Jamf Now vs. Jamf School

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Jamf Now
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Jamf Now, formerly Bushel, is a cloud-based Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution for iPads, iPhones, and Macs in the workplace. According to the vendor, Jamf Now makes device management accessible and affordable for everyone, so businesses can support their users without help from IT. Jamf Now helps configure settings on all Apple devices quickly and consistently over the air and allows users to manage their devices by centrally deploying apps anytime from anywhere. Jamf Now can be…N/A
Jamf School
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Jamf School is a purpose-built mobile device management solution (MDM) for schools that gives users the ability to deploy and manage Apple devices. Jamf School management system also pairs with three apps, Jamf School Teacher, Jamf School Parent and Jamf School Student.N/A
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Jamf NowJamf School
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details$2 per month per Mac or iOS device. First 3 devices are free. Price per month per device, billed monthly. No minimum. Cancel at any time; no questions asked. As your needs change, add or remove devices. We bill you based on current number of managed devices.
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(4 ratings)
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Support Rating
8.9
(2 ratings)
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User Testimonials
Jamf NowJamf School
Likelihood to Recommend
Jamf Software, LLC
Anywhere with under 100 Apple devices, I would recommend this service. It was always so simple to add a device you recently purchased to your inventory and be able to check in on it anytime. If they had more than 100, I would recommend Jamf Pro, the enterprise version of this software.
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Jamf Software, LLC
Jamf is user-friendly and easy to set up. It allows Ipads to be managed in easy-to-understand groupings. It also allows teachers to take ownership of choosing and distributing apps. The safety features for students allow restricting of websites, apps, and even clearing some of the "clutter" of built-in IOS apps that you don't want on students screens such as news and measuring apps. I really enjoy using this product.
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Pros
Jamf Software, LLC
  • Resetting passwords remotely..
  • Locking or wiping a device.
  • Pushing new apps out to all or one iPad.
  • Controlling what apps are installed on the iPads.
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  • Concise management
  • Data tracking
  • Instructional tool
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Cons
Jamf Software, LLC
  • I would like to see some more advanced functions for the iOS supervised mode. Maybe pushing iOS updates? Right now we can only see if it requires an update, but can't schedule an update time, etc.
  • I would like to see Jamf Now work with Apple to allow apps with in-app purchases that can be used with Jamf Now. Right now some apps don't have two versions available in the app store (a full version, and a free version with in-app purchases), so the single version free app with in-app purchases can't be used across our enterprise environment. :(
  • They could do with a better lost device activation lock. Currently, you can only lock a device from being erased and re-setup if you associate an icloud account with it and turn it on to find the lost device.
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Jamf Software, LLC
  • Speed of pulling down apps from ASM
  • Device Location Finding
  • Jamf teacher
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Support Rating
Jamf Software, LLC
No body is perfect and occasionally, but rare, it take a little bit to get a reply on the chat, but overall as compared to other chat sessions it is pretty responsive and fairly quick. They allow you to upload a screen shot if that helps and to reply with solutions via email so I have it as a reference in writing for future problems.
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Jamf Software, LLC
Ease of use, price point, support, features - are all the reasons why we chose Jamf Now.
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Jamf Software, LLC
We originally tried an MDM from Cisco and it did not deliver in useability or features like Jamf
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Return on Investment
Jamf Software, LLC
  • Low Cost: 2-3 dollars a device for a month was cheaper than the time spent repairing the Mac server.
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Jamf Software, LLC
  • Significantly reduced the time of managing devices on the class or using configurator
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