Jamf Connect vs Workspace ONE UEM comparison

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iboss

Mindshare comparison

ZTNA as a Service Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Jamf Connect	1.8%
Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange Platform	12.1%
Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks	9.8%
Other	76.3%

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Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Workspace ONE UEM	8.5%
Microsoft Intune	17.8%
IBM MaaS360	8.8%
Other	64.9%

Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)

Featured Reviews

Ashok Ananthula

Senior Consultant Proxy Engineering at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Cloud gateway has strengthened remote web security and now needs better Mac and ISP support

The problem our organization had is that iboss failed for the Mac devices. It is not able to give a successful agent for the Mac agents. That is where in 2025, we had to migrate to the Palo Alto-based platform. If your use case is for just Windows laptops,you can consider this platform as an option One issue is the data center resiliency part. In India especially, they are not tied up with the Tier 1 ISPs like Tata or Airtel; they were having Tier 2 ISPs and encountered many issues reaching few major sites that my organization depends on, and they were having problems that they could not fix quickly. They also lack a mechanism to route that traffic within their data center; rather, they ask customers to make a pac file change to route it to Singapore explicitly. It would be better if they route from their backend , i mean even if I send it to India DC, they should be able to route it internally to make that work; however, they fail to do that and ask the customer to route it in the pac file. Another suggestion is that in China, they do not have the proper setup; they used to have numerous problems with slowness and lack of premium circuits in China as well. That leads to multiple sites working slowly with latency-related issues. So the main issue is the ISP-related problems that need to be solved.

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Robert Ojok

Systems Engineer Iii Apple Devices (Jamf Engineering) at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Unified sign-on has simplified password management and now secures our mobile workforce

The ability to have a single password for the local device and the same password for the IDP is part of our security requirements. Jamf Connect integrates with multi-factor authentication from any IDP and facilitates initial device enrollment. It ensures that when a new user sets up the device, they sign in with their IDP username and password, which then creates the profile on the device. Furthermore, Jamf Connect is now integrated into Jamf Self Service Plus, providing a single dashboard for user password management and allowing users to sync and change their passwords. Additionally, Jamf Connect enhances security by offering two-factor authentication and permitting users to manage or seek help through support features directly within the app.

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Vishal Bhatia

Trainer/Consultant at Koenig Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Effective product tracking and monitoring enhances daily operations despite needing documentation improvement

The documentation part of Workspace ONE UEM can be confusing. The documentation is not comprehensive compared to other VMware solutions or Microsoft documentation. Most people struggle to connect the dots when looking at the documentation. Even the training material and PowerPoint slide decks that trainers use are sometimes too confusing or overwhelming, with too much content but not enough clarity. The support side has recently become weaker compared to what it used to be with VMware. This is another area that needs improvement. Since working with Workspace ONE UEM from when it was AirWatch, it has improved significantly over the last five years. However, there are still some gray areas and scope for improvement, especially in documentation and workflow between different aspects of the solution.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It was a very easy product to install. It can be deployed very fast."

"The students were always protected, and the content filtering worked very well, seeming to work better than other products we had tried previously."

"First of all, the security policies are essential. I do not have to rely solely on Active Directory for our users."

"Technical support is pretty sharp and very responsive."

"The main advantage of iboss is its cloud-based security centralized policy management, which helps organizations protect users working from different locations, secure access to cloud applications, and reduce security risks."

"Deploying iboss leads to good return on investment, estimated around 70% to 80%."

"The iboss system is highly reliable. The false positive rates are small compared to some other systems we've experienced through other partner agencies who use competing solutions."

"As I mentioned, the return on investment is significant, as it saved our office locations' bandwidth because when you are working remotely at home, your internet traffic routes directly to iboss and will not go to your office building, saving bandwidth bottlenecks and ensuring that issues with our building internet circuits will not impact your internet connectivity because you are directly going to the iboss data center."

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"Jamf Connect is a pretty simple and straightforward tool overall."

"The most valuable feature of Jamf Connect is the dual login screen, which has simplified the login process and eliminated the need for users to enter their password multiple times."

"The solution is scalable."

