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Mosyle Manager
Forty iPads come back from the summer break. Nobody should have to set them up one by one — Mosyle Manager enrols a school’s iPads, Macs and Apple TVs through Apple School Manager and hands teachers App Lock, Safe Test Mode and Class Feed — $5.50 a device a year, Apple devices only.
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The Mosyle platform family
This page covers Mosyle Manager — the school MDM in its FREE and PREMIUM editions; security and filtering are in OneK12. The rest:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Product
- Apple device management built only for K-12 schools, in FREE and PREMIUM editions
- Maker
- Mosyle Corporation of Winter Park, Florida, run by founder-CEO Alcyr Araujo
- Since
- Mosyle says it built the first K-12 specific Apple MDM in 2016
- Price
- PREMIUM $5.50 per device a year, 30-licence minimum; FREE edition at $0
- Platforms
- macOS, iOS, iPadOS and tvOS, with Apple Watch listed; no Windows, Android or ChromeOS
- Enrolment
- Apple School Manager, Device Enrollment, User Enrollment and Shared iPad
- Classroom
- Teachers lock apps, run tests in Safe Test Mode and post to a Class Feed
- Not included
- Antivirus, hardening and web filtering — those come with OneK12 at $9 a year
- India
- No office, partner or rupee price; customer data is stored in the US on Azure
- In India via
- TechBag — device audit, Apple School Manager wiring, trial with your teachers
Understand school device management before you buy it
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is a school Apple MDM?
A school MDM enrols and configures classroom devices centrally, and gives teachers control over them during lessons.
Hand-set iPads and a teacher walking the rows vs Mosyle Manager — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | Hand-set iPads, a teacher walking the rows | Mosyle Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Getting devices ready | Each iPad set up by hand before term | Enrolled at first boot through Apple School Manager |
| Holding a class in one app | A teacher walking the rows | App Lock for Teachers, set from the classroom tools |
| Running an assessment | Collect the devices or trust the pupils | Safe Test Mode on the class’s devices |
| Fixing a Mac lab | Visiting every machine | A catalog or AI-drafted script, pushed remotely |
| Classroom Apple TVs | Configured one at a time | Managed on the free tvOS licence per paid seat |
| What it is NOT | — | Antivirus, web filtering or Windows management |
The cheapest test is the 30-day trial: enrol one iPad cart, let one teacher run App Lock for a week, and see what IT still gets asked.
The five pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
ASM link
Manager connects to Apple School Manager, so school-owned iPads, Macs and Apple TVs enrol at first boot through Device Enrollment, with Shared iPad and User Enrollment supported.
Console
Admins work in a web console Mosyle runs; all customer data sits in the United States on Azure, held apart from Mosyle Business data, and no other region is offered.
macOS agent
Apple’s MDM protocol covers macOS, iOS, iPadOS and tvOS; on Macs an agent also runs scripts, including ones from the Script Catalog or drafted with AI, and feeds Self-Service.
Teacher tools
In class, teachers steer iPads and Macs themselves with App Lock, a Class Feed and Safe Test Mode, and Mosyle also lists a Parental App for families at home.
Devices arrive from Apple School Manager — policy set in a US-hosted console, lessons steered by teachers on iPad and Mac.
Nine capabilities. Enrol, teach, maintain.
Mosyle Manager sets up a school’s Apple devices from Apple School Manager and gives teachers control of them in class.
Devices enrol at first boot
iPads, Macs and Apple TVs assigned in Apple School Manager enrol when first switched on, so nobody images them by hand.
One cart, many pupils
Shared iPad support lets several students sign in to the same iPad, which suits trolleys that move between classrooms.
Staff-owned phones and iPads
Apple User Enrollment is supported, so a teacher’s own iPhone can carry school apps without the school taking over the device.
Hold a class in one app
App Lock for Teachers keeps every device in a lesson inside one app, set by the teacher instead of through a request to IT.
A locked mode for assessments
Safe Test Mode is Mosyle’s assessment lockdown, listed among Manager’s classroom tools on the school price list.
iPad and Mac rooms alike
Class Feed and classroom management cover iOS, iPadOS and macOS, so a Mac lab and an iPad class run on the same tools.
Scripts from a catalog or AI
Admins push macOS scripts, pick one from the Script Catalog or have AI draft it, which spares a lone technician from writing every fix.
An approved app shelf
Self-Service gives staff and students a curated place to install the apps and settings the school approves, without a ticket.
Apple TVs at no extra cost
Each paid licence includes one free tvOS licence, and Apple Watch management is listed, so classroom Apple TVs add nothing to the bill.
