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Absolute Secure Endpoint
Laptops get wiped, lost and broken far from the office. Your security agents shouldn’t vanish with them — Absolute Secure Endpoint keeps an agent on every PC that firmware puts back if it is removed, then adds theft response, self-healing of your other agents and, in the top two editions, patching.
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The Absolute platform family
This page covers Absolute Secure Endpoint — all five editions, from Visibility to Resilience for Automation. The rest:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Product
- One endpoint agent and cloud console for PCs, sold in five cumulative editions
- Maker
- Absolute Software Corporation, trading as Absolute Security; Vancouver HQ, private since July 2023
- Editions
- Visibility, Control, Resilience, Resilience for Security, Resilience for Automation — each holds the ones below
- Price
- MSRP $21.95 to $89.95 per device a year on Absolute’s AWS listing, private offer only; quoted in practice
- Patching
- Starts at Resilience for Security; Resilience for Automation adds remediation workflows and remote control
- Platforms
- Windows 11, Windows Server 2022/2025, macOS 14–27 and ChromeOS; no iOS or Android
- Anchor
- Persistence firmware from close to 30 device makers, in over 600 million devices by Absolute’s count
- Analysts
- Leader and Outperformer, GigaOm Radar for Patch Management 2025, naming Resilience for Automation
- India
- An India data centre on AWS sits in Absolute’s ISO 27001 scope; no Indian office address is listed
- In India via
- TechBag — edition sizing, quote in INR with GST, pilot on your own laptops
Understand endpoint resilience and patching before you buy it
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is endpoint resilience?
An agent that survives a wipe and keeps your other security tools running, so a PC stays visible and fixable.
Lost laptops and broken agents vs Absolute Secure Endpoint — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | Lost laptops, broken agents, manual patches | Absolute Secure Endpoint |
|---|---|---|
| A laptop goes missing | A police report and a write-off | Locate it, freeze it with a message, delete files |
| A security agent breaks | Noticed at the next audit, if then | Application Resilience repairs it on its own |
| Windows will not boot | Courier the PC back for a rebuild | Rehydrate reloads a trusted image remotely |
| A user removes the agent | The device drops off the books | Persistence firmware reinstalls it |
| Monthly patching | Spreadsheets and manual approvals | Assess, deploy, roll back (Resilience for Security) |
| What it is NOT | — | An MDM for phones, or a price you can click to buy |
The cheapest first test is the 30-day no-cost Rehydrate trial, or the free trial Absolute offers on its two patching editions.
The five pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
Persistence
Built into PC firmware by close to 30 makers and dormant until a licence is bought; once switched on, it reinstalls the agent after a reimage, a new drive or a removal.
Agent
One agent on Windows 11, Windows Server 2022 or 2025, macOS 14 to 27 and ChromeOS reports hardware, software, location and security state, and carries out every action.
Console
A cloud console with role-based access, single sign-on and two-factor login holds dashboards, rules, alerts, the AI Assistant and connectors for ServiceNow and SIEMs.
Fix engine
Acquired with Syxsense in September 2024, it assesses OS and third-party patch state, deploys and rolls back updates, and in Resilience for Automation runs fix workflows.
Firmware below the OS, an agent on the PC, a cloud console above — with the patch engine switched on in the top two editions.
Twelve capabilities. See, control, fix.
Absolute Secure Endpoint keeps a firmware-anchored agent on every PC, then heals, recovers and patches it.
Hundreds of hardware attributes
Reports hardware, installed software, activations and connection history, and flags a missing device when it next goes online.
Find personal data on laptops
Finds PII, PHI and financial records on devices, estimates cost exposure, and spots files syncing to Dropbox, iCloud, Box or OneDrive.
A year of where it has been
Keeps 365 days of location history from the entry edition; Control adds geofences that alert when a device leaves its area.
Encryption and anti-malware state
Shows encryption and anti-malware status on compliance dashboards, and answers plain-language fleet questions via the AI Assistant.
Lock a lost laptop remotely
Freezes a device with your own message, on demand, on a schedule or after an offline timer; firmware freeze needs an eligible Windows PC.
