{"id":103283,"date":"2024-01-17T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?p=103283"},"modified":"2024-12-20T13:43:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T18:43:04","slug":"mosyle-vs-jamf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/mosyle-vs-jamf","title":{"rendered":"Mosyle vs. Jamf: Comparing Popular MDM Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Remote and hybrid work have made mobile device management (MDM)<\/a> a must-have for virtually every company and organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But some distinct challenges<\/a> can come with implementing and maintaining a robust device management system \u2014 from upholding compliance requirements to monitoring BYOD<\/a> devices to maintaining network access control. And that doesn\u2019t even begin to address the identity and access management<\/a> (IAM) that goes along with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Frustrated with the options on the market, some IT teams and MSPs have developed their own MDMs, leveraging open-source solutions<\/a> as a baseline and building customizations on top. Yet these homegrown solutions introduce security vulnerabilities, and creating, testing, and updating them takes time that most IT and MSP teams don\u2019t have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, admin teams look to popular Apple MDM tools like Mosyle and Jamf. But how effective are they? <\/p>\n\n\n\n In this post, we\u2019ll review the advantages and disadvantages of each platform and present a new end-to-end MDM, IAM, and user management<\/a> platform, JumpCloud, instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosyle offers a bit more scope in its MDM solution, incorporating identity management, endpoint security, and application management into its standard plans. Mosyle supports macOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and Apple Watch management. A few of Mosyle\u2019s features include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosyle is also integrating AI into its platform, leveraging machine learning for behavioral detection and macOS scripting for more complex use cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But Mosyle has some deficiencies. While the company has been around for over a decade, it has very few reviews on Capterra (51), G2 (21), and TrustRadius (4). Mosyle users have also noted that the Mosyle support team has limited hours<\/a>, and the platform itself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamf is a long-standing Apple MDM that, like Mosyle, provides macOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS support. Jamf can be deployed on-prem or via the cloud<\/a> and can be used to support FedRAMP and AWS GovCloud. Jamf characterizes itself as a self-service platform with a \u201c\u200b\u200bcurated end-user portal\u201d to help admins get up to speed. Jamf also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n But Jamf can be very expensive<\/a>. The most basic plan only includes integrations with Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager, and the end-user portal \u2014 there is no smart groups functionality, App Catalog, BYOD support, or any other critical MDM features. Beyond that, customers have pointed out that Jamf has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To help you make a fully informed MDM decision, we\u2019ve put together a chart that shows a more granular look at what Mosyle and Jamf have to offer:<\/p>\n\n\n\nOverview of Mosyle Business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Overview of Jamf<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Comparison of Mosyle vs. Jamf<\/h2>\n\n\n\n