We performed a comparison between HashiCorp Terraform and Red Hat Satellite 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's easy to manage."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Intune is having all our devices compliant with our policies."
"Intune provides full visibility into all active mobile device users. If their devices are noncompliant with our security policies, I have the flexibility to update them remotely."
"Intune device restriction policies enable me to enforce limitations on the device, like blocking the mobile camera or restricting the employees from using and inserting USB devices, including thumb drives and flash drives."
"The aspects I find most valuable are the managing the data and applications. I can also restrict the users to install any applications. I can also wipe the data if the phone was missplaced or stolen. These are the basics for me."
"It's normally able to meet 100% expectations of our customers."
"The ability to wipe data from and reset devices is one of the most important and valuable features. If a device is reported stolen, we can freeze it or wipe the data from it, preventing data leakage."
"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."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is the coding of our infrastructure. You can code it once and run it multiple times."
"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."
"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."
"It's very easy to automate functions on the cloud with HashiCorp Terraform. The commands are easy as well."
"This solution is a fast and secure way to provision infrastructure."
"Provides automation which has increased our efficiency."
"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 'remote execution' feature further helps manage systems on a consistent basis."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that you don't have to expose your mission-critical environment to the Internet. With the Satellite system in place, it acts as a barrier between your Red Hat infrastructure and the public Internet."
"Satellite gives administrators the ability to target deployments and only send out the updates or provision updates to certain groups."
"You don't need to depend on any third party. It's a complete solution for patch and configuration management when integrated with the existing system."
"We've been getting reasonable support from Red Hat."
"It has been a stable solution...It is a totally scalable solution."
"The product allows us to handle patching for multiple servers at a time manually."
"It cuts down significantly on the administrative time it takes to patch systems in a large environment."
"We faced issues with macOS support. The product should have better inventory and asset management."
"The solution could improve its flexibility."
"They need to integrate more with security options."
"Lacking in features such as Wi-Fi and network security."
"The installation could be improved to be simplified."
"I would like to see micro VPN. I like the way that some of the other providers have done something similar where, as you open that app on an end-point device, it creates a micro VPN straight into your device, which is quite a nice little feature. Also, Microsoft Intune relies heavily on its fellow products in the suite. It would be nice if Microsoft Intune could stand on its own two feet."
"It's the granularity: 'Is your firewall on? Is BitLocker on?' It's not amazing granularity. But I've looked into other products, like Duo, and they're all similar."
"Microsoft Intune lags market leaders, such as Apperian, in its MAM capabilities."
"The syntax is a bit difficult, and it would great if it could be easier."
"Terraform could create more examples in the documentation."
"They should include tutorials for understanding the use cases."
"The user interface could be easier for non-technical people."
"I would like to see a short-term option for a short-term plan."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"It should have a more object-oriented approach like different coding languages."
"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."
"There could be a feature to simplify the process without the requirement of any patch manager subscription."
"Regarding the product's ability to support third-party tools, Red Hat doesn't support all the layers from the open-source version of Linux."
"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."
"Improving integration could lead to a more unified management experience for multiple operating systems within our data center."
"I would like the direct integration with insights to be re-established."
"Red Hat Satellite's pricing needs improvement."
"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."
HashiCorp Terraform is ranked 7th in Configuration Management with 38 reviews while Red Hat Satellite is ranked 4th in Configuration Management with 22 reviews. HashiCorp Terraform is rated 8.6, while Red Hat Satellite 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 Red Hat Satellite writes "A good product for managing patches and updates that could be more robust and up-to-date". HashiCorp Terraform is most compared with SaltStack, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, BMC TrueSight Server Automation and SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor, whereas Red Hat Satellite is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SUSE Manager, Microsoft Configuration Manager, AWS Systems Manager and Chef. See our HashiCorp Terraform vs. Red Hat Satellite report.
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