We performed a comparison between BMC TrueSight Server Automation and SaltStack based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Configuration Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution appears to be stable and scalable."
"One of the biggest advantages of Microsoft Intune is that it brings the management of Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and even Linux under a single pane of glass."
"It allows our clients to have the confidence to centrally manage policies for security. It helps them in securing the organization from a technology aspect."
"It is user-friendly, and the performance is also good. It is a convenient product"
"Being able to manage the devices remotely is most valuable. We can push security requirements through Microsoft Intune."
"Among the most valuable features are the Company Portal that is built into Intune, and the update rings so that we can manage what types of future updates the devices get."
"The ability to switch between Affinity and non-Affinity enrollment is great."
"The synchronization of Intune with other Microsoft solutions is a valuable feature."
"BladeLogic lets users view the filesystem with minimal authorization to the server."
"Scalability is good."
"It gives us more speed to deliver services and applications, and we rely on security."
"Server Automation's best feature is automated patching. It also helps us automate compliance and report generation. We can even integrate TrueSight Server Automation with a vulnerability management solution to remedy vulnerabilities by applying patches, deploying scripts, or changing registry entries."
"The best feature of the solution is patch automation."
"With BMC, we even configured applications, like IE or things that were Java-related. When we scheduled the jobs, it worked fine. It saved us time and there was no need for resources to monitor them."
"The most important feature is the schedulings."
"The solution is stable."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to provide environmental security."
"The automation functionality has been most valuable. With a click of a button, we are able to automate provisioning, the build of new hardware and apply patches. These are all extremely important and differentiated tasks that can be automated in SaltStack."
"SaltStack has given us the ability to deal with systems at scale and rectify issues at scale."
"I want to build automation that is intelligent, part of the fabric of our environment, and is somewhat self-sustaining. I think SaltStack can help me do this."
"We monitor the configurations against CIS standards. We run CIS benchmarks and maintain configurations with higher CIS values for each server."
"The ability to programmatically describe the desired state of a single, or an entire fleet of servers, on-premises, and in a cloud environment."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"Some enrollment features could be improved."
"The Mac integration has room for improvement."
"Microsoft Intune is not user-friendly to manage and has room for improvement."
"There can be more logs. I do not have any other requirements."
"I'd suggest adding more features for macOS in Intune. There should be more functionality for managing macOS. There should be a better capability for pushing things down on macOS. Currently, Intune is not capable of managing macOS at the same level as Windows."
"I think there should be a better tracking of the cell phones used on the Intune."
"They should improve its compatibility with other operating systems such as iOS and Linux. It supports Linux but they still need to work on the iOS part."
"Integrating certain group policies can be challenging and may necessitate using on-premises systems to integrate them with Microsoft Intune."
"Without any knowledge of the product, we used the KB articles to start working. As a result, we definitely did not have full knowledge of BMC BladeLogic... They need to provide a minimum of knowledge with training on YouTube or somewhere else."
"We encountered some reporting issues. Also, we needed to gather information from the backend before the product execution. The output's format is not good."
"We've had to increase RAM and CPU processing in order to alleviate some of the sluggishness during patching."
"We would like to see this solution handle more multitasking."
"I would like to see a better methodology for handling REST calls and integration into the APIs. They add new APIs as they add functions, but they've missed some from older components which they still haven't added in. Some of the APIs are there but the CLI calls are not there."
"Resource management on the base servers is sluggish and could be improved."
"BMC TrueSight Server Automation's scripting needs improvement."
"The setup of this suite is very complicated. It needs to be simplified."
"This solution could be integrated with more hardware for an improved offering."
"It is difficult to set up."
"SaltStack's features are minimal."
"A hardened set of tests would be much appreciated."
"There is a little bit of pain when it comes to libraries and what is needed to run the product."
"Web UI."
"Its configuration process could be better."
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BMC TrueSight Server Automation is ranked 12th in Configuration Management with 18 reviews while SaltStack is ranked 14th in Configuration Management with 33 reviews. BMC TrueSight Server Automation is rated 8.2, while SaltStack is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of BMC TrueSight Server Automation writes "Helps to automate and configure the endpoints of servers ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SaltStack writes "Orchestration tool that powers automation of processes with the click of a button". BMC TrueSight Server Automation is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, BigFix, Red Hat Satellite, Microsoft Configuration Manager and AWS Systems Manager, whereas SaltStack is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, VMware Aria Automation, HashiCorp Terraform, Red Hat Satellite and Automic Workload Automation. See our BMC TrueSight Server Automation vs. SaltStack report.
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