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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 1, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Intune
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Ranking in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
351
Ranking in other categories
Configuration Management (2nd), Remote Access (2nd), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (1st)
Google Cloud Identity
Ranking in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)
11th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (8th), Cloud Resource Access Management (5th)
Jamf Pro
Ranking in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)
4th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
110
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Device Management (MDM) (1st), AI Customer Experience Personalization (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) category, the mindshare of Microsoft Intune is 23.8%, down from 33.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Cloud Identity is 1.7%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jamf Pro is 9.0%, down from 12.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Intune23.8%
Jamf Pro9.0%
Google Cloud Identity1.7%
Other65.5%
Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)
 

Featured Reviews

Varun Mehra - PeerSpot reviewer
Collaboration Support Engineer at a retailer with 11-50 employees
Centralized device management has transformed security and streamlined remote provisioning
One area where Microsoft Intune can improve is the user interface. Sometimes the portal feels a bit complex and not very intuitive, especially for new users, and it can take time to find specific settings. Another point is troubleshooting. While logs are available, the diagnostic policies and sync issues can still be time-consuming and not very straightforward. I also feel that reporting could be more detailed and customizable. The built-in reports are helpful, but for deeper insights, I often need to rely on additional tools. Overall, it is a strong solution, but improving usability and troubleshooting experience would make it even better. While Microsoft Intune works very well within the Microsoft ecosystem, the integration of some third-party tools could be smoother and require less customization. Support is another area that could improve, as sometimes response times can be slow, and resolving complex issues may take longer than expected. In terms of features, I think more advanced automation and built-in remediation options would be helpful since common issues can be fixed automatically without manual intervention.
BL
Head - Work Transformation at Econz
User lifecycle management becomes streamlined with unified access and context-aware policies
If applications support SAML protocols, integration is always an easy task. However, there are difficulties with form-based applications or LDAP-based applications, particularly traditional applications. We need more flexibility not only with SAML but also with LDAP-based and form-based applications. Context-aware access currently only works with SAML-based applications. If other application integrations could support context-aware access, that would be helpful, as companies are in a transition mode with various traditional, form-based, and LDAP-based applications. Mobile device management could be improved. Through Google Cloud Identity, we can manage Android applications and have control over iOS devices, but container functionality is missing. This is particularly important for BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) scenarios, especially in India where the market is now split equally between iOS and Android users. Improvements in this area and integration capabilities would be beneficial.
Mohd Javed Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Senior Consultant at Truglobal
Has supported centralized management of all Apple devices while ensuring high security and compliance
I have not encountered many areas for improvement, but there are feature requests submitted to Jamf Pro for reporting purposes that they are working on. Jamf Pro continues to increase its capabilities. One improvement I would recommend is integrating Jamf Setup Manager as an inbuilt feature. Currently, it is a separate tool that needs to be installed and integrated with Jamf Pro. Having zero-touch capability as an inbuilt feature would eliminate the need to work with scripts and configurations. The pricing of Jamf Pro is relatively high. Jamf Pro does not have a fixed price for all organizations. Based on my experience, they offer discounts inconsistently. Due to the high pricing, many organizations are moving to InTune and Workspace ONE. There are many other tools in the market for Mac OS device management, such as ScaleFusion, Addigy, and Kandji. Small organizations are moving to these alternatives, and larger organizations with fewer security concerns are moving to InTune. Despite being expensive, I still rate Jamf Pro highly because of its security features and comprehensive management capabilities for Mac OS devices.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Using this product has completely stopped DLP, so people cannot take material off of corporate machines or corporate imagines, and that's a huge benefit."
"I would recommend Microsoft Intune to others; it is a very good and scalable solution."
"Autopilot is the most valuable feature."
"Intune's most valuable features are the device, compliance, and configuration policies."
"No one can compete with Microsoft when it comes to price, and the features it is offering."
"On the cloud, you can manage everything; you can push policies, maintain patches, and maintain security because everything interacts on the cloud and a VPN is not required."
"I would say that it is at the top of the list when it comes to the competition."
"Intune makes it possible for us to reach all the endpoints and have them protected at all times."
"The most valuable feature is the performance."
"Google is always on its own. Google Cloud Identity is pretty good on every point."
"Google Cloud Identity uses what they call organizational units (OUs) instead of the security groups you'd find in Microsoft's Entra."
"I think the first thing that is great is that it gives you a lot of features, like login, and then vaulted passwords and secure LDAP, and it becomes easier for the end customer to leverage all those features without going to a higher SKU of G Suite."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most beneficial feature for enhancing security is context-aware access."
"Cloud Identity is scalable enough for our needs, and it's serving more than 3,000 users in our organization."
"Following the steps made it very easy to use."
"After a year of testing and perfecting the Jamf we got it to a point where each device is now zero-touch deployment, saving the IT department so much more time and effort and dropping our Helpdesk tickets by about 40%, making it easier for us to focus on more important tasks."
"Self-service, because there's no need for IT Support (scripts/software, etc.) Zero-touch enrollment for delivering an awesome (it's my MacBook) experience."
"Navigation is straightforward. It's not hard to create policies and manage the device. It's a lot simpler to create smart groups, view inventory, and see what the estate looks like."
"We have been able to successfully manage applications and inventory within our machines."
"Having one solution which replaced all those other moving parts has been a godsend."
"The most valuable features in Jamf Pro are the policies and config profiles, making our life easy to manage many different things in one place."
"With the countless API integrations and Jamf Marketplace add-ons, Jamf is customizable and is a total device management tool for Apple's ecosystem."
"In terms of scalability, this is a very flexible product, and you can easily up and downscale."
 

