We performed a comparison between VMware Workspace ONE and Microsoft Intune based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Microsoft Intune has higher ratings and is more affordable than VMware Workspace ONE.
"At the moment, Autopilot is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features in Microsoft Intune for me are application deployment, Defender deployment, and asset management."
"Compliance and the policies that can be set are the most valuable features."
"We have one MDM that works with Windows, iOS, and Android."
"The solution appears to be stable and scalable."
"Intune's feature that I have found most valuable is its auto-pilot feature."
"It works well if you have a Microsoft environment."
"The stability is good."
"Among the most important improvements is the ability to set up different groups with different deployment policies."
"You can upgrade and migrate the existing group policies that we use for VMware Workspace ONE for the active directory. We can push the policies and group policies. We can migrate it and manage it from VMware Workspace ONE."
"The remote management and location capabilities are good."
"The most valuable feature is the interface with SCAP, which is the Security Content Automation Protocol."
"AirWatch has one of the best User Interfaces and it's quite easy to figure out where particular items are within the menu system."
"We used to have a system before, Mac OS Open Directory server and this open directory became obsolete because Apple decided to stop the enterprise market, so there was no other alternative for us to use. We chose this to replace the open directory and we found that it has many more features than the previous solution. We totally rely on it right now to manage all the devices on campus."
"It has all of the features that we need to use and that we want to use."
"From a remote management perspective, I like the management and the inventory."
"Could benefit from user having more control over devices."
"It's the granularity: 'Is your firewall on? Is BitLocker on?' It's not amazing granularity. But I've looked into other products, like Duo, and they're all similar."
"There are some issues using the solution with macOS and iOS, and it offers limited granular control with them. Intune works better on Windows and Android."
"There needs to be more support for Mac operating systems."
"Intune has some limitations when it comes to application updates for third-party applications. You can schedule an update, but when it's a package setup, you need to supercede and replace it each time."
"The closest Microsoft Intune can be to GPOs, the better. There needs to be more granularity on application deployments. However, they have done better recently with the application deployments."
"They should make it easier to order it, however, that's generally true for everything from Microsoft."
"There is no catalog for mobile access management (MAM) security."
"They could provide DLP integration for applications and specific user account security."
"I tried to use the tool on an encrypted disk, but it was inconvenient."
"Patching, fixing, and training for VMware Workspace ONE are areas that need to be improved."
"We'd like more useful support."
"The reverse proxy is not intuitive and it takes time to get it right, so this is something that can be improved."
"VMware Workspace ONE can improve in virtual reality. Customers are now looking toward virtual reality devices. Though it supports virtual reality, it's treated as an Android device. Customers want to deal with VR devices, they want a specific VR tool. Not an Android device VR tool."
"The solution is too complicated. A lot of end customers don't know how to start when they go into the console."
"There are other solutions that might be better for certain use cases. This is not an all-purpose solution."
Microsoft Intune is ranked 1st in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 164 reviews while VMware Workspace ONE is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 82 reviews. Microsoft Intune is rated 8.0, while VMware Workspace ONE is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Intune writes "We can manage all aspects of our devices from a single console, easy to scale, and quick to deploy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Workspace ONE writes "The solution is stable, scalable, and offers single sign-on". Microsoft Intune is most compared with Jamf Pro, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, SOTI MobiControl, Microsoft Entra ID and IBM MaaS360, whereas VMware Workspace ONE is most compared with VMware Horizon, Jamf Pro, SOTI MobiControl, ManageEngine Endpoint Central and Citrix Workspace. See our Microsoft Intune vs. VMware Workspace ONE report.
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If you are only using Windows, it will be a great decision. However, if you are using Mac and Linux you will still need WS1 /JAMF or any other MDM solutions. Intune has extensive capacities on Windows but limited capabilities on MAC.
My suggestion will be
MAC - WS1/JAMF
Windows : Intune
Compliance check: Intune for the entire fleet. This will allow you to leverage the conditional access capabilities of Azure AD.
First of all, what is WS1? I think you should have Intune now as part of your E3 subscription (not sure of it, so please check your billing menu). Intune gives you a lot of flexibility to set rules to deploy to systems.