We performed a comparison between HashiCorp Terraform and SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor 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 main advantage is that Intune performs its intended functions effectively."
"The initial setup is not overly complex or difficult."
"Autopilot is the most valuable feature of Microsoft Intune."
"I would say the biggest benefit is the single-pane view. There's no jumping around multiple UI's to do your overall management."
"Intune device restriction policies enable me to enforce limitations on the device, like blocking the mobile camera or restricting the employees from using and inserting USB devices, including thumb drives and flash drives."
"Configuration profiles, remediation, scripts, and auto-pilot features are very good."
"The stability of Microsoft Intune is good."
"It's not working perfectly, but Microsoft's Autopilot offers great visibility into automated deployment solutions."
"This solution makes it easier to manage a multi-cloud environment and have your entire infrastructure as code."
"The solution helps us save a lot of costs."
"The most valuable features of Terraform are leveraging public modules for EKS, KMS, and ECR."
"The most valuable features of HashiCorp Terraform are automation and management capabilities."
"It is the customization of Terraform's modules that I find most valuable."
"Can be used across multiple cloud providers and multiple platforms."
"The solution allows us to work faster with ease and to set up new environments and workspaces."
"The most valuable feature is the solution does not need installation."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor is version control. For example, if we began on the first of the month and we considered that as the configuration of the server, I could set that configuration as my baseline. On a daily basis, if there was the operations team that did, for example, server patching, the tool will maintain all levels of versions."
"The product’s alert feature is good. We receive notifications whenever some failures occur in the configuration."
"Reporting could be improved. It needs to be more expensive and robust."
"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."
"Lacking in features such as Wi-Fi and network security."
"In future releases, I would like to see better integration with Apple products."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in terms of compatibility, extending beyond the well-known major brands."
"Data leak prevention can be integrated into it. Currently, it does not have data leak prevention."
"The most important thing is reporting. They should improve their reporting. They should give a free hand to users. In SCCM, I can create my own reports. For example, in SCCM, I can create an inventory report for my PC or for all PCs, but in Intune, we don't have an option to create any report. Microsoft claims that Intune is a successor of SCCM, but SCCM is more powerful than Intune. So, they should develop Intune more and make it equivalent to SCCM. Then, their product will be great in the market."
"The Mac integration has room for improvement."
"Terraform should also support YAML language, which is more user-friendly than HCL. They should also add a GUI, so you don't need to memorize all the commands. A GUI would enable us to do everything with a click of a button."
"From a user's perspective, it would be great if a UI tool is made available in the open source version as well, but I don't think it may be introduced because of the high costs for it announced by HashiCorp in its licensed version...HashiCorp Terraform can improve backward compatibility."
"There is always room for improvement somewhere. I don't know everything about the product."
"It should have a more object-oriented approach like different coding languages."
"Terraform could create more examples in the documentation."
"The error logging could be better. Sometimes, when you try to set something on Terraform, it gives you an error, but you don't understand how the error has been logged."
"It would be nice if they could put our infrastructure on graphics or at least provide a map of our infrastructure."
"They have added a feature that helps us to import existing resources to our workspace, but if they can help us to create the code for the import, as well, then it would be a great addition."
"In a feature release, they could enhance the reporting. However, we have not evaluated this part of the solution extensively."
"The product’s support services and licensing models need improvement."
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HashiCorp Terraform is ranked 7th in Configuration Management with 38 reviews while SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor is ranked 17th in Configuration Management with 2 reviews. HashiCorp Terraform is rated 8.6, while SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of HashiCorp Terraform writes "Easy to use, technically strong, and great for multi-provider or multi-cloud environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor writes "Useful version control, high availability, and scales well". HashiCorp Terraform is most compared with Red Hat Satellite, SaltStack, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Spring Cloud, whereas SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor is most compared with . See our HashiCorp Terraform vs. SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor report.
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