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cybee and Jamf. What each is built for.
Jamf Pro manages Apple devices, and Jamf Protect adds security. cybee protects the Macs your team works on and keeps a dated record, and that protection is free. Check whether you use Jamf Pro, Jamf Protect or both. Then look at the settings, alerts and reports you already have.
Managing a Mac and protecting it. Two jobs that meet on one setting.
When a client asks how your Macs are protected, the answer can come from more than one tool. Know what each one does before you add another.
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before a deal
A client asks which laptops are protected.
“Which project laptops have protection?”
They want every Mac on the project, and since when.
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at renewal
Your insurer asks what watches your Macs.
They want to know that protection runs on every Mac, and since when.
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on a review
An auditor asks who keeps screen lock on.
One tool should own each setting, and the record should show when it changed.
Who handles each job. As each product describes it.
The Jamf column repeats only what Jamf’s own pages say. Compare the Jamf products you actually use: not every setup includes both.
| The job | Jamf | cybee |
|---|---|---|
| Built forthe job it exists to do | Managing Apple devices with Jamf Pro, and protecting them with Jamf Protect. | Protecting the Macs a small team works on, and proving it when a client, an insurer or a partner asks. |
| Running the Macssetup, apps, inventory | Jamf Pro manages Apple device configuration, inventory and applications. | Protection and security work on supported Macs. Not a general device management service. |
| Protectionstops bad software while it runs | Jamf Protect includes threat prevention and detection. It is a separate product from Jamf Pro. | Watches what programs do on supported Macs, checks files against known bad software and stops suspicious activity. |
| Safer settingsthe Mac’s own safety switches | Jamf Pro offers configuration and security baseline capabilities. | Checks 118 settings against a public list of the safest Mac settings. The Proof plan sets them and keeps them on. |
| What your client receiveswhen someone asks for proof | Security data and reporting depend on the products you use and how they are configured. | A dated, sealed Trust Passport for the checked Macs. Connected Google Workspace has its own record. |
| How it is soldwhat you pay for | In offers shown on Jamf’s pricing page. The price depends on the products and your quote. | Protection is free for every Mac. The Proof plan costs CHFEURUSDGBP 9 per Mac per month, or 90 a year, excluding tax. |
What are Jamf Pro and Jamf Protect?
Jamf Pro and Jamf Protect, in plain words.
Jamf Pro describes deploying devices, keeping an inventory, configuring them and managing apps, including security baselines. Those are active management capabilities: Jamf Pro sets up and changes devices.
Jamf Protect describes malware prevention, behavioural detection and security data from each device. Check whether your setup includes management, protection or both.
What is device management?
Device management, in plain words.
Device management sets up a company’s computers from one place: which apps they get, which settings apply, and a list of every device.
cybee is not a device management tool. It protects the Macs, checks their safety settings, fixes them once the owner says yes and keeps the dated record.
Where do the 118 checks come from?
Where the checks come from.
Your Mac has many security settings. Some are off, and some get switched off over time.
cybee checks them against the CIS Benchmark, a public, industry maintained list of the safest settings for macOS. Many compliance frameworks accept it as a baseline for secure settings. On the Proof plan, cybee sets them that way, in one of three profiles, and switches them back if anyone changes them.
What is a Trust Passport?
The Trust Passport.
The Trust Passport is a dated record of how your Macs are protected. Your client or insurer opens it through one link and sees what holds, since when, and what cybee could not see. It is not a certification or an audit, and it does not answer for your policies, your people or your cloud. It says so on the page.
Sealed means the record carries a fingerprint, a short code made from its content. Your client can compare it with the copy cybee sealed and see whether anything was changed afterwards. That shows the record was not edited. It does not check the facts a second time.
Make the decision on one task. One setting, two tools.
screen lock
Two tools should not keep different screen lock settings. Agree who owns it.
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Current owner.
Find which system sets the screen lock rule today.
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Proposed change.
Check what another tool would change, and who approves it.
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Ongoing work.
Agree which system keeps the value, and where the result is recorded.
This describes who owns a setting. cybee does not connect to Jamf.
cybee can turn it on. Nothing changes until you say yes.
Keep what works. Add only what is missing.
Choose by the job that is still open. One of these four will sound like your team.
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Jamf runs and protects your Macs, and it already answers what your clients ask.
Keep it. Adding software may not help, and two tools doing one job is more to look after.
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Jamf manages your Macs, but you cannot yet show a client each Mac with dates.
Check the reports your Jamf products already give against the request. If the gap stays open, a dated record from cybee is one way to close it. Agree first who owns each setting.
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Nobody runs security for you, and your team works on Macs.
Protection is free for every Mac, and you run it by asking your AI assistant. Add the Proof plan when someone asks you for proof.
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You need to set up Macs, install apps or manage devices from one place.
That is device management, and cybee does not do it. Keep or choose a device management tool for that job.
Free for every Mac. You pay when you need to prove it.
The protection is free because we want every Mac in a small company protected. We earn money when a company has to prove it.
Free
Free
Forever. Unlimited Macs and people.
- Stops bad software while it runs
- Alerts in macOS, Slack, Teams and SMS
- 118 safety checks on each Mac
- Apps, extensions and AI agents listed
- “Am I safe?” answers in your AI assistant
- Google Workspace account activity
- Email support within one working day
Proof plan
CHFEURUSDGBP9per Mac per month, or 90 a year
Everything in Free, plus:
- Weak settings fixed and kept fixed
- The sealed Trust Passport
- Security training, completion recorded
- Incident response plan
- Chat support
The 14 day trial starts in your AI assistant, after cybee is installed. Ask for a Proof plan feature, such as the Trust Passport. The link arrives in the chat and leads to Stripe, the payment service.
Per Mac, excluding tax. The same number in CHF, EUR, USD and GBP. Runs on Macs with an Apple chip, M1 or newer. Macs with an Intel chip are not supported. To check a Mac, open the Apple menu and choose About This Mac.All plan details
Before you choose.
Does cybee replace Jamf Pro?
Not as a complete device management tool. Start with the work Jamf Pro already does for you. Then check whether cybee adds useful security work or evidence.
Does Jamf also protect against malware?
Yes. Jamf Protect is a security product with prevention and detection capabilities. Compare the products you actually use, rather than treating every Jamf setup as the same.
Can cybee and Jamf run on the same Mac?
Before you run both on one Mac, write to us and ask Jamf, and name your versions. Agree first which tool sets each setting. Two tools on one Mac is an approach to check, not a promise that every version works together.
What is free, and what does the Proof plan add?
Protection, the settings checks, the list of AI tools on each Mac and Google Workspace visibility are free. The Proof plan adds safer settings kept on, the sealed Trust Passport and security training, with a 14 day trial. It costs CHFEURUSDGBP 9 per Mac per month, or 90 a year, excluding tax. To try it, ask your AI assistant for the Trust Passport and use the Stripe link it sends.
What does the Trust Passport show?
Which Macs were checked and when, including gaps. Its seal can be checked against cybee’s copy. It is not an independent audit or a certification. Google Workspace accounts have a separate record.
What leaves my Mac?
Detection, checks and fixes run on the Mac. What leaves it is security information: events, which settings are on, which apps, browser extensions and AI agents are installed, what the agents are connected to and what cybee recorded them doing. Never the contents of your files, and never passwords or tokens. cybee AG is a Swiss company, hosted in Europe. Security and privacy details
Check what you buy. Offers change.
This comparison rests on Jamf’s own pages, checked on 18.09.2026. Confirm the products, Mac support and your quote before you decide.
Where to go next.
Your next client will ask. Be ready.
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