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    Jamf Now

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AJamf 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

    Parallels Device Management

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AParallels Device Management enables users to centrally administer PCs, iPhones and iPads, including Mac management, with a simple plug-in. The vendor states the solution: Extends Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM) for unified device administration. Improves IT performance, reducing duplicate work and incident resolution time. Is straightforward to deploy, requiring no additional infrastructure or training.N/A
    Pricing
    Jamf NowParallels Device Management
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    Pricing Offerings
    Jamf NowParallels Device Management
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    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
    Jamf NowParallels Device Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
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    Usability
    8.0
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    Support Rating
    8.9
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    User Testimonials
    Jamf NowParallels Device Management
    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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    Parallels
    We had a medium size fleet of macbook pros that we had deployed and had parallels already installed on them. We looked into a way to standardize and track these devices and started looking into Parallels as a solution to help us with this. Parallels was a good fit due to the fact that most of these machines already had the base system already installed
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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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    Parallels
    • Central location for management via Webv
    • Existing ecosystem for our mac users
    • Trust and transparent set up from normal operations
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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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    Parallels
    • It can be a bit difficult with a large fleet of computers
    • Can be a bit hard to troubleshoot if there are issues
    • There are other tools that are cheaper that do the same thing albeit not as well
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    Usability
    Jamf Software, LLC
    Working in an environment with just macOS devices, Jamf Now is a great option. With Jamf Now, you get details with configurations that get down to the fine details of each device. Without Jamf Now, it would be a much bigger headache managing our Apple devices. Overall, this application makes our jobs much easier.
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    Parallels
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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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    Parallels
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    Alternatives Considered
    Jamf Software, LLC
    Ease of use, price point, support, features - are all the reasons why we chose Jamf Now.
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    Parallels
    We looked at a product called virtual box to do something similar to what we saw from Parallels but it was much more manual for us to deploy out the tool and we would have had to do a lot more work to manage all the systems we have in the fleet
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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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    Parallels
    • Easy to deploy out to our fleet
    • quick turn around time to provision with parallels
    • ease of use from end user perspective
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