We performed a comparison between IBM MaaS360 and IBM MobileFirst based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, JAMF, VMware and others in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)."I would say the biggest benefit is the single-pane view. There's no jumping around multiple UI's to do your overall management."
"Autopilot is the most valuable feature of Microsoft Intune."
"A valuable feature is user enrollment, where users can enroll their devices in their organizations themselves."
"The ability to block and erase remote devices is valuable to us, especially when those devices are lost."
"Technical support, in general, has been quite helpful."
"Microsoft Endpoint Manager is not expensive overall, especially for small environments."
"We can securely manage both company-owned devices and personal devices enrolled in our BYOD program."
"For the price, the features included with Microsoft are appealing."
"The product’s most valuable feature is email, browser, and application security."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that we can find a lost device or shut the device down and wipe it is good for HIPAA."
"My customers value the ability to control all their devices from a central point in IBM MaaS360."
"Asset management is the most valuable feature and integral for device inventory."
"Maas360 uses distribution groups to deploy apps, which makes it a bit easier than, for example, Intune."
"The best feature is the ability to control mobile phones, wipe and containerize the data, and keep employees' work data separate from personal data."
"Remote enablement feature and access to internal resources on the VPN."
"The most valuable features of IBM MaaS360 are encryption and mobile design."
"IBM MobileFirst has one of the most feature-rich admin panels."
"With help of this product, we have been able to develop mobile applications without having complete knowledge of each mobile OS's native programming technology. App development, delivery, and code management have been very efficient using this product."
"I like Its capability for developing hybrid applications, with an ability to integrate device-native code as well"
"The feature that allows us to import the business application from the configuration manager to Intune is not very good at this time."
"Could benefit from user having more control over devices."
"Lacks the ability to deploy more ways of management, managing devices and processing the policies."
"Microsoft needs to enhance device-level security, as sometimes when using Microsoft Intune, the device's operating system becomes stuck and requires a full uninstall to remove the Intune bug."
"China blocks Google and Google Play Store, which makes installation challenging. Microsoft Intune is a company software, which has to be installed to the app portal or Microsoft Software Center."
"Reporting needs improvement."
"It doesn't economize when you scale up. We have over 14,000 employees, and we have between 7,500 and 8,000 city-owned or personal devices being used to conduct city business. Its price can be improved. It is not a cheap solution."
"There should be more focus on mobile device security and integration."
"The reporting and alerting could be improved."
"When we have MaaS360 installed on smartphones, it consumes the battery of the device at a much faster pace. This is one of the areas of improvement that I would like to highlight. We have also observed that in the contact list, a lot of duplication is happening. A single contact is duplicated three or four times, which also consumes more memory resources. If they can work on improving it for these aspects, it will have a more positive impact not only on the way the application is being consumed by the user but also on user satisfaction. A lot of new features are being deployed or rolled out by companies that are competitors of IBM MaaS360. IBM will have to ensure that all those features are on board so that we have a complete suite of features in the platform, rather than deploying multiple diverse solutions to cater to the requirements of our customers."
"The price could be lower."
"Can be added process of export/import environment configuration to simplify any migration processes."
"We opted to go with Microsoft Intune because it just seemed to be a more mature and comprehensive enterprise solution, whereas IBM MaaS360 didn't seem to have the necessary breadth to manage all of our equipment. Along with laptops, I've had some BYODs. IBM MaaS360 just didn't seem as mature in our assessment."
"IBM MaaS360 needs to have stronger points when it comes to the area of BYOD."
"IBM MaaS360 can improve the location reporter. There is a 15-minute delay and this does not allow for any usefulness."
"The UI has room for improvement."
"I would like to see improved support for native device functions."
"There are issues with push notifications, especially for Windows mobile apps. JSONStore also crashes abruptly at times."
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IBM MaaS360 is ranked 8th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 34 reviews while IBM MobileFirst is ranked 7th in Mobile App Platforms. IBM MaaS360 is rated 7.8, while IBM MobileFirst is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM MaaS360 writes "It lets you separate work and personal data on mobile phones, but the interface is outdated and clunky". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM MobileFirst writes "It provides access management for the enterprise user as well as for the consumer". IBM MaaS360 is most compared with SOTI MobiControl, VMware Workspace ONE, Jamf Pro, Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM) and ManageEngine Endpoint Central, whereas IBM MobileFirst is most compared with Microsoft Azure App Service, SAP Mobile Platform and Ionic.
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