Google Cloud Identity vs Jamf Pro comparison

Google and JAMF are both solutions in the Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) category. Google is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.8, while JAMF is ranked #4 with an average rating of 9.0. Google holds a 1.7% mindshare in EMM, compared to JAMF’s 9.0% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of JAMF users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 1, 2024

Jamf Pro and Google Cloud Identity are prominent in device and identity management. Jamf Pro is favored for its Apple-specific controls, while Google Cloud Identity stands out in Google Workspace integration, offering an advantage where Google services are extensively used.

Features: Jamf Pro offers automated device enrollment, extensive management features for Apple devices, and deep reporting capabilities. Google Cloud Identity provides multi-factor authentication, seamless Google Workspace integration, and straightforward user management.

Room for Improvement: Jamf Pro could enhance cross-platform support, UI efficiency, and overall user experience. Google Cloud Identity may benefit from better integration with non-Google services, improved mobile device support, and enhanced third-party app compatibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Jamf Pro provides a simple deployment process for Apple devices and robust customer service. Google Cloud Identity offers easy setup within Google ecosystems but may lack comprehensive customer service guidance.

Pricing and ROI: Jamf Pro's pricing reflects its extensive controls and features, resulting in positive ROI. Google Cloud Identity is cost-effective for Google-centric organizations, offering a strong ROI due to its integration and lower initial costs.

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Microsoft Intune

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
Product	Mindshare (%)
Microsoft Intune	23.8%
Jamf Pro	9.0%
Google Cloud Identity	1.7%
Other	65.5%

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Featured Reviews

Varun Mehra

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.

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Joel Prodigalidad

Central and Enduser Computing Manager at Infopro Business Solutions, Inc.

User-friendly solution simplifies modern application integration and streamlines data investigation

We do not use these capabilities of Google Cloud Identity because of the limitations for Active Directory integration. Google Cloud Identity could have impacted our organization positively, but if it weren't for the Active Directory integration requirement, we could have been using the Google Identity solution. Google Cloud Identity can be improved by having better integration with Active Directory, but since Active Directory is also a Microsoft solution, we don't think it will happen; that's the only disadvantage of Google. The Active Directory integration that Entra has is a better implementation compared to Google, which we found lacking.

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Mohd Javed Khan

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.

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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

"Microsoft Intune has positively impacted our organization by covering processes, improving security, and saving time."

"Its security is most valuable. It gives us a way to secure devices, not only those that are steady. We do have a few tablets and other devices, and it is a way for us to secure these devices and manage them. We know they're out there and what's their status. We can manage their life cycle and verify that they're updated properly."

"It works pretty well for us."

"For our clients, the conditional access feature along with different compliance policies that they can set is valuable."

"Microsoft Intune is the best solution available; we can connect with any device and handle all queries, which sets it apart from other tools available in the market."

"Microsoft Intune has broad capabilities, particularly with mobile device management, with excellent management features like the ability to push configuration policies to all devices across the company and manage them effectively, strong configuration and compliance capabilities, and valuable application management that centralizes applications in one place and makes configuring or deploying them much easier."

"Autopilot is a feature I really like."

"Intune makes it possible for us to reach all the endpoints and have them protected at all times."

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

"Google is always on its own. Google Cloud Identity is pretty good on every point."

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

"The main control page and the ability to manage all our users from a web-based portal are the most valuable aspects of the solution."

"The solution has a good amount of features, integrates well with Azure products, is easy to set up, has good stability, and can scale."

"Cloud Identity is a cloud-based Software as a Service model, so you don't need to worry about managing the infrastructure."

"Cloud Identity is scalable enough for our needs, and it's serving more than 3,000 users in our organization."

"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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"Jamf Pro has improved the way IT supports education, allowing us to focus more on the education around technology rather than just keeping the technology running, and to collaborate with teachers to help them get the most out of their lessons."

"The self-service portal and auto-enroll are great, as self-service has reduced the number of support tickets incredibly by allowing end users to search for and find available and approved software and download and install it themselves, saving time for both the end user and the IT department."

"Jamf Pro has allowed us to make sure settings for our devices are easily installed so our end-users don't need to worry about a significant amount of steps for setup. We also use this to send applications to devices."

"We have been able to successfully manage applications and inventory within our machines."

"There is also zero-day support to all new Apple OS."

"Having one solution which replaced all those other moving parts has been a godsend."

"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."

"The Automated Device Enrolment is great!"

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Cons

"The technical support by Microsoft is not so good. We have to manage many things by ourselves and do not receive responses in a timely manner."

"The interoperability or communication with a different platform can be better. It is a two-way street. It is not only about Microsoft. The other platforms also have to be willing to share some information, but that absolutely can be improved."

"Areas for improvement in Intune include expanding support beyond Samsung devices to accommodate other Android manufacturers like Redmi and Motorola."

"The interface is not as modern as some competitors in terms of single pane of glass visibility across the entire landscape. It has a very Azure vibe and may not be as graphically appealing as other products."

