SkieSkie for Enterprise · Problem
Pricing, seats, pilots and getting started
How do we try Skie and what do we need before we start?
Most buyers want to know the first step, what a pilot looks like and how licences work before they talk to anyone.
40 questions on this problem
- What is the best Android MDM for a small business?A small business can start with one group, one app list and the devices it already owns. Skie runs as the Android device owner, so there is no separate gateway to install. Provision each...
- How should a company run a pilot of Skie before a full rollout?Start with one team, one group and a few Android 12 or newer devices. Provision with the Skie Provision app, review the device model once, attach an app list, and watch the compliance...
- How should we run a pilot before rolling Skie out to everyone?A pilot with Skie uses real devices you already own. The device models page, readiness gate and one-time enrolment token cover the provisioning test, and the network check wizard tests your...
- Can we choose our own DNS filter provider?The Skie owner curates a list of filters, and an organisation admin picks from it. A group can use a different filter from the organisation, and the more specific choice overrides the...
- Does lost mode take photos of whoever has the device?Lost mode locks the device, shows your contact message, tracks location and gathers evidence for a police report: IMEI, serial, SIM details and the location trail. Photo and audio capture...
- Why does Skie collect a device's IMEI?Skie records IMEI, serial number and an enrolment ID per device. Admins see them in the lost mode police report, along with SIM details and the location trail. The same identity lets Skie...
- How is Skie for Enterprise priced?Licences are seat-based, one device per seat, and the owner grants seats to your organisation. Admins see seat use and expiry notices in the dashboard. Pricing is on request: tell the team...
- What is a seat in Skie?Skie licences are seat-based, with one device per seat and one student per device. The owner grants seats to your organisation, and enrolling a device uses one. Replacing, removing or...
- Is the seat freed when a tablet is replaced or lost?Use Replace a device in the dashboard. The new tablet takes over the student, group and history, and the old seat is freed. For a lost one, lost mode locks it and gathers evidence first...
- Can we add more seats in the middle of the year?Ask for more seats, and the owner grants them to your organisation. Then create a provisioning session for the new group and enrol each device with the Skie Provision app. The model and...
- What happens when a Skie licence expires?When a licence expires, enrolled devices keep their rules and new enrolments pause. Notices appear on the devices and on dashboards, and a grace period can be set per licence. A daily...
- Does Skie sell phones or tablets?Skie does not sell phones, tablets or SIMs. It manages Android 12 or newer phones and tablets you already own, from any maker, in any country where they have Google Play services. Each...
- Can we use our existing tablets with Skie?If your tablets run Android 12 or newer with Google Play services, they can work. Reset them or set them up fresh, remove any Google account, and enrol each with the Skie Provision app. A...
- Can Skie help us roll out to our devices?The product walks staff through provisioning: device models with a profile per model, a provisioning session per group, the Skie Provision app with a guided stepper, live progress and...
- Can we cancel Skie, and what happens to the tablets?Run Remove Skie from the dashboard on each device before cancellation. It turns off every protection, shows every app again, restores DNS, releases device ownership and deletes no apps. The...
- Is there a trial or pilot for Skie?A pilot works well with a small group. Provision a handful of devices with the Skie Provision app, create one group, and test app lists, the filter, schedules, location, lost mode and a...
- Why not use a normal MDM for student devices?Skie ships what student fleets need as one set: filtering DNS locked on the device, Chrome rules, an always-blocked list of browsers and VPN apps, schedules, group roles, parent read-only...
- What if a school wants no web filtering?The DNS filter is a policy setting from organisation down to group, so an organisation or group can use a lighter filter from the curated list. The browser can be off, restricted or allowed...
- What is a seat in Skie and what does it cover?A seat covers one enrolled device for one student or user. The Skie owner grants seats to your organisation, and enrolment checks the licence before a device is provisioned. Reset devices...
- How do I add seats in Skie when more students join mid-year?Ask the Skie team for more seats. Once the owner grants them, you can provision the new devices as normal. Until then, enrolment pauses when free seats run out, but devices already enrolled...