"The tool supports different types of authentication. It also integrates seamlessly if you are using other Jamf products."

"Jamf Connect is an identity provider, and once you log in, you will have all the device's access."

"For those kinds of users, it is an awesome solution because it syncs their password across the devices they are using, which was not the case previously."

"The initial setup of Jamf Connect was straightforward with clear instructions provided in the documentation."

"Jamf Connect is very simple for us to use, and it is oriented towards productivity."

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"People who want to adopt this solution may be thinking about it from the end-user's perspective, but this solution is also very friendly for the people who manage it. It's administration-friendly."

"Right now we don't see there's an MDM solution out there that's better than VMware Workspace ONE."

"What I found most valuable in VMware Workspace ONE is that it's user-friendly."

"It is a stable solution. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."

"The solution has very good documentation."

"The platform makes the mobile device management process straightforward to handle."

"Workspace ONE UEM's best features are that you can track and monitor all the products, with a wide range of supported devices like Android, Apple, and Windows, and it offers easy application and email management along with effective compliance and health attestation capabilities."

"When compared to other products, AirWatch is highly scalable, redundant, reliable, and easily manageable."

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Cons

"Sometimes when you call in support, you get someone who is just following a sheet. It feels like a runaround. You feel that you are running into that support wall."

"The area I would like to see improvement in is the ability with in the reporter to navigate directly to the content the user is traversing. It is kind of there, but it's not perfect. Quite frequently, I receive links that lead me to pages with error messages."

"I am currently doing a PoC of the zero trust aspect of it. Compared to other similar solutions, it is hard to get around each feature. It takes a while to get used to it."

"For zero trust implementation, we encountered complexity issues, especially with a large infrastructure company ExxonMobil."

"The easiest device I have set up was the Barracuda line of products."

"It is stable, but due to growth, it can sometimes be less stable than wanted."

"The endpoint-type solution is an area that needs some improvement."

"To scale up, a new iboss Node Blade Chassis must be purchased."

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"We have faced issues with the product's configuration. If we use the tool with other business manager solutions, then there is the issue of naming conventions. The tool needs to be careful with newer updates so that it doesn't break any of the existing configurations."

"The solution needs to improve its licensing."

"When a Mac is joined to Azure, the generic Pro console in the MDM should accurately display the Mac as joined to Azure in the inventory section. Currently, it shows "no domain account found," which can be misleading."

"However, there is a concern about pricing because Jamf Connect is a separate application that requires additional payment."

"User training has room for improvement. This improvement would benefit from more documentation, and I would appreciate seeing more automation pieces as well."

"We've had some issues when users restart their devices because the device asks for credentials afterward. Jamf Connect asks for a username, password, and MFA."

"The logs are an area with a shortcoming."

"There is room for improvement with Jamf Connect in reducing its cost and overcoming limitations during pre-stage enrollment, which prevent it from creating MDM-capable users."

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"The product's initial setup phase was quite complex."

"We have not had good experiences with technical support. We have many tickets remaining that are unresolved."

"We have had a need to move the database, and that was fairly difficult as documentation was sparse, and the first support technican said AirWatch would need re-installed."

"There could be ease of integration within the environment. I didn't have any issues when using it, but the integration part was a bit difficult for the other team."

"It's not accurate enough when it comes to sending items to end-users."

"One thing VMware needs to improve is compatibility with different operating systems."

"The only downside to the solution is that the dashboard is very confusing."

"The pricing could always be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have not priced the solution recently, but they were competitive with other vendors in the past."

"The overall pricing for iboss is very competitive and transparent."

"It is probably in line with other solutions, but I do not deal with the financial side."

"It is expensive compared to one of its competitors."

"We had the cost of purchasing a new appliance along with the implementation and licensing costs. However, the following year, the cost of just licensing was similar to what was paid the previous year for a new appliance along with the implementation and licensing costs."

"It is not expensive, and it is also not cheap. iboss is priced right in the sweet spot for the number of features it offers."

"I rate the cost as three out of ten, with ten being the highest."

"The pricing model could be improved, especially considering the availability of alternative MDM solutions like Kandji, which offers similar features for free or at a lower cost."