Delete files, retire devices
Removes chosen files remotely, or wipes a machine at end of life and issues a compliance certificate as evidence for disposal records.
Keeps your other agents alive
From the Resilience edition, Application Resilience self-heals catalogue apps such as Intune, CrowdStrike or SentinelOne when they break.
Rebuild a PC from firmware
Recovery playbooks run from firmware beneath a damaged OS, up to reloading a trusted image, with nobody at the desk; shown on Windows.
OS and third-party updates
Resilience for Security assesses and deploys OS and app patches such as Adobe, Chrome and Zoom, ready within 24 hours by Absolute’s claim.
Undo a patch that misbehaves
Reverts a troublesome patch, ranks updates by your own risk score, keeps to maintenance windows and reaches dark networks via a proxy relay.
Close misconfigurations too
Resilience for Automation finds weak passwords, disabled firewalls, open ports and stale antivirus, then fixes them with prebuilt workflows.
Hands-on help without a visit
Remote control plus File Browser, Event Viewer, WMI Explorer, Remote Registry and a PowerShell console, in Resilience for Automation.
Watch Absolute Secure Endpoint in action
Rehydrate rebuilding a Windows PC, a customer case study, closing the remediation gap and rules that automate a response. All from Absolute’s official channel, 2025–2026.
Absolute Security Rehydrate Restores Windows PCs Remotely, with a Single Click in Just Minutes
Rehydrate bringing a Windows PC back from firmware, the recovery step included from the Resilience edition upwards.
Absolute Security Customer Case Study: Lincoln International on Secure Endpoint Security Benefits
Lincoln International, an Absolute customer, describes what Secure Endpoint does for its device fleet.
Closing the Remediation Gap: Endpoint & Cyber Resilience
Absolute on the distance between spotting a vulnerability and fixing it, the job of the top two editions.
Monitor and Automate Risk Response with Rules
Setting rules that watch device state and trigger a response without an administrator stepping in.
Want a live, India-context walkthrough for your environment?
Book a guided demo →Security agents break and laptops walk. Secure Endpoint keeps the agent, and the fixes, in place.
Here’s what genuinely sets it apart — and exactly where it stops.
An agent that firmware puts back
Most endpoint tools vanish when a laptop is reimaged or its drive swapped. Persistence, built into firmware by close to 30 PC makers and switched on when you buy, reinstalls the agent after an OS reinstall, a new disk or a removal, so a stolen or wiped laptop can still report in and be frozen.
It keeps your other agents healthy
Absolute does not replace Intune or your EDR; it watches them. From the Resilience edition, Application Resilience self-heals 80+ security apps by Absolute’s count, and Rehydrate reloads a trusted OS image from firmware. A 2024 Absolute demo applies it to PCs stuck on the CrowdStrike blue screen.
Patching lives in the top two editions
The Syxsense engine, bought in September 2024, powers Resilience for Security, which patches OS and third-party apps with rollback and risk scoring, and Resilience for Automation, which adds misconfiguration fixes, no-code workflows, remote control and an API. GigaOm cited the latter in rating Absolute a 2025 Patch Management Leader.
Where it stops
It is not an MDM: no iOS, Android, Apple enrolment or Autopilot. The three lower editions do not patch. Linux patching is on a product page but not in the agent requirements. Firmware freeze needs eligible Windows PCs, and the stolen-device guarantee covers only some Education customers. Prices are private-offer list figures.
The numbers behind the platform
What your Absolute Secure Endpoint rollout looks like
Check what your laptops carry
Run Absolute’s compatibility checker on your Dell, HP, Lenovo and other models to see which ship with Persistence in firmware.
Pick the edition by the job
Decide between visibility, theft response, self-healing and patching; patching only starts at Resilience for Security.
Pilot a mixed group
Activate a pilot of Windows and Mac laptops, set geofences and Required Applications, then break an EDR agent on purpose.
Prove patching and recovery
Run a Patch Tuesday cycle with a rollback, and test Rehydrate on a spare PC under its 30-day no-cost trial.
Roll out and connect
Push the agent fleet-wide, link ServiceNow or your SIEM, and add rules that freeze devices left offline for too long.
