Comparison

Kandji (now Iru) vs SimpleMDM

Kandji (now Iru) and SimpleMDM 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.

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SimpleMDM

Depends

Confidence: Low

Buy if your fleet is all Apple and you want fast, simple, affordable MDM; skip it the moment Windows or Android enters the picture.

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Kandji (now Iru) versus SimpleMDM
Compare	Kandji (now Iru)	SimpleMDM
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Mac-heavy fleets with dedicated IT	All-Apple device fleets
Who it's not for	Tiny teams managing a handful of Macs	Windows or Android-heavy fleets . no support
Privacy	Sells vulnerability management, but its own agent shipped a privilege-escalation CVE in June 2026.^⁸	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.¹²
Support quality	24-hour support since 2023; complaint threads exist	30-minute response is vendor-claimed only
Public sentiment	Polarized: 4.7/5 on G2, but Trustpilot sits at 2.5/5 and some Reddit admins are scathing.^²	IT forum threads cite SimpleMDM as a frequent Apple-focused alternative to Meraki and Jamf, but few detailed user reviews surfaced.¹⁵
Biggest gotcha	CVE-2026-39118: macOS flaw let standard users disable Kandji MDM and CrowdStrike; verify patched agent^⁹	Pricing not public . model per-device costs during the trial before committing¹¹

Pick Kandji (now Iru) when

Mac-heavy fleets with dedicated IT
Teams consolidating MDM and security tooling
Apple-first companies scaling device counts
Admins migrating off Jamf

When Kandji (now Iru) is not a fit

Tiny teams managing a handful of Macs
Windows/Android-first organizations
Buyers needing transparent public pricing
Teams without IT admin bandwidth

Pick SimpleMDM when

All-Apple device fleets
Small-to-mid IT teams
Fast, low-effort rollouts
Cost-sensitive MDM buyers

When SimpleMDM is not a fit

Windows or Android-heavy fleets . no support
Windows-first IT shops; Intune fits better
Buyers needing published security certifications
Teams wanting one cross-platform UEM tool

Sources

Kandji MDM review . TechRadartechradar.com
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Iru Reviews . G2g2.com
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Kandji customer service reviews . Trustpilottrustpilot.com
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Moving from Jamf to Kandji . Redditreddit.com
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Kandji EDR, thoughts? . Redditreddit.com
review
Kandji raises $100M at $850M valuation . TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
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Kandji Is Now Iru . official announcementiru.com
official
CVE-2026-39118 . NIST NVDnvd.nist.gov
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macOS flaw allowed disabling Kandji and CrowdStrike . Hackreadhackread.com
security
Kandji Software Pricing . Vendrvendr.com
official
SimpleMDM homepagesimplemdm.com
official
SimpleMDM security pagesimplemdm.com
security
Easiest to Set Up Endpoint Management (MDM) . AI rankingcooperaiq.com
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Most Affordable Endpoint Management (MDM) . AI rankingcooperaiq.com
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Spiceworks: Alternatives for Cisco Meraki MDMcommunity.spiceworks.com
review
Spiceworks: Managing Macs in a Windows Environmentcommunity.spiceworks.com
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