JumpCloud Directory Platform

A cloud directory platform for secure access to resources

About JumpCloud Directory Platform

JumpCloud is an open directory platform for secure, frictionless access from any device to any resource, anywhere. JumpCloud’s mission is to Make Work Happen®, providing simple, secure access to corporate technology resources from any device, or any location. The JumpCloud Directory Platform gives IT, security operations, and DevOps a single, cloud-based solution to control and manage employee identities, their devices, and apply Zero Trust principles. JumpCloud has a global user base of more than 100,000 organizations, with over 3,000 customers including Cars.com, GoFundMe, Grab, ClassPass, Uplight, Beyond Finance, and Foursquare. JumpCloud is backed by BlackRock, General Atlantic, OpenView, and Foundry Group.

With tools to help centralize and simplify identity management, JumpCloud enables organizations to manage multiple systems from a single, browser-based admin console, regardless of their location. System management features help ensure that the various workstations, laptops, and servers (whether Windows, Mac, or Linux) within the environment are uniformly under control and compliant through a complete set of security tools. Organizations can provide user access across all system endpoints, manage permission settings, and enforce secure password policies.

Organizations are able to integrate their WiFi and VPN devices using JumpCloud’s RADIUS-as-a-Service to provide an additional method of authenticating users across services and clients. With the platform’s SAML 2.0 and LDAP-based Single Sign-On protocols, users can streamline authorization and authentication for both web and on-premises applications, including IT resources such as phone directories and printers. Group-based access controls can be associated to specific groups of individuals, and allow administrators to add or remove user access with a single click.

Pricing starting from:

US$3,00/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

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Key benefits of JumpCloud Directory Platform

  • Securely manage and connect user identities to multiple IT resources including systems, applications, networks, and files, regardless of platform, protocol, provider, or location.

  • Eliminate the insecure practice of sharing passwords and SSIDs, and integrate WiFi and VPN appliances to leverage each users’ individual credentials and group membership for appropriate authorization.

  • Get access to system management capabilities from a single browser-based admin console. Enforce policies, execute ad-hoc scripts, authenticate users, and set password requirements.

  • Streamline authentication and authorization for web and on-premises applications with JumpCloud’s SAML 2.0 and LDAP protocols, including additional IT resources such as printers and phone directories.

  • Connect NAS appliances, Samba file servers, and cloud storage to JumpCloud’s virtual LDAP service to secure access to users' files, home directories, and other data assets.
  • Typical Customers

    • Freelancers
    • Small Businesses (2-50)
    • Mid-size Companies (51-500)
    • Large enterprises (500 and more)

    Deployment

    • Cloud-based
    • On-premise

    Markets

    Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany and 4 others

    Supported Languages

    English

    Pricing starting from:

    US$3,00/month

    • Free Version
    • Free Trial
    • Subscription

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    JumpCloud Directory Platform Software - JumpCloud supports single sign-on to a selection of leading SaaS applications
    JumpCloud Directory Platform Software - Manage an organization's fleets of Windows, Mac, and Linux workstations, laptops, and servers, regardless of their location
    JumpCloud Directory Platform Software - Gain system management capabilities, all from one browser-based admin console
    JumpCloud Directory Platform Software - Manage and control all of the organization's users via JumpCloud's SaaS-based dashboard
    JumpCloud Directory Platform Software - Group-based access to Samba servers
    JumpCloud Directory Platform Software - Import user accounts from O365 with JumpCloud’s Office 365 directory integration
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    JumpCloud Directory Platform Software - JumpCloud supports single sign-on to a selection of leading SaaS applications
    JumpCloud Directory Platform Software - Manage an organization's fleets of Windows, Mac, and Linux workstations, laptops, and servers, regardless of their location
    JumpCloud Directory Platform Software - Gain system management capabilities, all from one browser-based admin console
    JumpCloud Directory Platform Software - Manage and control all of the organization's users via JumpCloud's SaaS-based dashboard
    JumpCloud Directory Platform Software - Group-based access to Samba servers
    JumpCloud Directory Platform Software - Import user accounts from O365 with JumpCloud’s Office 365 directory integration