The review scoreboard
Modelled on Gartner Peer Insights structure. *Counts and breakdowns are illustrative pending verified review collection.
Quick poll — what’s driving your evaluation?
Talk to an advisor“A departing contractor reinstalled Windows on his laptop. The agent reappeared within a day, and we froze the machine.”
“Field engineers kept switching off our EDR agent. Application Resilience now restores it before anyone raises a ticket.”
“We stepped up to Resilience for Security for third-party patching; rollback saved a week when one browser update misbehaved.”
“A geofence alert flagged three laptops leaving a branch after hours. The freeze message got two of them back that week.”
“It is not an MDM, which surprised our CIO. Intune still runs our phones; Absolute watches the laptops and Intune’s agent.”
“The AWS list price was only a starting point and the quote took weeks. Ask about Rehydrate Ready terms early on.”
Where everyone sits — the grids
Analyst firms bury this view behind paywalls, and G2 retired its Grid. So here’s TechBag’s synthesis of the endpoint management and patch market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.
TechBag Endpoint Resilience and Patch Grid
Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.
MSRP $21.95–$89.95 per device a year; private offers.
Patch Breadth × Device Resilience
The grid nobody publishes — how widely it patches operating systems and apps vs how well a PC and its agents survive tampering or failure.
Windows, Mac and ChromeOS; firmware agent, self-healing, Rehydrate.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform data and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
Absolute Secure Endpoint vs the endpoint and patch field
Against Microsoft Intune, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, NinjaOne RMM, Qualys Patch Management and Action1 Vulnerability Remediation — on devices, patching, self-healing, price, certifications and India.
| Dimension | Absolute Secure Endpoint | Microsoft Intune | ManageEngine Endpoint Central | NinjaOne RMM | Qualys Patch Management | Action1 Vulnerability Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | PC resilience + patching | Microsoft’s cloud UEM | UEM with deep patching | Cloud RMM platform | Fixes on the VM agent | Find-and-fix module |
| Deployment | Cloud console only | Cloud admin center | On-prem or cloud | SaaS, no self-host | Shared cloud PODs | Cloud, single agent |
| Devices covered | Win, Mac, ChromeOS | PCs and phones | Desktop, server, mobile | Win, Mac, Linux | Win, Mac, Linux | Windows-first |
| Patch coverage | OS + named apps | Third-party needs Suite | 850+ apps | Broad app catalogue | 300+ apps, patchless | Windows apps first |
| Vulnerability remediation | Automation edition | Defender-linked | Security edition | Patch-centred | Same model as VMDR | Risk-ranked, one click |
| Self-healing and recovery | Firmware-anchored | Wipe, then re-provision | Imaging, remote fixes | Scripted self-healing | Outside its scope | Not what it does |
| Pricing model | Per device, by edition | Per user, or bundled | Per 50 endpoints a year | Per device, banded | Per asset, quoted | Free to 200, then quote |
| Published entry price | $21.95 MSRP, private | $8/user/month | $795 per 50 a year | $1.50–3.75/device/mo | Not published | $0 up to 200 |
| Included vs add-on | Patching from tier 4 | Suite adds the extras | Edition sets features | MDM, backup extra | Module beside VMDR | Same entitlement |
| Integrations | ServiceNow, SIEM, EDR | Entra, Defender | ManageEngine family | PSA, EDR, Okta | TruRisk platform | No helpdesk built in |
| Certifications and access | FedRAMP, ISO, SOC 2 | Entra sign-in | Behind your firewall | SOC 2, ISO, FedRAMP | Ask per POD | SOC 2 Type II, ISO |
| India hosting | India DC, scope unclear | Local India geography | Indian DCs or on-prem | No Indian region | India POD (IN1) | Committed, confirm it |
| Lock-in and exit | Console-held history | Tied to Microsoft 365 | Your data stays put | Patching tied to RMM | Bound to TruRisk | Easy to try, easy out |
| Best fit | PC fleets that roam | Microsoft 365 shops | On-prem, regulated | IT teams wanting RMM | Qualys VMDR users | Lean teams, CVE proof |
Which approach fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose Absolute Secure Endpoint if…
- ✓Your laptops roam, get lost or get reimaged, and you need an agent that firmware reinstalls so you can still locate, freeze or wipe them
- ✓You already run Intune, an EDR or a VPN and want those agents self-healed and PCs rebuilt remotely, not replaced by another console
- ✓You want patching and vulnerability fixes on the same agent, and you are ready to license Resilience for Security or Automation for it
Compare alternatives if…
- ✓Phones and tablets must sit in the same console — Intune and ManageEngine Endpoint Central manage iOS and Android
- ✓You want a price before a sales call — ManageEngine and NinjaOne publish figures, and Action1 is free to 200 endpoints
- ✓Data must provably stay in India — ManageEngine on-premises, Intune’s India geography or Qualys IN1 are documented answers
Do not expect…
- ✓MDM of any kind: no iOS, Android, Apple enrolment or Autopilot
- ✓Patching in Visibility, Control or Resilience — it starts one edition higher
- ✓A click-to-buy price; the AWS figures are private-offer list prices
Absolute Secure Endpoint is one of 24 RMM & patch products TechBag carries. The RMM & Patch guide narrows them to a shortlist and shows the reasoning. →
What do lost laptops, broken agents and manual patching cost you?
