We performed a comparison between AWS Systems Manager and HashiCorp Terraform 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."Configuration profiles, remediation, scripts, and auto-pilot features are very good."
"Application deployment and keeping the devices secure no matter where they are, by having this cloud solution — that has been great."
"I like that we can implement conditional access."
"It has improve our organization through the remote management of non-domain joined devices."
"A valuable feature is user enrollment, where users can enroll their devices in their organizations themselves."
"The reporting and analytics features in Microsoft Intune have been a lifesaver."
"Technical support, in general, has been quite helpful."
"I like the group policy management feature, which performs application monitoring and device enrollment."
"Systems Manager has a feature where it analyzes the logs and gives us a performance overview in the form of a graph. We know when it's taking up more resources and when there are spikes, so we can predict the usability."
"The solution's ability to scale is good."
"Has a variety of automation options."
"The solution is user-friendly"
"With AWS Systems Manager, our company can patch our systems directly from it, so we don't need to patch our systems manually."
"When we do the automation in the cloud, we use the SSM agent. This helps us to test our automation and documents, and monitor the cloud."
"This solution is a fast and secure way to provision infrastructure."
"The concept of infrastructure as code is quite intriguing. We have an infrastructure in our code and a state file where we can verify whether something is changed when it was changed, and who changed it. When we use Terraform, these kinds of things fascinate us."
"I like the function that shows me a preview of what is happening in the infrastructure."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its simplicity of SQL language, its compatibility with multiple cloud providers, and its modules like the open source modules available, especially considering the fact that I work mainly on AWS."
"One of the most valuable features is that it offers the ability to create a VPC, Virtual Private Cloud and VPN connectivity to the VPC can be automated without having to do it manually."
"Can be used across multiple cloud providers and multiple platforms."
"The most valuable feature is the support for different platforms like cloud, datacenters, VCS, databases, various storage types, and Kubernetes."
"Provides automation which has increased our efficiency."
"Microsoft Intune lags market leaders, such as Apperian, in its MAM capabilities."
"The policies we had in SCCM and AD offered features that are missing from Microsoft Intune."
"It should be simplified. I've worked with many different mobile device management solutions, and Intune is one of the more complex ones. It could be more simplified, and some of it is related to the wording that is being used, such as a configuration profile versus a policy. They really should have had different names to make it less confusing."
"The backend of Microsoft Intune needs to be improved. We have seen a little bit of delay as compared to other MDM solutions. That needs to be improved. A little bit more granularity should also be added"
"Microsoft Intune needs to improve the initial login process."
"No option to do end-to-en macOS management. Slow implementation of policies."
"It would be beneficial to have a more straightforward understanding of Intune's capabilities, presented in a simplified manner."
"The current Intune reporting functionality could benefit from some improvements."
"Additional features can be added as per customer requirements."
"Lacks sufficient integrations."
"The fact that AWS Systems Manager takes time to complete the patching process, makes it an area where improvements are required."
"The AWS UIs are not the most intuitive. Also, the usability needs room for improvement."
"The current challenge is that we can't pull any incidents from other accounts."
"We formerly used third-party products to analyze the log, give us information, and find bottlenecks. Systems Manager could provide more tools that conduct this analysis, so we don't have to do it ourselves."
"It should have a more object-oriented approach like different coding languages."
"The solution is complex when we use it for a loop. This is a problem, not because of the language itself, but because of how the infrastructure generally works. It's different from Python."
"On occasion, I have noticed a number of bugs in this solution that have needed to be fixed."
"Community tech support could be a little better."
"I still struggle a bit when configuring VPNs when we have multiple rules. If we have five or six virtual private clouds and we have to give rights between those multiple VPCs, we can have big problems. I think it was a learning curve and then we improved it."
"From a user's perspective, it would be great if a UI tool is made available in the open source version as well, but I don't think it may be introduced because of the high costs for it announced by HashiCorp in its licensed version...HashiCorp Terraform can improve backward compatibility."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"The user interface could be easier for non-technical people."
AWS Systems Manager is ranked 7th in Configuration Management with 6 reviews while HashiCorp Terraform is ranked 6th in Configuration Management with 38 reviews. AWS Systems Manager is rated 8.2, while HashiCorp Terraform is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of AWS Systems Manager writes "Offers a variety of automation options; simplifies governance and administration ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HashiCorp Terraform writes "Easy to use, technically strong, and great for multi-provider or multi-cloud environments". AWS Systems Manager is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat Satellite, AWS CloudFormation and BigFix, whereas HashiCorp Terraform is most compared with SaltStack, Red Hat Satellite, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor. See our AWS Systems Manager vs. HashiCorp Terraform report.
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