What is the difference between Tanium Console and Tanium Client?

• A. Console is the management UI; Client is the endpoint agent that executes questions and returns results.
• B. Console is the endpoint agent; Client is the management UI.
• C. Console stores data locally; Client stores data on cloud.
• D. Console is used only for licensing; Client performs patch deployment.

Answer: (A)

The main distinction is that the Tanium Console is the management UI used by admins to configure, schedule, and view results, while the Tanium Client is the endpoint agent installed on each endpoint that actually executes the questions and returns the data.

The Console doesn’t run on endpoints; it communicates with the Tanium Server to orchestrate tasks. The Client isn’t a UI or a licensing tool—it's the lightweight agent on each endpoint that carries out the requested actions (inventory, patch checks, runtime data, etc.) and sends the results back to the Server/Console.