We performed a comparison between AWS CloudFormation 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."...Intune itself integrates with that entire Microsoft ecosystem. As an individual product itself, it's okay. It holds up. But when you start saying "I've bought this as part of a wider solution, as a company we are going Microsoft throughout," then it makes more sense to have Microsoft Intune... so you have that single dashboard."
"We use a local Active Directory, but we weren't able to manage all our on-site systems without a solution like Intune, and we needed to deploy software like VPNs and other things. It's seamless now to to this through Intune."
"If you need only to load a specific profile and you don't have deep security functionalities, et cetera, Intune is very nice and good."
"The synchronization of Intune with other Microsoft solutions is a valuable feature."
"It is a stable solution."
"I would say the biggest benefit is the single-pane view. There's no jumping around multiple UI's to do your overall management."
"I like how Microsoft Intune lets me lock down the email profile and make it accessible only on certain devices."
"The solution is scalable. We currently have tens of thousands of users within our organization using the solution."
"The most valuable feature of AWS CloudFormation is the simple tracking of infrastructure."
"The nested stacks would be one of the more valuable features."
"With CloudFormation, there is no need to use complicated coding."
"CloudFormation itself is free to use. You will be charged for the resources you deploy using CloudFormation."
"I would rate the scalability a nine out of ten. We use it every day."
"Versioning makes our work easy."
"It allows defining the infrastructure as code using templates, which describe the desired state of the infrastructure."
"Since AWS CloudFormation integrates well with the AWS platform, it facilitates faster deployment. Building templates for AWS services within the solution is also straightforward, making the process easier."
"The compliance auditing helped me a lot."
"The product is convenient to use."
"It plays a significant role in managing the lifecycle of our systems and ensures that we can effectively control and update the software versions to align with our organization's needs."
"The most valuable feature is the management of the distributed tool we use in the Red Hat Linux Servers."
"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."
"Fixing is the most valuable. When you deal with a lot of hardware and software and you have a lot of packages, fixing is a bit difficult. You need to track and pull up all such things, but Satellite makes this task easy. We have branches in other locations, and I can manage other branches by using Satellite Capsule, which is a great feature."
"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."
"Patch management is, for sure, most valuable. For license management and patch management, I would rate it a 10 out of 10."
"The reporting and cost have room for improvement."
"The initial setup is a little bit complex."
"For an existing customer who has an SCCM, it would need to be upgraded to an MECM first before I can introduce Microsoft Intune."
"The scalability could be improved, and like most other MDM products, Intune is good but not 100% there yet."
"It would be beneficial to have a more straightforward understanding of Intune's capabilities, presented in a simplified manner."
"While Intune works perfectly well, the only potential downside is that the deployment could be a bit complex for some users."
"Data leak prevention can be integrated into it. Currently, it does not have data leak prevention."
"In terms of what can be improved, I am looking for better enhancements regarding Apple management, not only on the mobile device, but also on the laptop."
"If you are a developer or a more technical person, it's very difficult to learn the complete syntax or because CloudFormation includes a new way to write infrastructure code."
"As soon as they manage to parametrize the whole thing and to implement parameters at all levels, it will become automatically a lot more flexible."
"There is less support for on-premise environments."
"There could be better error handling. It would be a good way to improve the solution."
"The code we write in AWS CloudFormation is pretty big compared to Terraform. We need to have more modules in the solution. A library should also be there where we can save code lines. A dashboard feature would be good for designers."
"The solution needs to offer better support to other cloud vendors."
"For improvement, it's crucial that AWS provides options in terms of computing services, DB related services, and machine learning solutions. If I'm not hands-on with a particular service, like machine learning applications, I struggle to write the CloudFormation code."
"The solution must enable more hands-on designing of the templates."
"It has not been significantly updated in a while."
"Automation can always be improved and refined to continue to make it better."
"There needs to be some margin for improvement in terms of the way Satellite manages subscriptions. It is still very confusing when we have different contracts or different bundles of subscriptions, and we need to manage those within Satellite in a way that's very user-friendly."
"I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive. The licensing is a bit expensive."
"The product's automation capabilities need enhancement."
"Improving integration could lead to a more unified management experience for multiple operating systems within our data center."
"The solution's initial setup is a little bit tricky."
"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."
AWS CloudFormation is ranked 8th in Configuration Management with 28 reviews while Red Hat Satellite is ranked 4th in Configuration Management with 22 reviews. AWS CloudFormation is rated 8.4, while Red Hat Satellite is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AWS CloudFormation writes "Pretty easy setup with great automations for provisioning that save time and money". 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". AWS CloudFormation is most compared with AWS Systems Manager, Spring Cloud, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Microsoft Configuration Manager, whereas Red Hat Satellite is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SUSE Manager, Microsoft Configuration Manager, AWS Systems Manager and vCenter Configuration Manager. See our AWS CloudFormation vs. Red Hat Satellite report.
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