    Features

    Total features of JumpCloud Directory Platform: 144

    • API
    • Access Certification
    • Access Control
    • Access Controls/Permissions
    • Access Management
    • Active Directory Integration
    • Activity Dashboard
    • Activity Monitoring
    • Activity Tracking
    • Administrative Reporting
    • Alerts/Notifications
    • Anomaly/Malware Detection
    • App Management
    • Application Access Control
    • Application Management
    • Application Security
    • Approval Process Control
    • Asset Lifecycle Management
    • Asset Tracking
    • Audit Management
    • Audit Trail
    • Authentication
    • Automated Scheduling
    • Automatic Backup
    • Automatic Patch Deployment
    • Automatic Scans
    • Automatic User/Device Recognition
    • BYOD Management
    • Backup and Recovery
    • Billing & Invoicing
    • CRM
    • Chat/Messaging
    • Cloud Application Security
    • Collaboration Tools
    • Communication Management
    • Compliance Management
    • Compliance Tracking
    • Configuration Management
    • Contract/License Management
    • Credential Management
    • Customizable Reports
    • Customization
    • Dashboard
    • Data Management
    • Data Security
    • Data Storage Management
    • Data Synchronization
    • Data Verification
    • Data Visualization
    • Deployment Management
    • Diagnostic Tools
    • Employee Onboarding
    • Encrypted Password Storage
    • Encryption
    • Endpoint Management
    • Endpoint Protection Software
    • Enrollments/Onboarding
    • Event Analysis
    • Event Logs
    • File Sharing
    • For MSPs
    • Geolocation
    • HIPAA Compliant
    • ISO Compliance
    • IT Asset Management
    • IT Asset Tracking
    • IT Reporting
    • Identity Federation
    • Inventory Management
    • Issue Auditing
    • Issue Management
    • Live Chat
    • Location Tracking
    • Log Management
    • Maintenance Scheduling
    • Mobile Access
    • Mobile Alerts
    • Mobile Content Management
    • Mobile Device Management
    • Monitoring
    • Multi-Factor Authentication
    • Multi-Language
    • Multiple User Accounts
    • Network Monitoring
    • Network Wide Management
    • Password Management
    • Patch Management
    • Patch Prioritisation
    • Patch Testing
    • Performance Metrics
    • Policy Creation
    • Policy Management
    • Privileged Account Management
    • Process/Workflow Automation
    • Project Management
    • Real Time Data
    • Real Time Monitoring
    • Real Time Notifications
    • Real Time Reporting
    • Real-time Alerts
    • Real-time Updates
    • Remediation Management
    • Remote Access & Monitoring
    • Remote Access Management
    • Remote Access/Control
    • Remote Monitoring & Management
    • Remote Update/Installation
    • Reporting & Statistics
    • Reporting/Analytics
    • SSL Security
    • Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
    • Scheduling
    • Secure Data Storage
    • Secure Login
    • Secure Password Sharing
    • Security Auditing
    • Security Breach Monitoring
    • Security Management
    • Self Service Portal
    • Self-Service Access Request
    • Server Monitoring
    • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
    • Session Recording
    • Single Sign On
    • Social Sign On
    • Software Management
    • Status Tracking
    • Summary Reports
    • Support Ticket Management
    • Synchronization Scheduling
    • Task Management
    • Third Party Integrations
    • Threat Intelligence
    • Threat Response
    • Two-Factor Authentication
    • Two-Way Audio & Video
    • Unattended Access
    • User Activity Monitoring
    • User Management
    • User Provisioning
    • Video Conferencing
    • Video Support
    • Virtual Machine Monitoring
    • Workflow Management

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    Reviews

    Overall rating

    4,7 /5
    (199)
    Value for Money
    4,5/5
    Features
    4,4/5
    Ease of Use
    4,5/5
    Customer Support
    4,5/5

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    Hany
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    • Industry: Computer Software
    • Company size: 11–50 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    Great App that makes IT life easier

    Reviewed on 2021/11/02

    Great experience so far

    Great experience so far

    Pros

    Easy UI, Lots of integration and new features

    Cons

    Support needs to get more proactive and know their product more better

    Renato
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    • Industry: Computer Software
    • Company size: 51–200 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

    Great Platform

    Reviewed on 2021/11/02

    Jumpcloud has helped us move to one platform for Security, MDM and in the future I'm sure we will...

