# Ashampoo Driver Updater vs AVG Driver Updater

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Compare driver updates, recovery options and update controls in Ashampoo Driver Updater and AVG Driver Updater.

Product comparison

Compare selective Windows driver updates and recovery from a recent change. Both tools provide a route back to saved drivers, but the scope of an available backup must be checked before installation.

## Feature comparison

| Task | Ashampoo Driver Updater | AVG Driver Updater |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Selection | Selected or multiple updates | Update selected drivers or the full chosen list |
| Recovery copy | Driver backup and restore | Automatic driver backups before updates |
| Returning to a version | History and rollback in current releases | Revert previously updated drivers |
| Exclusions | Review available update-selection controls | Skip a version or ignore a driver |
| Maintenance timing | Scheduling in current releases | Review notification and update settings |

This comparison follows documented functions. We have not benchmarked detection accuracy, installation reliability or device performance using identical hardware. A larger driver database does not establish a better match for a particular device.

## Which workflow fits?

Consider AVG when its explicit skip, ignore and revert controls fit the way you manage devices. Consider Ashampoo when you want the current installation-history and scheduled-update workflow.

AVG documents that its revert function covers versions previously updated by AVG Driver Updater, not changes made by Windows or another third-party updater. Skipping a version differs from ignoring the driver: the latter stops further update checks for that driver until you change the setting.

Review [Ashampoo Driver Updater](https://find-your-software.com/ashampoo/driver-updater/) and [AVG Driver Updater](https://find-your-software.com/avg/driver-updater/) for each catalog entry's scope. Newer controls described for Ashampoo should not be assumed to exist in every older installation.

## Check a driver change

1. Identify the device and record the working driver version and the issue you want to address.
2. Review Windows Update and any device-maker guidance before accepting another suggested package.
3. Confirm the available recovery copy, save work and allow time for a restart.
4. Change one relevant driver, then test the device in its normal workflow.

For a comparison test, return to the same starting state before trying another updater. Keep independent copies of documents: a driver backup is not a full system image. Review the changed version if behavior becomes worse instead of immediately applying unrelated updates.

## Compared products

Cards are pinned to the compared catalog entries. Check installed builds and edition entitlements separately.

### Ashampoo Driver Updater

Scan hardware drivers, review available updates and preserve working driver versions with backup and restore tools.

[Find out more](https://find-your-software.com/ashampoo/driver-updater/)

### AVG Driver Updater

Find and update hardware drivers.

[Find out more](https://find-your-software.com/avg/driver-updater/)

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