We performed a comparison between Red Hat Satellite and SUSE Manager 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 standout features of Intune are its excellent mobile device management and highly effective application management capabilities."
"For our office workers who are not based in Norway, when we order the PC, we can do some of the settings for them. These are standardized settings. We can set them up exactly as they are in Norway so that they're the same."
"Users can make screenshots, and devices only need the minimal version of iOS."
"Intune enables us to manage our devices from anywhere."
"The performance of Microsoft Intune is good."
"Autopilot is a great feature. Most users are looking for a zero-touch deployment."
"It's easy to manage and easy to configure."
"The most valuable feature is the UEM capabilities."
"I like the integration with other tools."
"We've been getting reasonable support from Red Hat."
"Satellite gives administrators the ability to target deployments and only send out the updates or provision updates to certain groups."
"Previously, we were using one server to update from a different repository over the HTTP. We had to manually manage the updates on the repository server. Satellite made the process easier."
"The most valuable features of Red Hat Satellite are its support, simplicity, and patch management."
"The product is convenient to use."
"Patch management is, for sure, most valuable. For license management and patch management, I would rate it a 10 out of 10."
"The product allows us to handle patching for multiple servers at a time manually."
"The setup is straightforward."
"SUSE Manager helps to optimize operations at a reduced cost."
"SUSE Manager is the best solution for maintaining the Linux environment"
"When it comes to managing both Red Hat and SUSE environments, it provides the support for live patching, which is something I really, really appreciate."
"There is room for improvement in integration and security as well."
"I know that their AI pieces are at the infancy stage, but allowing users to do more tagging for information would be an interesting thing because Intune also directly integrates with Azure. Because a lot of the devices are hosted with that, you also get a lot of tagging of user data and other things like that."
"We would like to see support for Chrome and/or devices for Chromebooks."
"The biggest problem we ever have is when something goes out of date after 30 days when nobody has logged into it. We do have a problem trying to get those back online. We've been working with Microsoft to resolve that problem, but that's been the only issue that we've had in the last few years."
"Intune has some limitations when it comes to application updates for third-party applications. You can schedule an update, but when it's a package setup, you need to supercede and replace it each time."
"It would be better if I could integrate it with my core group policy. I would like to have a group policy in my current environment, which has strict control, but those things are still missing. Although it has maximum compliance and security, it's not available on-premise."
"The installation could be improved to be simplified."
"It would be great to see on-premises mailboxes and for the solution to have geofencing capabilities."
"I would like to see the scalability, user interface, and reporting features improved and for the solution to be simplified. Instead of having complex engineering, it should be simple for the user."
"It has not been significantly updated in a while."
"Improving integration could lead to a more unified management experience for multiple operating systems within our data center."
"The solution's initial setup is a little bit tricky."
"They could make it more easy to use and improve the GUI so that it's more intuitive."
"Satellite should be bundled with Ansible Tower and the Ansible Automation platform. We face challenges from a security perspective because we have micro-segmentation in our network. For each server we provision, we have to set permissions to different ports so that the servers can communicate with Satellite. If I have a single server with Satellite and the Ansible Automation Platform, it would be easier to manage security issues instead of having two or three products on various servers."
"The product could have more diversity in what it is able to deploy and might do better if it was not dedicated to Red Hat products only."
"The documentation could be better."
"We sometimes have server issues and need to restart the service."
"It can be complex and difficult for users who are new to Linux and don't have any technical expertise."
"The initial stage is a bit complex, but after that, everything runs seamlessly."
"I really would like to have a broader library of VCP's or playbooks that I can deploy."
Red Hat Satellite is ranked 4th in Configuration Management with 22 reviews while SUSE Manager is ranked 13th in Configuration Management with 4 reviews. Red Hat Satellite is rated 8.2, while SUSE Manager is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Red Hat Satellite writes "A good product for managing patches and updates that could be more robust and up-to-date". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SUSE Manager writes "Easy to deploy, offers embedded monitoring, and is very stable". Red Hat Satellite is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Microsoft Configuration Manager, AWS Systems Manager, BigFix and Chef, whereas SUSE Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, BigFix, AWS Systems Manager, Microsoft Configuration Manager and HashiCorp Terraform. See our Red Hat Satellite vs. SUSE Manager report.
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