We performed a comparison between IBM MaaS360 and Sophos Mobile 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."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's normally able to meet 100% expectations of our customers."
"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 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."
"At the moment, Autopilot is the most valuable feature."
"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."
"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."
"It is user-friendly, and the performance is also good. It is a convenient product"
"Mobile Device Configuration with policy applying: This significantly reduces time of device configuration."
"Remote enablement feature and access to internal resources on the VPN."
"The solution is easy to implement."
"The implementation phase of IBM MaaS360 was pretty easy."
"My customers value the ability to control all their devices from a central point in IBM MaaS360."
"The tool's most valuable features are application, distribution, and security. It helps to block user access."
"Mobile Device Management, Secure Productivity Suite, and document management are valuable features."
"The best feature is the ability to control mobile phones, wipe and containerize the data, and keep employees' work data separate from personal data."
"In terms of valuable features, we liked the lock feature, the roll-out white feature, and the find feature. I think that Sophos had a GPS locator, so you could figure out where the phone was from a GPS location."
"I like the level of interaction that the product offers with the other products in our company's environment."
"The utmost importance lies in mobile security and its performance."
"The initial setup process is straightforward and fast."
"The most valuable feature is the mobile device management capability. You can easily manage all of your mobile devices."
"The management and enrollment process is great, and with the asset management and instant action menu, we can easily maintain and support the users."
"The remote management and cloud-based maintenance features of this solution are very useful for our organization."
"The solution provides us with data protection."
"There can be delays in the deployment of new policies."
"Intune's third-party patch management could be better. It should be easier for the average system admin to keep non-Microsoft applications updated."
"The feature that allows us to import the business application from the configuration manager to Intune is not very good at this time."
"When Microsoft Intune is used with different android devices it does not always work as it is supposed to."
"I'd suggest adding more features for macOS in Intune. There should be more functionality for managing macOS. There should be a better capability for pushing things down on macOS. Currently, Intune is not capable of managing macOS at the same level as Windows."
"There can be more logs. I do not have any other requirements."
"The reporting and cost have room for improvement."
"I expect Microsoft Intune to have more features in the cloud because there are two major functionalities that we need to be added. This is software metering and license management. These functionalities, for now, must be on-premise. For this purpose, we have set up a SQL Server and I hope that in near future this option will be in the cloud in Microsoft Intune."
"The look needs to be updated and it could be simpler to use."
"IBM MaaS360 can improve the location reporter. There is a 15-minute delay and this does not allow for any usefulness."
"It's difficult for someone like me to set up a phone that doesn't require a SIM card, like Apple's new phones."
"It would be ideal to add support for the distribution of windows.exe applications."
"The interface is clunky and the layout is a bit outdated. Also, I don't think MaaS360 has as many features as Intune. It doesn't integrate with Office as seamlessly as Intune does, which isn't surprising, given that Intune and Office are Microsoft products."
"They should allow for the building of custom reports with graphics."
"The reporting and alerting could be improved."
"Sometimes IBM MaaS360 seems buggy...The solution's technical support team is sometimes slow to respond and not competent enough."
"The setup should be made easier."
"For Sophos Mobile, it is difficult to get good support."
"It could be more secure."
"The product does not work well in iOS."
"Our support reps are based in the Philippines, and it's hard to connect with them sometimes. It took me about two months to resolve my issue, so it wasn't a good experience."
"They continue to work on integration with mobile device management and mobile security. They are improving the protection but I think that the capabilities still need to be enhanced."
"We encounter issues while working with iOS."
"To manage the Apple devices is not that straightforward there are a lot of features the other third parties solutions are offering which Sophos Mobile is not."
IBM MaaS360 is ranked 8th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 34 reviews while Sophos Mobile is ranked 9th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 13 reviews. IBM MaaS360 is rated 7.8, while Sophos Mobile is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM MaaS360 writes "It lets you separate work and personal data on mobile phones, but the interface is outdated and clunky". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Mobile writes "Stable product with central administration to manage device security ". IBM MaaS360 is most compared with VMware Workspace ONE, SOTI MobiControl, Jamf Pro, IBM MobileFirst and ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus, whereas Sophos Mobile is most compared with Jamf Pro, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, VMware Workspace ONE, Lookout and SOTI MobiControl. See our IBM MaaS360 vs. Sophos Mobile report.
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