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Automox
All Your Endpoints. Easily Automated and Controlled.
The IT Operations Platform for Modern Organisations
Automox makes it easy to keep cross-platform endpoints patched, configured, controlled, and secured – without servers or VPNs. Using thoughtful automation, IT admins can fix critical vulnerabilities faster, slash cost and complexity, and win back hours in their day. Say goodbye to manual patching now.
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Solution Offerings
Automated Cross-OS Patching, Centralised.
Take the time, effort, and complexity out of managing multiple operating systems. Patch everything, automatically, from one console. Cloud-based and globally available automation of cross-OS patch management.
Third Party Patching
Tired of using multiple tools to patch systems? Reduce the burden. With over 260 titles and counting, Automox tracks and packages third-party patching updates for you.
Complete Endpoint Visibility
Make strategic decisions based on a comprehensive and real-time view of infrastructure. Rapid vulnerability identification and action. Complete visibility and end-to-end reporting across all endpoints, so you’re always audit-ready.
Cloud-Native Deployment and Management
Eliminate hardware and appliances hassle. Automatically patch devices, configure every endpoint, and deploy software, from the cloud. If it’s connected to the internet, you can take action with Automox.
Configuration Management
Don’t worry about outdated devices as your organisation expands. Continuously apply and enforce device configurations and get the flexibility you need with both preset and customisable policies.
Advanced IT Troubleshooting
Automox Worklets enable easy creation, automation, and enforcement of custom tasks based on PowerShell or Bash scripting. Use our catalog or script your own. Instant remote access for direct troubleshooting of complex endpoint issues.
Crayon and Automox are better together.
As endpoints proliferate, managing security becomes more vital and more complex. Providing the means for our partners to cover all bases with faster, better and smarter tools for IT operations is a shared mission for Crayon and Automox.
Automox Partner Program.
Automox offers a multi-tiered partner program that deepens the benefits to our partners as their investment builds. Automox partners are enabled with the right resources, tools, training, and support needed for joint success. Margins are competitive and the technology is easy to trial, deploy, manage and scale with minimal resources. Your opportunities are supported with deal registration protection, margin acceleration, and sales collaboration with Automox and Crayon teams.
Frequently Asked Questions
Automox is the only cloud-native patching platform that fully automates patch management across Windows, macOS, Linux, and third-party software—including major titles like Adobe, Java, Firefox, Chrome, and Windows. Automox works across both computers and servers and is designed for remote workforces. From “click, set, forget” automation to complete scheduling and workflow control, Automox results in greater corporate security, improved productivity, and incredible time savings.
Automox can natively patch and manage any laptop, desktop, server, virtual machine (VM), or container that runs most recent builds of Windows, macOS, and Linux. In general, any device that can securely connect to the Internet and run PowerShell/BASH commands can use Automox. Mobile devices, including Android and Apple phones, as well as IoT devices, are not currently supported.
Yes. Using our custom policy engine, it is easy to set policies that deploy and patch both third-party and custom software. Administrators can also deploy any software title on schedule if it is not installed on a device.
Yes. Automox patches Windows and Linux servers including cloud instances, Docker containers, and VMs.
Yes. Automox leverages a very lightweight agent that gets installed on every managed endpoint. For details about agent deployment, see more in the Automox Agent Installation Overview.
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