It is an expensive product. I would rate the pricing a ten out of ten, with ten being very expensive, especially in emerging markets. Many competitors are coming in much cheaper, making it challenging to convince clients to choose SOTI over other MDMs.
We purchase the solution's yearly license. There are additional costs if you want to use extra features. For example, I have a printing license on the Microsoft platform. If I had to use printing in SOTI, it would have charged me extra cost.
Operation Manager at a construction company with 11-50 employees
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2022-12-29T15:07:17Z
Dec 29, 2022
The price is average. SOTI manages the price according to the type of client they have. I would rate the cost as five out of ten. The price in Europe, the US, and the UK isn't the same as in Africa because companies aren't making big incomes. Sometimes, they ask us to reduce the price, but it depends because we have many types of companies. The way African companies use the solution isn't the same as big companies with 3,000 employees or 30,000 mobile devices. Some clients have between 250-5,000 mobile devices, so we can manage the price of the solution for those people.
The price of this solution is high when you compare it with Microsoft Intune. This is mainly because Microsoft Intune is included with some packages, such as Microsoft Office 365. It makes it difficult to sell SOTI MobiControl because of the pricing against Microsoft Intune. The solution costs approximately seven dollars a month. I rate the price of SOTI MobiControl an eight out of ten.
Account Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
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2021-09-24T21:52:00Z
Sep 24, 2021
SOTI is fairly priced. It's not super expensive. If you have a thousand devices that are licensed, it's going to start climbing up in price. Typically, it's like 25 bucks a seat for a year. There is also is a maintenance cost to it. It's like seven bucks for tech support. So it's right around 30 dollars on average per seat.
IT Analyst at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2018-11-29T09:34:00Z
Nov 29, 2018
It makes sense to have scanners on SOTI MobiControl, but it makes less sense to have printers because there are fewer features for them, while the price is the same for both. If they had a lower license fee for printers, we would probably want to purchase those. But since it's the same cost, no matter what kind of device it is, we've opted out of doing printers. There are just not enough features to really justify it.
Director, IT Services at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2018-11-29T07:53:00Z
Nov 29, 2018
The pricing is reasonable and the licensing model is very reasonable when compared to some of the competitors in the market. I can speak directly regarding Intune, which is very expensive compared to SOTI. I would recommend SOTI. I think SOTI is also more affordable than MobileIron. SOTI is well-situated in the marketplace, from a commercial standpoint. SOTI is definitely a more commercially reasonable solution than others that are out there.
There are solutions that can be more aggressively priced, but they may not provide all that SOTI does. It's a matrix regarding what feature you use. You need to compare the features you use and what you are willing to pay for them. You may have MDMs that have half of what SOTI provides. They are cheaper but you have less. SOTI's pricing is okay. It's in the middle. But pricing is a subtle issue. They can provide more aggressive pricing once you start to have a lot of licenses. They have volume discounts and can be very competitive.
Mobile ITS Technology Manager at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2018-11-13T09:23:00Z
Nov 13, 2018
They've been pretty flexible with us, because we've changed the way we do our licensing a few times. We did a yearly, and then we went back and we did a quarterly, and I think we're back to yearly right now. We've been able to work stuff out and pricing has gone down since the onset. We've got a better rate per device and it's reasonable. The licensing cost from SOTI usually doesn't scare anybody away, once it's explained.
Software Developer at a construction company with 501-1,000 employees
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2018-11-11T13:13:00Z
Nov 11, 2018
I thought pricing was kind of high, but I believe that SOTI is probably the best out there for this type of software, so there's not much I can do about that. The licensing is annual, per device.
Project Coordinator at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
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2018-11-11T13:13:00Z
Nov 11, 2018
We were trying to negotiate with our account manager previously, in terms of pricing, and he was able to lower it by $500 if we were to renew our license for another year, but he wasn't able to give any bigger discount than that, even with us using it so frequently. My suggestion would be, if it's a customer who's worked with SOTI and wants to continue to work with SOTI, and they have so many licenses already - we have at least 350 licenses already - I would hope that they could do more deals. What our account manager told us was, unless you purchase another 200, we can't give any bigger discount. And I was thinking, "Well, I have no need to just buy 200 licenses." Every time we purchase a license it's a lot for our small start-up already. That's one of the reasons, right now, that we're on the fence if we want to continue our partnership with SOTI: because the price couldn't be lowered. If they're able to provide packages for, say, 50 licenses, to give a slighter discount, that would better, because the 200 is just not ideal for a company that's a start-up. If they're working with Google, sure, give them 2000 licenses. But for smaller companies, I hope SOTI has something that they can provide.
Automation Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
2018-11-06T13:09:00Z
Nov 6, 2018
It's a reasonably priced tool for what we're using it for. To be fair, I don't have much to compare to. But being in IT for 20 years, I thought it was really reasonable. When you take into consideration the maintenance cost on it, it's is very low. There's a one-time license fee for a device. But you can call support under standard support, which I had up until about two months ago, and it has been excellent. All that updating I mentioned was done under our standard license.
IT Engineer at a transportation company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
2018-11-06T13:09:00Z
Nov 6, 2018
Pricing is okay, but when you buy your renewal of licenses - at the end of the period or the year - if you have a lot of devices, obviously, it's going to increase. In the end, it's kind of expensive.
SOTI MobiControl, our award-winning mobility management solution provides the ability to securely manage mobile devices and connected peripherals, applications, content, and email. With MobiControl's advanced security and management features, businesses have granular control of how mobile devices are used for business, and how data is accessed to ensure sensitive corporate information is kept in authorized hands only.
