We performed a comparison between BigFix and HashiCorp Terraform 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."As the solution is a software as a service, the scalability is unlimited."
"There has been a noticeable increase in productivity for both my organization and clients."
"The synchronization of Intune with other Microsoft solutions is a valuable feature."
"There is a single pane of glass for user access and a single sign-on facility for the user. If you have already logged in to Microsoft Azure or on-premises, you can redirect directly to Microsoft Endpoint Manager, monitor all your security threats, and analyze the data associated with the application in a single, unified way."
"The most valuable feature of Intune is the central dashboard for compliance and policy management."
"Application deployment and keeping the devices secure no matter where they are, by having this cloud solution — that has been great."
"I would say the biggest benefit is the single-pane view. There's no jumping around multiple UI's to do your overall management."
"The standout features of Intune are its excellent mobile device management and highly effective application management capabilities."
"It allows for visibility into the OT, the industrial environments, that didn't exist before which is a big piece and has benefited my organization. Second, the speed at which people can patch is night and day versus SCCM scan or another similar solution."
"BigFix is easy to use."
"The product is less costly when compared to other solutions, and this is a good solid solution for what we have paid."
"We are able to use BigFix through API connections to automate and reduce resources and time. The product's been great for us. It's increased the security posture ten-fold and it's increased our visibility across our endpoints enormously."
"Software distribution and patch management are the most valuable."
"Vulnerability scanning and patch automation."
"Before we had BigFix, we had problems with some malware. BigFix allows us to immediately patch all instances of endpoints that were vulnerable to antivirus and initiate scans. That's key."
"It is user-friendly."
"We save a lot of time with this solution."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its simplicity of SQL language, its compatibility with multiple cloud providers, and its modules like the open source modules available, especially considering the fact that I work mainly on AWS."
"The most valuable feature is the support for different platforms like cloud, datacenters, VCS, databases, various storage types, and Kubernetes."
"I like the function that shows me a preview of what is happening in the infrastructure."
"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."
"The ARM template is very easy to work with, which is a big help to us."
"The most valuable feature of HashiCorp Terraform is the custom modules."
"It is a stable solution."
"When somebody has a customized application or their own company's application, we cannot deploy that application."
"It would be great to see on-premises mailboxes and for the solution to have geofencing capabilities."
"It would be better if they can reduce the cost of the license."
"Additional application deployment options e.g. MSI deployment with more complex parameters or additional side-by-side files, and non-MSI deployment options."
"There are a lot of small use cases where we realized that some technical solution was missing in Microsoft in comparison to other products. For example, it lacks something similar to sensing or location-based rules and configurations."
"The configuration could be better by consolidating options and making it simpler."
"The difficulty of the the roll out is surprisingly difficult considering this product is supposed to be an integrated part of the 365 suite."
"I would like the ability to install the agent on devices from suppliers, which would enable us to implement a zero-trust strategy for guest devices."
"I would like to see different types of reporting and the ability to integrate closer with the cloud."
"Its pricing should be improved. It is too costly."
"It could use better integration with Hypervisor products like VMware."
"I would eventually like to see a SaaS offering, a cloud-hosted BigFix instance where we only have to put a relay in our environment."
"I would like to see more emphasis on using the web console, to have the same power as the full fat client console that they do they now. It's a lighter way to log in and it would be faster for our operators to do their work. The console tends to take a long time for a large number of clients."
"I would like to see API connectivity, built-in API connectors to the standard toolsets, whether it's for your ServiceNow or your Qualys. More API connectivity to make it easier to integrate to other tools."
"I would like to see SDK for Web UI included in the next release."
"They need better integration."
"Terraform doesn't support Artifactory as a backend."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"I still struggle a bit when configuring VPNs when we have multiple rules. If we have five or six virtual private clouds and we have to give rights between those multiple VPCs, we can have big problems. I think it was a learning curve and then we improved it."
"The user interface could be easier for non-technical people."
"With cloud providers always adding new resource types, there are certain resources that Terraform does not support. It would be great if it could support those resources as well."
"The solution is missing a lot of properties for specific resources."
"The integration with this solution needs to be improved."
"HashiCorp Terraform could improve the integration with the VCloud Director. When we manage the VCloud Director we end up wasting our time when creating virtual machines. HashiCorp Terraform knows about these issues and I think there might be a workaround but they should incorporate the fix in an upcoming release."
BigFix is ranked 5th in Configuration Management with 91 reviews while HashiCorp Terraform is ranked 7th in Configuration Management with 38 reviews. BigFix is rated 8.6, while HashiCorp Terraform is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of BigFix writes "Very stable and easy to deploy with excellent patch compliance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HashiCorp Terraform writes "Easy to use, technically strong, and great for multi-provider or multi-cloud environments". BigFix is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Tanium and ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, whereas HashiCorp Terraform is most compared with Red Hat Satellite, SaltStack, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and SUSE Manager. See our BigFix vs. HashiCorp Terraform report.
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