JAMF Casper Suite vs. Microsoft's CM2012 w/ SP1

@mm2270, yeah I have to agree with what you're saying. Nearly all my time has been spent in the lower ed arena. Sometimes just getting the money for computers is hard enough.

@mm @mpremann I hear you but as we all know you add up the cost of having even a handful of sysadmins in repeated meetings over several months to negotiate a decision to fund a Jumpstart and you could have paid for that Jumpstart and then some. Time vs money: you're spending one or the other. Better to choose early than have it chosen for you over time.

We are K-12. I think the per device pricing is probably competitive, but when you have 6k+ OSX and 500+ MDM licenses, it's a big line item out of a K12 budget. Like everyone has said, there's no doubt we couldn't do what we do without JAMF and Casper Suite.

I know charging per device is the norm, but I do wonder if supporting a district like mine costs JAMF more than supporting a district with half the number of devices, who pay JAMF half the annual cost. I don't imagine I get better/quicker support than the district half the size, but maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it would make some sense if the price per device went down after X devices, but I guess if we're willing to pay full price, it makes sense they are going to continue to charge full price.

In any case, I'm thrilled JAMF is an option for us and hope it will continue to be for years to come (even with budgets shrinking), really happy with support and the product overall.