Comparison

Kandji (now Iru) vs Jamf

Kandji (now Iru) and Jamf both land on Depends.

Kandji (now Iru)

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you run a large, Apple-heavy fleet with dedicated IT staff and want MDM, EDR, and vulnerability management consolidated.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy Jamf if you manage a large Apple fleet with dedicated IT admins who can absorb its cost and learning curve.

Kandji (now Iru) versus Jamf
Compare	Kandji (now Iru)	Jamf
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Mac-heavy fleets with dedicated IT	Large Mac and iOS fleets
Who it's not for	Tiny teams managing a handful of Macs	Small teams with a handful of Macs
Privacy	Sells vulnerability management, but its own agent shipped a privilege-escalation CVE in June 2026.^⁸	Active findings: Jamf Pro auth-bypass CVE (2026) and prior SSRF CVEs; vendor discloses proactively and runs a CVE Numbering Authority.
Support quality	24-hour support since 2023; complaint threads exist	Support complaints recur on Reddit
Public sentiment	Polarized: 4.7/5 on G2, but Trustpilot sits at 2.5/5 and some Reddit admins are scathing.^²	Admins credit Jamf with unmatched Apple management depth but report steep learning curves, support frustration, and rising prices.
Biggest gotcha	CVE-2026-39118: macOS flaw let standard users disable Kandji MDM and CrowdStrike; verify patched agent^⁹	Customers report repeated price hikes; costs 'keep skyrocketing' per admins.