Compare BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite vs. IBM MaaS360
BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite is ranked 5th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 14 reviews while IBM MaaS360 is ranked 6th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 3 reviews. BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite is rated 8.0, while IBM MaaS360 is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite writes "Containerization allows us to keep personal and corporate data separate, though better integration with AD is needed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM MaaS360 writes "Provides good security, but features for laptop management could be improved". BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite is most compared with Microsoft Intune, VMware AirWatch and Jamf Pro, whereas IBM MaaS360 is most compared with Microsoft Intune, VMware AirWatch and SOTI MobiControl. See our BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite vs. IBM MaaS360 report.
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It keeps things secure, it can remotely wipe the container and it's fairly easy to use. We were able to utilize Android for Work-Premium in BlackBerry Android devices. We can access emails within the active sync. It has a good ease of use, and its intuitive. 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. There is very high flexibility for different setups of single users, so it can give a single use many different device types with different enrollment types. The functionality with UEM and BlackBerry Works, the shared calendar, is a massive improvement for us. The containerization of the BlackBerry Dynamics is the most important thing for us. It allows us to keep personal and corporate data separate on a personal device. It allows us to wipe the corporate data while leaving all the personal data in place. | Mobile Device Management, Secure Productivity Suite, and document management are valuable features. The graphic, friendly interface allowed us to start without almost any support from the manufacturer. It can change policies based on geolocation or schedules. It helped us reduce the number of support incidents by limiting users' access to device configurations. It allows us to have an updated inventory of all the devices in real-time with the ability to add personalized information. Mobile Device Configuration with policy applying: This significantly reduces time of device configuration. |
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I'd like there to be more in the core product rather than having to buy additional products. For example, being able to trace your devices after an emergency is an additional product you have to buy to do that properly. 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. Second level support needs to have strong knowledge of the product. The console needs improvement. It does not provide all the information that we are looking for as far as who has installed a certain product. As far as being able to remotely wipe a device, or remove it from the console, this is not simple to do. It is not a one-click motion, as it requires several steps. Some users have complained that some features cannot be done through the BlackBerry Access Hub. The newest features sometimes pop in very slowly. 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. | They should allow for the building of custom reports with graphics. It would be ideal to add support for the distribution of windows.exe applications. Can be added process of export/import environment configuration to simplify any migration processes. |
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Sometimes, it is very hard to get an overview because there are so many different suites to find out what is the right thing for new customers. In my opinion, we're paying an awful lot for what we get, compared to other vendors. I don't deal with the pricing, but it does seem to be a bit pricey for the things that we get, especially, when you compare them to other vendors, such as VMware, Citrix, who have all bought up other players in this space. VMware offers AirWatch free as part of their packages. With the new licensing model, there seems to be a significant increase in cost, which makes it difficult to push forward and talk with the business. | It requires zero investment in infrastructure since it is 100% cloud. |
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Views 4,005 Comparisons 2,569 Reviews 14 Average Words per Review 686 Avg. Rating 7.9 | Views 7,886 Comparisons 5,964 Reviews 2 Average Words per Review 250 Avg. Rating 9.5 |
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| Good for Enterprise, Good Mobile Messaging, Ubitexx Ubi-Suite | Fiberlink MaaS360, MaaS360 |
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| BlackBerry | IBM |
Overview | |
The BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite offers five editions to meet your enterprise’s evolving mobile needs. Growth can happen quickly, and the BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite is designed to provide a seamless transition to the more advanced capabilities in higher-level editions. The subscription model ensures predictable annual expenditures and eliminates upfront capital costs. | MaaS360 with Watson is the industry’s first and only cognitive unified endpoint management (UEM) platform, enabling a smarter approach for enterprises to manage and secure all endpoints plus their users, apps and content. MaaS360 can be used to manage disparate endpoint types—including smartphones, tablets, laptops, ruggedized devices and the Internet of Things (IoT)—all from a single console. |
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Learn more about BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite | Learn more about IBM MaaS360 |
Sample Customers | |
| Ashcourt Rowan, EMC Professional Services, Itochu, MBDA, North Hennepin Community College, PGGM, Rohde & Schwarz, US Navy | Bancroft, Garuda Indonesia |
Top Industries | |
Financial Services Firm42% Energy/Utilities Company25% Insurance Company17% Legal Firm8% Healthcare Company22% Software R&D Company14% Comms Service Provider13% Insurance Company11% | Comms Service Provider43% Legal Firm14% Healthcare Company14% Financial Services Firm14% Software R&D Company21% Comms Service Provider13% Insurance Company10% Healthcare Company6% |
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