Top 12 Mobile Device Management Software
Mobile device management (MDM) software lets IT teams enroll, configure, secure, and monitor phones, tablets, and laptops from a single console. Remote and hybrid work spread company data across devices that sit outside the corporate network, which is where MDM does its work.
See 12 MDM products compared on platform coverage, enrollment options, market presence, and price.
Comparison of Top 12 Mobile Device Management Software
Product | Zero-touch deployment | Self service | Screen sharing |
|---|---|---|---|
✓ | ✕ | ✓ | |
Microsoft Intune | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
AirDroid Business | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
JumpCloud | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
Jamf Pro | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Iru (formerly Kandji) | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ |
Hexnode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Miradore | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Sophos Mobile | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
See definitions for the common and differentiating features.
Agent deployment
*Hexnode additionally supports Linux, Fire OS, and Chrome OS.
Market presence
*Based on the total number of reviews and average ratings (on a 5-point scale) from leading software review platforms.
**The number of employees is sourced from publicly available sources (e.g., LinkedIn).
Prices
See our mobile device management pricing comparison.
We selected the most economical tier that provided all the core capabilities of a Mobile Device Management.
Ranking: From least to most expensive, except subscribers to AIMultiple’s benchmarking services.
Top vendors analyzed
NinjaOne MDM
NinjaOne MDM manages iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Android devices from the same console as NinjaOne’s RMM and endpoint management tools. Windows and Linux devices are managed through the endpoint management platform rather than the MDM feature set.1
Key capabilities
- Zero-touch enrollment: Apple devices enroll through Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager, and Android devices through Android Enterprise.
- Android enrollment options: Company-owned personally enabled (COPE) devices, custom QR codes, and Samsung Knox Mobile Enrollment.
- Location tracking: Detailed location data for devices that report GPS information.
Choose NinjaOne MDM to secure, monitor, and manage all your mobile devices
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Microsoft Intune manages Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Android, and Linux endpoints from one console, with conditional access tied to Entra ID.
Licensing change, July 2026: Microsoft folded Intune Suite components into Microsoft 365 E3 and E5. E3 and EM+S E3 tenants received Plan 2, Remote Help, and Advanced Analytics. E5 tenants also received Endpoint Privilege Management, Enterprise Application Management, and Cloud PKI.
Key capabilities
- Platform coverage: Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Android, and Linux from one console.
- Conditional access: Device compliance feeds Microsoft Entra ID access decisions.
- Standalone add-ons: Outside E3 and E5, Remote Help, Endpoint Privilege Management, Advanced Analytics, Enterprise App Management, and Cloud PKI are sold as add-ons or in the Intune Suite at $10 per user per month
AirDroid Business
AirDroid Business is an MDM solution focused on Android and Windows device management. It provides remote access, application management, and kiosk mode capabilities.
Key capabilities
- Multiple enrollment methods, including Zero-touch and Knox Mobile Enrollment
- Live device monitoring with configurable alerts
- Unattended remote control with privacy options
- Real-time GPS tracking and geofencing
- Managed devices are limited to Android and Windows. iOS and macOS are supported as administrator (controller) apps.
- Fewer third-party integrations compared to larger enterprise platforms
Jamf Pro
Jamf Pro manages Apple devices across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS. It offers features for deploying, configuring, and securing Apple devices.
Key capabilities
- AI Assistant: Natural-language search and explanations of Jamf Pro configurations. Jamf documents the current version as read-only, with write-based skills planned as an opt-in feature.2
Hexnode
Hexnode UEM, from Mitsogo Inc., manages
Hexnode is a mobile device management (MDM) and endpoint management solution that manages multiple operating systems, including Android, Windows, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Fire OS, tvOS, visionOS, Linux, and ChromeOS devices from one cloud console.
Key capabilities
- No-touch enrollment: Apple Business and School Manager, Android Zero-touch, Samsung Knox Mobile Enrollment, and Windows provisioning packages (PPKG).
- Kiosk modes: Single-app, multi-app, and web-app kiosk configurations.3
JumpCloud
JumpCloud combines directory, identity, and device management in one cloud platform.
Key capabilities
- Apple MDM: Automated Device Enrollment, account-driven enrollment, and User Enrollment for personal devices.
- Windows and Android: Windows MDM, and Android EMM with zero-touch enrollment.
