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Citrix Endpoint Management
Your desktops already run on Citrix. Your phones shouldn’t need a second vendor — Citrix Endpoint Management sets policy on iOS, Android and Windows devices and their work apps, from Citrix Cloud or your own servers, inside the Citrix subscription you may already hold.
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The Citrix platform family
This page covers Citrix Endpoint Management — the UEM, cloud and on-premises. The rest:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Product
- Unified endpoint management, device-level and app-level, as a cloud service or on-premises
- Maker
- Citrix, a business unit of the privately held Cloud Software Group; co-president Hector Lima
- Status
- Release 26.8.0 on 10 September 2026; Citrix’s lifecycle matrix shows end of support as “N/A”
- Platforms
- iOS up to iOS 27, Android up to Android 17, and Windows; Android Device Administrator is deprecated
- Policies
- Over 300, by Citrix’s count; Apple declarative management covers six policy types so far
- Price
- Not published; inside UHMC (capped at your licence count) or Citrix Platform (unlimited), quoted
- Cloud
- 99.9% uptime SLA; the Citrix Cloud region (US, EU or Asia Pacific South) is chosen once
- On-prem
- The on-premises edition is the former XenMobile Server, installed and patched by your team
- India
- No India service location in Citrix’s docs; on-prem keeps records here; Bengaluru office
- In India via
- TechBag — subscription scoping, hosting choice, quote in INR with GST
Understand unified endpoint management before you buy it
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is unified endpoint management?
One console that sets policy on phones, tablets and PCs, and on the work apps running on them.
Phones on a separate MDM contract vs management inside your Citrix plan — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | Phones on a separate MDM contract | Citrix Endpoint Management |
|---|---|---|
| Contracts | A second vendor and a second renewal | Inside the Citrix subscription you already hold |
| Policy reach | Whatever the MDM’s tier happens to unlock | More than 300 policies, by Citrix’s count |
| Where it runs | The MDM vendor’s cloud, nowhere else | Citrix Cloud, or a server in your own data centre |
| Staff-owned phones | Full enrolment, or no control at all | Managed apps with micro VPN, or a work profile |
| Old Android devices | Device Administrator mode left running | Android Enterprise; DA deprecated in 26.8.0 |
| What it is NOT | — | A standalone SKU, a list price, or India-hosted |
The cheapest test is the entitlement you may already hold: if UHMC or the Citrix Platform licence covers your users, enrol one pilot group before buying anything new.
The five pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
Cloud
Citrix hosts the management service with a 99.9% uptime SLA; the tenant sits in the US, EU or Asia Pacific South region picked at sign-up, and that pick cannot be changed later.
On-prem
The same product installed on servers you run, in your own data centre; your team applies each upgrade, and device records never leave the site unless you send them.
Devices
Over 300 policies, by Citrix’s count, cover iOS, Android and Windows; 26.8.0 added iOS 27 and Android 17, and Apple devices also take a growing set of declarative policies.
Apps
Managed apps carry their own policies and a per-app micro VPN, so personal phones need not be fully enrolled; Android without Device Administrator now runs as MAM only.
One UEM, two homes — a Citrix Cloud tenant with a 99.9% SLA, or the former XenMobile Server in your own data centre.
Nine capabilities. Manage, secure, update.
Citrix Endpoint Management controls devices and work apps from the same vendor as your Citrix desktops.
Over 300 settings to set
Citrix counts more than 300 policies, which is why it pitches the product where security and compliance come first.
Phones and PCs together
iOS, Android and Windows devices sit in one console; release 26.8.0 brought support for iOS 27 and Android 17.
Citrix Cloud or your own
Take the hosted service with its 99.9% uptime SLA, or install the former XenMobile Server inside your own data centre.
Control the app, not the phone
Managed apps carry their own policies and a micro VPN, so staff phones can be covered without full device enrolment.
Android work kept separate
Android Enterprise work profiles split work apps and data from the personal side of a BYOD phone, which stays private.
An exit from legacy Android
With Device Administrator mode deprecated in 26.8.0, that platform is now labelled Android (Citrix MAM Only) in the console.
Declarative Apple policies
Passcode, Software Update Enforcement and Settings, Status Subscriptions, User Identity and Google Account; some are preview.
App Settings, declared
26.8.0 added a DDM-compatible App Settings policy that applies to supervised iPhones and iPads on iOS 27 and later.
A release every quarter
The cloud service takes rolling updates about every three months, so new Apple and Google versions arrive on a known rhythm.
Watch Citrix Endpoint Management in action
Citrix on managing mobile users, getting a device productive quickly, and the original 2018 case for unified endpoint management.
Transforming the Mobile Experience with Citrix Endpoint Management
Citrix’s 2024 case for managing mobile users through Endpoint Management.
Make any mobile device productive in minutes with Citrix Endpoint Management
A 2021 explainer on getting a phone or tablet set up for work quickly.
