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IBM MaaS360
Your staff read work mail on phones you don’t fully control. A device policy alone doesn’t keep that data in — IBM MaaS360 enrols and manages phones, tablets and laptops from one IBM-run SaaS console, priced per device across five published editions, with a mail container, a gateway and mobile threat management in the higher tiers.
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The IBM platform family
This page covers IBM MaaS360 — IBM’s unified endpoint management, sold in five editions. The rest:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Product
- SaaS unified endpoint management for a mobile workforce, with container, gateway and threat editions
- Maker
- IBM, run by Arvind Krishna (chairman and chief executive from April 2020); “IBM Security” name retired
- Editions
- Fast Start, Essentials, Deluxe, Premier and Enterprise, plus a quoted Mobile Security Suite
- Price
- $1.50 to $9.54 per client device a month at list (“starting at”); Essentials is $4.24
- Add-ons
- TeamViewer remote control and mobile threat defence (MTD), sold beside the editions
- Apple
- IBM community blogs show DDM for iOS updates, macOS update settings and Apple TV; partial
- Trial
- Free for 30 days on IBM’s site, before any edition is bought
- Analysts
- A Leader in the IDC MarketScape for worldwide UEM software, 2025–2026
- India
- No India-hosted tenant documented; IBM’s India pricing page shows the same USD rates
- In India via
- TechBag — edition mapping, hosting questions to IBM, quote in INR with GST
Understand UEM editions before you pick one
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is unified endpoint management?
One service that enrols, configures and secures every phone, tablet and laptop a business owns or allows, from a single console.
Native mail apps and a bare MDM vs IBM MaaS360 — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | Native mail apps, a bare MDM | IBM MaaS360 |
|---|---|---|
| Work mail on a personal phone | The native mail app, mixed with personal data | Containerised mail and chat from Deluxe up |
| Files on the move | Attachments saved to personal cloud apps | Managed content, then edit and sync in Enterprise |
| A compromised phone | Found after an incident, if ever | Mobile Threat Management, or the MTD add-on |
| Reaching internal sites | A device-wide VPN or no access at all | Enterprise browser and gateway in Premier |
| Budgeting the tool | A quote, then a negotiation | Five list prices, $1.50 to $9.54 a device |
| What it is NOT | — | India-hosted on record, priced in INR, or container-ready on Essentials |
The cheapest test is the 30-day trial: enrol one phone per OS, containerise one mailbox, and see what Mobile Threat Management flags.
The five pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
Console
IBM runs MaaS360 as a cloud service, so enrolment, policy, apps and reports sit in one web console and the device records live in IBM’s cloud, not on servers you keep.
Editions
Fast Start is MDM and app management; Essentials adds identity, patch and policy advice; Deluxe, Premier and Enterprise layer mail, content, gateway and threat tools on top.
Container
From Deluxe up, email and chat sit in a container with a secure mail app; Premier brings content management, an enterprise browser, app security and a gateway inward.
Risk
Essentials scores user risk and recommends policy; Enterprise adds Mobile Threat Management and app patching, and IBM sells MTD as an add-on for buyers who need it.
One IBM-run console, five stacked editions — device management first, then mail containers, a gateway and threat checks.
Nine capabilities. Enrol, contain, defend.
IBM MaaS360 manages phones, tablets and laptops from one SaaS console, with protection that climbs by edition.
MDM and MAM from $1.50
The entry edition enrols devices and manages their apps for $1.50 a device a month; it is device and app management and nothing more.
Device, app and identity together
Essentials, at $4.24, joins device, app and identity management, so one console ties each user to the phones and laptops they carry.
Patching with policy advice
Essentials also handles patching and offers policy recommendations, the part of the product IBM sells as AI-driven endpoint management.
Mail and chat in a container
Deluxe, at $5.30, containerises email and chat behind a secure mail app, so work messages stay apart from personal apps on the phone.
Managed files, edited in place
Premier adds content management for work files; Enterprise adds a document editor and sync, so edits stay inside the managed space.
A browser and a way inside
Premier, at $6.63, also brings an enterprise browser, app security and protected network access through a gateway to internal resources.
Mobile Threat Management
Enterprise, at $9.54, adds Mobile Threat Management and app patching; for other editions IBM sells mobile threat defence as an add-on.
Risk scored for each user
From Essentials up, a user-risk view sits beside policy, feeding what IBM frames as Zero Trust decisions for mobile access.
Compliance kept automatically
IBM names compliance automation as a core job; its customer Credico reports 100% device compliance on MaaS360, up from 50%.
Watch the ideas behind IBM MaaS360
Three IBM Technology topic explainers — unified endpoint management, mobile threat defence and Zero Trust for mobile endpoints. They explain the ideas; none is a MaaS360 product demo.
What is UEM (Unified Endpoint Management)?
