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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM MaaS360

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AIBM MaaS360 is a mobile security offering developed by Fiberlink, acquired and owned by IBM since early 2014.

    $4

    Per Client

    Jamf Pro

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AJamf Pro (formerly Casper Suite) is designed to automate device management for users while driving end-user productivity and creativity. According to the vendor, it is the EMM tool that delights IT pros and the users they support by delivering on the promise of unified endpoint management for Apple devices.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM MaaS360Jamf Pro
    Editions & Modules
    Essentials
    USD 4.00
    Per Client
    Deluxe
    USD 5.00
    Per Client
    Premier
    USD 6.25
    Per Client
    Enterprise
    USD 9.00
    Per Client
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM MaaS360Jamf Pro
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—$3.33 per month per iOS device $6.25 per month per Mac Education and volume discounts available. Onboarding 3-Day for Mac + iOS: $7,500 2-Day for Mac only: $6,000 4hr Remote for iOS only: $750 Billed Annually
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    IBM MaaS360Jamf Pro
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM MaaS360
    There is no contest for customization or admin interface between Jamf Pro and MaaS360; Jamf is the clear winner. After experiencing MaaS360 then moving our company to Jamf Pro, the list of manual tasks has dwindled. This not only left more time for my IT staff to better work …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM MaaS360
    Asset management is the most valuable and essential feature of device inventory. The product's key strengths include security for email, browsers, and applications, encompassing mobile devices and laptops within a single package. Its prime feature is managing mobile phones, …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM MaaS360
    It places a strong emphasis on security, with features like threat detection and remediation, encryption, and policy enforcement.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM MaaS360
    Ease of use and management of mobile devices are easier and has protection against the Cyber threats. The security controls implementation on our devices are perfect and in one place. I love the responsiveness and prosctivenes of the support. Seamless integration with all …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM MaaS360
    It provides Administrator capabilities for granting access to corporate applications or data on Mobile devices and securely monitoring and managing mobile devices that have sensitive business data. It stores essential information about mobile device so admin can decide which …
    Incentivized
    Jamf Software, LLC
    Chose Jamf Pro
    I looked at MaaS360 as well, which was less full featured and also IBM makes it but they use Jamf, so that makes you wonder why they don't use their own product.
    Incentivized
    Chose Jamf Pro
    Jamf has the most features of all the Macintosh management solutions. It is easy to use and the customer support team at Jamf is awesome. I especially like the use of extension attributes to extend the platform to some very 'company-specific' data collection.
    Incentivized
    Chose Jamf Pro
    In comparison to IBM Jamf is a clear-cut winner. Jamf tends to react faster to pushes and overall user support is far superior to that of IBM. Using MaaS360 for a period of 2 years had made the life of a Mac admin significantly more stressful than it needed to be. Jamf has made …
    Incentivized
    Chose Jamf Pro
    Jamf Pro is the best one-stop show for Apple devices. Other companies or solutions can do some of the things but do not offer all end to end solutions that Jamf Pro can.
    Incentivized
    Chose Jamf Pro
    Jamf Pro just does more and it does it better.

