We performed a comparison between HashiCorp Terraform 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."It is a very stable and scalable cloud-only solution."
"For Windows services, there are multiple options within Intune to modernize it to be more internet-facing and dynamic."
"I can see that the patch management process is much improved with the bundled patch management option available in Microsoft Intune compared to the KPI deployment required by the other deployment solutions."
"It works well if you have a Microsoft environment."
"Technical support, in general, has been quite helpful."
"The solution is easy to use, simple to understand for those new to using it, and combined with the other Microsoft products it makes for an overall good package."
"The technical support of Microsoft Intune is good."
"It's easy to manage and easy to configure."
"It is one of the best things because now we have everything automated with Terraform. We didn't have an outage for the last three years because everything is written in a code, and every change we have made is recorded. If we didn't have a tool like Terraform, it would be extremely complex to achieve this level of maturity with infrastructure."
"It's very easy to automate functions on the cloud with HashiCorp Terraform. The commands are easy as well."
"Modules can be reused extremely easily."
"The valuable features of HashiCorp Terraform are the infrastructure can be written, shared, and collaborated on using code, which speeds up deployment. Additionally, bugs and issues can be fixed in the code and redeployed, making it less risky. It is a more efficient method compared to the traditional approach of writing scripts to set up infrastructure."
"Provides automation which has increased our efficiency."
"The feature "Terraform Plan" is the most valuable in HashiCorp Terraform as it allows us to see the differences between the current infrastructure and the one we are about to deploy, keeping things safe. Additionally, we appreciate the use of the modules as it helps in making the application scalable."
"The environment is very good. That's awesome."
"One of the most valuable features is that it offers the ability to create a VPC, Virtual Private Cloud and VPN connectivity to the VPC can be automated without having to do it manually."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to provide environmental security."
"SaltStack has given us the ability to deal with systems at scale and rectify issues at scale."
"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 ability to programmatically describe the desired state of a single, or an entire fleet of servers, on-premises, and in a cloud environment."
"We monitor the configurations against CIS standards. We run CIS benchmarks and maintain configurations with higher CIS values for each server."
"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."
"The solution can have some compliance problems in general and the end-point user can bypass easily the company policies in Intune."
"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."
"The installation could be improved to be simplified."
"Sometimes, customers compare it with AirWatch, but the concept of Intune is different from other solutions. It's an application management app. It gets a bit difficult to explain it to customers, but it's not a product limitation. It takes a presale document or presentation to explain it to customers."
"The UI also needs improvements because it is complex for end-users. We have had feedback from a few users in our organization who found the UI is not feasible for tracking and analyzing all the processes and monitoring all the devices."
"It needs certificate provisioning for S/MIME purposes."
"One big problem with Microsoft is that they're changing the names of the products quite often, or they're quite consistently doing so. Intune is now Endpoint administration. Constantly switching the user interface or the administrative interface makes it quite hard to keep pace. If you are on a two-week holiday and you come back and look at the same screen you have looked at for the last couple of months, it looks different, which is annoying. Changing things around all the time doesn't make it easy."
"Some enrollment features could be improved."
"The integration with this solution needs to be improved."
"The solution is complex when we use it for a loop. This is a problem, not because of the language itself, but because of how the infrastructure generally works. It's different from Python."
"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."
"On occasion, I have noticed a number of bugs in this solution that have needed to be fixed."
"The solution is missing a lot of properties for specific resources."
"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."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"Community tech support could be a little better."
"A hardened set of tests would be much appreciated."
"It is difficult to set up."
"SaltStack's features are minimal."
"Web UI."
"This solution could be integrated with more hardware for an improved offering."
"Its configuration process could be better."
"There is a little bit of pain when it comes to libraries and what is needed to run the product."
HashiCorp Terraform is ranked 7th in Configuration Management with 38 reviews while SaltStack is ranked 14th in Configuration Management with 33 reviews. HashiCorp Terraform is rated 8.6, while SaltStack is rated 8.2. 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 SaltStack writes "Orchestration tool that powers automation of processes with the click of a button". HashiCorp Terraform is most compared with Red Hat Satellite, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, BMC TrueSight Server Automation and SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor, whereas SaltStack is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Satellite, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and ServiceNow. See our HashiCorp Terraform vs. SaltStack report.
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