Kandji vs. ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Kandji
Score 8.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Kandji is an Apple device management software solution for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS, from the company of the same name in San Diego.N/A
ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
The ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus application is an enterprise mobile device management (MDM) solution.N/A
Pricing
KandjiManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
KandjiManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAll plans billed annually.
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User Ratings
KandjiManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus
Likelihood to Recommend
6.8
(4 ratings)
9.0
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
6.4
(3 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
KandjiManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus
Likelihood to Recommend
Kandji
Kandji is well-suited for the following: - Onboarding remote employees (we are a remote company). Kandji offers zero-touch deployment via Apple Business Manager, making it incredibly easy to configure our Macs. -Maintaining security and compliance for Apple devices -Managing a fleet of iOS devices in the field. Where it's less appropriate: -When there is a mixed OS environment -If you have a highly custom or script-heavy environment.
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ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
An amazing solution for an organisation of up to 25 devices as they offer a free subscription. You could use this to trial the product at your organisation. The perfect fit for any size of organisation with the software being simple enough for non-technical staff to be able to deploy and manage devices.
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Pros
Kandji
  • Pushing custom scripts
  • New device deployment
  • App updates
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ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
  • Geo tracking: once the mobile app is installed, the phone checks in to our cloud management console and we can ping the location of the device easily.
  • Lost/stolen device: when a device is lost or stolen, we can make the phone make a sounds to help in finding it or perform a complete wipe to remove any sensitive data.
  • App management: they make it easy to add mobile apps that can automatically be pushed out to all of the managed devices. It is easy to control what apps you want to have immediately installed, apps you want to make available, or apps you want to block.
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Cons
Kandji
  • Problem after problem after problem with employees getting locked out of their laptops, (which was the whole reason we switched to Kandji - to prevent that from happening), employees ultimately having to factory reset their laptops to get back in, pop-ups that never go away, and continuous password sync issues.
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ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
  • Documents are sorted by some random order by default, users need to manually select "sort by A-Z", and even by doing so, coming out of documents and back in will reset the order to the random one. Would be amazing if A-Z was default, or if I could find out what this default order was to edit the files accordingly.
  • Playing audio files from the app is approached as if it was a video: if you come out of the app or lock the screen, the audio will stop. Would be great if it could act like music apps and keep playing with locked screen.
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Likelihood to Renew
Kandji
No answers on this topic
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
We would be very likely to renew unless there were unforeseen changes to our budget.
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Usability
Kandji
I gave it an 8/10 because overall, it offers a spotless and intuitive interface that makes routine device management easy. Features such as onboarding, app deployment, and compliance enforcement are handy, thanks to the various blueprints we can set up. The only reason I didn't give it a 10 is that it lacks some advanced configurations, and the reporting aspect is not as customizable.
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ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
The ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus overall usability is very good. So far, they provided all functionalities that we need to manage mobile devices and also applications deployment and security.
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Alternatives Considered
Kandji
With Intune, they aren’t friendly with Macs. We had to add each app individually and constantly update the packages for updates. Even when we do everything right, it still doesn’t work all the time
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ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
We selected ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus because is one of the best solutions on the market. Very good price, easy deployment, and management. Great support from the vendor. Great user community on forums. Geolocation and real-time management are very useful. The product is constantly improving and offers many possibilities
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Return on Investment
Kandji
  • They promised us we could add devices as needed. I even had that written in an email. However, they rescinded that promise and required us to add devices in buckets of 50. That means, since we had 55 users, we had to pay for 100 licenses.
  • Password issues were made much worse by using Kandji instead of our old MDM (Hexnode).
  • Overall, Kandji created major headaches with laptop instead of improving.
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ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
  • Positive : Reduced data breaches, improved compliance, and secure mobile access can lead to cost savings
  • Positive : Secure and easy access to corporate resources on mobile devices can improve employee satisfaction
  • Negative :Us Still needs improvement, Training is must before usage
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ScreenShots

Kandji Screenshots

Screenshot of Zero-Touch DeploymentScreenshot of Automated patch managementScreenshot of One-Click Compliance TemplatesScreenshot of Streamlined User Interface