We performed a comparison between Red Hat Satellite and vCenter Configuration Manager 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 deploy a configuration or policy to a system, especially when you don't have Azure AD. Now we are talking to all these small and medium-sized customers who don't necessarily have an on-premise Windows Active Directory. If they have invested in Office 365 Premium, this functionality becomes available to them."
"The Microsoft Windows Autopilot and Defender policies are the most valuable features of this solution."
"In terms of technical support, you will get an immediate response."
"Autopilot is the most valuable feature of Microsoft Intune."
"We have found the solution is capable of scaling."
"It is a helpful tool to manage BYOD policies."
"Being able to manage the devices remotely is most valuable. We can push security requirements through Microsoft Intune."
"For the price, the features included with Microsoft are appealing."
"Previously, we were using one server to update from a different repository over the HTTP. We had to manually manage the updates on the repository server. Satellite made the process easier."
"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."
"We've been getting reasonable support from Red Hat."
"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."
"Technical support has been good."
"I like the integration with other tools."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to see which virtual machines need more resources or are over-committed."
"The platform is straightforward and user friendly."
"I appreciate it because it's very easy to set up and configure new disks and servers."
"The solution is stable and we haven't run into issues with bugs or glitches."
"The product's deployment phase was easy."
"Beneficial patch management and template features."
"The market share of VMware is huge. It is not even necessary to prove the capabilities attached to the product."
"I would rate the scalability quite good. You can extend your environment effectively with appropriate investment."
"One big problem with Microsoft is that they're changing the names of the products quite often, or they're quite consistently doing so. Intune is now Endpoint administration. Constantly switching the user interface or the administrative interface makes it quite hard to keep pace. If you are on a two-week holiday and you come back and look at the same screen you have looked at for the last couple of months, it looks different, which is annoying. Changing things around all the time doesn't make it easy."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in terms of compatibility, extending beyond the well-known major brands."
"There is room for improvement in integration and security as well."
"It should be easier to define policies and comply with those policies."
"There is room for improvement in integrating additional features such as Purview and SharePoint activities into Intune."
"There can be delays in the deployment of new policies."
"The mobile and tablet-based versions need improvement because they are not completely user-friendly, compared to the web version. Also, data synchronization with our existing asset manager, the synchronization between multiple assets and multiple devices, takes a lot of time due to the security scanning. It should be reduced."
"The solution requires Mac support."
"I would like the direct integration with insights to be re-established."
"There could be a feature to simplify the process without the requirement of any patch manager subscription."
"The dashboard of Satellite is not encouraging. It does not adequately showcase all the functionality it offers."
"Automation can always be improved and refined to continue to make it better."
"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."
"The documentation could be better."
"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 Self Service Interface is not very good and it needs improvement."
"Users need to pay a licensing fee for the solution, which could be cheaper."
"It lacks the capability to manage the other systems."
"SAP CRM could improve by adding additional automation features."
"The product's high price is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"If the solution could manage on-premises and cloud resources with the help of one tool, it would be an extra agent."
"We would like to improve the UI interface and customer experience in vCenter Configuration Manager. We need a speed-based system, which is methodology checked. The migration functions, from one hardware to another and the nodes must be a partner of four nodes, which acts as a weakness. They should have advanced training and course material for vCenter solutions."
"They could improve the hybrid-cloud environment and its management, not only for the local host but also including the connection between public and private cloud."
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Red Hat Satellite is ranked 4th in Configuration Management with 22 reviews while vCenter Configuration Manager is ranked 11th in Configuration Management with 50 reviews. Red Hat Satellite is rated 8.2, while vCenter Configuration Manager is rated 8.6. 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 vCenter Configuration Manager writes "A solution with a range of functionalities and several pricing plans that suit your needs". Red Hat Satellite is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SUSE Manager, Microsoft Configuration Manager, AWS Systems Manager and Chef, whereas vCenter Configuration Manager is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager and BigFix. See our Red Hat Satellite vs. vCenter Configuration Manager report.
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