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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

    Sophos Mobile

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASophos Mobile is a unified endpoint management option providing mobile data protection and security against mobile malware.N/A
    Pricing
    Apple Business EssentialsSophos Mobile
    Editions & Modules
    Fleetsmith Managed
    $8.25
    per device, per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Apple Business EssentialsSophos Mobile
    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 EssentialsSophos Mobile
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (23 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Apple Business EssentialsSophos Mobile
    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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    Sophos
    Our Mobile Endpoints were a big challenge for us, and after Sophos Mobile implementation, we have received all our official hand-held devices in a managed environment with a very effective manners, and now we are able to manage all the devices with defined Company Policy along with our rules and regulations.
    Incentivized
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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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    Sophos
    • Great protection software against cyber threats on mobile devices.
    • Allows you to keep your devices always up to date and without security breaches.
    • Update scheduling.
    • Application lock.
    • Reports.
    • Theft protection.
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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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    Sophos
    • The platform was developed many years ago, a fresher look (even for the cloud-based console) would be appreciated.
    • The ability to control mail platforms other than MS Exchange.
    • The ability to control more features on iOS (knowing how the iOS Platform is at the moment).
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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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    Sophos
    The overall usability of the Sophos Mobile is fantastic, and we were able to deploy entire solutions within the stipulated timeline. The management perspective is also up to the mark, and the completely user-friendly GUI to understand and manage what we need. Adding different types of Endpoints into the Central Console was also very useful, with deep insights into the Policy and endpoint protection.
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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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    Sophos
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Sophos
    Personally, haven't seen any other MDM on the market, but I feel since Sophos is greatly known to have easy to use products, that the others may not be as easy to use as Sophos Mobile Control. One of the key factors for organizations to choose Sophos Mobile Control and Security is because the Android OS (most attacked OS on the planet) is protected with award-winning antivirus and anti malware from Sophos. We have seen as advisors, how unprotected customers, get huge telecom bills because of the lack of security, since they think that an Android OS is healthy enough... big mistake. One simple thing I always tell friends, family and customers, protect your Android device with Sophos Security (it's free for home users).
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Sophos
    • Ease of obtaining data with management and greater control of all the company's equipment.
    • Strong protection and easy to administer.
    Incentivized
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