We performed a comparison between AWS CloudFormation and Spring Cloud 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's feature that I have found most valuable is its auto-pilot feature."
"There are so many features, but Windows Autopilot is one of the features that are very valuable for most customers."
"It's easy to manage and easy to configure."
"It helps implement conditional access policies to restrict mobile users from accessing potentially dangerous emails."
"It is a very stable and scalable cloud-only solution."
"I can see that the patch management process is much improved with the bundled patch management option available in Microsoft Intune compared to the KPI deployment required by the other deployment solutions."
"The ability to switch between Affinity and non-Affinity enrollment is great."
"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."
"AWS Cloud automation reduces the time needed to create AWS resources."
"The solution has helped with automation. I don't have to worry about provisioning machines and ensuring everything is set up. AWS CloudFormation takes care of the entire infrastructure for me."
"It is easy to work from the console and deploy new database services."
"The nested stacks would be one of the more valuable features."
"I would rate the scalability a nine out of ten. We use it every day."
"Automations make it pretty easy to provision AWS, development, or deployment environments."
"It allows defining the infrastructure as code using templates, which describe the desired state of the infrastructure."
"The most beneficial aspect lies in its capability to handle input acquisition and assessment."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward. The deployment process took me around ten minutes to fifteen minutes."
"It offers excellent scalability."
"Spring Cloud integrates well."
"There is room for improvement in integrating additional features such as Purview and SharePoint activities into Intune."
"Once it's configured it is unobtrusive, but it does take some hands-on to configure and deploy it properly."
"There can be more logs. I do not have any other requirements."
"They should improve its compatibility with other operating systems such as iOS and Linux. It supports Linux but they still need to work on the iOS part."
"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."
"The installation is very easy. However, to be able to configure it you will need special knowledge, such as training or self-studies to have a proper level of security. There are many settings one has to understand before being able to implement Microsoft Intune."
"It would be good if, in addition to the minimal patching and compliance, we could also use Intune for application deployment. For instance, if a device is not patched, Intune should have the ability to push not only a Microsoft patch but also other patches, such as a browser patch."
"There should be more focus on mobile device security and integration."
"One area where AWS CloudFormation could improve is by offering more flexibility in creating custom templates."
"There is less support for on-premise environments."
"If Amazon could extend CloudFormation to other cloud platforms, that would be good. Currently, it is only limited to AWS."
"CloudFormation is not particularly good at handling cross-account dynamic references. If you try to refer to an object that CloudFormation has created in a separate AWS account, it tends to fall apart. That's because it is a byproduct of the multi-tenant configuration. This is the most glaring shortcoming in my perspective because you can't dynamically reference objects in other accounts that CloudFormation has created, but it is not a shortcoming that you can't overcome. This is the only pain point that I've come across that didn't have a workaround natively. Sometimes the confirmation is slow, and it could be faster. The downside to CloudFormation when you're fully embracing it is that the AWS services do not get released immediately fully CloudFormation enabled. If you need to use the latest AWS service that just got announced or reinvented, you're not going to be able to continue with CloudFormation for the first X number of months. This is because they develop the products separately, and then they hand it to the CloudFormation team, which later on develops a CloudFormation integration. So, if you need to be on the newest thing AWS has, CloudFormation is often going to be a constraint that prevents you from doing that."
"The solution must enable more hands-on designing of the templates."
"Including certain examples of templates would be advantageous."
"They could improve the product's capability to handle circular dependencies more effectively."
"What could be improved in AWS CloudFormation is its user interface, in terms of graphical design, I prefer WYSIWYG."
"Stability is one area in the solution that needs to improve."
"If there's a dashboard like the ones provided by Apigee or Kong, that will be useful."
"It would be beneficial for the framework to become more lightweight and efficient when transitioning to the cloud."
AWS CloudFormation is ranked 8th in Configuration Management with 28 reviews while Spring Cloud is ranked 19th in Configuration Management with 3 reviews. AWS CloudFormation is rated 8.4, while Spring Cloud is rated 6.6. 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 Spring Cloud writes "Highly scalable development of cloud-native applications that offers an extensive range of tools and features, with significant learning curve and complex configurations". AWS CloudFormation is most compared with AWS Systems Manager, Red Hat Satellite, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Microsoft Configuration Manager, whereas Spring Cloud is most compared with HashiCorp Terraform and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. See our AWS CloudFormation vs. Spring Cloud report.
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