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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Apple Business Essentials

    Score8.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Apple Business Essentials is a subscription service that brings together device management, 24/7 support, and cloud storage. It enables small business to manage every iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TVs throughout the business.

    $8.25

    per device, per month

    Jamf Pro

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AJamf Pro (formerly Casper Suite) is designed to automate device management for users while driving end-user productivity and creativity. According to the vendor, it is the EMM tool that delights IT pros and the users they support by delivering on the promise of unified endpoint management for Apple devices.N/A
    Pricing
    Apple Business EssentialsJamf Pro
    Editions & Modules
    Fleetsmith Managed
    $8.25
    per device, per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Apple Business EssentialsJamf Pro
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFree unlimited trial for up to 10 devices Device Intelligence free for unlimited devices iOS/tvOS devices free during beta period$3.33 per month per iOS device $6.25 per month per Mac Education and volume discounts available. Onboarding 3-Day for Mac + iOS: $7,500 2-Day for Mac only: $6,000 4hr Remote for iOS only: $750 Billed Annually
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    Apple Business EssentialsJamf Pro
    Considered Both Products
    Apple
    Chose Apple Business Essentials
    Jamf Pro is more expensive and is not as user-friendly for organization-wide deployment.
    Incentivized
    Chose Apple Business Essentials
    For the sake of transparency, Fleetsmith is MUCH cheaper which is why we went with it in the first place.
    Incentivized
    Chose Apple Business Essentials
    Much easier to deploy and manage.
    Incentivized
    Chose Apple Business Essentials
    By far the most intuitive and seamless experience to get set up with pricing that scales for our organization's needs.
    Incentivized
    Chose Apple Business Essentials
    Our decision was made some time ago so I don't remember all the details but we went with Fleetsmith originally on a recommendation.

    One major influence was the direct and no-effort integration into our G Suite account for ease of management and tying back to our organisation …
    Incentivized
    Chose Apple Business Essentials
    Jamf seems much more dependent upon a dedicated IT staff to configure and support it; I chose Fleetsmith because to a much greater extent it “just works” out of the box. To my mind, the value proposition is that it comes as close as possible to eliminate the need for IT staff …
    Incentivized
    Jamf Software, LLC
    Chose Jamf Pro
    I inherited Jamf Pro when I took the position. I had used Fleetsmith prior, and it worked better for package and patch distribution. Jamf Pro has better pricing overall. Fleetsmith had a better UI and flowed easier, in my opinion. The language and where to find things fit …
    Incentivized
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Apple Business EssentialsJamf Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (21 ratings)
    10.0
    (184 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (19 ratings)
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (21 ratings)
    8.0
    (53 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    9.1
    (2 ratings)