Citrix Endpoint Management: Unified endpoint management for a secure digital workspace
From 2018: the original pitch, recorded before the 2025–26 product renames.
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Book a guided demo →Every phone is a door into your data. Citrix Endpoint Management puts policy on the device and the app.
Here’s what genuinely sets it apart — and exactly where it stops.
Written for estates where security leads
Citrix pitches Endpoint Management at organisations for whom security and compliance outrank everything else, and backs that with a library of more than 300 policies. You can run it as a hosted Citrix Cloud service with a 99.9% uptime SLA, or keep the whole thing on servers in your own data centre.
Possibly already paid for
Universal Hybrid Multi-Cloud includes Endpoint Management for as many users as you hold UHMC licences, and the Citrix Platform licence makes it unlimited. An estate that already runs Citrix DaaS on either may own the entitlement, with one vendor and one renewal covering desktops and devices.
Still shipping, on a known rhythm
Release 26.8.0 arrived on 10 September 2026 with iOS 27 and Android 17 support and a declarative App Settings policy for supervised iOS 27 devices. Citrix’s lifecycle matrix sets no end-of-support date for the cloud service, and updates land about every three months.
Where it stops
It is not sold on its own and has no list price. Apple declarative management spans six policy types, some still Technical Preview. Android Device Administrator mode is deprecated. Citrix Cloud names no India location, and TechBag found no current analyst placement to cite for it.
The numbers behind the platform
What your Citrix Endpoint Management rollout looks like
Check what you already own
Pull your Citrix contract: UHMC caps managed users at its licence count, the Citrix Platform licence does not.
Choose cloud or your own server
Pick the Citrix Cloud region once, or plan the on-prem server in an Indian data centre if records must stay here.
Enrol a pilot group
Bring in a mix of iPhones, Android Enterprise phones and Windows laptops, and map your policy list to Citrix’s.
Move legacy Android off DA
Shift Device Administrator handsets to Android Enterprise or MAM-only management before the deprecation bites.
Roll out and add DDM
Extend to every user, then switch on the declarative Apple policies you need, testing preview items before use.
The review scoreboard
Modelled on Gartner Peer Insights structure. *Counts and breakdowns are illustrative pending verified review collection.
Quick poll — what’s driving your evaluation?
Talk to an advisor“Our UHMC renewal already covered every user, so moving branch phones off the old MDM was a migration project, not a purchase.”
“We mapped each line of our audit checklist to an existing policy. Nothing needed a custom script, which the auditors liked.”
“The Device Administrator deprecation finally forced the Android Enterprise move we had postponed for two budget cycles.”
“We host the server ourselves because the cloud service has no Indian location. Upgrades are on us, and we plan for them.”
“Declarative policies handle passcodes and updates for our iPhones, but two items were preview, so the old profiles stayed.”
“Beside Citrix desktops it earns its place. On its own, the quote was hard to defend against per-device tools we priced.”
Where everyone sits — the grids
Analyst firms bury this view behind paywalls, and G2 retired its Grid. So here’s TechBag’s synthesis of the UEM market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.
TechBag UEM & MDM Grid
Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.
Only inside Citrix subscriptions; quoted per user.
Hosting Choice × Platform Depth
The grid nobody publishes — how many places the management server and its records can live, India included, vs how deeply each OS is managed.
Cloud or on-prem; no India region; DDM partial.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform data and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
Citrix Endpoint Management vs the UEM field
Against Microsoft Intune, IBM MaaS360, BlackBerry UEM, Ivanti Neurons for MDM and Hexnode UEM — on deployment, platforms, Apple DDM, price, India hosting and exit.
