We performed a comparison between Red Hat Satellite and SaltStack 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."Microsoft's cloud comes with a lot of extra features that are free of charge."
"It is a very helpful solution."
"The mobile application management, MAM, is the most useful aspect of the solution."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Intune is having all our devices compliant with our policies."
"We are a remote company, and the product helps us manage the global endpoints. It helps us natively manage the endpoints in the cloud from anywhere."
"The best feature is that we don't need to worry about downtime. We don't need to worry about the network connections of our office or the virtual private network. Everything is being done through the internet. Using Intune Autopilot, we can configure and deploy everything to the devices."
"Stable product that's easy to set up compared to other MDM products."
"Among the most valuable features are the Company Portal that is built into Intune, and the update rings so that we can manage what types of future updates the devices get."
"The 'remote execution' feature further helps manage systems on a consistent basis."
"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 of this solution is vulnerability management."
"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to process patching and updates completely offline without an internet connection."
"It cuts down significantly on the administrative time it takes to patch systems in a large environment."
"It has been a stable solution...It is a totally scalable solution."
"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."
"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."
"The automation functionality has been most valuable. With a click of a button, we are able to automate provisioning, the build of new hardware and apply patches. These are all extremely important and differentiated tasks that can be automated in SaltStack."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to provide environmental security."
"SaltStack has given us the ability to deal with systems at scale and rectify issues at scale."
"The ability to programmatically describe the desired state of a single, or an entire fleet of servers, on-premises, and in a cloud environment."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"We monitor the configurations against CIS standards. We run CIS benchmarks and maintain configurations with higher CIS values for each server."
"I want to build automation that is intelligent, part of the fabric of our environment, and is somewhat self-sustaining. I think SaltStack can help me do this."
"Once it's configured it is unobtrusive, but it does take some hands-on to configure and deploy it properly."
"Regarding mobile devices, Intune is good, but there are other services that I would say are ahead of Intune from an administration and reporting point of view."
"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."
"I'd suggest adding more features for macOS in Intune. There should be more functionality for managing macOS. There should be a better capability for pushing things down on macOS. Currently, Intune is not capable of managing macOS at the same level as Windows."
"The pricing could be improved."
"The reporting is subpar. That's the only issue we have with Intune. We use another solution for that purpose."
"There should be more support for macOS. Even though macOS is supported by Intune and Microsoft is working very hard to get more features into Intune to manage macOS, that's one thing they can give a lot more attention to."
"It would be better if they can reduce the cost of the license."
"The documentation could be better."
"It has not been significantly updated in a while."
"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."
"The dashboard of Satellite is not encouraging. It does not adequately showcase all the functionality it offers."
"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."
"It is difficult to update and maintain."
"It should basically include a complete slew of system management and monitoring tools such as Nagios. It should be a single pane of glass that gives us a complete solution. It is a good solution, but it is missing a few important things. We're using Capsule for DMVs on other secured zones. Capsule is a part of Satellite to be a proxy of sorts."
"The solution's initial setup is a little bit tricky."
"It is difficult to set up."
"Web UI."
"There is a little bit of pain when it comes to libraries and what is needed to run the product."
"Its configuration process could be better."
"This solution could be integrated with more hardware for an improved offering."
"SaltStack's features are minimal."
"A hardened set of tests would be much appreciated."
Red Hat Satellite is ranked 4th in Configuration Management with 22 reviews while SaltStack is ranked 14th in Configuration Management with 33 reviews. Red Hat Satellite is rated 8.2, while SaltStack is rated 8.2. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SaltStack writes "Orchestration tool that powers automation of processes with the click of a button". Red Hat Satellite is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SUSE Manager, Microsoft Configuration Manager, AWS Systems Manager and vCenter Configuration Manager, whereas SaltStack is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, VMware Aria Automation, HashiCorp Terraform, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and ServiceNow. See our Red Hat Satellite vs. SaltStack report.
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