We performed a comparison between SOTI MobiControl and VMware Workspace ONE based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The one feature we find most useful is the Mobile Application Manager. There are two types, we have the complete MDM and the Mobile Application Manager(MAM). We don't give our users phones, it is their own personal phone, and we need to allow them to have access to the company detail on their phone. We need to create a balance between their own personal data and the company data. We deploy the Mobile Application Manager for them so that we won't be able to interfere with their own personal data."
"Based on my experience, I find Intune very flexible for managing Windows devices. We can use scripting, and we can make use of the self-service portal or the company portal to publish some of the applications for Windows."
"The performance of Microsoft Intune is good."
"The most valuable features are the ones that make sure that the deployment is of a standard operating system and the Zero Touch deployment, which is very useful. This allows users to have an out of box experience."
"The most valuable feature is probably mobile device management. Small businesses are coming under greater scrutiny and requirements for compliance as time goes on. We don't have to worry about a VPN because we can manage these devices, control company data, and lock users out. If needed, we can remotely wipe devices and deadman-switch them."
"We can manage and standardize security across your environment, identify problems, receive alerts, and so on. That's its purpose, and that's also why it's so good."
"The central administration con dashboard is very easy to use and provides very good oversight on all that needs to be monitored."
"The reporting and analytics features in Microsoft Intune have been a lifesaver."
"The most valuable feature of SOTI MobiControl is the feature to control what software is on the equipment that is authorized."
"It is very reliable, and their support is excellent."
"One of the most valuable features is the remote control. If there are issues in the field, we can remote into those devices and see what kind of issues they are."
"The most valuable features are remote control, remote monitoring of the mobile phone data, GPS localization, automobile network management, identity management, speaker logging, and remote management of mobile content."
"I have experience with technical support. They are quite good. Also, they very quickly understand the issues and what are the requirements from my side. Response time is also good."
"It is a scalable solution."
"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."
"The product provides us with information about the incidents. It helped us block specific devices remotely."
"The solution has very good documentation."
"The most valuable feature of VMware Workspace ONE is the support for multiple devices. Not only iOS, and Android, but all kinds of platforms, including VR device management. Additionally, it has a tunneling feature, which no other solution provides. Other solutions have to integrate with other tools to have this functionality, whereas VMware Workspace ONE has its own application gateway tunnel."
"It's all about centralizing your data and making sure that your data is centralized and secure."
"It has all of the features that we need to use and that we want to use."
"AirWatch has one of the best User Interfaces and it's quite easy to figure out where particular items are within the menu system."
"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."
"VMware Workspace ONE is a platform that's really good at monitoring and managing mobile endpoints. It can be set up quickly and implemented easily. Technical support for this solution has always been good."
"We've found the solution to be easy to use."
"The scalability could be improved, and like most other MDM products, Intune is good but not 100% there yet."
"One area for improvement is app deployment. Another is the Windows update rollout. If you're rolling out an object to a device that's offline, Intune stops trying to reach this device after it sits idle for a bit. We are forced to find a workaround that could help manage that."
"Intune should be much more granular in terms of supporting more Android cellular devices."
"The reporting and cost have room for improvement."
"The closest Microsoft Intune can be to GPOs, the better. There needs to be more granularity on application deployments. However, they have done better recently with the application deployments."
"Microsoft Intune fails a lot when it comes to device compliance."
"There is room for improvement in integration and security as well."
"Intune's areas for improvement revolve around security and certificate management."
"They could make it easier to configure. While setting it up from scratch, I find many networking issues, and I have to call our network people for them, but our network people don't understand. It's a nightmare to try to communicate to them that this port needs to be open, or this needs to be opened here or there. Networking people are very security conscious, and they're wary of doing anything. So, if you can't tell them exactly why they need to do something, they get really paranoid. SOTI could do a better job of making the configuration of their software easier to understand and more clear. The prerequisites should be clear. They should clearly specify what is required to get this software working. There should be a list of prerequisites that is easier to understand and trust."
"The scalability is horizontal, not vertical. One machine has to have all the accounts. That's one of the issues that we have found with scalability: You always have to keep the same machine. If you want to add a second machine, you need to split the account and that removes flexibility of management."
"Adding more features for iOS devices would be an improvement."
"SOTI MobiControl's user interface is very tough to handle and should be made more user-friendly."
"The previous version, for example, had the networking signal and that feature was great. When we were troubleshooting, we could find the level of the network I/O. If the worker was working in a corner of the warehouse where the signal was not as strong as in another part of the warehouse, we could tell, "Just move a little and you will have coverage for your device." That was great. I don't know why they removed it from the newer version."
"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."
"For the most part, the application deployment works well. Occasionally, when moving a gun, we'll see that we have to manually intervene, when working with the setup."
"They could organize the software a little bit better, where you access things on the console. It seems like I have to click in three different places in order to get it to go to one area. I should be able to access pretty much any point of the server, whatever I need to touch, from a panel, without having to go click on a menu, then click on the profiles, then click over on Server and go back up to the top and click on the type of device that I have, just to get my applications to show."
"Windows 10 management is there, but VMware only recently developed that part, and it's not fully mature. Patch management and other integrations are there as well as the application-pushing part, command line, mandatory commands, etc. Some out-of-the-box solutions should be available to better integrate a broader range of applications and handle application push. That's the roadmap we should look at."
"They could provide DLP integration for applications and specific user account security."
"There should be better compatibility with Linux devices."
"The location service could improve and more integration with other devices, such as Android enterprise and Apple devices."
"In terms of the inventory management side, as in the invoice management, the stock management and the entire inventory of an organization is lagging a bit in comparison to Blackberry or other EMM solutions."
"The technical support could be improved."
"We'd like to see a better connection to Microsoft Azure and a better connection with Check Point."
"There could be ease of integration within the environment. I didn't have any issues when using it, but the integration part was a bit difficult for the other team."
SOTI MobiControl is ranked 5th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 46 reviews while VMware Workspace ONE is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 81 reviews. SOTI MobiControl is rated 8.2, while VMware Workspace ONE is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SOTI MobiControl writes "Provides enterprise mobility and remote control mobile device management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Workspace ONE writes "The solution is stable, scalable, and offers single sign-on". SOTI MobiControl is most compared with 42Gears SureMDM, Jamf Pro, IBM MaaS360, ManageEngine Endpoint Central and Scalefusion, whereas VMware Workspace ONE is most compared with VMware Horizon, Jamf Pro, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Citrix Workspace and Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM). See our SOTI MobiControl vs. VMware Workspace ONE report.
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