baramundi Management Suite vs Fleet

baramundi Management Suite is a Unified Endpoint Management platform for centrally managing endpoints and automating IT work. Its core tools cover IT automation, patch management, mobile device management, software deployment, operating-system deployment and configuration, inventory, and network discovery. The inventory tools provide hardware, software, and company-data overviews, detect SNMP devices, and visualize network topology. The suite supports Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android endpoints, including PCs, laptops, servers, phones, tablets, and OT devices. Optional add-ons cover license management and application usage tracking, endpoint security, remote access, vulnerability scanning, ticketing integration, and managed software. The security add-on manages Microsoft Defender Antivirus and BitLocker, and includes patch management and local administrator password management. Organizations can deploy the suite on-premises or use baramundi’s hosted service through a browser; the hosted version requires no customer-hosted server. Pricing is on request, with a 30-day trial. The product is made by a company founded in 2000 and headquartered in Augsburg, Germany.

Fleet is an open-core platform for managing endpoints: IT teams can configure, update, and secure devices across macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, iPadOS, Android, and ChromeOS. Its live device connection supports reports and audit logs for near-instant visibility. Fleet offers a catalog of maintained apps, automatic remediation for devices that fall out of compliance, and self-service access to approved software. Administrators can enforce FileVault, BitLocker, and LUKS2 encryption, remotely lock or wipe devices, and run checks against CIS benchmarks, SOC 2, ISO, or custom baselines. It can run on-premises, in the cloud, or in air-gapped environments; Free and Premium list self-hosting. Workflows can use the REST API, webhooks, or fleetctl, and integrations include tools such as Okta, Jira, and GitHub. The source code is public, and Fleet says its free version will always remain free. Free costs nothing and has no support. Premium is $7.00 per host per month; managed cloud is currently available only to customers with 700+ hosts.