# SimpleMDM Reviews **Vendor:** PDQ.com **Category:** [Mobile Device Management (MDM) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/mobile-device-management-mdm) **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 12 ## About SimpleMDM SimpleMDM is the ultimate MDM solution for managing and securing Apple devices at work. Whether you’re just starting out or managing devices at scale — it’s time to take control of your Apple devices. Set up and deploy devices quickly with flexible enrollment options so end users can get to work right away. Powerful configuration options and advanced features help you keep devices up to date and secure. Free up time by automating manual, repetitive tasks so you can focus on what really matters. Founded in 2001, PDQ was built by sysadmins, for sysadmins with one mission — to make device management simple, secure, and pretty damn quick. With SimpleMDM, you'll have everything you need to manage your entire Apple fleet with ease. ## SimpleMDM Reviews ### 1. Affordable solution that just works for deploying apps to macs without Apple IDs **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ryan M. | IT Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 23, 2022 **What do you like best about SimpleMDM?** With the transition from in-office to remote work, a tool like this is essential. We initially used it to deploy and update the Keynote app on macs but have found other uses like auto-configuring the office wifi and VPN settings. SimpleMDM is also more affordable than some other solutions I looked at. **What do you dislike about SimpleMDM?** The one feature missing from the version we use is the ability to reset the password of a local account remotely. You can lock or erase a computer remotely though. **What problems is SimpleMDM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Corporate Apple IDs do not have access to the app store, so you need an MDM to deploy app store apps. Before this solution, we had a nightmare with people forgetting their apple IDs every time they needed an update. Also gives an easy dashboard to see what OS update all the macs are on and push out updates as required. ### 2. Good control, limited support **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Scott F. | Technology Administrator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 14, 2022 **What do you like best about SimpleMDM?** Simple is just that... Simple. Easy to use, lots of great options. Gives us control over our tablets in the field. **What do you dislike about SimpleMDM?** Support is only via email. We had an extremely difficult issue we were dealing with and could not get anyone on the phone or even in a chat. It was email, wait, email, wait. It made it VERY difficult to solve the problem. Great product, but I hope you don't need immediate assistance. **What problems is SimpleMDM solving and how is that benefiting you?** We control what is on the device, can force updates, and even lock out the device if necessary. We have had issues with technicians downloading things and using apps that were not approved on our tablets... not anymore with Simple MDM ### 3. Switched from Intune to SimpleMDM **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Utilities | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2022 **What do you like best about SimpleMDM?** SimpleMDM is extremely fast to get devices deployed and the flat/minimal interface makes it easy to find the section(s) that you are looking for. I especially like how easy it is to group together applications for different deployments as well as quickly search for not only the applications but the devices to deploy them to. You can search not only for groups that you have set up but you can deploy to specific devices as well. **What do you dislike about SimpleMDM?** The only downside I have found vs our prior MDM system is for Apple OS updates; our previous system seemed to force those updates with no user intervention. SimpleMDM does require some user input or you must remove the device passcode to force an update. I have also found it somewhat difficult to deploy specific settings as there is one HUGE config for the general settings, and you can only apply that entire config once. Intune will let you deploy specific settings on some of this, making it a bit more configurable when it comes to profiles. **What problems is SimpleMDM solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is a massive improvement over Intune which was used previously. The servers Microsoft appears to use are extremely slow and it can sometimes take me nearly a full day to get things to load onto a specific device. SimpleMDM allows me to see the results within literal seconds. I timed the differences on some deployments and from Intune I would wait for more than 10 minutes before I gave up and then I tested with SimpleMDM and saw the deployment appear on the device within 10 seconds. This is a game changer for our users and my ability to assist them. ### 4. Easy to Use, Affordable **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Utilities | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 14, 2022 **What do you like best about SimpleMDM?** It has a much cleaner and easier-to-use UI compared to some other options. I enjoy how affordable it is compared to some of the alternatives. We have not had many issues; typically, when they can be resolved, they are by support. **What do you dislike about SimpleMDM?** One thing I do not like about SimpleMDM is that you cannot fine-tune privacy settings per application. That means a user could disable the location tracking for the SimpleMDM app, and the device is no longer tracked (unless you put it in lost mode). This is not their fault, as it's a decision Apple has made, but it will affect every MDM solution and not just SimpleMDM. **What problems is SimpleMDM solving and how is that benefiting you?** We used to manually set up and deploy apps on company devices, but now it's become much more accessible. We can deploy apps to specific groups of machines with just a few clicks without worrying about missing a device. ### 5. Great software, very reliable **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2023 **What do you like best about SimpleMDM?** Very reliable and works as expected. Always rolling out new features. **What do you dislike about SimpleMDM?** The cost is very reasonable per device, but can quickly grow as the business scales up to 100s of devices. **What problems is SimpleMDM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mange iPads we used for SurveyStance Feedback Kiosks. ### 6. Simple yet intuitive. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David R. | Practice Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2022 **What do you like best about SimpleMDM?