Cons

"There is room for improvement in the remediation and detection modules, which are currently about eighty percent fully functional."
"The synchronization could be improved."
"Management of Linux devices from Microsoft Intune would be great. Then we can manage any device and not only Windows and Apple."
"I have experienced downtime, bugs, and glitches. I rate it a seven because when we have bugs or instability in Microsoft Intune, we need to wait for the backend from Microsoft Intune to resolve issues and we can't deliver solutions to clients because we need to wait for action plans and related processes."
"I would like to see micro VPN. I like the way that some of the other providers have done something similar where, as you open that app on an end-point device, it creates a micro VPN straight into your device, which is quite a nice little feature. Also, Microsoft Intune relies heavily on its fellow products in the suite. It would be nice if Microsoft Intune could stand on its own two feet."
"In the future, I would like to see improvements in Microsoft Intune, especially related to policies and GPU."
"The reports aren't complete, and it's not easy to build custom reports."
"For additional functionality, I suggest that Microsoft could expand on asset management. Since the platform is there, they could develop it into a full-fledged asset management system."
"One area where Cloud Identity has room for improvement is monitoring and alerts. If you want to set up some alerts, you don't have much control over the configuration."
"The solution's storage capacity could be increased."
"Their stock management and remote computer management can be improved."
"When referring to the help articles I found them not helpful. Support themselves understood my query but the resolution was not satisfactory."
"The pricing for this solution is a little bit higher than AWS and others, which is something that should be improved."
"To improve the product, the integration with third-party products could always be smoother."
"In the next release, I would like to see integration with different systems, mainly wireless SIEMS and other analytical systems that we want to introduce."
"Google Cloud Identity the UI could improve."
"Technical support used to be better; the company has grown a lot, and their support has taken a nosedive in recent history."
"Conditional access for iOS devices is a thing they need to add. It's on the roadmap, and it would be nice to have that now."
"I would like to see either a report section or an integration with a new reporting module to allow us to pull real metrics from the system easily."
"Jamf should give the option to download individual device policy logs, as this capability would really help to diagnose issues."
"Technical support is in need of improvement."
"I wish there was a profile that could be created for configuring Apple software updates on a global basis for our devices, via a configuration profile."
"The patch management is not automated in any way, and you have to do a lot of manual work to upload the current version of applications."
"A dark mode would for sure be appreciated."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The overall pricing of Microsoft Intune is good for companies that have big IT budgets, 3,000 or more users and devices."
"Cost is not my department, but the product is included in the E5 license that we already pay for every user, so no additional cost is incurred."
"Microsoft Intune is reasonably priced for large organizations that already have Microsoft Enterprise licenses, but it is less affordable for smaller businesses."
"It is cheap, but as compared to Google, it is costly. Google is cheaper, but quality-wise, Microsoft Intune is better."
"It is not a cheap solution. The price for a device when you start using it at a large scale can be improved. It is covered under our enterprise agreement. We pay once a year. I am not aware of any additional costs."
"The pricing needs improvement."
"Microsoft Intune's pricing is reasonable."
