Moorfox
Moorfox vs Action1
Choose Action1 if patching is the whole job: a deep third-party application catalogue on Windows estates, vulnerability data beside it, and a free tier that is hard to argue with.
Choose Moorfox if the job is broader than patching: patching for Windows and Linux alongside encrypted remote desktop and terminals, attended quick support, a thirteen-factor security score and an audit trail nobody can edit.
Action1 is a cloud platform built around patch management first, with RMM features alongside: remote access, scripting and reporting, and a free tier for 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 | ✓ Remote desktop included |
| Attended quick support | ✓ Built in: portable download, nine-digit code, nothing installed | ≈ Unattended focus; attended flow less central |
| 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 |
| 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 thirteen 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-centric, with macOS added; no Linux management |
| Ticketing and PSA | ✗ None, and none planned: Moorfox stays an RMM | ✗ None; integrations available |
| Pricing | • Invite-only early access while we onboard in small batches | • Free tier for the first 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.
- A genuinely free tier that covers a small fleet outright.
- Vulnerability data tied to the patches that fix it.
- Simple per-endpoint pricing beyond the free tier.
Where Moorfox is ahead
- Linux servers exist in Moorfox: root terminal, inventory, scoring. Action1 does not manage Linux.
- A real terminal running as SYSTEM, with files, processes and services beside it, not just script execution.
- Attended quick support for the machine that is not enrolled and never will be.
- The security score judges thirteen 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 Windows applications is the requirement, Action1 is built for exactly that and Moorfox is not. If patching is one concern among many and your estate includes Linux, 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 still the stronger choice when third-party patching is the requirement, and it does not manage Linux at all, where Moorfox does.
Does Action1 manage Linux machines?
Not at the time of writing; it is Windows-centric with macOS support. Moorfox ships full Windows and Linux agents.
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 invite-only while we onboard in small batches. Tell us a little about your fleet and we will send an invite when a spot opens; the agents coexist happily, so you can compare on real machines.