Relution vs Applivery
These two device managers come at the job from different ends. Relution is run by a Stuttgart company and its pricing page offers a Cloud plan or an On Premises install on Linux and Docker, which suits buyers who must decide where the server sits. Applivery describes itself as a European platform built API-first, publishes a pay-as-you-go model and covers Android, Apple and Windows with a 14-day trial. Neither shows a price list for plans on the pages we read, so budgeting means asking or opening the linked pricing pages.
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Choose Relution ifyou are a school, municipality or other public body that wants the option of running the server inside your own infrastructure. You also want a vendor that names its registered company and address in an imprint.
Choose Applivery ifyou want one console that covers Android, Apple and Windows with work profiles for personal phones, and a trial that starts straight away. You also care about patch management and remote support being part of the same product.
Relution and Applivery side by side
| Relution | Applivery | |
|---|---|---|
| Our mobile device management rank | #1 of 14 | #3 of 14 |
| Established in | Germany | Spain |
| List price, 9 November 2026 | Cloud and On Premises both marked prices on request; free test for five devices lasts 14 days | Pay-as-you-go headline with no figures on the page; 14-day trial, no free plan |
| Free tier | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Self-hostable | Yes | — |
| Built for | German schools, municipalities and privacy-sensitive public bodies | European teams distributing their own apps to managed devices |
| Not for | A multinational needing depth across three operating systems | A fleet of several thousand devices needing deep reporting |
Both are reviewed in full in our mobile device management ranking: Relution and Applivery.
Where they differ
Relution 3 · Applivery 2 · open 1- 01
Where the server can live
Relution's pricing page splits its offer into Cloud and On Premises. Cloud means software as a service on a shared server, or a dedicated server with multi-tenancy and user directory integration. On Premises means installing it in your own infrastructure on Linux and Docker. Nothing on the Applivery pages we read says whether it can be self-hosted or run on premises, so a buyer with a hard residency rule has an answer from one vendor and a question for the other.
Edge: Relution
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What the trial gives you
Relution's Free plan is a test for up to five devices, valid for 14 days, on a shared Cloud or On Premises setup. The page also says the time-unlimited free licence for five devices ended on 16 October 2026, so no permanent free tier remains. Applivery names a 14-day trial to explore all features and no free plan at all. Both are fourteen days, but Applivery's wording does not cap the device count on the pages we read.
Edge: Applivery
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Reaching a price without a call
On Relution's pricing page, Cloud and On Premises both say prices on request, with special terms for education, public institutions and NGOs and staggered pricing for large installations. Applivery's pricing page lists no named plans or figures either, only a pay-as-you-go headline and two linked pages for Device Management and App Distribution, which we did not open. Neither gives a number you can put in a budget sheet from the pages we read, so this round is level.
Depends on the buyer
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Operating systems covered
Relution lists mobile device management for Apple, Android, Windows, Chrome and Linux devices, with configuration policies and app approval and publishing to business and personal devices. Applivery lists unified endpoint management across Android, Apple and Windows, with work profiles for BYOD and full control for corporate devices. Relution names Chrome and Linux in addition, which Applivery's home page does not, so a mixed fleet with Chromebooks or Linux machines points to Relution.
Edge: Relution
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Enrolment programmes and remote help
Relution's home page names Apple DEP and VPP, Android Enterprise, Samsung Knox, Zero Touch and Windows Autopilot, and adds a branded enterprise app store with an app-request feature. Applivery names Apple ADE and DEP, VPP, Windows Autopilot and OEMConfig support, plus one-click remote support to take control of any device and autonomous patch management that validates patches first. Applivery's remote control and patching are features Relution's page does not mention, so it takes this round.
Edge: Applivery
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Who stands behind the product
Relution's imprint names Relution GmbH, registered in Stuttgart, Germany, under HRB 778857, with a street address, though it does not say how the company relates to the MWAY Group it links to. Applivery's home page calls it a European platform, with a founding date of 2016 in its structured data, but the about and privacy URLs we tried returned 404 and no owner is named. Relution is the easier one to identify for a contract.
Edge: Relution
When neither fits
If you manage a large, mixed estate with deep reporting, expect neither to be the natural pick, because our notes call both modest at scale. Hexnode UEM and Cortado MDM are the two other options in our mobile device management list worth a look.
Relution or Applivery: questions
3 answersCan a school try Relution without paying?
The Free plan lets you test up to five devices for 14 days. The page says the older time-unlimited licence for five devices ended on 16 October 2026. Education buyers can also ask for special terms, which are quoted on request.
Does Applivery say where its data sits?
No hosting model or data-centre location appears in the Applivery text we read. They call it a European platform built API-first. A buyer who needs a named country for the servers should ask in writing before signing.
Which one handles Chromebooks and Linux machines?
Relution's home page lists Apple, Android, Windows, Chrome and Linux devices. Applivery's page lists Android, Apple and Windows. For Chrome or Linux, Relution is the one that names them.
Sources
Checked 9 November 2026- Relution pricing page: Cloud versus On Premises on Linux and Docker, price on request, and the five-device test that lasts 14 days.
- Relution imprint: Relution GmbH registered in Stuttgart under HRB 778857, with no owner named.
- Relution home page: supported operating systems including Chrome and Linux, programme integrations and the branded app store.
- Applivery pricing page: pay-as-you-go headline without plans or figures, and the 14-day trial with no free plan.
- Applivery home page: European platform wording, Android, Apple and Windows coverage, patch management and one-click remote support.