Action1, a leading provider of autonomous endpoint management solutions, announced a major expansion of its free tier, increasing the number of free endpoints from 100 to 200. The first, foundational use case for Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM) is autonomous patching that accelerates patch deployment and compliance and reduces IT overhead and degradation of Digital Employee Experience (DEX). Driven by a mission to make autonomous endpoint management easily and universally accessible, Action1 will now enable organizations and home users to deploy its cloud-native patching solution to secure the first 200 endpoints at no cost, forever, with no feature limits.
Democratizing Autonomous Endpoint Management
In cyber threat landscape presents unprecedented challenges, from sophisticated, Gen-AI-enabled ransomware attacks to complex compliance demands. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and nonprofits often lack the resources to address these issues effectively.
“In our opinion, AEM represents the most significant advancement in endpoint management in over a decade,” – posted Tom Cipolla, Senior Director, Analyst, Gartner on LinkedIn. “It has the potential to significantly reduce the effort and time required to patch and manage endpoint devices, while also protecting the digital employee experience.”
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According to Veeam, 85% of ransomware attacks target small businesses. Action1’s expanded free tier provides a lifeline to these targeted groups, providing:
- Enterprise-grade autonomous endpoint management FREE: Protecting up to 200 endpoints free forever, with simple scaling above 200, without hidden costs or complexity.
- 5-minute deployment, effortless management: Start managing endpoints immediately, minimize training and free up IT resources.
- Low bandwidth and hybrid workforce patching: Seamlessly deploy patches, remediation, and updates with bandwidth-efficient P2P distribution—no VPN required. Easily patch offline devices as soon as they reconnect online.
“For SMBs and nonprofits, cybersecurity often feels unattainable due to limited budgets and expertise. That makes these organizations vulnerable to malicious actors,” said Mike Walters, President and Co-Founder of Action1. “Our platform changes that by delivering enterprise-grade, autonomous endpoint management that’s easy to use and completely free for 200 devices forever and simple, affordable pricing beyond that. We’re equipping organizations of all sizes with the tools they need to thrive in challenging cyber threat landscape.”
