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."This product works very well for companies already using the full Microsoft suite."
"The Microsoft Windows Autopilot and Defender policies are the most valuable features of this solution."
"It has helped with compliance. It has helped to ensure that devices comply with the organization's policy. If they are not compliant and secure, they cannot access the resources."
"As the solution is a software as a service, the scalability is unlimited."
"The security-related tools are excellent; these features allow us to secure devices, lock them down, and ensure compliance."
"Agile and easy to deploy MDM solution that covers the maximum number of policies. Stable, scalable, and with knowledgeable technical support."
"It helps implement conditional access policies to restrict mobile users from accessing potentially dangerous emails."
"We have one MDM that works with Windows, iOS, and Android."
"The most valuable features of Terraform are leveraging public modules for EKS, KMS, and ECR."
"The solution allows us to work faster with ease and to set up new environments and workspaces."
"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."
"It is a stable solution."
"Modules can be reused extremely easily."
"The state backend, automated describe functionality, modular structures, and variablization using templates are most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the great community support."
"It's very easy to automate functions on the cloud with HashiCorp Terraform. The commands are easy as well."
"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 and troubleshooting for the application deployment could be better. It's very difficult to understand."
"I have a lot of Apple products in my environment. It would be nice to have an improved integration of Apple products with Microsoft Intune without Jam."
"Microsoft Intune lags market leaders, such as Apperian, in its MAM capabilities."
"The reporting is subpar. That's the only issue we have with Intune. We use another solution for that purpose."
"I think that there is room for improvement with the reporting. If this is done, it will be a better product."
"Due to the abundance of features, there's a lot to organize, which makes managing and setting up the solution challenging. The setup is immense, and it would be good to see improvement in this area."
"In future releases, I would like to see better integration with Apple products."
"It needs incorporation of Knox, ZeroTouch, etc."
"They should include tutorials for understanding the use cases."
"I initially found the initial HashiCorp Terraform difficult to comprehend. It's complex and not straightforward, requiring proper training to grasp it. Even someone with a background in networking or cybersecurity would need guidance from someone knowledgeable."
"HashiCorp Terraform state management could be improved to be used efficiently with multi-users."
"Terraform lacks in running script."
"Terraform could create more examples in the documentation."
"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."
"The solution is missing a lot of properties for specific resources."
"The state locking functionality can be improved. In certain situations, we have to force-unlock the state, which sometimes does not work. When that happens, we have to manually go to the state backend and remove that particular state, which is kind of a cumbersome process. It should also have more functions, more expressions, and support for more products."
"The product’s support services and licensing models need improvement."
"In a feature release, they could enhance the reporting. However, we have not evaluated this part of the solution extensively."
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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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