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."The solution is easy to use, simple to understand for those new to using it, and combined with the other Microsoft products it makes for an overall good package."
"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."
"It's not working perfectly, but Microsoft's Autopilot offers great visibility into automated deployment solutions."
"The technical support of Microsoft Intune is good."
"The Asset Management and Auto Pilot are valuable features."
"Compliance and the policies that can be set are the most valuable features."
"The security-related tools are excellent; these features allow us to secure devices, lock them down, and ensure compliance."
"I like that it's very good and very simple. I found that we just needed to have a proper subscription for an Intune tenant, and from the subscription, if we have the right role assigned, like the global admin role or the owner role, we can use Microsoft cloud resources. With the help of that, we can do many things like setting up Microsoft Intune in the cloud to create our virtual machines. All these can be done, and the steps are very simple. I really liked it. I like features like Windows Auto-Enrollment. I like it very much because whenever you supply it to the end-user, it will be ready to use immediately. The end-user only needs to provide the user credentials, and then they are good to go. I also really like Cloud PC, which was recently launched on Azure."
"With CloudFormation, there is no need to use complicated coding."
"What I like best about AWS CloudFormation is that it is a quick and simple way to deploy various applications, like WordPress."
"AWS Cloud automation reduces the time needed to create AWS resources."
"I would rate the scalability a nine out of ten. We use it every day."
"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."
"The most valuable features of AWS CloudFormation are all the resources documentation is located in one location, simple resource reverting, and ease of use of the full package for new users."
"The CloudFormation template can be reused to create multiple stacks, reducing duplications and improving our infrastructure."
"AWS CloudFormation has automated the resource-building process, thereby removing the scope of human errors. We can tag the resources which help the billing process."
"Technical support has been good."
"The most valuable feature is the management of the distributed tool we use in the Red Hat Linux Servers."
"The compliance auditing helped me a lot."
"The product helps me to manage a large number of servers from one console."
"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to process patching and updates completely offline without an internet connection."
"We've been getting reasonable support from Red Hat."
"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."
"It cuts down significantly on the administrative time it takes to patch systems in a large environment."
"The solution can have some compliance problems in general and the end-point user can bypass easily the company policies in Intune."
"I would like the ability to install the agent on devices from suppliers, which would enable us to implement a zero-trust strategy for guest devices."
"In the next release, I would like a feature to be able to properly lock down the device. For example, if an attacker or somebody steals the phone, you can be sure that the pin cannot be broken."
"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."
"Intune does not provide real-time visibility."
"It would be helpful if there was proactive remediation."
"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."
"It would be great to see on-premises mailboxes and for the solution to have geofencing capabilities."
"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."
"What could be improved in AWS CloudFormation is its user interface, in terms of graphical design, I prefer WYSIWYG."
"There is less support for on-premise environments."
"Including certain examples of templates would be advantageous."
"They could improve the product's capability to handle circular dependencies more effectively."
"Creating the inline policies is not great."
"AWS CloudFormation allows you to use the code templates written in JSON and YAML, but not directly in Python. Adding this feature would be beneficial."
"For a beginner, it's kind of difficult to set up. So, the user does need some knowledge in order to do it."
"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."
"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 solution's initial setup is a little bit tricky."
"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."
"Red Hat Satellite has a short life cycle and we constantly need to update."
"There could be a feature to simplify the process without the requirement of any patch manager subscription."
"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 dashboard of Satellite is not encouraging. It does not adequately showcase all the functionality it offers."
AWS CloudFormation is ranked 9th in Configuration Management with 26 reviews while Red Hat Satellite is ranked 4th in Configuration Management with 21 reviews. AWS CloudFormation is rated 8.2, 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, Chef 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 Chef. See our AWS CloudFormation vs. Red Hat Satellite report.
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