Every term starts with devices to set up. Manager enrols them and hands the lesson to teachers.
Here’s what genuinely sets it apart — and exactly where it stops.
Built for schools, priced for them
Mosyle calls Manager Apple MDM built only for schools and says it built the first K-12 specific Apple MDM in 2016. PREMIUM lists at $5.50 per device a year, which Mosyle’s school homepage shows as $0.46 a month, and a FREE edition exists for the tightest budgets.
Teachers run the lesson, not IT
The teacher toolkit — App Lock, Safe Test Mode, a Class Feed and lesson control on both iPad and Mac — is part of the MDM licence, not a separate classroom product to buy. A teacher can hold a class in one app or start an assessment lockdown without raising a ticket.
One technician, a whole campus
Apple School Manager enrolment means devices arrive configured. Catalog or AI-drafted scripts, Self-Service installs and secure screen sharing let a small team support every room remotely, and each paid licence also covers one Apple TV.
Where it stops
Manager is Apple-only: no Windows, Android or ChromeOS. Antivirus, hardening and web filtering need OneK12 at $9 a year. Data is stored only in the US on Azure, Mosyle has no Indian office, partner or rupee price, and the school site does not document deadline-enforced OS updates.
The numbers behind the platform
What your Mosyle Manager rollout looks like
Count devices, check ASM
List every iPad, Mac and Apple TV, confirm each is assigned in Apple School Manager, and flag any bought at retail.
Open the 30-day trial
Start a full-access trial account, link Apple School Manager, and enrol one class’s iPad cart and one Mac lab.
Put the tools in teachers’ hands
Let two teachers use App Lock, Class Feed and Safe Test Mode in real lessons and log what they still ask IT for.
Pick FREE, PREMIUM or OneK12
Match what the trial used to an edition; if safeguarding needs web filtering, price OneK12 rather than Manager.
Roll out and record the data
Enrol the remaining devices, note for parents that data is stored in the US on Azure, and diarise the renewal.
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 iPad carts now enrol themselves from Apple School Manager. The week we spent wiping devices before term has gone.”
“Teachers use App Lock to keep a class inside the reading app. Requests to IT for that one setting stopped within a month.”
“PREMIUM at $5.50 a device fits our budget, but paying in dollars means the yearly bill moves with the rupee.”
“We assumed web filtering came with it. It does not; that is OneK12, so check the edition before planning safeguarding.”
“Safe Test Mode made iPad unit tests easier to supervise. We still trial each assessment app with one class first.”
“The board asked where student device data sits. US Azure only was the answer, and we had to write that up for parents.”
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 school device management market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.
TechBag School Device Management Grid
Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.
PREMIUM $5.50 per device a year; a FREE edition too.
Classroom Tooling × Platform Breadth
The grid nobody publishes — how much control teachers get in the lesson vs how many operating systems the product manages.
Apple-only; App Lock, Safe Test Mode and Class Feed built in.
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.
Mosyle Manager vs the school device management field
Against Jamf School, Microsoft Intune for Education, Hexnode UEM, Scalefusion UEM and Jamf Pro — on devices covered, classroom tools, price, free tiers, security, DDM, certifications and India.
| Dimension | Mosyle Manager | Jamf School | Microsoft Intune for Education | Hexnode UEM | Scalefusion UEM | Jamf Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | K-12 Apple MDM | Jamf’s school MDM | Microsoft school portal | General-purpose UEM | General UEM, Pune-built | Enterprise Apple MDM |
| Deployment | SaaS only | Jamf Cloud | Microsoft cloud | Cloud or on-prem | Cloud + AD connector | Cloud or self-hosted |
| Devices covered | Apple only | iPad, Mac, Apple TV | Windows-first, multi-OS | Six platforms | Six incl. ChromeOS | Apple only, deepest |
| Pricing model | Per device per year | Per device, edu rate | Inside M365 A licences | Per device per month | Annual billing only | Per device, annual |
| Published entry price | $5.50/device/yr | $9/yr in K-12 bundle | No standalone price | $2.20/device/month | $2/device/month | $12.50 a Mac a month |
| Free tier and trial | FREE + 30-day trial | Trial, no free tier | Paid via the A licence | 14-day trial | Trial on Enterprise | Trial only |
| Classroom tools | Built into the licence | Teacher, Student, Parent | Admin-led, lighter | Kiosk, not classroom | Lockdown via kiosk | Pairs with Classroom |
| Security and filtering | Not in Manager | Safe Internet add-on | Defender, separately | Hexnode XDR, separate | Veltar from $3 | Jamf Protect separate |
