Jamf 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.
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KACE Systems Management Appliance
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Quest now offers the KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) as an IT Asset tracking and management appliance (also available as a virtual deployment if hardware requirements are met). Beyond discovery, inventory tracking and license management, KACE emphasizes automating software upgrade distribution with minimal end-user disruption, featuring remote replication for multi-site upgrades and rollouts. KACE SMA may be bundled with KACE Cloud Mobile Device Management (MDM) to form a complete UEM…
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Pricing
Jamf Pro
KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)
Editions & Modules
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Pricing Offerings
Jamf Pro
KACE Systems Management Appliance
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No 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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Jamf Pro
KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)
Considered Both Products
Jamf Pro
Verified User
Engineer
Chose Jamf Pro
Jamf is apple first and apple only. The architecture of the application screams that refined polishedness you'd get from Apple. The other applications that I've had experience with are not near as polished - especially for the apple ecosystem. I'd recommend Jamf for the …
I've used the other systems that managers like to see where "everything is in one place". This ideology works from a management perspective, but from an administrative perspective and when you're looking to provide the best user experience, it doesn't always offer the best …
Verified User
Technician
Chose Jamf Pro
Jamf Pro allows for an amazing amount of control for Apple specific devices compared to KACE. Jamf Pro also support a lot of automation for installs and configurations which KACE is unable to support as a largely Windows based service.
Jamf Pro is far easier to use and much more feature rich than the other products I have used in the past. It supports new versions of the macOS far faster than the other products I have used. It is more scalable and able to keep the fleet better managed than other products. I …
Completely different products, but Jamf Pro is so much easier to use. It's also geared primarily for Apple devices, which isn't always the case when working in an enterprise environment. You don't want to use something that was built with Windows in mind and sort of copied over …
By far it easier to deploy and manage. It makes the process of deployment, software, and patching much easier, and it's an all-in-one solution that is easy to manage and train helpdesk on.
We liked having the helpdesk portion integrated with our hardware and software inventory instead of having 2-3 different discrete systems that wouldn't talk to each other.