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Action1 alternative: Tenvara

Action1 is a cloud patch management tool that many MSPs and IT teams use to keep Windows, macOS and Linux devices and their apps up to date, with a generous free tier. Tenvara patches the same platforms and apps through its agent, by policy and inside maintenance windows, and adds monitoring, scripts, backup and a service desk in the same app.

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Tenvara: RMM and patching

The tool today

What Action1 does

Cloud patch management for Windows, macOS and Linux with vulnerability remediation, free to 200 endpoints. Made by Action1 Corporation. This is how the vendor describes it, in our words.

  • Patches Windows, macOS and Linux from the cloud, without VPNs or on-premises servers.
  • Patches third-party applications such as Chrome, Adobe, Java, Firefox and Zoom.
  • Finds vulnerabilities by CVE and remediates them from the same console.
  • Deploys software by policy, and includes a remote desktop feature.
  • Multi-tenant for MSPs, with every customer in one console.

Side by side

Tenvara vs Action1

The RMM and patching jobs that matter most, and how each product handles them. Then what else comes with Tenvara, such as RMM, a service desk and backup, in the same app.

Operating system patching

Tenvara Yes

Windows, macOS and Linux, by policy Guide

Action1 Yes

Windows, macOS and Linux

Third-party app updates

Tenvara Yes

Catalogue apps via winget, Homebrew, apt, dnf Guide

Action1 Yes

Chrome, Adobe, Java, Zoom and more

Software deployment

Tenvara Yes

Catalogue with drift put right Guide

Action1 Yes

Policy-based deployment

Remote control

Tenvara Yes

In the browser, peer to peer Guide

Action1 Yes

Remote desktop feature

Every customer in one console

Tenvara Yes

Devices by customer, site and group Guide

Action1 Yes

Multi-tenancy for MSPs

Run it on your own server

Tenvara Yes

Hosted, or self-hosted with Docker Compose Guide

Action1 No

Cloud-native, no on-premises servers

CVE vulnerability management

Tenvara Yes

NVD, KEV and EPSS feeds, findings per device Guide

Action1 Yes

From CVE discovery to remediation

Vulnerabilities by what can be done

Tenvara Yes

Vendor ratings, fix states and exploitation; To do by fixing update Guide

Action1 Yes

Prioritised by CVSS, CISA KEV, ransomware and SLA

Deleting a device removes its agent

Tenvara Yes

Uninstalled at once, or when an offline device returns Guide

Action1 Yes

Remove from Action1 can uninstall the agent

Windows 11 readiness

Tenvara Yes

Windows 11 readiness scan and feature version control Guide

Action1 Yes

Windows 11 hardware compatibility report

Security baselines and hardening

Tenvara Yes

Audited first, enforced in rings, rolled back, drift alerts Guide

Action1 Add-on

Endpoint Configuration Management module

Also in Tenvara

What else you get with Tenvara, in the same app

Remote monitoring and alerts

Tenvara Yes

Device health, checks and alerts by policy, on one agent Guide

Action1 No

Not included; designed to work alongside an RMM

PSA and service desk

Tenvara Yes

Tickets, SLAs, time and contracts on the same customer record Guide

Action1 No

Not included

Endpoint, server and VM backup

Tenvara Yes

Image, folder and Hyper-V or Proxmox VM backups Guide

Action1 No

Not included

Microsoft 365 management

Tenvara Yes

Every customer tenant, its users, licences, starters and leavers Guide

Action1 No

Not included

Microsoft 365 backup

Tenvara Yes

Mail, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams backed up and restored Guide

Action1 No

Not included

IT documentation

Tenvara Yes

Customer records and knowledge base articles, linked to devices Guide

Action1 No

Not included

Mobile device management

Tenvara Yes

Apple and Android phones and tablets, with your own Apple and Google accounts Guide

Action1 No

Not included; works alongside Intune

Network discovery and SNMP

Tenvara Yes

Discovery, topology maps and SNMP monitoring with a probe per site Guide

Action1 No

Not included

Compliance programmes

Tenvara Yes

ISO 27001, ISO 9001, UK GDPR and Cyber Essentials programmes with policies, risks and evidence Guide

Action1 No

Not part of Action1, which focuses on patching and endpoints

Add-on means the vendor sells it as a separate product or paid extra. Action1 details come from the vendor's own website, see sources.

The one-app pitch

What else you'd replace

Most MSPs running Action1 pay for several other tools beside it. Tenvara does these jobs too, on the same customer record, with one agent and one login.

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Switching

Moving from Action1

A calm move, not a big bang. Run both side by side until your team is happy.

How a gradual move to Tenvara works
  1. 1

    Import your customers and sites

    Import customers and sites from a CSV export, with a dry run first, or add them by hand. Each enrolment token then ties a device to the right customer, and to a site if you choose one.

    Importing from CSV
  2. 2

    Deploy the agent alongside

    The one-line install command runs from any tool that can run a script, so you can roll Tenvara out to a whole customer at once.

    Installing the agent
  3. 3

    Set your patch policies

    Choose which classifications approve automatically, deferral days, maintenance windows and how devices restart, per customer or device group.

    Patching
  4. 4

    Build your software catalogue

    Add the apps you deploy and keep up to date. The catalogue starts with well over a hundred common apps.

    Software deployment
  5. 5

    Run both side by side, then switch

    Watch compliance in Tenvara for a patch cycle or two, then remove the Action1 agent customer by customer.

Action1 pricing

Action1 is free for the first 200 endpoints with no feature limits. Above that, pricing is by quote.

Vendor pricing page

Tenvara pricing

One product with every feature included, hosted or self-hosted. Tenvara is new and in beta, and pricing is announced before launch.

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Questions

Action1 vs Tenvara: FAQ

Windows, macOS and Linux. It takes over Windows Update on Windows so only approved updates install, and uses Software Update on macOS and apt, dnf or yum on Linux.

Through the software catalogue. Tenvara installs and updates apps with winget, MSI and EXE installers on Windows, Homebrew on Macs and apt or dnf on Linux, and keeps required apps installed across each deployment.

Create an enrolment token for the customer and run the one-line install command. It works from your current tool, Intune or any MDM that can run a script, so a whole customer can enrol at once.

On a hosted instance we run for you at yourname.tenvara.app, or on your own Linux server with Docker Compose. It is the same product either way.

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Comparison based on publicly available information as of September 2026. Action1 is a trademark of its owner; Tenvara is not affiliated with it. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll correct it.

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