Moorfox
Moorfox vs Action1
Choose Action1 if patching is the whole job: a deep third-party application catalogue, vulnerability data beside it, macOS as well as Windows and Linux, and a free tier that is hard to argue with.
Choose Moorfox if the job is broader than patching: remote desktop beyond Windows, a live root or SYSTEM terminal, attended quick support, a fourteen-factor security score and an audit trail nobody can edit.
Action1 is a cloud platform built around patch management first, with RMM features alongside: browser-based remote desktop, scripting and reporting. It manages Windows, macOS and, since late 2025, Linux, and its free tier covers a substantial number of endpoints (200 at the time of writing).
At a glance
| Moorfox | Action1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Remote desktop | ✓ Built in: end-to-end encrypted, peer-to-peer where the network allows | ≈ Built in and browser-based, Windows endpoints only |
| Attended quick support | ✓ Built in: portable download, nine-digit code, nothing installed | ✗ Sessions go to enrolled endpoints; nothing for a machine without the agent |
| Terminal and file manager | ✓ Built in, running as SYSTEM or root, headless servers included | ≈ Script execution; less of a live terminal experience |
| Scripting and automation | ✓ Saved commands plus multi-step flows with triggers | ✓ Script library and scheduled automation |
| Patch deployment | ≈ Built in for Windows and Linux: weekly windows in each device's own timezone, a first-seen deferral, approve and block overrides; third-party apps via winget, best effort | ✓ The core of the product: OS and third-party patching on Windows, macOS and Linux |
| Monitoring and alerts | ✓ Org-wide thresholds for CPU, memory, disk, offline and crashes; emails routed per tag | ✓ Alerting and reporting built in |
| Security posture score | ✓ Every device scored out of 100 across fourteen factors, honest about what it could not measure | ≈ Vulnerability and patch data, rather than a single per-device score |
| Hardware and software inventory | ✓ Deep: down to BIOS, GPUs and individual memory modules | ✓ Hardware and software inventory |
| Audit log | ✓ Append-only activity log; entries cannot be edited or removed by anyone | ≈ Reporting present; not positioned as tamper-proof |
| Agent updates | ✓ Self-healing: checksum-verified, auto-revert on crash loops, staged rollouts, per-device rollback | ≈ Automatic; rollout not under your control |
| Operating systems | ≈ Windows and Linux; no macOS agent yet | ✓ Windows, macOS and Linux agents |
| Ticketing and PSA | ✗ None, and none planned: Moorfox stays an RMM | ✗ None; integrations available |
| Pricing | • Published: free for 10 devices, then $2 per device per month | • Free for the first 200 endpoints, then per-endpoint subscription |
Where Action1 is ahead
- Patch deployment is the product's entire reason to exist, and it shows: a curated third-party application catalogue against Moorfox's best-effort winget, and a longer track record than a feature we shipped this year.
- macOS agents, which Moorfox does not have yet.
- A free tier twenty times the size of ours: 200 endpoints against 10.
- Vulnerability data for third-party Windows applications; Moorfox's CVE matching covers Windows itself and Linux packages, with third-party Windows apps still to come.
Where Moorfox is ahead
- Remote desktop is not Windows only. Moorfox reaches Linux desktops running an X11 session (Wayland sessions are not supported yet); Action1's remote desktop is Windows only.
- A real terminal running as SYSTEM or root, with files, processes and services beside it, on headless Linux servers too, not just script execution.
- Attended quick support for the machine that is not enrolled and never will be.
- The security score judges fourteen factors, not only patching, and admits what it could not measure.
- Flows, streamed logs, an append-only audit trail, and agent rollouts you control.
How to decide
If patching a long tail of third-party applications is the requirement, or you have Macs, Action1 is built for exactly that and Moorfox is not. If patching is one concern among many and you need hands-on access to Linux machines as well as Windows, Moorfox covers the wider day-to-day better and now patches too.
Frequently asked questions
Does Moorfox deploy patches like Action1?
Moorfox deploys patches, but not like Action1. Both install OS updates on a schedule; Action1's third-party application coverage is a curated catalogue and Moorfox's comes from winget, which is best effort. Action1 is the stronger choice when third-party patching is the requirement.
Does Action1 manage Linux machines?
Yes, since late 2025: Linux agents for DEB and RPM distributions cover patching, inventory and vulnerability data. Its remote desktop is Windows only. Moorfox's remote desktop reaches Linux desktops running an X11 session, and its root terminal reaches every Linux machine, headless servers included.
Can I use both?
Yes, and some teams should: Action1 for patch pipelines, Moorfox for remote work, monitoring and audit. The agents do not conflict.
See the other column for yourself.
Moorfox is free for up to 10 devices, with every feature switched on and no card required. The agents coexist happily, so you can run both side by side and compare on real machines.