- Remote commands: Lock, wipe, and restart commands across supported operating systems.4
ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus
ManageEngine, a division of Zoho Corporation, offers Mobile Device Manager Plus as an on-premises or cloud product.
Key capabilities
- Platform coverage: Smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktops, TVs, and rugged devices running Android, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, macOS, Windows, and ChromeOS.
- Free edition: Manages up to 25 devices.
- BYOD support: Profile management separates corporate and personal devices, with corporate data wipe for lost or stolen devices.5
Miradore
Miradore is a cloud MDM built for small and midsized businesses, covering iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS. GoTo completed its acquisition of Miradore in September 2022 and brought its capabilities into GoTo Resolve.6
Sophos Mobile
Sophos Mobile is managed through Sophos Central, Sophos’s cloud console. Legacy on-premises and hosted versions reached end of life on July 20, 2023. Sophos states the Central-managed version has no planned retirement date.7
It provides features such as device and app management and security controls, focusing on protecting corporate data on mobile devices.
GoTo Resolve
GoTo, formerly known as LogMeIn, offers a range of remote access and collaboration tools, including GoTo Resolve. GoTo Resolve offers remote support and MDM capabilities, enabling IT teams to remotely manage and troubleshoot devices. It’s part of the broader GoTo suite, which includes tools like GoTo Meeting and GoTo Webinar. See our RMM software review to explore GoTo Resolve’s RMM capabilities.
Esper
Esper manages dedicated devices such as kiosks, point-of-sale terminals, digital signage, and handheld scanners, rather than employee phones and laptops. Its MDM works declaratively: operators define a Blueprint of the desired device state, and the platform enforces it continuously. Esper supports Android, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, Linux, and Windows.8
Common features of mobile device management
Patch management: Manages software updates and patches across all devices within an organization. This ensures devices are protected against vulnerabilities by keeping their software up to date with the latest security patches, bug fixes, and new features.
Remote lock & wipe: Allow administrators to lock a device remotely, rendering it unusable, or to wipe all data on the device if it is lost or stolen. This prevents unauthorized access to sensitive company information.
Device monitoring: Involves tracking the health, performance, and activity of mobile devices. This includes monitoring battery life, storage usage, app activity, and compliance with security policies. It helps ensure devices function optimally and securely.
Automation & task management: Enable the automatic execution of routine tasks, such as software updates, compliance checks, and backups. This reduces manual effort, ensuring consistency and saving IT administrators time.
Compliance management: Ensures that all devices adhere to organizational policies and regulatory requirements. It involves enforcing rules such as password policies, encryption standards, and application usage, and can trigger alerts or actions if devices fall out of compliance.
Geolocation: Enables tracking a device’s physical location in real time. This feature can be used for locating lost or stolen devices or ensuring that devices are used within approved geographic boundaries.
Mobile policy management: Involves the creation and enforcement of security and usage policies on mobile devices. This includes configuring settings like password requirements, network access, and app restrictions, ensuring that all devices operate within the defined security framework of the organization.
Kiosk management: Allows administrators to lock down a device to a single application or a specific set of applications, turning the device into a kiosk. This is commonly used in environments like retail stores, public kiosks, or educational settings, where the device should perform specific functions. It restricts users from accessing other parts of the device, ensuring it serves its intended purpose without interference.
Content filtering: Restricts access to specific types of content or websites on a device. This is typically used to prevent users from accessing inappropriate or unsafe content while using the device.
Differentiating features of the mobile device management
Zero-touch deployment: Remote configuration applied before first use. The device arrives with policies, apps, and settings already in place, so the recipient powers it on and starts working.
Self-service: Refers to the feature that allows end-users to manage certain aspects of their devices without needing assistance from IT. For example, users might be able to install approved apps, reset their passwords, or access corporate resources independently.
Screen sharing: Allows IT administrators or support teams to view and control a device’s screen remotely.
Pricing driver: Defines the model for prices. Prices vary between monthly and annual subscriptions.
Per-device pricing: cost based on the number of devices being managed and monitored.
Per-user pricing: Cost based on the number of users or technicians accessing the platform.
Tiered pricing: Pricing tiers vary based on the features and services included.
For additional details, view the pricing for Mobile Device Management.
Current platform changes that affect MDM selection
Apple and Google both changed device management in 2026, in ways that alter what an MDM product needs to support.