"We had an APNS certificate set to expire last week. We tried to renew it two days before it expired. We logged in to the APNS portal but could not find that certificate. We didn't know where it went. All the iOS devices stopped working. We contacted the Apple and Microsoft teams, and each blamed the other. This is something that Microsoft should take care of. Last week, we had so many escalations from high-profile users who couldn't access corporate data on their devices."

"We only have major classifications for iOS and Android, but there are different brands that have different cycles of updates. If they can fine-tune it to make it more brand-specific, that would be even better."

"I would say the interface and dashboard summarizing the devices' status and compliance could be improved."

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

More Microsoft Intune cons

"The management of external users needs to be introduced in the tool as it is an area of concern in the tool presently."

"Technical support is slow."

"I want the tool to improve its support. It should also incorporate some functionalities. Currently, preparing presentations in Google is a pain point. The tool’s certain features like user provisioning are not intuitive as well. The product’s LDAP support is very poor. Clients do not trust the product due to the spam."

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

"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."

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

"Pricing is something that can be improved."

"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."

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"They need to alphabetize payloads. Also, they need to add service management/managed login payloads for configuration profiles."

"I would like to see tighter integration with Jamf Protect in the future releases of Jamf Pro."

"Jamf Pro currently is only used on Mac computers and could improve by having compatibility with other operating systems."

"There are known issues with the mobile configs that need to be fixed."

"I would like to see tighter integration with Jamf Protect in the future releases of Jamf Pro."

"Jamf doesn't make the Cloud file system visible so there are rare occasions where the local repository and Cloud repository get out of sync."

"If I had to suggest an area of improvement would be the UI. It can be very all over the place and complex."

"We would like to have some of the extension attributes configured so that those extension attributes can be part of the core structure. They can make some of the extension attributes the actual attributes. They shouldn't be like add-ons."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"I rate Intune five out of 10 for pricing. It's expensive."

"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."

"If you're ever going to buy an Office 365 environment, then pricing is reasonable given all that it does, but if you're not, then you might find the pricing expensive."

"There are licenses required for this solution. We enable licenses on the devices we need to manage."

"With our standard E5 agreement with Microsoft, there have been no pricing concerns. Introductory professional services, like a fast-track service, were included with our E5 membership, and there have been no additional costs."

"We don't pay for Intune because it is bundled with the premium subscription to Office 365. It includes Intune and Defender. I don't have to buy two extra products to manage my enterprise."

"Intune is linked with Microsoft. We can deploy the Microsoft E365 license to users by Intune. There are different types of licenses, such as device administrator licenses, E5 licenses for device enrollment manually, and P1 and p2 licenses for device enrollment automatically. These are the licenses required for the administration."

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

"The solution is not expensive."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

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

"The pricing is a bit expensive."

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"This product is surely worth the cost of implementation."

"The cost of any licensing is certainly outweighed by the time saved from manually managing Apple devices."

"Setup and licensing prices are getting to be too high."

"We have signed a licensing contract for three years. There is an option to buy an annual license subscription, but we opted for three years as it came with a 25% or 30% discount."

"The price difference between Jamf Pro and VMware Workspace One is not very much, but when counting the cost of my time, Jamf Pro is clearly much better."

"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."

"I know that as a school we get a discounted price, which is good because without it we would not be able to afford it."

"The licensing costs for this solution are high."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

Media Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

University

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	176
Midsize Enterprise	60
Large Enterprise	183

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	37
Midsize Enterprise	41
Large Enterprise	64

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud Identity?

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What needs improvement with Google Cloud Identity?

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What is your primary use case for Google Cloud Identity?

We are using Google Cloud Identity for application development.

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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.

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What needs improvement with Jamf Pro?

I would still say that Jamf Pro's automated patch management requires development and improvement. Patch deployment c...

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Comparisons

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Compared 9% of the time

Workspace ONE UEM vs Microsoft Intune

Compared 7% of the time

ManageEngine Endpoint Central vs Microsoft Intune

Compared 4% of the time

Microsoft Entra ID vs Microsoft Intune

Compared 4% of the time

Samsung Knox vs Microsoft Intune

Compared 2% of the time

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Compared 71% of the time

Okta Platform vs Google Cloud Identity

Compared 4% of the time

SailPoint Identity Security Cloud vs Google Cloud Identity

Compared 3% of the time

OneLogin vs Google Cloud Identity

Compared 2% of the time

ManageEngine Endpoint Central vs Google Cloud Identity

Compared 1% of the time

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Workspace ONE UEM vs Jamf Pro

Compared 10% of the time

Kandji vs Jamf Pro

Compared 5% of the time

IBM MaaS360 vs Jamf Pro

Compared 4% of the time

JumpCloud vs Jamf Pro

Compared 3% of the time

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Also Known As

Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager

Cloud Identity, Cloud Identity Premium

JAMF Software Casper Suite

Overview

Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based service designed for device management, security, and compliance. It supports automation and facilitates endpoint management for Windows, iOS, and Android devices, ensuring data protection and efficient policy enforcement.

