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Jamf Pro vs Jamf for Mac comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Jamf for Mac
Ranking in AI Customer Experience Personalization
30th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Jamf Pro
Ranking in AI Customer Experience Personalization
12th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
110
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Device Management (MDM) (1st), Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

Karsh Trivedi - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at Payatu
Self-service access has reduced support tickets and improves secure remote management
The best feature I appreciate about Jamf for Mac is the self-service portal. The self-service portal is a collection of administrative tasks that a user can complete when they want or how they want, which helps me and my users. It does not require an IT or security person to intervene every time, and it functions as a just-in-time activation of a particular rule. For example, if a user needs admin privileges for thirty minutes to install a program, the self-service portal can accomplish that easily, so an IT person does not have to be present every time software installation is needed. The remote wipe and remote lock features are also very good, as they secure the endpoint quite well. The integration with Apple Business Manager is seamless and works very well. Jamf for Mac has positively impacted my organization by making the installation and management of my user base and endpoints quite easy and effective. Jamf for Mac has saved me time, improved security, and reduced the number of support tickets. It has made my life easier by managing Mac endpoints on a remote basis, significantly reducing my support tickets, and increasing my visibility from a security perspective. I can obtain audit logs from Jamf to track user activities. The Jamf dashboard gives me a complete overview and inventory of whatever services are running or whatever applications are installed on an endpoint, which makes my life significantly easier.
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

"Jamf for Mac has positively impacted my organization by making the installation and management of my user base and endpoints quite easy and effective."
"Jamf for Mac has two features recently added: compliance and blueprint."
"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."
"The solution has good integration with Google and has high performance for our Mac fleet of devices."
"The ability to put a device into a lost mode state that will report locations as it checks in has allowed us to retrieve so many lost devices."
"Configuration Profiles from Jamf Pro are awesome."
"The use of Jamf Pro has massively streamlined our process of working with Apple devices."
"My team use this solution to provide end-to-end support on our managed Mac fleet. This includes doing OS updates and upgrades, application deployments, configuration settings and outlining."
"Things that would have taken us weeks in the past now take us mere minutes."
"With Jamf Pro in the cloud, we are capable of managing our devices, located all over the world, with ease."
 

Cons

"The integration with identity federation portals or IAM tools such as Okta can be improved."
"Another big issue for us is that when I have updated macOS from the software update, I cannot see the progress of how many systems are going to install for macOS."
"Sometimes the Jamf's cloud-hosted servers feel like they could be a little more powerful."
"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."
"The integrated patch feature is good but needs some tweaking."
"More reporting functionalities on mail/export basis with a schedule."
"I would like to see improved integration of some of the additional tools that users create within Jamf itself."
"Jamf Pro could be improved by providing more out-of-the-box integration with other systems such as Active Directory, Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions, and other IT management tools."
"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."
"A dark mode would for sure be appreciated."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"With respect to pricing, Jamf Pro is the better bet."
"Jamf is quite up there. It wasn't the cheapest solution, but it's reasonable. Apigee was cheaper than Jamf."
"I think it pays for itself to let Jamf host the server."
"The total ROI is worth every penny."
"This is a pricey solution."
"Licensing cost is dependent on the footprint and foreseen growth."
"Setup and licensing prices are getting to be too high."
"It would be beneficial if it could be reduced slightly."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Media Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
University
8%
 

Company Size

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Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise41
Large Enterprise64
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Jamf for Mac?
The integration with identity federation portals or IAM tools such as Okta can be improved. A specific issue I encountered was that I had to manually sync Okta passwords to Jamf passwords to enable...
What is your primary use case for Jamf for Mac?
My main use case for Jamf for Mac is to manage my Mac endpoints and provide the MDM solution to cover my Apple MacBooks. I use Jamf for Mac to secure my endpoint and apply MDM policies such as secu...
What advice do you have for others considering Jamf for Mac?
My advice to others looking into using Jamf for Mac is that if you are using any other identity providers for your daily login logouts, I would prefer to keep in mind that it requires manual connec...
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 comes from certain CDN servers, yet the process lacks control and transparency. S...
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 tvOS. I am specialized in macOS and understand how its structures and API calls c...
 

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JAMF Software Casper Suite
 

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