** Simple MDM is easy to use. Once you know where everything is and does, it works like a charm. I love seeing the location of devices and the ability to set restrictions in the user, device, or group level. **What do you dislike about SimpleMDM?** There are a bit too many menus that sometimes make it difficult to find what exactly it is that you want to find but these seem like they are necessary. **What problems is SimpleMDM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Simple MDM helps us manage, secure, and update all of our company's iPads and other peripherals remotely. It allows us to track device locations, and wipe them clean if need be. ### 7. Value for Money and Great for SMEs **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alireza M. | IT Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2022 **What do you like best about SimpleMDM?** The User Interface is very intuitive. It is integrated to Munki. Value for Money and it's great for SMEs. **What do you dislike about SimpleMDM?** It's really hard to pinpoint something as to what I dislike about the product. **What problems is SimpleMDM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Auto provisioning and de-provisioning of Mac Machines and Mac laptops. Also, it helps the end users install and update Apps independently and securely. Pushing new configurations to the managed machines as necessary. ### 8. An excellent device management system **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Public Safety | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 21, 2022 **What do you like best about SimpleMDM?** SimpleMDM is easy to use, quick to integrate and open to adjustments. The support team is also very helpful and take recommendations on board when being provided with feedback. **What do you dislike about SimpleMDM?** The only issue I've encountered is with the mobile application requiring the user to open for the first time in order to report it's location. A further streamlined approach to deploying devices would rate it a 10/10. **What problems is SimpleMDM solving and how is that benefiting you?** SimpleMDM allows us to reduce the number of man-hours required to configure devices, and allows us to manage our mobile device fleet in a more efficient and effective manner. ### 9. Very Easy and Simple **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2022 **What do you like best about SimpleMDM?** Customer Service . They are prompt and easily accesible. **What do you dislike about SimpleMDM?** Not much, everything has worked pretty good so far **What problems is SimpleMDM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Customer Service and the ability to help me get it fixed. ### 10. Simple, effective MDM **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael M. | Vice President Information Technology, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2021 **What do you like best about SimpleMDM?** It's simple. It's easy to set up, add new apps, and manage - which is the whole point! **What do you dislike about SimpleMDM?** Installing apps from the App store can be a bit flakey. This is likely not specifically a SimpleMDM, but one of Apple MDMs, but it's still difficult to manage at times. **What problems is SimpleMDM solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a small business, we were building and managing workstations manually. JAMF is complex, and Apple's MDM solutions are lackluster. SimpleMDM allows us to easily install and update software, run scripts, and provide overall management to our workforce at low cost and minimal administration. ### 11. Perfect solution for small scale operations **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 11, 2019 **What do you like best about SimpleMDM?** Up and going only takes a matter of minutes. All new devices take seconds. There isn't a bunch of bloat features that get in the way of the main tools along with a clean interface. **What do you dislike about SimpleMDM?** There's no alerts or daily/weekly/monthly reporting to know if devices are having issues or if a device has been offline longer than a certain amount of days. **Recommendations to others considering SimpleMDM:** We had tried out multiple MDM cloud-based services before deciding on SimpleMDM. We needed something simple without too many bells and whistles. It's completely removed our need to ship devices back and forth and doesn't get in the way as other MDM services were when testing them. If you have a small number of devices and/or devices that are set up as kiosks this is the best solution. **What problems is SimpleMDM solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have many iPads that we use as Kiosks and prior to SimpleMDM we were using Apple Configurator 2 and having the iPads shipped or travel to the locations when the iPads needed a new app or app update. We now can do all this remotely and have oversight of where the iPads are and their current status. ### 12. Easy interface **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 05, 2019 **What do you like best about SimpleMDM?** The ability to reinstall apps while not allowing users to install unneeded apps on company owned devices **What do you dislike about SimpleMDM?** Not being able to make the mdm app remain on company owned devices, it can be removed by users **What problems is SimpleMDM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Keeping track of company owned devices, making sure users have only the apps needed with no ability to add other apps not needed for business use - [View SimpleMDM pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/simplemdm/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-15+13%3A04%3A38+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=bb60bdee-e243-4f96-9ce5-1c4989e8766a&secure%5Btoken%5D=5830a42a7b1df7df24367de8e2eabe113bf543a8fbc81c6b6ee5947e7ad9029f&format=llm_user) ## SimpleMDM Features **Platform - Mobile Device Management (MDM)** - Regulation Compliant **Operating System** - Multi-Systems Support - Apple Support - Android Support **Management** - Applicatons Management - Applications Consolidation - Whitelist - Blacklist - Usage Information **Security** - Remote Wipe - Security **Agentic AI - Mobile Device Management (MDM)** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making ## Top SimpleMDM Alternatives - [Jamf](https://www.g2.com/products/jamf/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (2,052 reviews) - [Iru](https://www.g2.com/products/iru/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (787 reviews) - [JumpCloud](https://www.g2.com/products/jumpcloud/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (3,830 reviews)