Google Cloud Identity vs SOTI MobiControl comparison

Google and SOTI are both solutions in the Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) category. Google is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.6, while SOTI is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.9. Google holds a 1.2% mindshare in EMM, compared to SOTI’s 6.8% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of SOTI users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 1, 2024

Both SOTI MobiControl and Google Cloud Identity compete in mobile device management and identity services. Users favor Google Cloud Identity for its features and overall experience, though SOTI MobiControl has strengths in specific areas.

Features: Users value SOTI MobiControl for remote control, software distribution, and location tracking. Google Cloud Identity is praised for its integration with G Suite, robust security, and simplified user provisioning. Google Cloud Identity provides an integrated, cloud-first experience, whereas SOTI MobiControl offers detailed device management.

Room for Improvement: SOTI MobiControl users seek better performance speed, a more intuitive management process, and enhanced usability. Google Cloud Identity users want improved documentation, advanced reporting, and richer analytics. SOTI MobiControl needs to streamline management tasks, while Google Cloud Identity should focus on documentation and analytics.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SOTI MobiControl’s deployment is more complex, often requiring additional support, but its customer service is responsive. Google Cloud Identity is noted for straightforward deployment and efficient customer service, although some users desire better support resolution times.

Pricing and ROI: SOTI MobiControl is more expensive, with users finding higher costs challenging to justify. Google Cloud Identity is considered cost-effective, offering strong ROI through its scalable cloud infrastructure. Users feel Google Cloud Identity provides better value for money despite SOTI MobiControl's premium support costs.

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Microsoft Intune

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) category, the mindshare of Microsoft Intune is 33.8%, down from 37.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Cloud Identity is 1.2%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SOTI MobiControl is 6.8%, up from 6.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Joseph Merusi

Collaborations engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Everything has worked better since we started using it

Sometimes the syncing is inconsistent. I'm confident that the devices are checking in every eight hours, but sometimes the devices aren't picking up the settings as quickly as I would expect. Some features haven't been updated in a while, and Microsoft doesn't seem interested in developing them. Unless you talk to an engineer, you don't know whether there will be an update. There are communication issues, so you might start working with a feature without knowing if it will be deprecated six months from now. Some reporting areas still need development. For example, I noticed that the reporting for driver updates is still confusing.

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EkoNugroho

Cloud Support Manager at PointStar

Enhanced security and simplicity in deployment for a holistic protection

The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Identity is its simplicity in deployment. You only need to purchase and assign licenses to users, and there's no need for extensive setup. Another valuable feature is its integration with Google Workspace, which enhances security through context-aware access and allows for geographic and IP-specific restrictions. This ensures secure access to applications and data.

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Sahi Ibrahim SOUMAHORO

Operation Manager at a construction company with 11-50 employees

Provides enterprise mobility and remote control mobile device management

I would like to see some SMS integration so people can send data directly from a mobile phone through SMS when there's no internet. This feature would be good because there are some places in Africa where the internet stability isn't that good. During the voting process, they send the result through SMS. If SOTI can add the functionality where some of the clients can send information offline, via SMS, then that would be a good improvement for some places where there isn't a lot of internet stability.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is easy to use."

"The thing I appreciate most about Microsoft Intune is that the management of the devices was very simplified. We have all machines connected to it at all times, whether they are in the office or working from home."

"The most valuable feature is the policy CSPs."

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Intune is its scalability."

"This product works very well for companies already using the full Microsoft suite."

"If any user tries to access company data, it directly interacts with the conditional access policy. This helps us protect our data and set the criteria for how data can be accessed and shared."

"It is quite policy-enabled, so you can build pretty much any policy to manage remote endpoints."

"The ability to work from all over the planet is valuable. You just need a functioning and working Internet connection."

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"One of the most useful features was the single sign-on. You can use it as an identity provider or service provider. And you can use their organization unit feature to enable or disable some of the features for a specific group of users."

"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. It becomes easier for the end customer to leverage all those features without going to a higher SKU of G Suite."

"I have not experienced any serious problem with stability."

"The tool provides a free service that you can integrate for laptop authentication. You also don’t need a separate Active Directory."

"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Identity is its simplicity in deployment."

"Although we have not looked at the whole product and explored it completely, we find that all the authentication features that we are using now are valuable."

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"The installation is very straightforward."

"The admin part, where I'm adding users, is not too bad. It's easy enough to use."

