We performed a comparison between Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM) and VMware Workspace ONE based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Its protection policies are most valuable. It protects mobile devices as well as individual apps. It is pretty scalable, and its documentation is also pretty good. It is also pretty straightforward to deploy."
"While Microsoft Intune boasts a wide range of features, its user-friendliness and bundled licensing cost are key considerations for me."
"If the product works, remote access will be a benefit. To this point we have not had reason to have confidence in achieving that access."
"It is a helpful tool to manage BYOD policies."
"This product offers an alternative solution to other UEM (Unified Endpoint Management) solutions."
"Autopilot is a great feature. Most users are looking for a zero-touch deployment."
"It has improve our organization through the remote management of non-domain joined devices."
"The initial setup is not overly complex or difficult."
"The solution is easy to use and support."
"The stability of the solution is very good. It's reliable. We don't have crashes or experience freezing. There aren't bugs or glitches."
"The web portal provides status reporting and ease of configuration."
"The most valuable features include remote inventory analysis, security features like geofencing, and software distribution."
"The central management console on the cloud is fast and is the solution's most valuable feature."
"It's robust, and we like the device availability, ease of purchase, and supplier stock availability."
"I have found the location analytics feature that is built into the APs to be the most valuable. It allows you to compare data and to single out individuals who are repeatedly coming into your store. We can observe different trends. This is what separates it from a lot of the other solutions."
"The best features of Cisco Meraki Systems Manager include its simplicity and ease of use. It is straightforward to set up and manage devices compared to other products."
"The contained browser is a good feature."
"App delivery and management platform that's user-friendly, with a good interface. Easy to scale, easy to set up, with good stability."
"The solution's Self-Service feature is valuable because it gives a single managed application that users can download and use based on their preferences and productivity."
"The solution has very good documentation."
"We find it to be reliable."
"The Identity component of this solution is its most valuable feature."
"AirWatch has one of the best User Interfaces and it's quite easy to figure out where particular items are within the menu system."
"It has good stability."
"The policies we had in SCCM and AD offered features that are missing from Microsoft Intune."
"Some enrollment features could be improved."
"They should improve its compatibility with other operating systems such as iOS and Linux. It supports Linux but they still need to work on the iOS part."
"In terms of what can be improved, I am looking for better enhancements regarding Apple management, not only on the mobile device, but also on the laptop."
"The reporting and cost have room for improvement."
"I'd like some more reporting so that I don't have to delve into PowerShell and I can pull more of the local device information such as memory, apps installed, etc. It would be nice to be able to see the apps that are present there but might not be managed. For example, if they installed 7Zip, it could report that back via an installed program or feature to see what was currently installed."
"The technical support could be improved."
"Microsoft Intune needs to improve the initial login process."
"System's compatibility with Google Chrome could be improved."
"Security could be improved, and there could be more features that enable you to customize the end customer solution."
"The price of the solution could be reduced."
"It doesn't seem to be able to establish some VPN tunnels with other devices in a particular way that such as an ASA can do for us."
"The solution can be expensive."
"It would be beneficial to have better integration with other OS."
"The cost of installing this solution can be more expensive depending on who is doing the installation. Cisco is very expensive, and I'd like to see a reduction in cost."
"Meraki is limiting our connections."
"I'd like to see more integration capabilities in future releases."
"VMware Workspace ONE for the new users or the new clients that they try to procure and learn it, there can have difficulties. It does not have user-friendly portals. The portal seems to be more user-friendly in Microsoft solutions."
"The setup was very difficult. It was not as easy as I had expected."
"The integration on the application side could improve."
"Security aspects such as data loss prevention could be improved."
"VMware Workspace ONE can improve in virtual reality. Customers are now looking toward virtual reality devices. Though it supports virtual reality, it's treated as an Android device. Customers want to deal with VR devices, they want a specific VR tool. Not an Android device VR tool."
"Cost of licensing is quite high."
"The console comes bunched together as a package and inbuilt. Its called Workspace ONE. Whenever we have an issue, we contact the service provider, and instead of a fix, we are just getting the next version of Workspace ONE."
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Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM) is ranked 6th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 25 reviews while VMware Workspace ONE is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 81 reviews. Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM) is rated 8.4, while VMware Workspace ONE is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM) writes "Easy to use and excels in generating reports". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Workspace ONE writes "The solution is stable, scalable, and offers single sign-on". Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM) is most compared with Jamf Pro, IBM MaaS360, SOTI MobiControl, ManageEngine Endpoint Central and Google Cloud Identity, whereas VMware Workspace ONE is most compared with VMware Horizon, Jamf Pro, SOTI MobiControl, Citrix Workspace and VMware Workstation. See our Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM) vs. VMware Workspace ONE report.
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