    The issue that I have found with many other mobile device management systems is that they try to do too much. Most other MDMs allow for management of Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and maybe more; the issue is that they …
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    Key User Insights
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    98%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
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    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    93 Answers
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    User Ratings
    IBM MaaS360Jamf Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (51 ratings)
    10.0
    (184 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (53 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (32 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.6
    (35 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM MaaS360Jamf Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Enrolling bulk devices through the Device Enrollment Program (DEP) is simple, straightforward, and quick. Multiple methods for device enrollment are available, including barcode scanning, email, and manual entry via the platform. App synchronization between Apple Business Manager (ABM) and the MaaS360 platform occurs swiftly. Additionally, app distribution and removal are efficiently managed on the platform.
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    Jamf Software, LLC
    Well suited for any organization that wants to manage apple products. It's extremely easy to integrate and has many connectors for existing enterprise infrastructure applications. Certificate management is a breeze. Not so suited for smaller businesses that only have 10-20 devices. Jamf has another product called JAMF Now that would suffice for those areas.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Manage app deployment on mobile fleet of devices
    • Manage all mobile devices and know where your fleet of devices are
    • Solve simple issues like reset screen lock passcodes
    • Protects company’s intellectual property
    • Allows for easy deployment of mobile devices to remote users
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    Jamf Software, LLC
    • Jamf Pro's Self Service is a great mechanism for making software available to end uses as they need it.
    • Jamf Pro is also great for creating plans called PreStage Enrollments that allow for computers to skip many of the setup screens, as well as automating account creation.
    • Jamf Pro in combination with Apple Automated Device Enrollment (formerly DEP) allows for devices to supervised and managed, this combination allows for locking, remote wipe of devices, and finding locations of devices when put into lost mode.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • MaaS360 with Watson has a lot of features and capabilities, which can sometimes make it difficult for us to navigate. Improving the user interface and making it friendly could help make the platform easier to use.
    • Expanding integrations with other systems to provide better support for a wider range of systems and platforms.
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    Jamf Software, LLC
    • Training options are terrific, but costly.
    • Finding what you need in Jamf Pro can be tough at times. The interface is not what I would call friendly.
    • You'll need static credentials for Jamf Pro. They don't integrate with the Jamf Account, and it doesn't offer 2FA. SSO is an option, but it's not simple to set up.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    I'll gave it a 10, because we have not come across any negative point with MaaS360. In a real comparison with other UEMs / MDMs you will find out that other providers that claim to be "free" or "included" don't have the capeabilities that MaaS360 has. Some features are just not available and others would require you to pay for them. In that case the product would not be "free" anymore.
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    Jamf Software, LLC
    We stepped away and are looking at different products that integrate with our entire fleet MDM solution rather than focusing specifically on Apple products. An all in one solution fits our needs better and is more cost-effective in the long run. Jamf Pro needs to improve some features and support but overall its a good product.
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    Usability
    IBM
    Having years of experience with MDM and experiencing the evolution of the granularity of the functionality MDM's have had to evolve, no MDM is ever "easy" to use. MaaS360 rises to the top however, because zero day changes are always ahead of the competition. A huge benefit with MaaS360 and IBM's approach to supporting these changes is that they seldom change configuration work flows. Competing Vendors always arbitrarily change workflows which requires a significnat ongoing learning curve in order to maintain technical competence
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    Jamf Software, LLC
    Jamf Pro has done pretty much anything we've needed with little setup headache. If we hit a wall, the Jamf user community and tech support departments both are more than willing to help solve problems. Tech support is excellent, but the surprising thing is the user base is by far the biggest resource. Jamf users love to help each other, by directly chatting about issues, posting best practices, or just posting info on the forums.
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    Never had an outage in 11 years of using this solution
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    Jamf Software, LLC
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    Performance
    IBM
    typically very consistent but occasionaly some lag
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    Jamf Software, LLC
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    MaaS360's phone support has been decent the few times I have used it. In addition the person who on-boarded us has been available for additional questions after the process was over. However IBM could do a much better job in creating a user-friendly search engine and white-paper database to help people find topics. Right now finding info is more based on searching through white papers themselves.
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    Jamf Software, LLC
    Jamf Support is very responsive and usually assists in any challenge we are tackling. They are also very transparent when they are allowed to be. I personally love our Jamf Pro support rep and don't fear messaging their support team.
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    In-Person Training
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Jamf Software, LLC
    They made me more comfortable using the product.
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    Online Training
    IBM
    The resources made available to me by IBM were Stellar. These resources remain available today and are extremely important as technology changes
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    Jamf Software, LLC
    The training session was beneficial because it expanded my knowledge about Jamf products and really learn what I am capable of doing with Jamf Pro in terms of managing Apple computers and devices. Immediately after the training course, I was able to implement what I learn to our cloud instance.
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    To implement IBM Security MaaS360 with Watson, follow these steps: Set up the platform, enroll devices, configure policies and settings, monitor and manage devices. Implementing it can help organizations to securely manage and monitor the use of mobile devices and related resources in their networks, improving security and productivity for their users.
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    Jamf Software, LLC
    Migration from an existing MDM requires device wipe and reenroll for full supervision of the device. It's somewhat painful. User enrollment makes things easier, but you miss out on full management.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Ease of use and management of mobile devices are easier and has protection against the Cyber threats. The security controls implementation on our devices are perfect and in one place. I love the responsiveness and prosctivenes of the support. Seamless integration with all security devices. The ability to wipe and control days remotely is perfect easy to control all our company information by locking down lost and stolen devices.
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    Jamf Software, LLC
    Even thought we are using this solutions for different purposes (macOS device management VS mobile device management), I think at the end Jamf Pro is more focused or aimed for macOS management, and mobile device management is just a good addition to that. Same I can tell about Ivanty, is more about iOS/Android management rather than macOS
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    Scalability
    IBM
    IBM Congos Analytics has a steep learning curve, but once mastered, Congos can handle massive datasets and complex, multi-tiered reporting. Thousands of users are no problem. A downside is the complexity of the inital setup of this "all in one" tool, what might affect the deployment time.
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    Jamf Software, LLC
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    Professional Services
    IBM
    We worked with an IBM SE who was incredibly competent and extremely professional in handling our questions in addition to ensuring the Knowledge Transfer was completed properly
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    Jamf Software, LLC
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Seamless and instant onboarding for new employee's devices
    • Ensuring secure access to corporate resources
    • Asset Management of devices and their status
    • Quick off boarding of employees leaving the company
    • Help desk support for unlocking and locating devices
    • Expense Management for Roaming
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    Jamf Software, LLC
    • Jamf Pro has allowed us to minimize the time it takes to deploy devices. We can use zero-touch deployment methodologies which allow devices to go directly to end users and allow end users to get up and running without needing IT's help.
    • We have implemented both a third-party & macOS patching service, which allows us to ensure all apps and versions of macOS are updated and secure.
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    ScreenShots

    IBM MaaS360 Screenshots

    Screenshot of the SaaS portal & dashboard for UEM administratorsScreenshot of where secure user access to corporate email, contacts, calendar, apps and docs can be configuredScreenshot of a view of hardware inventory, where administrators can take action across all device types

    Jamf Pro Screenshots

    Screenshot of Jamf Pro (formerly Casper Suite) Dashboard