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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."
"The key benefit of Intune is its integration with the Microsoft ecosystem."
"While I don't think you can ever have full visibility and control, Intune certainly allows us to see the applications being used and tells us if things like Windows patches aren't applied to machines. It does a good job. That visibility makes life a little easier."
"Intune provides full visibility into all active mobile device users. If their devices are noncompliant with our security policies, I have the flexibility to update them remotely."
"The standout features of Intune are its excellent mobile device management and highly effective application management capabilities."
"Easy to use."
"One of the standout features of Intune is its seamless accessibility to work data, eliminating the need to be tied to an office or a desktop."
"Intune is effective because of the configuration management and endpoint security it provides. The graphical interface makes it easier to configure and deploy devices."
"It was an improvement when we got the Tasks and the Notes as well as Connect for Skype For Business."
"Having access to our internet was extremely beneficial. We don't have that functionality now that we have switched to Microsoft Intune. It was definitely better with Blackberry."
"We were able to utilize Android for Work-Premium in BlackBerry Android devices."
"We can access emails within the active sync."
"If a device is stolen, you have the power to remove all of the contents remotely. You can do this very quickly."
"The most important feature is Blackberry Work, for sure, because that is where you have email."
"It allows me to be able to access my email when I do not necessarily have my computer with me. I can also access my calendar when I am on public transport or outside of the office."
"The functionality with UEM and BlackBerry Works, the shared calendar, is a massive improvement for us."
"We use SOTI MobiControl for managing Android device management."
"The feature I find most valuable within Soti is the ability to reset or unlock a device. A lot of the devices that we use are in the field. We have locations in Dallas, San Diego, Seattle, Washington, and Phoenix, Arizona and there isn't always someone, within our company, who is managing these devices. Sometimes it's the doctors' offices that we partner with where they use these devices. Having the ability to remotely reset a device or unlock a device has been super-crucial for me."
"All features are useful. It is useful for preventing the use of unauthorized software on corporate-owned devices. It provides an option to lock the devices for unauthorized software. The devices can only be used under the supervision of the device manager."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that I can manage my devices remotely."
"Because we have a custom, business-to-business applications, the solution's deployment features give us the ability to control the deployment of new versions. We can granularly decide which people or which phone receive updates. It's kind of like having your own "app store" and being able to control what you deploy on the phones... You can see how the deployment is happening; if it's going well or not."
"It is very reliable, and their support is excellent."
"The most valuable features are visibility and remote access."
"The other feature, that I have got to say is just leaps and bounds ahead of SOTI's competition, is the remote control feature. It's a true admin remote-control, so we don't have to have somebody on the other side of the device allowing us access to the device... We're able to pull up a tablet or phone and take pictures of it and we can actually videotape what's going on, on the device itself, and that's been huge."
"They could also make it easier to use because there are some other products that may be easier to use in terms of the look and feel of the dashboard."
"It would be nice to have a location tracker for the mobile device management tool. I'm not sure if it exists but hasn't been configured or if it's missing, but we've been unable to utilize the location features."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in terms of compatibility, extending beyond the well-known major brands."
"Data leak prevention can be integrated into it. Currently, it does not have data leak prevention."
"The solution could improve its flexibility."
"The pricing could be improved."
"What would make this product better is adding more security policies and features in the next upgrade."
"It's only good for a Microsoft environment."
"The pain points for us would be the activation."
"The installations on the device could be simpler. It is a good solution, and all the features are there. So, there isn't a lot to improve. I'm sure they already have their thought process on how to improve it."
"From the past to the present, before mobility location, we frequently required a restart."
"I would like to see better integration with our AD. Instead of having to use Active Directory groups, we'd like to use Active Directory attributes instead. There is a lot of overhead in managing. Whereas, if we could key on something tied to HR, or some other feed indicating who they are or what role they have, and manage them that way, that would be much preferable than having to manage people with Active Directory groups. Because, if people move roles, then we have to make sure that we move them from one Active Directory group to another, which is hands-on, a lot of overhead."
"It would be nice if there was an easier way for team members to get onboarded in regards to what they have to do on the device. There are some programs like Apple DEP and Samsung Knox. Unfortunately, with these programs, to get existing users onto them, you have to factory wipe your device. If it did not have the DEP capabilities, it would be nicer if it did not have so many steps to go through. That is our biggest complaint from team members. It has too many steps."
"The only thing is that the UEM service is a little slow. We have a product production environment, and a test environment and both of them are a little slow. When you are using the UEM Web interface, it takes time to load."
"It's too difficult to manage ourselves. We have to get a third-party in to do that. The fact that it breaks on some end-users' devices is also a concern and just the frequency and complexity of upgrades is not ideal."
"I know for the BlackBerry Connect, our users want to see more features, such as audio and video. I know the current version doesn't have that."
"I would like them to improve the process of enrolling Android devices. It's much more difficult to enroll Android devices than it is Windows CE devices. There are a lot more steps required."
"The management console could be improved to be a little bit more user-friendly. Some of the stuff is a little bit cumbersome, some of it feels like an engineering solution, but otherwise it's pretty good."
"I have used Microsoft Intune but it is more complicated than SOTI MobiControl."
"The main feature that we would like to have with Soti is the ability to push an iOS update without having people come to my office. That is the main reason why we went with Soti. And that feature is not working on my version."
"They don't have systems that are built for redundancy. You have one database that manages everything and, if that database crashes, you have a problem."
"The product’s features for managing Windows devices need improvement."
"You need to get used to the admin console. I think it could be improved. It's not the best I've seen. Certainly, the software has a lot of features so you necessarily have some complexity in the interface, but I've seen better. They could make it easier in certain aspects."
"The pricing policy of SOTI is not stable. You buy it today at one price, and the following year, it becomes something like 5% or 7% higher. From my point of view, SOTI is a little bit weak in terms of implementation on the new Windows 10 devices, and they have to work on this. It can't compete with Intune and other solutions when it comes to Windows implementation. It almost doesn't work with iOS. It works well with Android."
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BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite is ranked 17th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 24 reviews while SOTI MobiControl is ranked 5th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 46 reviews. BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite is rated 7.8, while SOTI MobiControl is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite writes "Helpful technical support, and performs well, but initial setup could be simplified". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SOTI MobiControl writes "Provides enterprise mobility and remote control mobile device management". BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite is most compared with VMware Workspace ONE and Ivanti Neurons for MDM, whereas SOTI MobiControl is most compared with VMware Workspace ONE, 42Gears SureMDM, Jamf Pro, IBM MaaS360 and Ivanti Neurons for MDM.
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