CrowdStrike Falcon for Mobile vs Ivanti Mobile Threat Defense

CrowdStrike Falcon for Mobile extends endpoint security to business Android and iOS devices. It detects suspicious activity and links in texts, emails, browsers, and QR codes without reading or scanning their contents. It can block malicious links and unauthorized domains, and surface malware, network disruptions, spoofed identities, jailbroken devices, insider threats, and accidental data exposure. A central console displays mobile activity and device trust posture. Deployment supports zero-touch enrollment and existing unified endpoint management and mobile device management tools, with fully managed, BYOD, and personal unmanaged modes available. FalconID, delivered through the app, provides phishing-resistant multifactor authentication with real-time risk-based access decisions. Built-in blocklisting can act on malicious IPs, and Falcon Fusion enables custom incident-response workflows. Zero Trust Assessment covers iOS and Android, with an integration to Device Trust from Android Enterprise. Plans include Falcon Go at $7.99 per device per month, capped at 100 devices; Falcon Pro at $14.99 per device per month; and Falcon Enterprise at $19.99 per device per month. A 15-day free trial requires no credit card.

Ivanti Mobile Threat Defense protects managed corporate and employee-owned mobile devices from device, network, application and phishing threats. It analyzes links when users click them, blocks malicious URLs and alerts users when a site is blocked. Machine learning and real-time traffic analysis help identify phishing, malware and ransomware risks. Administrators can assess apps using risk scores and factors such as behavior, domains, certificates, shared code and network communications; apps can also be submitted by store URL or file for analysis.

The product integrates with Ivanti mobile device management to deploy and activate protection on managed Android, iOS and iPadOS devices without user action. Administrators can enforce policies against disabling or removing it, configure server- or device-initiated compliance actions, and set local remediation by user group. Management is through a cloud console, with no local servers or connectors to deploy. Ivanti lists the product as an add-on for Autonomous Endpoint Management. Pricing is on request.