We performed a comparison between SaltStack and vCloud Director based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Red Hat, Microsoft, HCLTech and others in Configuration Management."At the moment, Autopilot is the most valuable feature."
"If the product works, remote access will be a benefit. To this point we have not had reason to have confidence in achieving that access."
"Autopilot is the most valuable feature."
"The solution is scalable. We currently have tens of thousands of users within our organization using the solution."
"The central administration con dashboard is very easy to use and provides very good oversight on all that needs to be monitored."
"In terms of technical support, you will get an immediate response."
"The overall user experience is quite nice. I have no complaints from end users regarding their devices enrolled in Intune."
"We are a remote company, and the product helps us manage the global endpoints. It helps us natively manage the endpoints in the cloud from anywhere."
"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."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"The ability to programmatically describe the desired state of a single, or an entire fleet of servers, on-premises, and in a cloud environment."
"SaltStack has given us the ability to deal with systems at scale and rectify issues at scale."
"We monitor the configurations against CIS standards. We run CIS benchmarks and maintain configurations with higher CIS values for each server."
"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."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to provide environmental security."
"It helps ensure security across our cloud environments."
"Their technical support is great. We had some difficult cases and they were able to solve them in a timely manner."
"It optimizes the process for cloud structure."
"Remote console (ability to control booting and OS installation process)."
"vCloud is a good platform for visualization. It is very handy for monitoring. VMware can integrate with all monitoring systems like vRealize, and the management monitoring is good. I'm very happy with VMware. VMware is good in management and monitoring systems."
"There are various options for scaling and that flexibility is a good option."
"The stability is rock solid."
"We were using VMware, also combined with AirWatch and Boxer. We configured corporate emails on mobiles and used them for MDM applications on tablets, like the launcher."
"The add-ons must be integrated into the solution."
"The current Intune reporting functionality could benefit from some improvements."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with Apple."
"Microsoft Intune needs to improve the initial login process."
"It would be nice to have a location tracker for the mobile device management tool. I'm not sure if it exists but hasn't been configured or if it's missing, but we've been unable to utilize the location features."
"It would be helpful if there was proactive remediation."
"Lacking in features such as Wi-Fi and network security."
"Intune doesn't provide much control over Windows servers. It's something we struggle with."
"A hardened set of tests would be much appreciated."
"Web UI."
"SaltStack's features are minimal."
"This solution could be integrated with more hardware for an improved offering."
"It is difficult to set up."
"There is a little bit of pain when it comes to libraries and what is needed to run the product."
"Its configuration process could be better."
"There are new updates every quarter, so we need to purchase new support deployment services and some new products."
"If you have a deployed environment and lose it, you can't easily deploy it back with vCloud Director. Because of this reason, we don't have the data protection, disaster recovery, and container features."
"I had issues with the support, but I also learned from the support. There is room for improvement in the response time."
"The initial setup is not straightforward; it can be complicated. The deployment can take one to two weeks."
"If you use it for a lot of customers, it is too heavy for this solution."
"It would be beneficial if some features were built into the platform rather than requiring integration with multiple products, reducing complexity and licensing concerns."
"The reason we moved to Microsoft Intune was because of the license cost of VMware. It's very expensive."
"I would like to see mode accessory recovery and integration with SD-WAN."
SaltStack is ranked 14th in Configuration Management with 33 reviews while vCloud Director is ranked 6th in Cloud Management with 62 reviews. SaltStack is rated 8.2, while vCloud Director is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SaltStack writes "Orchestration tool that powers automation of processes with the click of a button". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vCloud Director writes "Offers flexibility of handling workloads and good scalability". SaltStack is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, VMware Aria Automation, HashiCorp Terraform, Red Hat Satellite and ServiceNow, whereas vCloud Director is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), VMware Aria Operations, Morpheus and CloudStack.
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