Mobile Device Financing Solutions

My perspective on this is that AMAPI based EMMs, especially the smaller players like Springdel that are not well established are often doing just the bare minimum when it comes to Android Enterprise Management. It is relatively easy for a new upstart EMM provider to let Google do all of the heavy lifting of device management through AMAPI while they effectively just build a front end user experience. Custom DPC based EMMs are doing considerably more work when it comes to developoing and maintaining that infrastructure and you will find they are typically significantly more feature rich when it comes to Android management. Google is generally pushing more and more people to AMAPI over time but I still personally would only ever consider Custom DPC based EMMs for Android device management if you're dealing with enterprise class / line of business devices. If you're dealing with more basic management scenarios like BYOD then it may be okay for you.

Along those lines I personally don't even necessarily trust the Android Enterprise Recommended badging. I see this badge as the lowest common denominator bare minimum that you should at least be looking for when it comes to EMM selection, but that badge alone does not gaurantee that the EMM will be feature rich enough for your management use cases. That. badge means the EMM has met the minimum requirements set for by Google and they haven't necessarily gone above the call of duty beyond that. The current landscape of AMAPI vs Custom DPC makes it a more straightforward decision for me. If its an AMAPI based EMM then I'm going to assume they're more likely to be doing the bare minimum and just aligning with Google's posted requirements and recommendations. If they are Custom DPC based that signals to me they are going well beyond the bare minimums and are likely offering a much more feature rich and capable EMM for Android Enterprise devices. 

These are my opinions based on years of experience working with different EMM solutions specifically focused on the Fully Managed device management use case. 

Edit: And it's worth mentioning that Springdel doesn't even have AER EMM badging so they aren't even meeting what I would consider to be the bare minimum requirements set forth by Google.

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From what I can see on our directory, Springdel is one of the EMMs we work with. 

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