We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Identity 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: Microsoft Intune has a slight edge over Google Cloud Identity in this comparison, mainly because it is the more user-friendly solution.
"The tool provides a free service that you can integrate for laptop authentication. You also don’t need a separate Active Directory."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"I think the first thing that is great is that it gives you a lot of features, like login, and then vaulted passwords and secure LDAP. It becomes easier for the end customer to leverage all those features without going to a higher SKU of G Suite."
"The solution is moderate to difficult to use. I found the approach was practical. Following the steps made it very easy to use."
"The main control page and the ability to manage all our users from a web-based portal are the most valuable aspects of the solution. That's particularly useful because we're a heterogeneous network."
"The most valuable feature is the performance."
"The most valuable feature is that you can manage users from one central location."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Identity is its stability."
"I like that it's very good and very simple. I found that we just needed to have a proper subscription for an Intune tenant, and from the subscription, if we have the right role assigned, like the global admin role or the owner role, we can use Microsoft cloud resources. With the help of that, we can do many things like setting up Microsoft Intune in the cloud to create our virtual machines. All these can be done, and the steps are very simple. I really liked it. I like features like Windows Auto-Enrollment. I like it very much because whenever you supply it to the end-user, it will be ready to use immediately. The end-user only needs to provide the user credentials, and then they are good to go. I also really like Cloud PC, which was recently launched on Azure."
"The ability to send configurations to our systems is valuable, particularly as we don't have a regular Windows AD server. Our current environment doesn't have a Windows AD, which limits our ability to push GPOs. However, this is where the solution can step in and help us push policies."
"The most valuable feature is the policy CSPs."
"The initial setup is not overly complex or difficult."
"The best feature is that we don't need to worry about downtime. We don't need to worry about the network connections of our office or the virtual private network. Everything is being done through the internet. Using Intune Autopilot, we can configure and deploy everything to the devices."
"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."
"The stability of Microsoft Intune is good."
"It works well if you have a Microsoft environment."
"The solution needs to better integrate with Mac's OS."
"If I were to suggest enhancements, it would mainly revolve around ensuring compatibility and maximizing integration options with various services."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"There is room for improvement in the configuration of their security policies. It seems quite basic."
"The management of external users needs to be introduced in the tool as it is an area of concern in the tool presently."
"Google Cloud Identity the UI could improve."
"To improve the product, the integration with third-party products could always be smoother."
"In the next release, I would like to see integration with different systems, mainly wireless SIEMS and other analytical systems that we want to introduce."
"Deploying an app can be a complex process due to dependencies."
"Microsoft Intune lags market leaders, such as Apperian, in its MAM capabilities."
"It would be better if they can reduce the cost of the license."
"Microsoft Intune needs to improve the initial login process."
"Lacking in features such as Wi-Fi and network security."
"Microsoft Intune's support for Mac devices is lacking and could be improved."
"It's only good for a Microsoft environment."
"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."
Google Cloud Identity is ranked 7th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 21 reviews while Microsoft Intune is ranked 1st in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 165 reviews. Google Cloud Identity is rated 7.6, while Microsoft Intune is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Identity writes " A stable solution that can help with collaboration and productivity". On the other hand, 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". Google Cloud Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Workforce Identity, JumpCloud, VMware Workspace ONE and ManageEngine Endpoint Central, whereas Microsoft Intune is most compared with Jamf Pro, VMware Workspace ONE, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. See our Google Cloud Identity vs. Microsoft Intune report.
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