CrowdStrike Falcon Go vs Jamf Protect (2026): which should you pick?

Pick CrowdStrike Falcon Go if

• Fits if you run a small business with no IT staff and want protection on by default
• Works for offices that want company computers, phones and USB sticks managed from one console

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you're protecting a family's devices, at $59.99 a device a year, or $599.90 for five over two years
• Not for you if you want a VPN, password manager or identity monitoring in the bundle
• Too light for firms that need firewall management or threat hunting, which take Falcon Pro at $99.99 or Enterprise at $184.99
• Watch out: monthly plans get no refund, renewals are at the then-standard price, and purchases stop at 100 devices
• Tight if you want a long look first, as there's no free plan and the trial lasts 15 days

Pick Jamf Protect if

• Fits if you run a fleet of Macs and already use Jamf
• Works for IT teams that want Mac malware logs sent to a SIEM

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you have fewer than 25 devices on the bundles, as that is the minimum
• Skip it if your fleet has Windows or Linux machines, as neither is listed
• Pricey if you buy Jamf for Mac at $12.50 per device a month, billed annually
• Watch out: no standalone Jamf Protect price is shown, and it is sold to Jamf Cloud customers only

CrowdStrike Falcon Go

• Purchases of Falcon Go are capped at 100 devices.
• Firewall management needs Falcon Pro ($99.99 per device a year); EDR and threat hunting need Falcon Enterprise ($184.99).
• Annual plans can be refunded within 30 days; month-to-month plans get no refund, and renewals are at the then-standard price.
• The bundle covers antivirus, device control and mobile protection only; there is no VPN, password manager or identity monitoring.

Jamf Protect

• Jamf lists it as available with Jamf for Mac or Jamf for Mobile; no standalone Jamf Protect price is shown on the pricing page.
• Jamf for Mac and Jamf for Mobile have a 25-device minimum and are sold to Jamf Cloud customers only.
• The page lists no Windows or Linux support; macOS and mobile devices are the focus.
• Jamf Now, the small-business plan, starts at $4 per device per month and is for organizations with fewer than 25 employees.

CrowdStrike Falcon Go

Next-gen antivirus

Falcon Prevent uses machine learning and behavior-based detection to block known and unknown malware and ransomware on Windows, macOS and Linux.

USB device control

See which USB storage devices are plugged into company machines and set what they may do, to stop data being copied off.

Mobile device protection

Falcon for Mobile watches for malicious activity on company phones and tablets running iOS 16 or later and Android 9 or later.

Pre-configured policies

Protection comes set up by default, with a step-by-step onboarding guide and one home screen showing devices, threat activity and blocked attacks.

Express Support

A support line for small and medium businesses that helps with installation and day-to-day management questions.

Jamf Protect

Next-gen antivirus for Mac

Blocks known malware and variants from running on a Mac and quarantines malicious files automatically.

Behavioral threat detection

On-device monitoring watches for suspicious events that exploit Apple vulnerabilities and for fileless and living-off-the-land attacks.

Telemetry to SIEM tools

Sends system and log data to tools including Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Google SecOps and Sumo Logic.

Web threat protection and content filtering

Filters web content by policy and defends against phishing, ransomware, cryptojacking and malware domains.

Mobile threat defense

Detects jailbroken devices and risky apps, and can block access to work resources from devices that are not healthy.

CrowdStrike Falcon Go

• Falcon Go$59.99

  per device / year, billed annually ($7.99 per device billed monthly)

  Next-gen antivirus, USB device control, mobile device protection and Express Support, for up to 100 devices.

Jamf Protect

• Jamf for Mac$12.50

  per macOS device / month, billed annually

  Bundle of Jamf Pro, Connect and Protect with 25-device minimum; includes endpoint protection and content filtering.

• Jamf for Mobile$5.75

  per mobile device / month, billed annually

  Bundle with mobile device management and mobile threat defense, 25-device minimum.

• Jamf Now$4

  per device / month and up

  For organizations under 25 employees; includes macOS malware protection.

CrowdStrike Falcon Go

• Annual discount

  About 37% off with annual billing

  CrowdStrike's pricing page shows Falcon Go at $59.99 per device billed annually against $7.99 per device billed monthly, or $95.88 over 12 months.

Jamf Protect

No public discounts listed.