"Microsoft Intune is pretty reasonable. We have difficulty with Azure, which is probably why we have not put many assets in Azure. Everything we put there is very expensive."
"When I worked on Cloud Identity, they offered a free or enterprise version. You can synchronize and create up to 100 user identities in the free version. After that, you have to purchase a business or enterprise license. In that model, you'll be charged based on the number of users."
"The pricing is a bit expensive."
"The licensing cost depends on the partners and the relationship between the company and the partners."
"The product is billed on a monthly basis depending on the number of users."
"The solution is not expensive."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."
"I rate the product price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."
"We probably spend about $50,000 a year on licensing."
"The total ROI is worth every penny."
"Don’t go into a sales call without knowing all the details of your system because Jamf has a ton of tools outside of Jamf Pro to offer and knowing them ahead of time is a must."
"It would be beneficial if it could be reduced slightly."
"JumpStart looks a little bit pricey; however, it is worth every penny."
"The price of this solution is a bit high but it is worth the money for the features. There is an annual license for the use of this solution."
"The only thing that is kicking us a bit is the rand to the dollar exchange rate. It is priced in dollars. Every time the rand goes worse, it just costs more. I would rate it a four out of five in terms of pricing because it is very unpredictable because of the rand to the dollar exchange rate."
"The cost of this solution is expensive but worth it."
"The cost of any licensing is certainly outweighed by the time saved from manually managing Apple devices."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Media Company
11%
University
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business144
Midsize Enterprise57
Large Enterprise170
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise41
Large Enterprise64
 

Questions from the Community

How does Microsoft Intune compare with VMware Workspace One?
Microsoft Intune is a great tool for managing a mobile device fleet while keeping access control. The solution makes ...
What are the pros and cons of Microsoft Intune?
Microsoft Intune is a great configuration management tool and has a lot of good things going for it. Here are some of...
How does Google Cloud Identity compare with Microsoft Intune?
Microsoft Intune offers not only an easy-to-deploy data protection and productivity management solution, but also ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud Identity?
It's crucial to monitor costs carefully, as there can be unexpected charges. I have been charged even when there was ...
What needs improvement with Google Cloud Identity?
If you are asking about room for improvement with Google Cloud Identity, whatever is there already, cost is the only ...
What is your primary use case for Google Cloud Identity?
We are using Google Cloud Identity for application development.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Jamf Pro?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Jamf Pro was good compared to other service providers.
What needs improvement with Jamf Pro?
I would still say that Jamf Pro's automated patch management requires development and improvement. Patch deployment c...
What is your primary use case for Jamf Pro?
My main use cases for Jamf Pro involve it being the greatest MDM solution for Apple devices, whether iOS, macOS, or t...
 

Also Known As

Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager
Cloud Identity, Cloud Identity Premium
JAMF Software Casper Suite
 

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Sample Customers

Mitchells and Buzzers, Callaway
ExtraHop Networks, HealthChannels
Xero, National Geographic, Oxford University, Via, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Fallon, Cabela's
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