Revision of Comparison of MDM Providers from March 2, 2011 - 7:59am

Great idea! I just added the link to the page. Thanks for suggesting it.

When I try to download the Compare MDM document in PDF format I get an Access Denied error

While not a usual suspect, BlackBerry released the former Ubitexx product, now called BlackBerry Mobile Fusion Universal Device Service.
As far as iOS MDM goes it is on par with some of the others. I understand the upcoming service pack (1) will add all API (iOS5) allowed management functions. More info on: http://us.blackberry.com/business/software/mobilefusion/

This actually can be a big threat in Enterprise Market. Existing BES customers will be lured by lucrative discounts.
Does everyone feels the same??

Thanks so much for the comparison sheet, it's absolutely fantastic and a great help.

Of all the criteria, it would be great if you could easily see from all the other products:

1. Supports BYOD
2. Has Security Framework and is containerised

At the moment we're going through each one, hitting the vendors website if it's not mentioned or unclear to confirm that their application supports BYOD and is containerised so we can blow away the container without deleting any of the users personal data.

Excitor DME is another vendor that does have a container and its separate app for corporate email, PIM and applications. Check it out www.excitor.com
Although partial wipe is possible with regular MDM vendors, it is just so easy to copy all corporate information through a privat account via gmail, icloud or dropbox that data is not well protected. The advantage of the container is that no data IS actually on the device.

Is a tabular form of the comparison available?

It'd be much simpler to think about if I could nix columns that don't concern me -- as well as columns for which all vendors are identical -- and filter only on columns that concern me.

Intending no disrespect to the person presenting this wonderfully compiled data, It's onerous to think about decisions while needing to keep track across several different paginations of what's going on.

A simple spreadsheet would be perfect. Surely that's how the information was originally compiled?

Absolutely brilliant effort. Now, only if there was any way to download it. The PDF link doesn't work as noted by aestrada58.

Would it be possible to consider inclusion of the RIM Fusion/BES 10 for comparison. Lots of noise in the market and options for customers as to whether they retain traditional BES infrastructure / Migrate to BES 10 / or Maintain BB Presence but use a CLoud MDM provider going forward.

I would also like to see more information on true comparison between MDM and Native Exchange policies in similar format to the comparison between traditional MDM providers. With SCMDM potentially offering alternatives for next year, how would this compare to MDM service providers offering.

Looks like the MDM market is finally a hot topic in the market with lots of new entrants, powerhouses such as Microsoft finally moving forward and RIM utilising their vast Corporate penetration to enable non BB devices.

Sorry Aaron, never reroutes to a pdf link or a pdf downloadable file; reroutes back to same html page

I think the best criteria is SCEP since SCEP have unreliable protocol considering security.

Amtel MDM now runs on Apple Mac OS X. Now you can manage all of your Apple assets with our MDM service -- iOS devices iPads and iPhone as well as Mac OS X devices MacBook, iMac, Mac mini

We are looking for an MDM solution that can do any of the below
features and ideally all of them.
1) Initiate a group of apps on iOS based off the time of day/week. For
example I want to allow certain apps to run certain times in the week
while all others are blocked. In corporate world the client I have
wants to run work applications only during work time and not outside
of work time. After work they could access any app they want including
the work applications. GPS wouldn't work because employees are always
in different location.
2) pass code restrictions - based off of a passcode the user would or
wouldn't have access to certain apps. This is ideal in parent/child
shared device. I don't want my kids having access to my business
applications so when they put in their "passcode" it blocks all my
business apps.
3) Limit hours of gameplay per day - this feature would only allow a
child to play a group of applications for a certain number of minutes
per day. This ideally would be based off passcode so that each child
only had so many minutes per day in a group of apps. Ideally parents
could assign the list of apps it applies to but still leave open
unlimited use of learning applications.

Excel version of comparison table available here — https://www.dropbox.com/s/bwd6dw9ee1ndj5l/MDM_comparison_102013.xlsx

Kin,

I've reuploaded the Excel version to Dropbox - https://www.dropbox.com/s/wpc91a5i0r104ir/MDM_comparison_102013.xlsx

Should be working now. Thanks for your notification!

Guys, I'm merely a user currently on Meraki so my apology if my question is overly basic. We have a issues with our employees misplacing their phones quite a bit, and the gps location in Meraki is spotty at best. But the biggest feature we seem to be lacking is the ability to play a sound on a device when lost to help them locate it. Do any of the MDM's listed offer this? I would think that would be the most basic of requests, but Meraki doesn't appear to be able to do more than send a message to the phone, lock or wipe.

Hi DaYipper, I cannot comment on why Meraki (or any other app) would not play a sound, but from a support standpoint I would strongly suggest all users set up "Find My iPhone". This allows them to look at their own phone's location, play a sound, etc. It also will free up support for you, since if they leave it under their pile of clothes (or whatever) you don't have to get involved!

Can anyone confirm if ANY of the profiles Mobile Device Management solutions will support the management of Windows Mobile 6.5 devices?

@DaYipper Meraki relies on the IP address of the device, at least with iOS, to track its physical location. If you are looking for something more granular, you might try our product, SimpleMDM. SimpleMDM uses an on-device app to track the specific location of a device, as reported by iOS location services.

Can we add to the MDM Comparison, if the MDM is ready for Apple 9.3 Educational Features?

"Apple Classroom" etc.

I use Casper , and We have "Apple Classroom" working , I think Heat is one other MDM that can do it. It would be nice to know which MDM's are ready for this.