"Jamf Connect has a yearly licensing cost, which is expensive."

"The pricing is definitely on the higher side."

"We pay 2 dollars per device monthly. For the plus version, you have to pay 4 dollars per month. I think the product will give discounts based on the number of users and devices."

"The solution's price is reasonable."

"It's relatively inexpensive."

"The pricing is good."

"For big users, it's around $500."

"If you purchase it for one year, it is very expensive. If you get it for three years or up to five years, then you can bargain a better price."

"The pricing and licensing are affordable. They are not too high."

"The cost is a little bit high."

"All licenses from VMware are only yearly. They start with a yearly license and look for a three-year commitment and yearly PO."

"The tool is expensive."

"The solution can be costly when the customer is dealing with multiple platforms. If a customer is only dealing with iOS, Windows, and Android then Intune is the better choice because there are free licenses."

"The price of VMware Workspace ONE is reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Construction Company

Financial Services Firm

16%

Construction Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

Outsourcing Company

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	15

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	12

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	40
Midsize Enterprise	22
Large Enterprise	60

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with iboss?

iboss could be improved by making the dashboard more user-friendly, providing more detailed real-time alerts, and imp...

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What is your primary use case for iboss?

iboss is primarily used for cloud security, helping to protect users when they access websites and cloud applications...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for iboss?

The pricing and licensing for iboss were reasonable for the security features. The setup costs were manageable, thoug...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Jamf Connect?

We purchased Jamf Connect directly from Jamf.

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What needs improvement with Jamf Connect?

Jamf Connect is pretty good software and well developed. I just wish it would also be available for Windows, but I am...

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What is your primary use case for Jamf Connect?

Jamf Connect is used for logging in from the Mac to our Okta, or connecting to my organization network, which helps M...

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How does Microsoft Intune compare with VMware Workspace One?

Microsoft Intune is a great tool for managing a mobile device fleet while keeping access control. The solution makes ...

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How does VMware Workspace One compare with VMware Horizon 7?

VMware Workspace One has a powerful set of helpful features. The solution offers very good documentation, the initial...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Horizon Air?

I don't deal with the pricing side, so I don't have any insight about it. That's what the organization would have alr...

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Also Known As

iBoss Cloud Platform

Wandera, Wandera Private Access

VMware Workspace ONE, VMware AirWatch, Workspace ONE Assist, VMware Identity Manager, Workspace ONE Access, VMware Horizon Air

Overview

iboss is the Zero Trust SASE platform that gives organizations complete visibility and governance over their AI, data, and applications through one unified platform, one console, one policy engine, and one data lake.

Your endpoints may already stop malware. Your data and application activity can still be invisible. iboss decrypts and understands every connection, then turns that signal into answers security leaders can act on.

The platform leads with three capabilities in this order: AI Security and Visibility, Data Security and Visibility, and App Visibility and Control. Zero Trust Network Access, VPN replacement, and SD-WAN sit underneath as the access fabric that carries those three. Trusted by global enterprises and government agencies.

What are the most important features of Iboss?

- AI Security and Visibility: conversation capture, shadow-AI discovery, AI DLP, and agent governance across Claude, Co-Work, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok, and emerging services.

- Data Security and Visibility: full SSL/TLS decryption, deep content inspection, MIP label compliance, and one-click compliance reporting.

- App Visibility and Control: signatureless CASB, dual risk scoring, in-app controls, and SSPM for major SaaS.

- Containerized Zero Trust SASE: dedicated containers, isolated SSL keys, one console, one policy engine, one data lake.

- Access fabric: ZTNA, VPN replacement, and SD-WAN under the same platform.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

- Complete visibility over AI, data, and applications from one platform instead of separate point tools.

- Encrypted traffic is inspected by default so data decisions use content and context together.

- Shadow SaaS and new web tools appear as they are used, with enforceable controls in one console.

- Native data sovereignty through dedicated containers, in-region inspection, and per-customer SSL key custody.

- Scale proven in published materials: 10M+ users, 100+ countries, 150B+ transactions, 2.5B+ threats blocked.

