We performed a comparison between HashiCorp Terraform and OpenText ZENworks Configuration Management 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 biggest thing for us is enforcing logins only from devices that are managed by Intune."
"We can securely manage both company-owned devices and personal devices enrolled in our BYOD program."
"It helps implement conditional access policies to restrict mobile users from accessing potentially dangerous emails."
"It allows our clients to have the confidence to centrally manage policies for security. It helps them in securing the organization from a technology aspect."
"It's really easy to access."
"The most valuable feature is probably mobile device management. Small businesses are coming under greater scrutiny and requirements for compliance as time goes on. We don't have to worry about a VPN because we can manage these devices, control company data, and lock users out. If needed, we can remotely wipe devices and deadman-switch them."
"This product works very well for companies already using the full Microsoft suite."
"Conditional access helps me control uncontrolled access."
"It's very easy to automate functions on the cloud with HashiCorp Terraform. The commands are easy as well."
"It is easy to recreate an exact duplicate or output of an environment."
"Modules can be reused extremely easily."
"It is a stable solution."
"We frequently need to create and replicate infrastructure from various environments like dev and QA. The QA resources need to be identical to those in the dev environment. With a Terraform script, we can replicate the same 50 in the dev environment to the testing environment. This is tedious to do manually, and Terraform speeds up the process."
"The most valuable feature of HashiCorp Terraform is the custom modules."
"The most valuable feature of Terraform is the ability to use it as a coding language because it works in a way that's similar to other coding languages."
"It is a stable solution."
"Helps me perform changes in connected infrastructure thanks to the discovery features."
"The most valuable feature is the impact analysis."
"Having a dedicated configuration server that assists in modifying the configuration service, and creating personalized structures, interfaces, and web services could enhance usability."
"It would really be helpful to have the option to manage server operating systems as well, like Windows Server, at least. That way, we could scrap the use of SCCM, which requires a lot of on-premises infrastructure."
"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 should be simplified. I've worked with many different mobile device management solutions, and Intune is one of the more complex ones. It could be more simplified, and some of it is related to the wording that is being used, such as a configuration profile versus a policy. They really should have had different names to make it less confusing."
"The feature that allows us to import the business application from the configuration manager to Intune is not very good at this time."
"Intune should be much more granular in terms of supporting more Android cellular devices."
"There is room for improvement in integrating additional features such as Purview and SharePoint activities into Intune."
"The initial setup is a little bit complex."
"Community tech support could be a little better."
"Automation is needed to import everything at once from a manual environment or by a specific resource group."
"Terraform should also support YAML language, which is more user-friendly than HCL. They should also add a GUI, so you don't need to memorize all the commands. A GUI would enable us to do everything with a click of a button."
"I would want to see more programmatic capabilities implemented, such as if, else, and simple to manage things in terms of how I can use some programming functions to assist us to achieve more. I would like to have programming language-relevant features, to have programming language be the primary way."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"There is always room for improvement somewhere. I don't know everything about the product."
"When a misconfiguration or drift occurs, fixing the issue can be difficult. For instance, if there is a change in API calls while a script is running, it can be challenging to make corrections. This may require additional review and modifications to the code. I recall an instance where an industry budget creation process was altered, and it took significant time to amend the code. In fact, I had to add five or six different script portions to resolve the issue."
"On occasion, I have noticed a number of bugs in this solution that have needed to be fixed."
"The native UI should be simplified because it is outdated and a little bit over-complicated."
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HashiCorp Terraform is ranked 7th in Configuration Management with 38 reviews while OpenText ZENworks Configuration Management is ranked 20th in Configuration Management. HashiCorp Terraform is rated 8.6, while OpenText ZENworks Configuration Management is rated 8.0. 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 OpenText ZENworks Configuration Management writes "It allows us to deploy applications and primitive desktops globally. The upgrade cycle is very long". HashiCorp Terraform is most compared with Red Hat Satellite, SaltStack, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and BMC TrueSight Server Automation, whereas OpenText ZENworks Configuration Management is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager. See our HashiCorp Terraform vs. OpenText ZENworks Configuration Management report.
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