures reflect its public pricing and product pages, checked July 2026 — confirm current tiers and minimums before publishing. Named products are the property of their respective owners and are shown to illustrate coverage, not a vendor-run benchmark.
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