Economic buyers are CISOs, CIOs, and VPs of Security. Champions include security architects, network and infrastructure leaders, SecOps, and GRC. Primary segments: enterprise and business, financial services, government (including FedRAMP Gov Cloud), healthcare, manufacturing, legal and professional services, retail and hospitality, and MSP/MSSP partners. Education, including K-12, is one vertical among these.

iboss

Jamf Connect simplifies deployment and user authentication by integrating seamlessly with Azure AD and Active Directory, providing centralized identity management and minimizing password-related issues.

Leveraging its capabilities such as single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and password synchronization, Jamf Connect enhances security and user management efficiency. Users can easily manage accounts across multiple devices and IDP providers like Okta, benefiting from an intuitive interface that aids in password recovery and account provisioning. Comprehensive documentation supports streamlined usage. However, improvements are needed in licensing, setup process, pricing competitiveness, particularly in India, and documentation for offline MFA. Post-restart login issues and technical support challenges are noted.

What are the most important features of Jamf Connect?

Seamless Integration: Connects with Azure AD and Active Directory.
Single Sign-On: Simplifies user authentication.
Multi-Factor Authentication: Enhances security across devices.
Password Synchronization: Syncs passwords between identity providers and local devices.
Support for Multiple IDP Providers: Works with providers like Okta.
Intuitive Interface: Facilitates easy password recovery and account provisioning.

What benefits and ROI should users expect?

Increased Efficiency: Reduces manual processes and boosts productivity.
Improved Security: Enhanced security features minimize risks.
Streamlined IT Support: Reduced IT support tickets due to simplified management.
Centralized Identity Management: Simplifies user management and integration.

Organizations in different sectors use Jamf Connect to synchronize user passwords between local devices and identity providers like Azure, streamlining password management and account integration. By supporting single sign-on and multifactor authentication, it optimizes Mac authentication and enhances cloud-based connections, leading to fewer IT support tickets and increased productivity.

JAMF

Workspace ONE UEM is a comprehensive platform for centralized device management offering advanced security and seamless integration. It's ideal for managing mobile and IoT devices, providing centralized administration capabilities for businesses.

Workspace ONE UEM stands out due to its user-friendly interface and extensive multi-platform support. It provides policy-driven device control, advanced application and content management, and secure remote access. Its excellent third-party integration and strong security measures make it particularly beneficial for managing devices across different platforms. The platform is tailored for businesses looking for scalable solutions that support BYOD policies, application deployment, and user authentication. While praised for stability and comprehensive features like email management, there are calls for improved integration with Active Directory and better pricing strategies.

What are the most important features?

Easy-to-use interface: Simplifies device management for diverse platforms.
Policy-driven control: Enables automated compliance and security enforcement.
Multi-platform support: Manages iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac devices efficiently.
Advanced app and content management: Facilitates smooth deployment and regulation of applications.
Secure remote access: Ensures security for remote device management.
Single sign-on: Simplifies authentication processes.
Third-party tool integration: Expands functionality with external tools.

What key ROI factors to consider?

Device security: Protects sensitive data on mobile devices.
Centralized management: Streamlines operations for device monitoring and compliance.
Scalability: Supports growing business needs with ease.
User experience: Offers intuitive management tools for minimal training requirements.

Organizations across industries implement Workspace ONE UEM for its sophisticated management strategies, critical in sectors like healthcare for secure patient data management, finance for compliance, and education for supporting diverse device policies. Its integration capabilities make it essential for sectors requiring stringent security and seamless operational workflows.

Omnissa

Sample Customers

Trusted by global enterprises and government agencies.

Mastercard, Deloitte, PayPal, Toshiba, BNP Paribas, EY, Otis, Rollins, Eurostar, Frontier, Sealy, Rolex, VITAS Healthcare

Australian Sports Commission, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Lomond School, Merck, United Bank, Medical College of Wisconsin, Latymer Upper School, 2gether NHS Foundation Trust, Dowling Aaron Inc., Trillium Lakelands District School Board, Harrogate Grammar School, Duke University Football, Delta Air Lines, Adventist Health System, Giochi Preziosi, Cramlington Learning Village, Intermountain Healthcare, Safexpress, TAG Aviation

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