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MobileIron Virtual Smartphone Platform [EOL] vs Workspace ONE UEM comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

MobileIron Virtual Smartpho...
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Workspace ONE UEM
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
102
Ranking in other categories
Remote Access (10th), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) (8th), Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (2nd), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (14th), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) (3rd)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user374085 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Management and Development Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mobilization of common content is a nice feature.
MDM MobileIron Mobilization of common content Mail Calendar Contacts For selected users Intranet Mobilization of information’s BYOD Better flexibility Access to data outside of office Better connection to document servers e.g Sharepoint etc. is needed. We've had no issues with deployment.…
Vishal Bhatia - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"High Availability on Core and Sentry, Apple DEP support, MAM, and the BYOD Portal are valuable."
"Accessing documents on your mobile while traveling is essential."
"Perform an initial analysis before deployment, define your targets, and then manage the design and deployment according your targets (especially configurations and policies)."
"VMware Workspace ONE has been stable so far."
"What I found most valuable in VMware Workspace ONE is that it's user-friendly."
"It has all of the features that we need to use and that we want to use."
"The solution's single plane of glass approach is beneficial, and the endpoint management is very good and specific."
"Among the most important improvements is the ability to set up different groups with different deployment policies."
"The most valuable feature of VMware Workspace ONE is the support for multiple devices, not only iOS and Android, but all kinds of platforms, including VR device management, and it also has a tunneling feature, which no other solution provides."
"Among the most important improvements is the ability to set up different groups with different deployment policies."
"The platform makes the mobile device management process straightforward to handle."
 

Cons

"Customer Service: 4 out of 5. Technical Support: 3 out of 5."
"Reporting and custom reporting, containerization, more readable and assessable documentation, better technical support and better trained staff."
"Better connection to document servers e.g Sharepoint etc. is needed."
"vIDM could be improved with the multi-tenant capabilities that VMware tends to offer—features like customization branding and the integration of the app catalog based on the branding."
"The mobile SSO doesn't work as well on Android."
"The location service could improve and more integration with other devices, such as Android enterprise and Apple devices."
"Scalability is a problem because we have a service provider who is supposed to maintain the backend with patching."
"We have a lot of problems when it comes to integrating with Active Directory."
"The pricing could always be better."
"The integration on the application side could improve."
"The product's initial setup phase was quite complex."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"In terms of pricing, this solution is definitely much more expensive compared to other solutions, like MobileIron or MaaS360 or any other product in the market. This solution is more expensive by 30 or 40 percent."
"Depending on the requirements of users, there is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product."
"The solution runs at roughly around $36/user for a year."
"All licenses from VMware are only yearly. They start with a yearly license and look for a three-year commitment and yearly PO."
"My guess is that its licensing was yearly. There was probably no fee in addition to the standard licensing fee."
"Its pricing was okay for our company."
"Our customers are concerned about the costs. The solution is higher than they want it to be."
"The price of the solution is costly for the number of users I am using it for."
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Financial Services Firm
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Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
6%
 

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Also Known As

Virtual Smartphone Platform
VMware Workspace ONE, VMware AirWatch, Workspace ONE Assist, VMware Identity Manager, Workspace ONE Access, VMware Horizon Air
 

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