- Where do licence expiry notices appear in Skie?Notices appear in two places: on the managed devices, where users see them, and on the admin dashboards. A daily licence sweep updates who is current, nearing expiry or expired, so the...
- What is the daily licence sweep in Skie?Once a day Skie checks the licence state of every organisation and updates who is current, approaching expiry or expired. That keeps expiry notices on devices and dashboards, and the...
- What does Skie not suit?Skie is Android only, and a device must be freshly set up or reset once to become managed. It suits fleets of company-owned phones and tablets, schools, hostels and field teams. iOS, remote...
- Is there a grace period after a licence expires?The grace period is set per licence, so ask the team what applies to yours and get it written down. In the product, notices appear on devices and dashboards before and after the date, and...
- Are there setup fees for Skie?Skie is software, so there is no hardware to buy: you use Android 12 or newer phones and tablets you already own. Setup fees, rollout help and training are agreed in your quote, since...
- Is training included with Skie?Skie's Provision app has a guided stepper that shows staff each step and failure reasons, so many teams learn by doing a pilot batch. Formal training for your team can be arranged, and...
- What support does Skie offer, and in what hours?Support channels and hours are set out in your agreement. Before you contact anyone, the dashboard helps you diagnose most issues yourself: last seen times, Due, Overdue and Offline unusual...
- What happens to our devices if Skie ever shuts down?Rules are cached on the device and enforced by Android, so devices keep the last rules they received. Exit terms belong in your agreement. Before any planned change, Remove Skie on a device...
- How is Skie different from Google Family Link?Family Link suits one household. Skie adds the structure an institution needs: organisation, school, branch, group, student and device roles, bulk control, install guard and lost mode. The...
- How is Skie different from Apple Screen Time?Skie manages Android 12 or newer phones and tablets only, and iOS is not available yet. If your fleet is Android, it adds organisation roles, schedules, web filtering, lost mode and...
- How does Skie compare with Samsung Knox?Knox is deep on Samsung hardware. Skie works on any Android 12 or newer phone or tablet, from any maker, and ships school and hostel features: group schedules, filtering DNS, install guard...
- How does Skie compare with Hexnode?Skie is Android only and designed around schools, hostels, institutes and organisations, with filtering, schedules, group structure and student-per-device built in. It does not manage iOS...
- How does Skie compare with ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus?Skie is Android only and built for schools, hostels, institutes and organisations. It ships schedules, filtering DNS, install guard, a student-per-device structure and lost mode as one set....
- Will Skie slow down the device or drain the battery?Skie runs a protected background service with a watchdog and periodic presence reports. We make no numeric claims about speed or battery, so test it. Provision a few of your own devices...
- What if the web filter blocks a useful website?Per-website allow or block lists are not available yet, and the team is working on it. Today an admin can choose a different filter from the curated list for one group, use a lighter one...
- How should a school run a pilot of Skie?A pilot in Skie is the real thing at small size: one school, one or two groups, a few provisioned tablets, then compliance, online status and the breach centre to judge it. The impact...
- What happens to school tablets if our Skie licence expires?Licences are seat based, one device per seat, and rules cached on the tablets keep applying while a licence runs. Expiry notices appear on devices and dashboards beforehand, and a daily...
- Can we pay monthly or yearly for Skie?Billing terms are agreed with the Skie team when you ask for a quote. Pricing is on request, so tell them whether you prefer to align with your academic or financial year.
- Is there a discount for schools or large numbers of devices?Pricing varies with volume and is on request. Tell the team how many devices you expect and how many schools or branches you have, and they will quote.
- How is mobile device management usually priced?Most MDM products charge per device or user for a period. Skie uses seats, one device per seat, with pricing on request. The MDM comparison page covers the differences.
Students distracted by phones and apps in class · Hostel night-time phone use and curfew rules · Tampering, factory resets and bypass attempts · Unsafe websites, other browsers and VPN workarounds · Managing hundreds of devices, classes and branches · Setting up and rolling out devices quickly