What is the best Mac MDM for small teams in 2026?

Jamf for Mac is the tool most Mac admins learned first, and it shows: smart groups that update themselves based on each Mac's state, scripts that run on demand or on a schedule, and detailed inventory for every machine. The bundle includes Jamf Pro plus a security layer. Everything runs on Jamf Cloud.

What to know before you ask for a quote is the 25-device minimum. Even with 12 Macs you pay for 25, so $312.50 a month and $3,750 a year. Jamf also recommends paid onboarding through its Premium Services. On admin forums, the recurring complaint isn't the product, it's the renewal: several admins report year-over-year price increases.

SimpleMDM does what the name says: a clean console, the core macOS, iOS and iPadOS settings, automated enrollment of new Macs, and nothing that needs a training course. Its real edge is buried in the pricing page: hosted Munki is included at no extra cost. Munki is the open-source tool many Mac admins use to install and update third-party apps like Chrome, Slack or Zoom. Elsewhere, that kind of app patching sits on a pricier tier.

Billing is the most flexible in this ranking: $2.50 per device on annual billing, or $3 month to month, no contract. There are no setup, onboarding, training or support fees, and the vendor reports average US-based support responses in 30 minutes or less. The trade-off is scope: no built-in antivirus or security module, and Apple devices only.

Mosyle manages Apple devices only, which is how it gets so cheap. Business FREE covers up to 30 devices. PREMIUM is $1 per Mac, iPhone, iPad or Vision Pro. Fuse for macOS, at $3 per Mac, combines management, a next-gen antivirus, hardening and compliance, a catalog of almost 400 Mac apps kept up to date, admin rights on demand and DNS filtering. Sign-in with Google, Microsoft 365, Okta or Active Directory is supported.

The catch is the 30 paid-license minimum. Stay at 30 devices or fewer and the free plan does the job. At device 31 you move to a paid plan billed for at least 30 licenses, annually. Admins who came from Jamf say they kept most of what they did, but miss Jamf's smart groups and find search weaker. If you're leaving another Apple MDM, Mosyle offers up to 6 months of free trial and a credit equal to your first year, subject to qualification.

Iru, formerly Kandji, now stretches to Windows and Android. On the Mac, its strength is automation: ready-made compliance rules, Auto Apps that keep third-party apps patched, and Assignment Maps that show visually which Mac gets what. Iru also sells identity, vulnerability management and EDR, each with a 14-day trial.

The limit is clear: no public pricing. Iru says pricing scales with the solutions you need, so you can't compare the bill without a sales call. User reviews also complain about licenses sold in bundles, which means paying for more devices than you have.

Addigy was built for managed service providers: one console for many separate clients, each with their own Macs, policies and reports. MSP pricing is lower, and support is included. There's no multi-year contract required, though a multi-year term locks in lower rates. Its AI assistant, Addigy Intelligence, is now a paid add-on, on quote.

For a company managing only its own Macs, the math is weaker: at $8.25 per Mac, 30 Macs come to $247.50 a month, more than double Mosyle Fuse. Reviews praise ease of use and reachable support, and criticize the interface, slowness and limited reporting. iPhone management is a separate add-on.

Fleet is an open-source MDM under the MIT license, built on osquery, which lets you query a computer like a database. Its signature is configuration as code: your settings live as files in a Git repo, reviewed and versioned like code, then applied to machines. It covers Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android and ChromeOS, offers zero-touch setup for Macs and can enforce OS updates.

The limits are real. Free means you host Fleet yourself, with no support. The vendor-managed cloud is only available from 700 hosts. Fleet requires macOS 15 or later. Third-party app management is listed as coming soon, so don't count on it for app patching today.

Jamf Now is Jamf's lightweight plan for businesses under 25 employees. It covers macOS, iOS, iPadOS and tvOS at a basic level: what you need to enroll and configure a small fleet. It manages up to 3 devices for free, then pricing starts at $4 per device, without the 25-device minimum of Jamf for Mac. Jamf also offers Elevate, a management and security dashboard, free to some small businesses: eligibility goes through sales.

Scope is the limit: no scripts and no third-party app patching. At $4 it costs more than SimpleMDM at $2.50, which includes Munki. Jamf Now makes most sense if you plan to grow into Jamf Pro and want to stay with the same vendor.