"The feature I find most valuable within Soti is the ability to reset or unlock a device. A lot of the devices that we use are in the field. We have locations in Dallas, San Diego, Seattle, Washington, and Phoenix, Arizona and there isn't always someone, within our company, who is managing these devices. Sometimes it's the doctors' offices that we partner with where they use these devices. Having the ability to remotely reset a device or unlock a device has been super-crucial for me."

"I've really enjoyed the use of the file sync when I'm administrating version control in my program."

"The other feature, that I have got to say is just leaps and bounds ahead of SOTI's competition, is the remote control feature. It's a true admin remote-control, so we don't have to have somebody on the other side of the device allowing us access to the device... We're able to pull up a tablet or phone and take pictures of it and we can actually videotape what's going on, on the device itself, and that's been huge."

"SOTI MobiControl is the right solution for customers who want a reliable and low-cost MDM solution."

"It is a scalable solution."

"We use the Lockdown Kiosk Mode feature on all of our devices. We use that so that the operators can't change any settings in the background, and so that the applications they run are immediately available to them. It's a good feature."

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Cons

"For autopilot, there should be more granularity on the settings that they offer at this stage."

"Intune endpoint analytics can be challenging."

"The feature that allows us to import the business application from the configuration manager to Intune is not very good at this time."

"We are facing issues with Apple products. With macOS and iOS, there are some difficulties with the updates because we cannot get full control of Apple products. In the case of Windows, it is fine, but in the case of Apple, we have some difficulties. We cannot control everything through Intune."

"One area for improvement is app deployment. Another is the Windows update rollout. If you're rolling out an object to a device that's offline, Intune stops trying to reach this device after it sits idle for a bit. We are forced to find a workaround that could help manage that."

"We would like to see the ability to use multiple personas on a device, similar to Samsung Knox, included in future updates."

"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."

"Sometimes, the process is unsuccessful when we attempt to reset a device and wipe the data using Intune."

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"Overall, I would give a zero out of 10 for Google's support. There is no easy way to navigate issues without paid consultation, making it quite frustrating."

"We cannot manage the attributes of SSPR."

"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."

"There is room for improvement in the configuration of their security policies. It seems quite basic."

"The one place it could be improved is the password vaulting. The password vaulting does not prevent the admins from reading users' passwords, and that's a debate."

"The interface could be improved by simplifying it further."

"The solution's storage capacity could be increased."

"The pricing for this solution is a little bit higher than AWS and others, which is something that should be improved."

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"I have used Microsoft Intune but it is more complicated than SOTI MobiControl."

"You need to get used to the admin console. I think it could be improved. It's not the best I've seen. Certainly, the software has a lot of features so you necessarily have some complexity in the interface, but I've seen better. They could make it easier in certain aspects."

"They could make it easier to configure. While setting it up from scratch, I find many networking issues, and I have to call our network people for them, but our network people don't understand. It's a nightmare to try to communicate to them that this port needs to be open, or this needs to be opened here or there. Networking people are very security conscious, and they're wary of doing anything. So, if you can't tell them exactly why they need to do something, they get really paranoid. SOTI could do a better job of making the configuration of their software easier to understand and more clear. The prerequisites should be clear. They should clearly specify what is required to get this software working. There should be a list of prerequisites that is easier to understand and trust."

"They could organize the software a little bit better, where you access things on the console. It seems like I have to click in three different places in order to get it to go to one area. I should be able to access pretty much any point of the server, whatever I need to touch, from a panel, without having to go click on a menu, then click on the profiles, then click over on Server and go back up to the top and click on the type of device that I have, just to get my applications to show."

"The area that could be improved is the reporting services or application usage. They need to integrate more with local resellers so they can fetch information from ISP providers and allow for a more detailed overview of device usage, such as internet packages."

"In future releases, I would like to see a better configuration of the dashboard."

"The scalability is horizontal, not vertical. One machine has to have all the accounts. That's one of the issues that we have found with scalability: You always have to keep the same machine. If you want to add a second machine, you need to split the account and that removes flexibility of management."

"There is room for improvement in the support."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our Office 365 Business Premium license, including Office 365 and Intune Management, offers excellent value."

"It's affordable for the protection it gives. There are no additional costs."

"They have categorized the licenses according to the size of the business. So, if it's a smaller organization, we can choose the license accordingly. If it's a big organization, then we can choose accordingly. Everything is clearly mentioned, and we can decide. It's suitable for all kinds of infrastructure, and that's very goo"

"Microsoft Intune is more expensive than other solutions, but it offers a wider range of features and control."

"Based on the features that it gives, it is cost-efficient. It is not necessarily on the expensive side of the scale. It provides a hefty number of features that any organization would want. It is in a good price range."