Apple removed legacy software update management
Apple removed legacy software update management in its 2026 releases: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and the matching tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS versions. Update commands, queries, cadence settings, and deferral restrictions stop working once a device upgrades. A product without declarative software update management (DDM) loses update enforcement on those devices.9
Two follow-on changes matter for vendor selection. Management services need TLS 1.2 as a minimum, or enrollment and profile installation fail outright. And devices no longer restore enrollment or supervision state from a backup; they re-enroll through Automated Device Enrollment instead.
This affects every product on this list that manages Apple hardware.
Android 17 tightened profile boundaries
Android 17 reached Pixel devices in June 2026, with Samsung following on One UI 9 from July.
- Local network permission. Apps targeting API 37 must request
ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORKto reach printers, IoT hardware, or on-premises services. Administrators can pre-grant it through the device policy API. - Cross-profile loopback traffic. Loopback traffic between the personal and work profiles is now restricted.
Separately, from Android 16 every Samsung Knox SDK API requires the Android Enterprise framework. Legacy Device Administrator deployments on Samsung hardware lose Knox functionality.
Both platforms added controls for on-device AI
Apple moved Apple Intelligence, Siri, and keyboard controls into declarative configurations and deprecated the legacy restriction keys in the 26.4 releases. Supervised devices support per-feature settings for Genmoji, Image Playground, and Writing Tools, plus app-level controls for Mail, Notes, and Safari.
Android 17 lets administrators disable AI agent automation on fully managed devices and on the personal profile of COPE devices. Work profiles block it by default. A second control governs whether assistant apps can read device data through the App Functions framework.
The test for a candidate MDM: whether these settings appear in its policy editor, or whether administrators have to hand-write payloads to reach them.
Add as preferred sourceFAQs
Mobile Device Management (MDM) refers to the administration and management of mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops, within an organization. MDM solutions help IT administrators deploy, secure, monitor, and manage mobile devices to ensure they comply with corporate policies and protect sensitive data.
MDM software relies on management frameworks built into each operating system. Apple devices enroll through Apple’s MDM protocol, often through Automated Device Enrollment in Apple Business Manager, and Android devices enroll through Android Enterprise. The MDM server sends configuration profiles, app assignments, and commands, and the device reports inventory and compliance status back. Some products add their own agent for tasks the operating system framework does not cover, such as scripting on macOS or Windows.
MDM software enforces security policies on devices that hold company data. It produces the device records compliance audits ask for, and it lets administrators lock or wipe a lost or stolen device without physical access. It also cuts the manual work of setting up and maintaining devices at scale.
Four criteria separate MDM products in 2026:
Platform coverage: Whether the product manages every operating system in the fleet, or covers some of them through a separate tool.
Enrollment: Support for zero-touch methods such as Apple Automated Device Enrollment, Android Zero-touch, and Samsung Knox Mobile Enrollment.
Declarative management: Readiness for Apple’s removal of legacy software update commands (see the platform changes section above).
Licensing model: Per-device, per-user, or bundled licensing. Bundled licensing covers cases like Intune inside Microsoft 365 E3 and E5.
The three terms describe the same job at different stages. MDM (Mobile Device Management) originally covered phones and tablets. EMM (Enterprise Mobility Management) added app and content management. UEM (Unified Endpoint Management) merged all of it with laptop, desktop, and increasingly IoT management.
Current UEM products feed device-health signals into access decisions and apply policy without waiting for an administrator to issue a command. Apple’s declarative model is one example: the device holds the target state and reports changes on its own. Most tools on this list are UEM products sold under the MDM label.
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Cem's work at AIMultiple has been cited by leading global publications including Business Insider, Forbes, Morning Brew, and Washington Post, global firms like Deloitte and HPE, NGOs like World Economic Forum, and supranational organizations like European Commission. [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
Throughout his career, Cem served as a tech consultant, tech buyer and tech entrepreneur. He advised enterprises on their technology decisions at McKinsey & Company and Altman Solon for more than a decade. He also published a McKinsey report on digitalization.
He led technology strategy and procurement of a telco while reporting to the CEO. He has also led commercial growth of deep tech company Hypatos that reached a 7 digit annual recurring revenue and a 9 digit valuation from 0 within 2 years. Cem's work in Hypatos was covered by leading technology publications like TechCrunch and Business Insider.
Cem regularly speaks at international technology conferences. He graduated from Bogazici University as a computer engineer and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.
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