It is an expensive product. I would rate the pricing a ten out of ten, with ten being very expensive, especially in emerging markets. Many competitors are coming in much cheaper, making it challenging to convince clients to choose SOTI over other MDMs.
SOTI MobiControl is a budget-friendly solution. Users have to pay a yearly licensing fee for SOTI MobiControl.
The product is reasonably priced at the moment.
The product is less expensive than Intune.
SOTI MobiControl is a cheap solution. You have to pay a yearly licensing fee for SOTI MobiControl.
The solution is not expensive.
On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing a five.
It's a yearly subscription for three years. It is quite expensive.
We purchase the solution's yearly license. There are additional costs if you want to use extra features. For example, I have a printing license on the Microsoft platform. If I had to use printing in SOTI, it would have charged me extra cost.
It's a little bit expensive. The Hong Kong government has a perpetual license for SOTI rather than a subscription.
The price is average. SOTI manages the price according to the type of client they have. I would rate the cost as five out of ten. The price in Europe, the US, and the UK isn't the same as in Africa because companies aren't making big incomes. Sometimes, they ask us to reduce the price, but it depends because we have many types of companies. The way African companies use the solution isn't the same as big companies with 3,000 employees or 30,000 mobile devices. Some clients have between 250-5,000 mobile devices, so we can manage the price of the solution for those people.
The price of this solution is high when you compare it with Microsoft Intune. This is mainly because Microsoft Intune is included with some packages, such as Microsoft Office 365. It makes it difficult to sell SOTI MobiControl because of the pricing against Microsoft Intune. The solution costs approximately seven dollars a month. I rate the price of SOTI MobiControl an eight out of ten.
We have annual licenses to use this solution.
SOTI is fairly priced. It's not super expensive. If you have a thousand devices that are licensed, it's going to start climbing up in price. Typically, it's like 25 bucks a seat for a year. There is also is a maintenance cost to it. It's like seven bucks for tech support. So it's right around 30 dollars on average per seat.
The licensing works on a subscription basis.
Its pricing policy is not stable. The licensing is on a one-yearly, two-yearly, or three-yearly basis. There is no monthly fee.
We will continue to use SOTI because the cost is cheaper than VMware Workspace ONE AirWatch.
There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees.
It makes sense to have scanners on SOTI MobiControl, but it makes less sense to have printers because there are fewer features for them, while the price is the same for both. If they had a lower license fee for printers, we would probably want to purchase those. But since it's the same cost, no matter what kind of device it is, we've opted out of doing printers. There are just not enough features to really justify it.
The pricing is reasonable and the licensing model is very reasonable when compared to some of the competitors in the market. I can speak directly regarding Intune, which is very expensive compared to SOTI. I would recommend SOTI. I think SOTI is also more affordable than MobileIron. SOTI is well-situated in the marketplace, from a commercial standpoint. SOTI is definitely a more commercially reasonable solution than others that are out there.
SOTI's pricing seems to be competitive.
There are solutions that can be more aggressively priced, but they may not provide all that SOTI does. It's a matrix regarding what feature you use. You need to compare the features you use and what you are willing to pay for them. You may have MDMs that have half of what SOTI provides. They are cheaper but you have less. SOTI's pricing is okay. It's in the middle. But pricing is a subtle issue. They can provide more aggressive pricing once you start to have a lot of licenses. They have volume discounts and can be very competitive.
The solution that we were using costs less, but it didn't offer as much as Soti. It's comparable if you look at it over the five-year term.
They've been pretty flexible with us, because we've changed the way we do our licensing a few times. We did a yearly, and then we went back and we did a quarterly, and I think we're back to yearly right now. We've been able to work stuff out and pricing has gone down since the onset. We've got a better rate per device and it's reasonable. The licensing cost from SOTI usually doesn't scare anybody away, once it's explained.
I thought pricing was kind of high, but I believe that SOTI is probably the best out there for this type of software, so there's not much I can do about that. The licensing is annual, per device.
We were trying to negotiate with our account manager previously, in terms of pricing, and he was able to lower it by $500 if we were to renew our license for another year, but he wasn't able to give any bigger discount than that, even with us using it so frequently. My suggestion would be, if it's a customer who's worked with SOTI and wants to continue to work with SOTI, and they have so many licenses already - we have at least 350 licenses already - I would hope that they could do more deals. What our account manager told us was, unless you purchase another 200, we can't give any bigger discount. And I was thinking, "Well, I have no need to just buy 200 licenses." Every time we purchase a license it's a lot for our small start-up already. That's one of the reasons, right now, that we're on the fence if we want to continue our partnership with SOTI: because the price couldn't be lowered. If they're able to provide packages for, say, 50 licenses, to give a slighter discount, that would better, because the 200 is just not ideal for a company that's a start-up. If they're working with Google, sure, give them 2000 licenses. But for smaller companies, I hope SOTI has something that they can provide.
It's a reasonably priced tool for what we're using it for. To be fair, I don't have much to compare to. But being in IT for 20 years, I thought it was really reasonable. When you take into consideration the maintenance cost on it, it's is very low. There's a one-time license fee for a device. But you can call support under standard support, which I had up until about two months ago, and it has been excellent. All that updating I mentioned was done under our standard license.
Pricing is okay, but when you buy your renewal of licenses - at the end of the period or the year - if you have a lot of devices, obviously, it's going to increase. In the end, it's kind of expensive.
Licensing is fine. We're notified a few months prior to renewals.