    Jumpcloud has helped us move to one platform for Security, MDM and in the future I'm sure we will move for software updates and rolling software to users. I'm really enjoying the new features and roadmaps that Jumpcloud will bring to us all.

    Pros

    Jumpcloud has several features that will bring ease of use to you life. The simplicity of the system and the ease of understanding is key. Going from a brand name MDM to using Jumpcloud was super easy. The everyday management and the use of it, is definite stand out for me in terms of using Jumpcloud.

    Cons

    Jumpcloud has alot of items, some are less relevant. But one negative aspect, and this is getting better, is the possibility to push macOs application to users. This is still fiddly but I'm sure that Jumpcloud will come out with a solution.

    Alternatives Considered

    Jamf Pro

    Reasons for Choosing JumpCloud Directory Platform

    Fleetsmith lost all the great features and lost all capabilities of us using it.

    Switched From

    Fleetsmith

    Reasons for Switching to JumpCloud Directory Platform

    The company was smaller than Jamf and my experience is that smaller companies care more about customer feedback and ideas for improving the product, which is the case with Jumpcloud.
    Ravit
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    • Industry: Computer & Network Security
    • Company size: 11–50 Employees
    • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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    • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

    Cylus Review

    Reviewed on 2021/11/09

    We are new to it, seems nice and easy to use but the MAJOR issue is locking us out of our PCs...

    We are new to it, seems nice and easy to use but the MAJOR issue is locking us out of our PCs without any warnings and that caused us to pause the usage - a shame - as we worked hard to integrate it and were excited about using it.

    Pros

    The fact that I can have an active directory and SSO managed for Macs/Ubuntu and Window users all in one place is amazing

    Cons

    There's a bug and it locks our users, especially in Ubunto but also in Macs and it caused a HUGE inconvenience for us. Takes support time to respond. Initial chat response is quick, but when we need the professional side ad-hock when I have an Executive locked out of his pc all day, it wasn't resolved

    Robert
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    • Industry: Financial Services
    • Company size: 51–200 Employees
    • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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    • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

    Great functional product that tackles most of the Central management and directory functions

    Reviewed on 2020/09/18

    Jumpclouds offering has great features and helps simplify the central user management issue we had....

    Jumpclouds offering has great features and helps simplify the central user management issue we had. Importing users from Gsuite which was the main system that housed all our users centrally was simple, albeit lacking granular import options (such as ignore mailgroups etc)
    Systems (which are devices) is the inventory of all your systems running the jumpcloud agent - the greatest feature here is being able to set MFA for logging into your mac, which is very useful if you'd like to bring that security practice in.
    Actioning user changes is pretty quick and straightforward but there are some caveats on some of the more everyday features that could be laid out in a slicker fashion. For example resetting a users password cannot be done from a click of a button - you have to go into the account and manually set a new one, or invite the user to reset it themselves, but if you've integrated JC and Gsuite, and they cant get into their email, which partly breaks our self serve functionality we're tyring to bring to the company.
    The idea of being able to deploy and manage the admin account when a mac is managed via the agent is a helpful addition taking away the need to implement one through various other means.
    Policies as they stand are a little different to what your typical "mdm polices" are. So theres a bit of a distinction to pick up with that.
    The Agent & account tis a less forgiving implementation and requires that the account names on the macs match the JC directory.

