Kandji
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A bright shining star in Apple device management.
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of use, kandji is very user-friendly to set up and administer.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some of the alerts are not clearable and are acceptable.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
with ease of use. it is no longer a cringe to set up new users on an Apple device( Macbook).
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are using another MDM for Mac or Apple device management. take a Demo look at Kandji. We struggled so much with our previous vendor. The ease of Kandji was a no-brainer for us to move to.
Wonderful MDM solution
What do you like best about the product?
I love the visibility of our Mac fleet. Other software we used either wouldn't work with Mac, or it was situational at best. The ease of use and understanding was welcome as well.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wouldn't say I dislike anything about Kandji, but I would like it if I could reset a user's password or add an account from Kandji.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Keeping apps up to date! Forcing apps to stay current has cut down on a lot of help desk tickets that just required an update. The custom app store has taken traction and has been a nice benefit as well.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Just take a look at a video of Liftoff in action! Setup for new users is super simple. Blueprints allow for granular customization. It's easy to set up and use!
An MDM that you can actually use
What do you like best about the product?
We struggled to find an Apple MDM that was usable. Kandji is that product. The interface is well thought out and easy to use.
What do you dislike about the product?
At this point, we do not have a dislike. We like the idea that they are always improving the product.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Managing applications on macs and ipads is now easier. Deployment is faster and setting up AD integration is easy.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
We found using Kandji has made our lives easier. We had Jamf but never got to a point of being able to use it. When we asked for help, they just wanted us to read the documentation and watch videos - Kandji's team got us using the product quickly.
Good feature set at an affordable price
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to understand UI
Easy to understand procedures for deployment
Great TCO
Easy to understand procedures for deployment
Great TCO
What do you dislike about the product?
No major dislikes at this point. Product performing as per our expectations
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Easier management and tracking of apple hardware at an affordable price point.
Quick to set up, easy to manage and a good fit for the smaller companies among us.
What do you like best about the product?
Kandji is simply... simple, really. Whereas other flavored Apple Management Platforms provide much more, Kandji prefers to keep it no-nonsense and keeps out the many bells and whistles that you don't necessarily need to make your fleet of Apple-based devices bend to your will.
What do you dislike about the product?
Being based in the Netherlands, it is a bit of a hassle to use an American-based product because of the timezone difference. Perhaps a UK-based support team will remediate that. Also acknowledging alerts and dismissing them entirely needs a bit more work. Yes, I am well aware of the things that may not work, let me acknowledge that.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The main problem I solved within my current company is the lack of device management and proper security enforcement. Getting the whole fleet signed on makes it easy to manage them. apply the necessary applications and settings via the Blueprints and if a device gets stolen, I can turn it into a (albeit, very expensive) paperweight. Users are also quickly onboard with the zero-touch deployment, leaving them only to enter the necessary information for their account and then let Kandji do the rest.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Íf Jamf hasn't been able to help you due to it's complexity and the amount of devices that need to be managed: Give Kandji a try.
Kandji Review
What do you like best about the product?
Its easy to navigate such a powerful tool
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike not having more admin settings
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
With Kandji, we have a truly effective and simple to navigate device management solution which allows us to scale easily with the company's growth rate. One of the benefits is being able to navigate and configure what you need to deploy for devices quickly.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you can afford this device management solution for your Apple-run small/growing business, I strongly recommend using Kandji. It's easy to learn, setup, and deploy.
Fastest & Easiest MDM Deployment Ever
What do you like best about the product?
I was able to onboard and get it deployed in less than an hour with clear instructions on setup/integrations.
Very simple straightforward interface while still providing all needed configuration/functionality.
Lots of builtin app configs (Library items) and lots of vendors have docs for custom apps too.
Very simple straightforward interface while still providing all needed configuration/functionality.
Lots of builtin app configs (Library items) and lots of vendors have docs for custom apps too.
What do you dislike about the product?
In app reporting could be better, like on device info org wide. There is an API to access data though.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Remote management in all remote world, no dedicated IT support personnel so we need to tools to allow us to support devices as efficiently as possible,
MDM Perfected
What do you like best about the product?
It's like Kandji collected all the negative JAMF feedback over the years and built the perfect solution. Simple and intuitive policy management without sacrificing essential management features and compliance standards. It's all of the horse-power I expect from an enterprise-ready MDM without the tedious interface and clumsy workflows we've come to tolerate over the years.
What do you dislike about the product?
One downside of Kandji is the limited library size of pre-built apps available to end-users in Self Service. While it's easy to add custom apps, I hope they continue to increase their native library.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We migrated off of a JAMF instance previously managed by a third-party IT vendor. For many reasons, we wanted the security and control of those systems to be managed in-house but I was initially hesitant to take on a brand new JAMF instance as a one-man team. Once I demoed the product, I could instantly see how easy the transition would be. Kandji's JAMF migration agent sealed the deal and I haven't looked back since.
Manager, IT Service Desk
What do you like best about the product?
Kandji simplifies device management for Apple products. I also can't emphasize enough how beautiful and intuitive the user experience is.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would have said that blueprints were my biggest pain point, but assignment maps have completely changed the game! Nice work Kandji!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Device administration shouldn't require a degree or expensive training to be successful. Kandji eliminates the headaches of Apple management and does it in a gorgeous way to boot!
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Switch immediately. Seriously.
Very powerful and quick to rollout
What do you like best about the product?
The low barrier of entry to get going and rollout powerful settings to the estate quickly. Having no previous Mac admin knowledge (besides being a Mac user), Kanji allowed me to roll out to 50+ devices in a matter of days with 7+ different Blueprints (templates) based on different roles in the business.
I was even able to set up a custom app to roll out the VPN software and configuration after a little bit of research.
I was even able to set up a custom app to roll out the VPN software and configuration after a little bit of research.
What do you dislike about the product?
My only issue at the moment with Kandji is that the Passport functionality doesn't support Google Workspace as an identity provider - however, my understanding is that this is a limitation on Google's side rather than Kandji.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Kandji allowed me to have standard templates (blueprints) of setup based on department which meant we could ship Macs directly to new starters and their devices would be configured as they set up the mac for the first time. This reduced the unnecessary overhead of someone setting up a mac for a new starter and then shipping it out to them and also ensured various security requirements (like drive encryption) were enforced.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Check if your directory service supports Passport for extra value (and fewer passwords for users)
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