IBM MaaS360 vs. Snow Device Manager

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM MaaS360
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
IBM MaaS360 is a mobile security offering developed by Fiberlink, acquired and owned by IBM since early 2014.
$4
Per Client
Snow Device Manager
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Swedish company Snow Software offers Snow Device Manager, a mobile device management (MDM) application scalable to complete UEM with Snow ancillary products and capabilities.N/A
Pricing
IBM MaaS360Snow Device Manager
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 MaaS360Snow Device Manager
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
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User Ratings
IBM MaaS360Snow Device Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(49 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.5
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.4
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.1
(32 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.3
(34 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM MaaS360Snow Device Manager
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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Flexera
Once we had got 20k plus users to blacklist. The data was too big. We wanted the results within some hours. When we used SDM and did all in one shot. It hardly took 2 hours. The same we presented to the clients in our weekly call. Got appreciation as well for that. Yes, just to summarize, even though we have huge datas, this helps us to fetch the results too easily. Thanks.
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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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Flexera
  • It handles software and the applications in all the platforms. It is very much useful for us when we have got many projects.
  • We also blacklist the applications that creates any risk when triggered incident for us.
  • It is a very convenient for us to handle as it gives an excellent security, even if we run any queries in the background.
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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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Flexera
  • At times whitelisting the applications creates a problem, now it has been improved more.
  • No editable option once the data saved.
  • License issue has been occurred initially. Even though license was there, we couldn't use it properly. Slow it recovered.
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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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Flexera
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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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Flexera
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
IBM
Never had an outage in 11 years of using this solution
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Flexera
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Performance
IBM
typically very consistent but occasionaly some lag
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Flexera
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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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Flexera
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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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Flexera
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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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Flexera
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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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Flexera
As I said, we can do the task in bulk which is the added advantage in this. At times alerts gets triggered in multiple like 1000 plus. We can't do it manually as it kills time. But by using this, we can do it on bulk within hours. So likewise, we also did in the same way. We can pull reports also from this (excel files). We showcased to clients wherein we got the appreciation also. Really liked. Thanks team!
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Scalability
IBM
Rock solid, consistent solution
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Flexera
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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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Flexera
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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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Flexera
  • Pros: blacklist the applications that creates any risk when triggered incident for us. Cons: unable to whitelist as it is creating bug
  • It is a very convenient for us to handle as it gives an excellent security, even if we run any queries in the background.
  • Cons : NA
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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