An IBM Technology topic explainer on what UEM covers; it describes the category, not a MaaS360 demo.
Mobile Threat Defense: Protecting Your Mobile Devices from Attacks
A topic explainer on mobile threat defence, the job MaaS360 Enterprise and its MTD add-on take on.
Zero Trust Cybersecurity for Mobile Endpoint
An explainer on applying Zero Trust to phones and tablets; general guidance, not a product walkthrough.
Want a live, India-context walkthrough for your environment?
Book a guided demo →Phones carry work mail and files everywhere. MaaS360 keeps them inside a managed container.
Here’s what genuinely sets it apart — and exactly where it stops.
A rate card you can read before a sales call
Plenty of enterprise UEMs are quote-only. IBM lists every MaaS360 edition per device a month, from Fast Start at $1.50 through Essentials at $4.24 to Enterprise at $9.54, with a 30-day free trial, so you can price each user group’s tier before any sales call.
Work data in a container, not just a policy
From Deluxe upward, email and chat sit in a container behind a secure mail app; Premier adds managed content, an enterprise browser, app security and a gateway to internal resources. On a personal phone, work data stays in the managed space and the rest stays the user’s.
Threat and risk in the same console
Essentials adds a user-risk view and policy recommendations; Enterprise adds Mobile Threat Management and app patching, and MTD is sold as an add-on too. IBM frames MaaS360 around threat management and Zero Trust, and IDC named it a Leader in its 2025–2026 UEM MarketScape.
Where it stops
The container, the gateway and threat management sit in the $5.30 to $9.54 editions, not in Essentials. Apple DDM use is shown only in IBM community blogs. No document places a MaaS360 tenant in India, there is no INR price, and remote control is a TeamViewer add-on.
The numbers behind the platform
What your IBM MaaS360 rollout looks like
Sort the fleet by edition need
Count devices by OS and owner, then mark which need only MDM, which need the mail container and which need threat checks.
Settle the data question
Ask IBM in writing where your tenant would be hosted; if Indian residency is mandatory, weigh the answer before any pilot.
Run the 30-day trial
Enrol a few iPhones, Android phones, Windows PCs and Macs, push Secure Mail, and test the higher-edition features you plan to buy.
Switch on risk and threat
Turn on policy recommendations and user risk, then Mobile Threat Management for the Enterprise group, and tune what blocks access.
Roll out tier by tier
Move each user group to the cheapest edition that covers its job, and get the mixed-edition quote itemised in INR with GST.
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“Branch staff read work mail on their own phones inside the container. When someone resigns, we wipe the work side only.”
“We began on Essentials and moved field sales to Premier for the gateway. Seeing each tier’s price upfront made it an easy sell.”
“Policy recommendations caught settings we had never applied on our older Android tablets. Useful nudges, not magic.”
“Threat management flagged a sideloaded app on a sales phone in week one. That single catch is why we pay for Enterprise.”
“Our auditor asked where the tenant data sits. Nobody could point to an Indian location, so settle that before you sign.”
“Remote control is a TeamViewer add-on, not built in. If your helpdesk fixes phones over the air, budget it from day one.”
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 and MDM 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.
Editions from $1.50 to $9.54 a device a month at list.
India Data Options × Data Protection Depth
The grid nobody publishes — where the tenant can keep its data, India included, vs how far the product protects work data on the device, from container to threat checks.
IBM-run SaaS, no India tenant on record; container, gateway and MTM.
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.
IBM MaaS360 vs the UEM & MDM field
Against Microsoft Intune, Ivanti Neurons for MDM, Hexnode UEM, Scalefusion UEM and 42Gears SureMDM — on deployment, platforms, Apple and Android depth, mail containers, threat defence, price and India data.