| Dimension | Citrix Endpoint Management | Microsoft Intune | IBM MaaS360 | BlackBerry UEM | Ivanti Neurons for MDM | Hexnode UEM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Citrix’s UEM | Microsoft’s cloud UEM | IBM’s SaaS UEM | Container-first UEM | Ex-MobileIron Cloud | Single flagship UEM |
| Deployment | Cloud or on-prem | Cloud, plus ConfigMgr | SaaS only | On-prem to air-gap | Cloud, or EPMM | Hosted SaaS |
| Platforms | iOS, Android, Windows | Five OS families | Mobiles and laptops | Four, Macs since 12.24 | Nine OS families | Six, incl. Fire OS |
| Apple DDM | Six types, some preview | Top mark in the guide | Partial | Top mark in the guide | Partial in the guide | Partial; floor unclear |
| Android | Enterprise; DA retired | Best grade in guide | Graded 2 in guide | Enterprise + AMAPI | Zero-Touch and Knox | Kiosk specialist |
| BYOD and app data | MAM + micro VPN | MDM and MAM together | Container from Deluxe | Dynamics container | Work profile, user enrol | BYOD containers |
| Security assurance | Policy depth, no certs | Entra Conditional Access | MTD at the top tier | CC, NATO, FIPS 140 | EPMM zero-days | Kiosk lockdown depth |
| Pricing model | Inside a Citrix plan | Per user, or bundled | Per device, 5 editions | Per user or device | Per device or user | Per device, 4 tiers |
| Published entry price | Not published | $8/user/month | $1.50/device/month | Not published | Not published | $2.20/device/month |
| Included vs add-on | Comes with DaaS | Suite is extra | Tiers gate features | Add-ons stack up | Ask what is in | Tiers unlock depth |
| Who makes it | Citrix, part of CSG | Microsoft | IBM | BlackBerry Limited | Ivanti, private | Mitsogo Inc. |
| India data residency | No India region | India geography | None documented | Only if self-hosted | Only via EPMM | US, EU or UAE |
| Lock-in and exit | Tied to the bundle | Tied to Microsoft 365 | IBM cloud, USD | Your own servers | Cloud or EPMM path | Monthly is allowed |
| Best fit | Citrix DaaS estates | Microsoft 365 shops | Published-price SaaS | Government, air-gapped | Wide OS coverage | Kiosks at low cost |
Which approach fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose Citrix Endpoint Management if…
- ✓You already run Citrix DaaS on UHMC or the Citrix Platform licence and the device entitlement is sitting unused
- ✓Security and compliance policy depth matters more to you than the per-device price of the MDM
- ✓Device records must stay on servers you run, and the on-premises edition fits your team’s skills
Compare alternatives if…
- ✓You own Microsoft 365 E3, E5 or Business Premium — Intune is already licensed and India is one of its data geographies
- ✓You need a price you can read before talking to sales — Hexnode and IBM MaaS360 publish per-device rates
- ✓You need certified, air-gapped device management — BlackBerry UEM is built for that brief
Do not expect…
- ✓A standalone Endpoint Management licence or a public rate card
- ✓A Citrix Cloud tenant hosted in India
- ✓Full Apple declarative coverage yet — six policy types, some still in preview
Citrix Endpoint Management is one of 28 uem & mdm products TechBag carries. The UEM & MDM guide narrows them to a shortlist and shows the reasoning. →
What does hand-run device management cost you?
Drag the sliders (managed devices; IT-admin hour cost). Estimates model admin time spent enrolling, configuring and chasing compliance on devices by hand at an assumed 1.5 hours per device a year, with 70% of it removed by policy-driven management. Both figures are assumptions. Illustrative.
Loaded cost = salary + overheads per productive hour. Illustrative only — your TechBag quote models your actual environment and modules.
Three ways to consume it
Not published: Citrix sells Endpoint Management only inside a platform subscription — Universal Hybrid Multi-Cloud covers one managed user per UHMC licence, the Citrix Platform licence covers unlimited users — both quoted per user, with no INR list. Buyers have reported steep increases at renewal as Citrix moved customers onto platform subscriptions, so get the renewal quote in writing. TechBag checks what you already own, then quotes in INR with GST.
In Universal Hybrid Multi-Cloud
Best for DaaS estates already on UHMC
- Per user, quoted; no list price
- Managed users capped at your UHMC licence count
- Bundled with DaaS, NetScaler and SecurAccess ZTNA
+ Platform add-ons
Best for a broader rollout
- Scoped to your estate
- Add-on modules as needed
- Phased, right-sized deployment
In the Citrix Platform licence
Best for estates managing every user
- Per user, quoted; no list price
- Endpoint Management with no user cap
- Adds SecurAccess with Chrome Enterprise and SecurSpaces
Buy it for less — TechBag pricing beats list
Whatever the list prices above, TechBag negotiates a significantly better deal — with GST-compliant INR invoicing and local support. Ask us for your discounted quote.
Get an India-ready quote
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The 8 questions to ask every vendor
Take this into your next vendor call — including ours.
Do you hold UHMC or the Citrix Platform licence, and how many users does it cover for Endpoint Management?
Citrix Cloud (US, EU or Asia Pacific South, chosen once) or the on-prem server in your own Indian data centre?
How many iOS, Android and Windows devices are there, and does anything need macOS depth this page has not verified?
How many handsets still use Device Administrator mode, now deprecated, and can they move to Android Enterprise?
Which declarative policies do you need, and are any of them among the items still marked Technical Preview?
Will personal phones get app-level management with micro VPN, a work profile, or full enrolment?
Has Citrix put the renewal price in writing? Buyers report steep rises as customers moved to platform plans.
Does a Microsoft 365 licence already include Intune for the same users? Price both before you commit.
Questions buyers ask
Ready to evaluate Citrix Endpoint Management?
Check what your Citrix subscription already covers first, or let a TechBag advisor scope a pilot that puts one team's phones and laptops under Citrix policy.
Stats, ratings, review counts and pricing are illustrative and sourced from public materials; verify before purchase.