Microsoft Intune offers seamless integration with tools like Windows Autopilot to automate device setup and deployment. Integrated with Azure Active Directory, it enhances policy management while providing robust reporting and analytics tools for compliance tracking. Despite its intuitive interface aimed at simplifying navigation and device security management, there are challenges such as compatibility issues with Linux and Mac, limited policy support for Android, and demands for better third-party integration. It's widely used for both corporate-owned devices and BYOD scenarios in dynamic IT environments.

What are the key features of Microsoft Intune?

Windows Autopilot: Automates device setup for rapid deployment.
Azure Active Directory Integration: Enhances user policy management.
Reporting and Analytics: Improves compliance visibility.
Mobile Application Management: Ensures app security without compromising personal data.
Cloud-Based Management: Allows management from any location.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Time Efficiency: Automation reduces time in policy enforcement and configuration updates.
Enhanced Security: Ensures data protection across corporate-owned and BYOD devices.
Improved Compliance: Advanced reporting tools enhance compliance visibility.
Flexible Management: Cloud-based nature supports management from any location.

In industries such as finance and healthcare, Microsoft Intune is implemented to ensure data protection and compliance with regulatory standards. Manufacturing sectors utilize Intune for managing a distributed workforce across global locations, while educational institutions employ it to secure and manage devices in learning environments supporting both students and faculty.

Microsoft

Google Cloud Identity provides a robust platform for managing user and group access across cloud resources, enhancing security with multi-factor authentication and unifying identities with seamless single sign-on.

Offering a comprehensive range of features, Google Cloud Identity presents a web-based user management portal, group access control, and context-aware access, which significantly improves security and simplifies application-level policies. Seamless integration with Google Workspace and straightforward setup processes enhance usability, while organizational unit management supports efficient policy handling. This makes cloud-based user management both straightforward and impactful. Areas for enhancement include password management and integration with third-party applications and systems like Mac and Active Directory. The interface could also be more user-friendly, while pricing adjustments could improve competitiveness. Monitoring capabilities require better customization, and mobile device management needs refinement for wider compatibility. Strengthening customer support access and robustness would encourage smoother user experiences.

What are the key features of Google Cloud Identity?

Group Access Control: Enables management of access to resources by defining groups.
Single Sign-On: Streamlines access across applications through single sign-on.
Unified Identity Access: Provides a single view for identity management.
Endpoint Management: Manages devices accessing cloud resources efficiently.
Multi-Factor Authentication: Enhances security with additional authentication steps.

What benefits should users look for when evaluating Google Cloud Identity?

Enhanced Security: Robust security is provided through multi-factor authentication and context-aware access.
Streamlined Access Management: Simplified user and access management cuts down administrative tasks.
Integration Capabilities: Ease of integration with tools like Google Workspace enhances functionality.
Simplified Policy Management: Intuitive organizational unit management makes handling policies efficient.

Numerous industries implement Google Cloud Identity for its single sign-on and access management capabilities, which enable fine-tuned cloud resource control, multi-device authentication, and effective user administration. By integrating with systems for user authentication and identity synchronization from Active Directory, companies utilize it for enhanced collaboration and mobile device management. A unified account experience augments security with multi-factor authentication, applicable across platforms without necessitating Google Workspace.

Google

Jamf Pro empowers businesses with management capabilities for Apple devices, offering features like zero-touch deployment and integration with Apple Business Manager to enhance IT operations.

Geared towards professional environments, Jamf Pro supports management of devices like MacBooks and iPhones. Businesses benefit from its strong inventory capabilities, self-service features, and automated device management. Users manage deployments, configurations, and updates while integrating seamlessly with Apple Business Manager. The platform’s remote management, along with its support for day-one Apple updates and API customization, enhances operational efficiency, although improvements are desired in areas such as automated patch management and UI simplification.

What are the key features of Jamf Pro?

Asset and Patch Management: Offers tracking and management of devices and software updates.
Zero-Touch Deployment: Allows automated device configuration without manual intervention.
Self Service: Empowers users by providing them access to apps and configuration profiles.
Integration with Apple Business Manager: Seamless synchronization with Apple's enterprise features.
Customizable via APIs and Scripting: Enhances operational processes through advanced customization options.

What benefits and ROI should be evaluated in Jamf Pro reviews?

Enhanced Productivity: Streamlines IT operations for greater user efficiency.
Improved Security Compliance: Ensures devices adhere to security protocols from deployment to updates.
User Empowerment: Self-service tools increase user satisfaction and efficiency.
Remote Management: Facilitates device management without physical presence, crucial for distributed workforces.

Jamf Pro is extensively utilized across educational institutions and enterprises managing device fleets. It offers comprehensive mobile device management for schools and businesses, ensuring consistency in deployment and adherence to security standards. This adaptability provides a tailored approach for environments needing structured Apple device management solutions.

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