GBHackers publishes four 2026 buyer's guides across UEM, MDM, mobile threat defense and patch management; NinjaOne tops patch rankings at 4.55, Intune named best-value MDM,…

On 2026-09-10, GBHackers released comparison guides each covering 12 products in four categories. In patch management, NinjaOne ranks highest with a 4.55 score. In MDM, Microsoft Intune is named best value because it is included in Microsoft 365 E3/E5. In…

GBHackers published four buyer's guides on 2026-09-10, each comparing 12 products: unified endpoint management (UEM), mobile device management (MDM), mobile threat defense (MTD) and patch management. The UEM guide covers Microsoft Intune, Omnissa Workspace ONE, Jamf, ManageEngine, Ivanti, SOTI and 42Gears, and advises checking existing Microsoft 365 licensing before purchase, weighing per-user versus per-device pricing, and combining Intune with Jamf for Apple estates. The MDM guide names Intune best value (included in Microsoft 365 E3/E5) and highlights Jamf, Kandji and Mosyle as premium-priced Apple specialists with day-one OS support; 8 of the 12 listed MDM vendors publish rates, Microsoft, Omnissa and IBM offer per-user options, and free tiers from Mosyle, Miradore and ManageEngine support genuine small deployments. The MTD guide names Zimperium best for fully on-device detection with no cloud traffic and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint as the best-value bundled option; most MTD pricing is quote-based per device or per user, and Quixxi is app shielding rather than MTD. The patch management guide scores NinjaOne highest of 12 at 4.55, citing Action1 for a genuinely usable free tier, ManageEngine for third-party catalog breadth, and Automox for cloud-native cross-OS automation, and warns that unpatched known vulnerabilities remain a top initial-access vector, referencing CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The four reports are from the same outlet on the same date and contain no conflicting figures; overlapping vendors (Intune, Jamf, SOTI, Omnissa, ManageEngine) are treated consistently across guides.

• All four guides were published by GBHackers on 2026-09-10; each compares 12 products across UEM, MDM, MTD and patch management.
• Patch management: NinjaOne ranked highest of 12 with a score of 4.55; Action1 highlighted for a genuinely usable free tier, ManageEngine for third-party catalog breadth, Automox for cloud-native cross-OS automation.
• Patch management guide cites CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, noting unpatched known vulnerabilities remain a top initial-access vector.
• MDM: Microsoft Intune named best value because it is included in Microsoft 365 E3/E5; buyers should check existing licensing before purchasing separate MDM.
• MDM: 8 of the 12 listed vendors publish rates; Microsoft, Omnissa and IBM offer per-user options; per-user licensing matters when staff average more than 1.5 devices.
• MDM: free tiers from Mosyle, Miradore and ManageEngine support genuine small deployments; SOTI is the deepest option for rugged and purpose-built devices.
• MDM/UEM: Jamf, Kandji and Mosyle named Apple specialists with day-one OS support and automated compliance remediation, at premium prices.
• MTD: Zimperium named best for fully on-device detection with no cloud traffic; Microsoft Defender for Endpoint named best-value bundled option.