We performed a comparison between VMware Workspace ONE and Microsoft Intune based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Microsoft Intune has higher ratings and is more affordable than VMware Workspace ONE.
"One of the main features of the solution is it allows the management of many devices in different ways."
"Intune's feature that I have found most valuable is its auto-pilot feature."
"The solution is easy to use and it has good performance."
"I can reach devices or computers over the internet. I don't need to worry about the network connectivity between the offices. I can manage any device. That is the most important part."
"We can securely manage both company-owned devices and personal devices enrolled in our BYOD program."
"...Intune itself integrates with that entire Microsoft ecosystem. As an individual product itself, it's okay. It holds up. But when you start saying "I've bought this as part of a wider solution, as a company we are going Microsoft throughout," then it makes more sense to have Microsoft Intune... so you have that single dashboard."
"It is a stable solution."
"There are so many features, but Windows Autopilot is one of the features that are very valuable for most customers."
"The remote management and location capabilities are good."
"VMware Workspace ONE is scalable."
"We find it to be reliable."
"If an end-user has an issue with a device, the administration has the ability to remote access the device after approval from the end-user."
"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."
"App delivery and management platform that's user-friendly, with a good interface. Easy to scale, easy to set up, with good stability."
"VMware Workspace ONE has been stable so far."
"The platform makes the mobile device management process straightforward to handle."
"The solution could improve its flexibility."
"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."
"Intune does not provide real-time visibility."
"I know that their AI pieces are at the infancy stage, but allowing users to do more tagging for information would be an interesting thing because Intune also directly integrates with Azure. Because a lot of the devices are hosted with that, you also get a lot of tagging of user data and other things like that."
"They need to integrate more with security options."
"Sometimes, customers compare it with AirWatch, but the concept of Intune is different from other solutions. It's an application management app. It gets a bit difficult to explain it to customers, but it's not a product limitation. It takes a presale document or presentation to explain it to customers."
"The feature that allows us to import the business application from the configuration manager to Intune is not very good at this time."
"Some enrollment features could be improved."
"We'd like to see a better connection to Microsoft Azure and a better connection with Check Point."
"I would like to see more service notifications."
"Feature-wise, it is fine, but its pricing could be better, given that Microsoft is on a bundling spree. AirWatch would benefit from reducing the license pricing per user per month."
"There is room for improvement in customer service and support."
"The product's initial setup phase was quite complex."
"From an improvement perspective, there is a need for discounts to be offered by the solution since it is something that any organization can expect from the product."
"Technical support needs to be more responsive to our requests."
"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."
Microsoft Intune is ranked 1st in Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) with 165 reviews while VMware Workspace ONE is ranked 2nd in Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) with 82 reviews. Microsoft Intune is rated 8.0, while VMware Workspace ONE is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Intune writes "We can manage all aspects of our devices from a single console, easy to scale, and quick to deploy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Workspace ONE writes "The solution is stable, scalable, and offers single sign-on". Microsoft Intune is most compared with Jamf Pro, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Entra ID, SOTI MobiControl and IBM MaaS360, whereas VMware Workspace ONE is most compared with VMware Horizon, Jamf Pro, SOTI MobiControl, ManageEngine Endpoint Central and Citrix Workspace. See our Microsoft Intune vs. VMware Workspace ONE report.
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If you are only using Windows, it will be a great decision. However, if you are using Mac and Linux you will still need WS1 /JAMF or any other MDM solutions. Intune has extensive capacities on Windows but limited capabilities on MAC.
My suggestion will be
MAC - WS1/JAMF
Windows : Intune
Compliance check: Intune for the entire fleet. This will allow you to leverage the conditional access capabilities of Azure AD.
First of all, what is WS1? I think you should have Intune now as part of your E3 subscription (not sure of it, so please check your billing menu). Intune gives you a lot of flexibility to set rules to deploy to systems.