Avast CloudCare vs. IBM MaaS360

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Avast CloudCare
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Avast's CloudCare was a cloud-based security platform for IT professionals used to monitor threats and deliver layered security services to multiple offices, networks, and devices. The product is reaching EOL and is no longer sold. Avast now offers the Avast Business Hub in its place.N/A
IBM MaaS360
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
IBM MaaS360 is a mobile security offering developed by Fiberlink, acquired and owned by IBM since early 2014.
$4
Per Client
Pricing
Avast CloudCareIBM MaaS360
Editions & Modules
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Essentials
USD 4.00
Per Client
Deluxe
USD 5.00
Per Client
Premier
USD 6.25
Per Client
Enterprise
USD 9.00
Per Client
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Avast CloudCareIBM MaaS360
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
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User Ratings
Avast CloudCareIBM MaaS360
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
8.1
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.4
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Avast CloudCareIBM MaaS360
Likelihood to Recommend
Avast CloudCare is great when it comes to ease of installation and GUI. Working inside the web portal is pretty self-intuitive. Some of the issues revolve around computers coming up missing from the portal or from computer jumping sites.
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Enrolling bulk devices through the Device Enrollment Program (DEP) is simple, straightforward, and quick. Multiple methods for device enrollment are available, including barcode scanning, email, and manual entry via the platform. App synchronization between Apple Business Manager (ABM) and the MaaS360 platform occurs swiftly. Additionally, app distribution and removal are efficiently managed on the platform.
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Pros
  • Blocks phishing attempts.
  • Blocks web exploits (web shield).
  • Automatically scans computers.
  • Settings can be tweaked or whole new policies can be created.
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  • It's a robust and intuitive UEM that it is very easy to use and Install.
  • It's easy to protect our data and information on every device.
  • Increase mobile security and threat management. Hence improves our cyber security.
  • Seamless integration with all our security system to boost our security on all our devices.
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Cons
  • The base web portal as it is going away at the end of the year.
  • Tech help is very lacking.
  • Several times computers lost the AV and had to be reinstalled.
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  • After attempts to reset a passcode sometimes a phone will become disabled. When a phones IOS is locked their is no way to successfully send a passcode without wiping the phone
  • Need an easier way to change the email if you create it wrong and the phone is already deployed. Sometimes the selective wipe does not always work as it should.
  • Too many alerts.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Rock solid solution with highly accessible support when needed. We do not want to interact with MaaS360 on a daily basis but when an issue occurs we are always able to find resolution due to the various support resources we have access to
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Usability
It does everything that I need it to do in terms of generating income and protecting against viruses and phishing.
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Having years of experience with MDM and experiencing the evolution of the granularity of the functionality MDM's have had to evolve, no MDM is ever "easy" to use. MaaS360 rises to the top however, because zero day changes are always ahead of the competition. A huge benefit with MaaS360 and IBM's approach to supporting these changes is that they seldom change configuration work flows. Competing Vendors always arbitrarily change workflows which requires a significnat ongoing learning curve in order to maintain technical competence
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Reliability and Availability
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Never had an outage in 11 years of using this solution
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Performance
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typically very consistent but occasionaly some lag
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Support Rating
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MaaS360's phone support has been decent the few times I have used it. In addition the person who on-boarded us has been available for additional questions after the process was over. However IBM could do a much better job in creating a user-friendly search engine and white-paper database to help people find topics. Right now finding info is more based on searching through white papers themselves.
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Online Training
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The resources made available to me by IBM were Stellar. These resources remain available today and are extremely important as technology changes
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Implementation Rating
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To implement IBM Security MaaS360 with Watson, follow these steps: Set up the platform, enroll devices, configure policies and settings, monitor and manage devices. Implementing it can help organizations to securely manage and monitor the use of mobile devices and related resources in their networks, improving security and productivity for their users.
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Alternatives Considered
CloudCare is proactive and better suited for my clients overall.
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Intune claims to be free, but if you need certain features you actually have to pay for it. So the "free" claim does not fly. In addition, pushing policies can take hours with Intune. In comparison with IBM MaaS360, where policies are changed within minutes. The usability and versatility of IBM MaaS360 is no match for Intune
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Scalability
No answers on this topic
Rock solid, consistent solution
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Return on Investment
  • Positive: we have our customers supported better than ever
  • Negative: But not really, we have lost billable time due to our customers having [fewer] virus infections than ever before.
  • We had one incident where we had to credit a customer because the backup failed and did not report correctly and the customer lost some data.
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  • MaaS360 has helped reduce the costs associated with managing and securing mobile services, like the cost of IT support and the cost of replacing lost devices.
  • MaaS360 has helped our remote sales team make sure they always have the latest information hence reducing any miscommunication with the customer.
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ScreenShots

IBM MaaS360 Screenshots

Screenshot of the SaaS portal & dashboard for UEM administratorsScreenshot of where secure user access to corporate email, contacts, calendar, apps and docs can be configuredScreenshot of a view of hardware inventory, where administrators can take action across all device types