Has anyone used JumpCloud?

porterj5 · April 26, 2017

We are looking into possible solutions for replacing our old server and possibly moving some roles it handles to a cloud solution. I came across JumpCloud.com which says they offer an Active Directory replacement that is hosted in the cloud. The idea looks great and with only having 6-7 employees in our office that seems like it may be a good fit. The concerning part for me is that they have a free account which allows up to 10 users. We are an accounting firm and as a result security of client data is a priority. When I see free for a business service I get concerned as nothing is really free.

Eniqmatic · April 26, 2017

I have not used this service so can't comment on that, however have you looked into simply moving to AWS, Google Cloud, Azure (if you want to go MS) or similar?

argyle · April 26, 2017

I have colleagues who have used it with great success for small businesses. I know a lot of "free" services like this are based on the hope that you grow into a paid plan or direct others to a paid plan. So it is free but more or less as a tactic to get paying customers.

porterj5 · April 26, 2017

Thanks argyle. One reason we are looking at this is to possibly eliminate having a full server and maybe moving towards just a NAS with something like JumpCloud to manage the users.

Eniqmatic, I have glanced at their services but this one caught my eye with the free version for 10 or less users. Also, when I glanced at AWS, Google Cloud and Azure, the pricing seemed pretty high and trying to read through some of the information went a little over my head while bogged down in tax season. Still doing some research on how those would be set up though now that we are out of tax season.

samiscool51 · April 27, 2017

never heard of them, it's better in the long run to use the official applications and services (i'm guessing you are using AD to manage users) on windows server (local or remote in the case of a virtual machine in the cloud) or linux as sometimes alternative services can have problems with the software they are designed to work with