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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Apple Business Essentials

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Apple Business Essentials is a subscription service that brings together device management, 24/7 support, and cloud storage. It enables small business to manage every iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TVs throughout the business.

    $8.25

    per device, per month

    Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Enterprise Mobility + Security is a suite of applications supporting mobile device and application security, MDM, as well as conditional or privileged access with multi-factor authentication, and advanced security reporting. Products in the suite includes Microsoft Intune mobile device management, Azure Information Protection, Microsoft Identity Manager, Microsoft Cloud App Security, Azure Active Directory, and other ancillary applications.N/A
    Pricing
    Apple Business EssentialsMicrosoft Enterprise Mobility + Security
    Editions & Modules
    Fleetsmith Managed
    $8.25
    per device, per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Apple Business EssentialsMicrosoft Enterprise Mobility + Security
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFree unlimited trial for up to 10 devices Device Intelligence free for unlimited devices iOS/tvOS devices free during beta period—
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    User Ratings
    Apple Business EssentialsMicrosoft Enterprise Mobility + Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (23 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Apple Business EssentialsMicrosoft Enterprise Mobility + Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Apple
    I would recommend Apple Business Essentials manager to any organization that orders and uses iPads or iPhones on a large scale and wishes to manage them. Even if you do not intend on applying an MDM to your corporate Apple devices, it is nice for asset management and corporate application purchasing from a central location. If you do not care about any of those features, this functionality is not for you.
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    Microsoft
    Overall it is well suited to a mid size Enviromint with a limited staff. If you have a limited amount of time you can dedicate to solutions then having one that is by default already included in the system and can be managed well then it makes for fast integration with low overhead
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    Pros
    Apple
    • Ease of use to manage. Some other solutions can be a little hard to navigate. Fleetsmith is intuitive.
    • DEP Enrollment is really nice. If you are shipping a laptop out to the user you can set their password and when they turn on their computer they will have access.
    • Adding software to be pushed out. Pretty easy to do.
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    Microsoft
    • End point managment
    • User account security
    • Privileged identity management
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Apple
    • We were told that this was in the works and it would be implemented at the beginning of the year 2019. That has still not happened and whenever we ask about this functionality we cannot get a good answer.
    • Management of devices that are already in the field—we were told that in order to use Fleetsmith as we would like (pushing apps to devices) we would have to get each device and set them up from a Mac.
    • Integration with Windows.
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    Microsoft
    • The subscription model (cost) could be revamped for perpetual licensing options
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    Usability
    Apple
    The installation steps are very easy and the UI for admin panel is user-friendly. Enrolment all based on Gmail accounts and the import function is there to fetch the user accounts. Navigating in Fleetsmith admin panel is simple and clean.
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    Microsoft
    most features are pretty point and click simple. Some areas that are move detailed require some specialized training and knowledge to be able to navigate and get anything useful out of it. With some basic understanding you can gather tremendous amounts of data and have it available
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    Support Rating
    Apple
    Fantastic support. I have had a few queries on how to go about doing things in the best way and the support at Fleetsmith was always very quick to reply and with excellent advice and detail to solve the problem and lead is into our best use of their product.
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    Microsoft
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    Alternatives Considered
    Apple
    The primary products we checked out were Mosyle, JAMF, and SimpleMDM. In the end it really came down to the simplicity of our needs and the simplicity of Fleetsmith's approach being in tight harmony. We kicked the tires, hard, for about a month and then dove all the way in.
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    Microsoft
    EMS integrates directly with Office 365. It offers multiple desired features in one product/subscription. It's difficult to do a 1:1 comparison between each product. OneLogin's pre-sales support was terrible and implementation was complex. Barracuda offers great email protection but hard to justify the cost when EMS can just be added on to existing Office 365 accounts and brings additional benefit in SSO, etc.
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    Return on Investment
    Apple
    • Lesser cost for managing device, instead of getting more manpower to do it manually.
    • Lesser security threats (which will cause financial damage) as all devices are configured according the the company security policies, such as firewalls, media management, app security updates.
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    Microsoft
    • MFA has prevented a number of phishing attacks against our organization
    • Endpoint management has allowed us to use autopilot to set up our devices far faster
    • PIM has helped to secure our admin accounts
    Incentivized
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