| Apple School Manager | Full ASM support | Native class sync | School Data Sync | ABM/ADE enrolment | ADE among many paths | ASM, not class-first |
| OS updates (DDM) | Claimed, not documented | Graded 0 for DDM | Graded 2 for DDM | Graded 1 for DDM | Graded 2, documented | The DDM reference |
| Certifications | SOC 2 Type II, no ISO | ISO 27001, SOC 2 | Microsoft cloud audits | ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 | ISO 27001 + SOC 2 T2 | ISO and SOC 2 audits |
| India data storage | US only, on Azure | No India region | India geography listed | US, EU, UAE or on-prem | India region | Self-host to keep local |
| Lock-in and exit | Apple-only ceiling | Same ASM handover | One tool for any OS | Multi-OS headroom | Room for Chromebooks | Deep but Apple-bound |
| Best fit | Price-led Apple schools | Apple classrooms, K-12 | Windows-first schools | Mixed school fleets | Indian data, mixed OS | Universities at scale |
Which approach fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose Mosyle Manager if…
- ✓Your classrooms run on iPads and Macs enrolled through Apple School Manager, and teachers want App Lock and a test mode without IT
- ✓You want a published per-device price — $5.50 a year — or a FREE edition to start on before committing a budget
- ✓A small IT team also looks after Macs and Apple TVs, with one free tvOS licence per paid seat and remote scripting
Compare alternatives if…
- ✓Student device data must stay in India — Scalefusion has an India region and Hexnode can run on your own servers
- ✓Chromebooks, Android tablets or Windows labs share the estate — Intune for Education, Hexnode and Scalefusion cover them
- ✓Filtering and antivirus must come in the same purchase — price OneK12, or Jamf’s $9 K-12 bundle, instead
Do not expect…
- ✓Web filtering, antivirus or hardening from Manager alone — those sit in OneK12
- ✓Any Windows, Android or ChromeOS management, now or as an add-on
- ✓A data region in India, a rupee price list or a place in Gartner’s UEM Magic Quadrant
Mosyle Manager 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 school device admin cost you?
Drag the sliders (Apple devices the school manages; IT staff-hour cost). Estimates model the staff time spent setting up devices by hand, re-doing them between terms and answering classroom requests, at an assumed 1.5 hours per device a year, with 70% of it saved by Apple School Manager enrolment and teacher-run classroom tools. 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: Mosyle Manager PREMIUM lists at $5.50 per device per year with a 30-licence minimum — $165 a year at the smallest paid size, by TechBag’s arithmetic — with a discount on 3-year terms, and Mosyle Manager FREE costs $0. Each paid licence includes one free tvOS licence. OneK12, the school bundle that adds security and web filtering, is $9 per device per year. Prices are in USD only and Mosyle names no Indian partner. TechBag counts your devices and models the yearly bill in INR before you commit.
Mosyle Manager FREE
Best for trying it on a small Apple estate
- $0, no stated minimum
- The 30-day trial converts to it
- Confirm which features it leaves out
+ Platform add-ons
Best for a broader rollout
- Scoped to your estate
- Add-on modules as needed
- Phased, right-sized deployment
Mosyle Manager PREMIUM
Best for schools rolling out iPads and Macs
- $5.50 per device per year
- 30-licence minimum; 3-year discount
- Filtering and antivirus need OneK12
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.
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The 8 questions to ask every vendor
Take this into your next vendor call — including ours.
Is every device an iPad, Mac, Apple TV or Apple Watch? One Windows lab or Chromebook cart needs another tool.
Are devices assigned in Apple School Manager? Retail purchases outside it cannot enrol zero-touch without a wipe.
Does the school need only MDM and classroom tools, or also filtering and antivirus, which means OneK12 at $9?
Will you buy at least 30 PREMIUM licences? Below that, test whether the FREE edition covers what you need.
Can your board accept student device data stored only in the US on Azure, with no Indian region on offer?
Which teachers will pilot App Lock and Safe Test Mode, and who trains the rest before the term begins?
How will updates be enforced? Ask Mosyle to confirm deadline enforcement for school accounts in writing.
Who pays in USD each year, and does a 3-year discount outweigh the risk of the rupee moving against you?
Questions buyers ask
Ready to evaluate Mosyle Manager?
Count your iPads, Macs and Apple TVs first, or let a TechBag advisor check Apple School Manager, run the trial with your teachers and tell you whether Manager or OneK12 fits.
Stats, ratings, review counts and pricing are illustrative and sourced from public materials; verify before purchase.