Drag the sliders (managed PCs; IT-hour cost). Estimates model IT time spent chasing missing laptops, repairing disabled security agents, rebuilding PCs and patching by hand at an assumed 1.5 hours per PC a year, with 70% of it removed by a firmware-anchored agent that self-heals, recovers and patches. Both figures are assumptions. Illustrative.
Loaded cost = salary + overheads per productive hour. Illustrative only — your TechBag quote models your actual environment and modules.
Three ways to consume it
Quoted in practice. Absolute has no price page; its own AWS Marketplace listing shows MSRPs per device a year of $21.95 (Visibility), $39.95 (Control), $69.95 (Resilience), $79.95 (Resilience for Security) and $89.95 (Resilience for Automation), all marked Private Offer Only — list figures, not a price you can click to buy. Patching starts at Resilience for Security. Absolute shows no rupee price. TechBag matches the edition to the job, then quotes in INR with GST.
Visibility, Control or Resilience
Best for tracking, theft response and self-healing
- MSRP $21.95 / $39.95 / $69.95 per device a year
- Rehydrate included from Resilience up
- No patching in these three editions
+ Platform add-ons
Best for a broader rollout
- Scoped to your estate
- Add-on modules as needed
- Phased, right-sized deployment
Resilience for Security or Automation
Best for patching and vulnerability remediation
- MSRP $79.95 / $89.95 per device a year
- Everything in Resilience, plus patching
- Automation adds workflows, remote control, API
Buy it for less — TechBag pricing beats list
Whatever the list prices above, TechBag negotiates a significantly better deal — with GST-compliant INR invoicing and local support. Ask us for your discounted quote.
Get an India-ready quote
Tell us your requirements and current tools — we’ll model it against what you spend today.
The 8 questions to ask every vendor
Take this into your next vendor call — including ours.
Which job are you buying for: visibility, theft response, self-healing or patching? Patching needs Resilience for Security or higher.
Is every managed device on Windows 11, Windows Server 2022/2025, macOS 14+ or ChromeOS? Phones need a separate MDM.
Do your models carry Persistence? Firmware freeze needs eligible Windows PCs; supervisor passwords need eligible Lenovo.
Do you patch Linux servers? The product page claims it, the agent requirements omit it; get support confirmed in writing.
Are your top 20 apps in the patch catalogue? Absolute names Adobe, Chrome and Zoom but publishes no title count.
Which agents must stay healthy? Check that the Application Resilience catalogue lists your EDR, VPN and Intune versions.
Does an auditor need data in India? Ask in writing whether your tenant would be placed in Absolute’s India data centre.
Does the quote show edition, device count and term against the AWS MSRP? Ask for INR with GST and Rehydrate Ready terms.
Questions buyers ask
Ready to evaluate Absolute Secure Endpoint?
Check which of your laptops already carry Persistence first, or let a TechBag advisor pick the edition and run a pilot on a mixed Windows and Mac group.
Stats, ratings, review counts and pricing are illustrative and sourced from public materials; verify before purchase.