| Dimension | IBM MaaS360 | Microsoft Intune | Ivanti Neurons for MDM | Hexnode UEM | Scalefusion UEM | 42Gears SureMDM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | IBM’s SaaS UEM | MDM + MAM in M365 | Ex-MobileIron Cloud | Mitsogo’s single UEM | India-built UEM | Rugged-first UEM |
| Deployment | IBM-run SaaS | Cloud service only | Cloud, EPMM self-hosted | Hexnode cloud only | Cloud, India-hosted | Cloud or on-premise |
| Platforms covered | iOS, Android, Win, Mac | Five incl. Linux | Nine OS families | Six, with Fire OS | Six incl. Linux, Chrome | Widest, with wearables |
| Apple and DDM | DDM in part | ADE, DDM graded 2 | DDM arriving | ADE, DDM partial | ABM, DDM top mark | DDM on macOS 15+ |
| Android and kiosk | Prove modes in trial | All Android modes | Kiosk, rugged, wearable | Knox, four kiosk modes | Kiosk with recovery | SureLock kiosk bundled |
| Mail and content | Container from Deluxe | App protection (MAM) | Email+ secure mail | Mail by profile | BYOD work containers | Profiles plus SureFox |
| Threat defence | MTM in Enterprise | Through Defender | MTD on the tenant | Separate XDR product | Veltar add-on | Lockdown, ZTNA extra |
| Pricing model | Per device, 5 editions | Per user, in M365 | Quoted, device or user | Four tiers per device | Four tiers, annual | Three plans per device |
| Published entry price | $1.50/device/month | $8/user/month | No public price | From $2.20 a device | From $2 a device | From $3.99 a device |
| Included vs add-on | Best parts in top tiers | Suite holds extras | Check each line | Tier unlocks features | OneIdP, Veltar extra | Kiosk suite included |
| Identity and access | Identity in Essentials | Entra Conditional Access | Zero-trust checks | Separate IdP product | OneIdP on same agent | SureIdP add-on |
| India data location | No India tenant shown | Local India geography | Nearest is APAC | UAE is nearest | Hosted in India | India region or on-prem |
| Lock-in and exit | Re-enrol, new mail app | Bound to Entra | Fresh enrolment | Kiosk profiles to redo | Agent and add-ons | Sure suite to replace |
| Best fit | Security-led mobile | Microsoft 365 shops | Sovereign, many-OS | Low-cost mixed fleets | Frontline, India data | Rugged volume fleets |
Which approach fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose IBM MaaS360 if…
- ✓Staff read work mail and files on their phones, and you want that data in a container rather than loose on the device
- ✓You want mobile threat management and UEM from one vendor, budgeted against a published per-device price
- ✓A 30-day trial on your own fleet matters more to you than a long sales cycle
Compare alternatives if…
- ✓Your users already hold Microsoft 365 E3, E5 or Business Premium — Intune is probably paid for, and India is one of its data geographies
- ✓Indian residency is non-negotiable — Scalefusion hosts in India, while 42Gears adds an Indian region or an on-premise install
- ✓You need the lowest per-device price for a plain multi-OS fleet — Hexnode and Scalefusion both start near $2
Do not expect…
- ✓Container, gateway or threat features at the $4.24 Essentials price; they start at Deluxe and peak in Enterprise
- ✓A documented India-hosted MaaS360 tenant, or a price list in INR
- ✓A Gartner UEM Magic Quadrant claim — the analyst placement cited here is IDC’s 2025–2026 MarketScape
IBM MaaS360 is one of 28 uem & mdm products TechBag carries. The UEM & MDM guide narrows them to a shortlist and shows the reasoning. →
What does managing phones by hand cost you?
Drag the sliders (managed devices; IT staff-hour cost). Estimates model the staff time spent enrolling devices, setting up mail and apps and chasing non-compliant phones by hand at an assumed 1.5 hours per device a year, with 70% of it removed by central enrolment, containerised mail and automated compliance. 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
Published: IBM lists MaaS360 per client device a month, “starting at” — Fast Start $1.50 (MDM and app management), Essentials $4.24, Deluxe $5.30, Premier $6.63 and Enterprise $9.54; the Mobile Security Suite is quoted. TeamViewer remote control and MTD are add-ons, and the 30-day trial is free. IBM’s India page shows the same USD prices, with no INR list. TechBag maps users to editions and quotes in INR with GST.
Essentials
Best for core UEM
- $4.24 per device a month (list)
- Device, app and identity management
- Patch, policy advice and user risk
+ Platform add-ons
Best for a broader rollout
- Scoped to your estate
- Add-on modules as needed
- Phased, right-sized deployment
Enterprise
Best for security-led fleets
- $9.54 per device a month (list)
- Mail container, content and gateway
- Mobile Threat Management, app patching
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.
Which users need only MDM and app management at $1.50, and which need Deluxe mail, Premier content or Enterprise threat tools?
Can IBM state in writing where your MaaS360 tenant is hosted? No India-hosted service is documented today.
Do your Mac and iPhone admins rely on declarative management? IBM’s DDM evidence is community blogs, so test it yourself.
Will you run work profile, fully managed or kiosk Android? Confirm each mode on your own devices during the trial.
Does every device need Mobile Threat Management, or only a high-risk group on Enterprise or the MTD add-on?
Does your helpdesk need remote control of phones? It comes through a TeamViewer add-on, so price it in early.
Are users ready to move work mail into Secure Mail? Plan the switch away from the native mail app before Deluxe goes live.
Does the quote list editions per device, add-ons and the term at IBM’s list price? Ask for it in INR with GST.
Questions buyers ask
Ready to evaluate IBM MaaS360?
Bring your device counts by OS and owner and your data-location rules, or let a TechBag advisor scope a 30-day trial that tests Secure Mail, the gateway and threat checks on your own phones.
Stats, ratings, review counts and pricing are illustrative and sourced from public materials; verify before purchase.