Scalefusion is the MDM name most Indian IT teams hear first, and for good reason: it is an Indian product, it sells per device, and it publishes its rates. But "per device per month" hides a lot, and the right alternative depends on whether you are locking down 200 shop-floor tablets or securing 200 laptops belonging to people who also use them at home.
This guide sticks to what vendors publish on their own pricing pages, in the currency they publish it in. Where a vendor does not publish a price, that is stated plainly rather than guessed.
What Scalefusion actually costs
Scalefusion publishes four device-management tiers on its pricing page, all quoted in USD and all billed annually:
| Plan | Per device / month | Billed annually | Admins included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | $2 | $24 | 1 technician |
| Growth | $3.5 | $42 | 5 technicians |
| Business | $5 | $60 | 10 technicians |
| Enterprise | $6 | $72 | 25 technicians |
Two conditions sit under that table and matter more than the headline rate. All plans are billed annually only, and there is a minimum of 10 total devices. Scalefusion states that premium customer support is included in all plans.
The tier boundaries are where budgets go wrong. Essential covers Android Enterprise, Apple Business Manager, Android Zero Touch enrolment, kiosk mode for Android and iOS, silent app installation and website allowlisting. BYOD device management, Apple User Enrollment and Work Profile on Company Owned (WPCO) enrolment only appear at Growth. OS update and patch management, Windows Autopilot, certificate management, the developer API and unattended remote troubleshooting arrive at Business. If you assumed remote troubleshooting or patching was in the $2 plan, your rollout is really a $5 rollout.
Scalefusion also sells OneIdP separately: Access Core at $4 per device/month ($48 annually) and Access Pro at $5 ($60), covering device authentication, IdP-based device login and automatic domain join. That is an add-on, not part of the MDM tier.
Kiosk lockdown versus full MDM — decide this first
Most Indian MDM spend falls into one of two jobs, and they price very differently.
Dedicated-device / kiosk fleets. Company-owned Android tablets or handhelds doing one job: billing counters, delivery apps, digital signage, POS. You need Android Enterprise dedicated-device enrolment, single- or multi-app kiosk mode, remote reboot and a managed app rollout. You do not need BYOD work profiles, VPN payloads or macOS support. Entry tiers are enough, and Esper is built around exactly this shape.
Mixed employee fleets. Laptops and phones, some corporate and some personal, with patching, disk encryption, conditional access and an identity story. This is unified endpoint management, and it sits in the upper tiers everywhere.
Pricing an MDM rollout per device follows from that split: count dedicated devices and employee devices separately, price each against the tier that actually contains the features it needs, then add enrolment labour. A dedicated fleet enrolled by Zero Touch or Knox Mobile Enrolment costs almost nothing to onboard; a BYOD fleet costs you a helpdesk queue.
The credible alternatives, with published prices
Hexnode (Mitsogo)
Hexnode publishes per-device UEM pricing in USD: Pro at $2.2, Enterprise at $3.2 and Ultimate at $4.7 per device/month, with an Ultra tier listed as "Request Pricing". Annual billing is advertised as 10% cheaper than monthly, and the page states you start with 15 devices. Kiosk management, Android Enterprise and ABM are in Pro; directory integrations, geofencing and web content filtering start at Enterprise; Windows Autopilot, FileVault, remote control and custom scripting start at Ultimate; patch and OS-update management for macOS and Windows plus BitLocker sit in Ultra, which has no published rate. Technician seats scale from 2 at Pro to 5 at Ultra.
Miradore (GoTo)
Miradore is the only major option here with a genuinely free tier. Its plans page lists a free plan alongside Premium at $3.30 per device/month, discounted to $2.75, and Premium+ at $4.75, discounted to $3.95 — USD per device per month, with a 14-day trial of the paid tiers. Premium+ adds integrations and natively integrated remote support. For a small Indian firm that needs an inventory and basic policy enforcement rather than a full UEM, the free tier is a legitimate starting point.
Esper
Esper prices dedicated-device management at $2 (Genesis), $4 (Bridge) and $6 (Architect) per device/month, with a custom-priced Enterprise tier. Its FAQ states a 25-device minimum on all plans and a 30-day free trial. Console users scale 5 / 20 / 100 across the tiers; geofencing and alerts start at Bridge; API management, software pipelines and the device SDK are Architect-level. If your fleet is AOSP kiosks or POS terminals rather than employee phones, this is the closest thing to a like-for-like Scalefusion swap.
ManageEngine Mobile Device Management Plus
ManageEngine Endpoint Central is the wider Zoho-group endpoint product, and ManageEngine's MDM pricing page uses device bands rather than a flat per-device rate. It is free for up to 25 devices, and cloud annual pricing starts at $645 for 50 devices in the lower edition and $1,195 for 50 devices in the higher edition, rising by band (100, 250, 500, 1,000 devices and beyond). On-premises annual and perpetual licences are listed separately, and additional technicians are charged on their own scale starting at $345 annually for one. The band model is worth modelling carefully: crossing 250 devices costs more than adding the 251st device suggests.
Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune is the default if you already pay for Microsoft 365. Microsoft's Intune pricing page routes buyers to Microsoft 365 E3 and E5, and on the Indian storefront Microsoft 365 E3 is listed at ₹3,245.00 user/month paid yearly (₹2,535.00 for the no-Teams SKU) and Microsoft 365 E5 without Audio Conferencing at ₹4,990.00 user/month paid yearly (₹4,280.00 without Teams). Note the unit: Intune through these SKUs is priced per user, not per device, which flips the maths for anyone running many devices per person — the classic kiosk fleet. Standalone Intune Plan 1 is offered as an add-on for organisations not on E3 or E5; Microsoft's India page did not display a standalone rate at the time of writing.
Jamf
Jamf is Apple-first and priced accordingly: Jamf for Mac at $12.50 per macOS device/month billed annually, Jamf for Mobile at $5.75 per mobile device/month billed annually, both with a 25-device minimum, and Jamf Now starting at $4 per device/month for organisations with fewer than 25 employees. Jamf notes localised currency pricing is available through a representative or reseller. If your fleet is MacBooks and iPads, Jamf's depth is the argument; if it is Android handhelds, it is not the tool.
Where endpoint security fits — and where it does not
MDM controls configuration. It does not detect malware. Indian buyers searching for a McAfee replacement or Bitdefender comparison are usually solving the second problem, and it is a separate line item.
The realistic shortlist in India spans Bitdefender, Sophos, SentinelOne, CrowdStrike Falcon, and the domestic pair Seqrite and Quick Heal — Seqrite being the enterprise arm, with cloud endpoint protection, EDR, XDR, its own MDM and BYOD modules and DPDP-oriented data-privacy tooling. McAfee today is largely consumer-facing, which is the honest reason so many Indian businesses end up searching for a replacement rather than a renewal. None of Bitdefender's, Sophos's or Seqrite's business pages returned a per-seat price to a plain HTTP fetch, so treat all business endpoint pricing as quote-based and get two resellers to bid. Browse the full set under cybersecurity.
Indian security-services names surface in the same searches. Sequretek and Safe Security (formerly Lucideus) are services and risk-quantification businesses rather than per-device MDM vendors — a different purchase, and neither publishes list pricing. Sequretek's site did not respond to a direct fetch during this review, so nothing is claimed about its current offering here.
On passwords, which is the other half of a device-security rollout: Bitwarden lists Teams at $4 per user/month and Enterprise at $6 per user/month, both billed annually, plus a free personal tier. 1Password Business is listed at $8.99 per user per month billed annually ($107.88 per user per year), with a Teams Starter Pack at $24.95 per month billed annually covering up to 10 members. LastPass remains in the comparison set. Full list: password managers. For the broader tooling stack, see IT management.
How to price a rollout per device
- Split the fleet: dedicated/kiosk devices versus employee devices, and count each.
- Write down the three features you genuinely cannot ship without — usually patching, remote troubleshooting, and BYOD work profiles — and find the cheapest tier at each vendor that contains all three. That tier, not the entry tier, is your price.
- Check minimums and billing terms. Scalefusion is annual-only with a 10-device floor; Esper and Jamf both state 25-device minimums; Hexnode starts at 15.
- Add identity separately if you need it. Scalefusion's OneIdP is $4–$5 per device/month on top.
- Add endpoint security per seat, quoted, and a password manager per user at $4–$9 depending on vendor.
- Budget enrolment time. Zero Touch and Apple Business Manager make it near-free; manual BYOD enrolment does not.
FAQ
How much does Scalefusion cost?
Scalefusion publishes four plans at $2, $3.5, $5 and $6 per device per month, billed annually at $24, $42, $60 and $72 per device per year respectively. All plans are billed annually only and require a minimum of 10 devices. OneIdP identity is priced separately at $4 or $5 per device per month.
What is the best alternative to Scalefusion?
There is no single best one — it depends on fleet type. For dedicated Android kiosks and POS devices, Esper ($2–$6 per device/month, 25-device minimum) is the closest match. For mixed Windows and mobile fleets, Hexnode ($2.2–$4.7 per device/month) and ManageEngine MDM (banded, free up to 25 devices) compete directly. For Apple-heavy fleets, Jamf. If you already pay for Microsoft 365 E3 or E5, Intune is already bought and paid for.
Is there a free MDM for small Indian businesses?
Yes, two. Miradore publishes a free plan alongside its paid Premium tiers, and ManageEngine's MDM pricing page lists its product as free for up to 25 devices. Both are genuine starting points for a small fleet, though patching, remote support and integrations sit in the paid tiers.
Which password manager should an Indian company use?
Bitwarden and 1Password both publish per-user business pricing: Bitwarden Teams at $4 and Enterprise at $6 per user per month billed annually; 1Password Business at $8.99 per user per month billed annually. Bitwarden also offers self-hosting on its Enterprise plan, which matters for organisations with data-residency requirements.
What should replace McAfee for business endpoints?
McAfee's current business-facing options are limited compared with its consumer range, which is why replacement searches are common. The practical shortlist in India is Bitdefender, Sophos, SentinelOne, CrowdStrike Falcon, and the domestic Seqrite and Quick Heal line. None of these publishes a per-seat business price online, so run a reseller bid rather than budgeting from a list price.
Does MDM replace antivirus?
No. MDM enforces configuration — passcodes, encryption, app allowlists, kiosk lockdown, remote wipe — while endpoint security detects and responds to threats on the device. Most Indian deployments buy both: an MDM or UEM per device, and an endpoint protection or EDR product per seat. Budget them as two separate lines.
Sources
All figures above were read directly from the vendors' own pages in September 2026. Prices change; re-check before you sign.
