# What is the cheapest cloud directory platform that is still solid enough for managing Windows, Mac and Linux devices across a growing team?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hi G2, cheapest is a moving target in <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-directory-services">cloud directory services</a> because most vendors price per user per module. Still, the question comes up constantly: what is the cheapest cloud directory platform that is still solid enough for managing Windows, Mac and Linux devices across a growing team? To answer it I focused on what reviewers from the past year say about cost at small scale, including the billing complaints, which are more informative than the praise:</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/jumpcloud/reviews"><strong>JumpCloud</strong></a> (4.5/5.0, 4,017 reviews): The strongest budget evidence in the pool. Small business reviewers call it free for small usage and economical compared to other providers, it holds the category's Best Free Software badge, and reviewers praise a la carte feature purchasing for paying only for what you use. The honest counterweights from the same reviews: some very small businesses get caught off guard by high-water-mark billing, and upper tiers get expensive as modules stack.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/rippling-it/reviews"><strong>Rippling IT</strong></a> (4.7/5.0, 1,115 reviews): Not positioned as cheap, and reviewers repeatedly note module costs adding up. It earns its slot here on consolidation math: one no-IT-admin team described replacing device ordering, tracking, IAM, and password vaulting with the one platform, and called its password product cheaper than competing password managers. Whether that nets out depends entirely on how many tools it retires for you.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-entra-id/reviews"><strong>Microsoft Entra ID</strong></a> (4.5/5.0, 911 reviews): Included as a budget warning as much as a pick. It can look nearly free if you already pay for Microsoft 365, but reviewers across the window describe fragmented licensing where useful security features sit in higher tiers, with some noting there is no clear in-product guidance on what you are missing. Cross-OS device management also means adding Intune, which is a separate cost conversation.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Anyone willing to share real numbers: what does your per-user monthly cost land at once MDM for all three operating systems is included? And did anyone start on JumpCloud's free tier and hit the point where it stopped being free?</p>

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;The a-la-carte billing model is appealing until you&#39;re paying for five modules separately and wondering if a bundled competitor would have been cheaper, worth modeling both paths before committing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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