"We work with the subscription rather than a server license. I think it's economical this way because we don't have to have a server license for that, and I think that works in our favor."

"I liked the tool's pricing until P2 came into effect. I am unsure about the current value versus the cost of the new licensing model."

"Microsoft Intune is available for individual purchase at a low per-device cost."

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"The product is billed on a monthly basis depending on the number of users."

"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."

"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."

"We probably spend about $50,000 a year on licensing."

"The pricing is a bit expensive."

"The solution is not expensive."

"The licensing cost depends on the partners and the relationship between the company and the partners."

"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."

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"We have annual licenses to use this solution."

"SOTI MobiControl is a cheap solution."

"The price is average. SOTI manages the price according to the type of client they have. I would rate the cost as five out of ten."

"The pricing is reasonable and the licensing model is very reasonable when compared to some of the competitors in the market. I can speak directly regarding Intune, which is very expensive compared to SOTI."

"The product is reasonably priced at the moment."

"They've been pretty flexible with us, because we've changed the way we do our licensing a few times. We did a yearly, and then we went back and we did a quarterly, and I think we're back to yearly right now. We've been able to work stuff out and pricing has gone down since the onset. We've got a better rate per device and it's reasonable. The licensing cost from SOTI usually doesn't scare anybody, away once it's explained."

"It's a little bit expensive."

"SOTI is fairly priced. It's not super expensive. If you have a thousand devices that are licensed, it's going to start climbing up in price. Typically, it's like 25 bucks a seat for a year."

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Top Industries

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Educational Organization

18%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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What do you like most about Google Cloud Identity?

The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Identity is its stability.

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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 ...

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What needs improvement with Google Cloud Identity?

They should improve their customer support. The fact that the only way to get customer support is for paid customers ...

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What do you like most about SOTI MobiControl?

The most valuable features of the solution are containerization and app control.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SOTI MobiControl?

I rate the pricing as an eight, which indicates it is on the more expensive side. However, I am not responsible for b...

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What needs improvement with SOTI MobiControl?

There are some limitations with the remote control feature, and the interface occasionally experiences issues. Improv...

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Also Known As

Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager

Cloud Identity, Cloud Identity Premium

MobiControl

Overview

Microsoft Intune provides centralized management of mobile devices and applications, ensuring security, compliance, and productivity through integration with Microsoft services like Microsoft 365 and Azure Active Directory.

Organizations use Intune for managing mobile devices and applications, enhancing security and compliance across platforms. With features like single sign-on, conditional access, and zero-touch deployment via Autopilot, it facilitates efficient operations. Intune's scalability, easy enrollment, and capabilities such as remote wipe support diverse device management, offering robust data protection and efficient operation. Despite its features, improvement areas include reporting, compatibility with non-Microsoft devices, and better support for macOS and Linux devices.

What are the key features of Microsoft Intune?

Seamless Integration: Works with Microsoft 365, Azure Active Directory, and System Center for streamlined management.
Conditional Access: Enhances security with policies that restrict access based on conditions.
Autopilot: Provides zero-touch deployment for setting up new devices efficiently.
Mobile Device Management: Enables control over both personal and corporate devices.
Application Deployment: Facilitates app delivery across a range of devices.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Centralized Management: Reduces complexity by managing devices and applications in one place.
Security Enhancement: Protects data with features like remote wipe and compliance monitoring.
Improved Productivity: Enhances efficiency with seamless integration and automation features.
Device Scalability: Supports diverse device management for growing business needs.

In industries such as finance, healthcare, and education, Microsoft Intune is implemented to ensure secure and compliant device management. Companies leverage its capabilities to deploy security policies and manage both corporate-owned and BYOD environments, facilitating a unified approach to data protection and compliance.

Microsoft

Cloud Identity is an Identity as a Service (IDaaS) and enterprise mobility management (EMM) product. It offers the identity services and endpoint administration that are available in G Suite as a stand-alone product. As an administrator, you can use Cloud Identity to manage your users, apps, and devices from a central location - the Google Admin console.

Google

SOTI MobiControl, our award-winning mobility management solution provides the ability to securely manage mobile devices and connected peripherals, applications, content, and email. With MobiControl's advanced security and management features, businesses have granular control of how mobile devices are used for business, and how data is accessed to ensure sensitive corporate information is kept in authorized hands only.

SOTI

Sample Customers

Mitchells and Buzzers, Callaway

ExtraHop Networks, HealthChannels

Citizen Mexico, Sanctuary Housing, PENINSULA HOTELS, East Orange High School, Andrews Distributing, Amey Plc, American Airlines

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