    Pros

    Support right through the demo to the purchase, to the implementation. Success criteria are agreed between yourselves and them.
    They're improving the product almost daily and have the ability to use web-hooks to monitor service status'
    The ease in which you are able to integrate Gsuite (as well as multiple ways to import users from your existing central directory) It also gives you the ability to tailor the input for mass imports to limit the need to get users involved in this stage. The ability to simply submit Ideas to improve the UI. The communication from their design team and being involved in user testing so early on.
    The resource and Knowledge base is extensive and easy to read - one of the best Ive used from a company in this space.
    The interface is also simple to use and navigate through without being buried under complex sub menus
    Straightforward email notifications from the system.
    Being able to simply reimport users youve deleted without having to wait for a sync or overlapping the account when reimporting.

    Cons

    A few tricky bits around JC > Gsuite integration wording that take some time to get your head around when integrating and activating accounts once imported.

    The admin vs user console login is dynamic and handled via one URL making it a little frustrating to see what the user profile looks like as you have to log out/open a new window to log in as a user - they should be separate logins URLS/Pages or have dropdowns within the admin page in order to switch between. The lack of global settings to apply around Security means for both user login and System security - you have to apply MFA individually to users
    When removing/disabling users there isnt an ability to change what happens to their email account - they will be disabled/suspended immediately.

    Not able to tailor the automated emails that come from the system to your users as it stands

    Importing users via OUs inside Gsuite isnt possible (its everyone or needing to know user by user who to import (not the end of the world but worthwhile noting if you have more than 200 users + copious amounts of group emails)

    Currently no ability to assign users to OUs from within JC to Gsuite.

    We utilitise divisions and Departments as sub groups for organising our employees and use this hierarchy in another solution. Youre currently not able to nest groups so we had to flat out create ever department as top level inside the "system of users" section. Again a little niche for us, and shouldnt mark this awesome product down

    Alternatives Considered

    OneLogin and Okta

    Reasons for Switching to JumpCloud Directory Platform

    Their offering for the tools and features came in at a great price and offered the greatest value. The ability to manage users as well as manage mac devices was a great bonus to us.
    Marty
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    • Industry: Information Technology & Services
    • Company size: 51–200 Employees
    • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    Replace your old on-prem AD server with Jumpcloud

    Reviewed on 2020/09/18

    Even without a global pandemic going on, our company is at least 60% remote. Solving the issues of...

    Even without a global pandemic going on, our company is at least 60% remote. Solving the issues of users working remotely is what Jumpcloud specializes in. Cloud first was my philosophy when I began down this road, and JumpCloud definitely fits that model. No longer do you have to maintain on-prem servers and figure out how to securely allow remote access to them just so your users can log into their systems. JumpCloud handles all of that for you and frees you up to focus on more important issues. Its not "Active Directory in the cloud", but its close! What sets Jumpcloud apart from other solutions is their cross-platform support. Their support for MacOS is fantastic, and even linux workstations have some support!

    Pros

    Jumpcloud offers 10 users free, forever!

    Cons

    Without paid support, it can be difficult to adapt to using Jumpcloud if you're not familiar with Active Directory and Group Policies.

    Alternatives Considered

    Okta and Ping Identity

    Reasons for Switching to JumpCloud Directory Platform

    After much investigation, I found that neither Ping or Okta could completely replace an on-prem AD server. Azure AD is much more difficult to use, especially in a mixed environment like we have.
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    JumpCloud Directory Platform offers the following pricing plans:

    • Starting from: US$3,00/month
    • Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
    • Free Trial: Available

    Entry level: $2/user For complete pricing please visit: https://jumpcloud.com/pricing

    JumpCloud Directory Platform has the following typical customers:

    Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000

    JumpCloud Directory Platform supports the following languages:

    English

    JumpCloud Directory Platform supports the following devices:

    JumpCloud Directory Platform integrates with the following applications:

    Dropbox Business, GitHub, Google Workspace, Marketo Engage, Microsoft 365, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Slack, VMware AirWatch

    JumpCloud Directory Platform offers the following support options:

    Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat

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