We performed a comparison between BMC TrueSight Server Automation 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."At the moment, Autopilot is the most valuable feature."
"It is very easy to use. It has a very easy interface."
"It is a helpful tool to manage BYOD policies."
"Application deployment and keeping the devices secure no matter where they are, by having this cloud solution — that has been 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."
"The solution appears to be stable and scalable."
"Autopilot is the most valuable feature of Microsoft Intune."
"Internet-based access with security is what I have found to be most valuable. It is also a stable and scalable solution."
"As this solution provides strong support and has multiple use cases, it is worth the cost."
"Scalability is good."
"Among the most valuable features is its flexibility and ability to work across multiple operating systems. Being able to execute some form of data collection and not have to worry about whether I'm working on a Linux box, or a Windows box, or the underlying OS, I can do these collections, get these results, and put them together in a uniform format which makes it easier to present back to management."
"It makes deployment easier and allows us to put restrictions on the server using role-based authorization."
"BMC Bladelogic Automation can be used across many OS platforms, providing us flexibility for deployments."
"The product's valuable feature is its ability to conduct patching for multiple servers simultaneously."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to remediate quickly and efficiently across a number of IT assets at the same time. It takes away manual efforts from the team to go out and fix those vulnerabilities through patching, conflict updates, etc."
"Technical support is good."
"HashiCorp Terraform is highly stable."
"This solution is a fast and secure way to provision infrastructure."
"Provides automation which has increased our efficiency."
"The most valuable feature is the support for different platforms like cloud, datacenters, VCS, databases, various storage types, and Kubernetes."
"We save a lot of time with this solution."
"We frequently need to create and replicate infrastructure from various environments like dev and QA. The QA resources need to be identical to those in the dev environment. With a Terraform script, we can replicate the same 50 in the dev environment to the testing environment. This is tedious to do manually, and Terraform speeds up the process."
"Modules can be reused extremely easily."
"The feature "Terraform Plan" is the most valuable in HashiCorp Terraform as it allows us to see the differences between the current infrastructure and the one we are about to deploy, keeping things safe. Additionally, we appreciate the use of the modules as it helps in making the application scalable."
"There's quite a lot of development that they can do within their Intune dashboard. I think there are too many lines hyperlinked to move you around. Others, in contrast, give you a simple dashboard and an intuitive administrative walkthrough."
"It's the granularity: 'Is your firewall on? Is BitLocker on?' It's not amazing granularity. But I've looked into other products, like Duo, and they're all similar."
"When Microsoft Intune is used with different android devices it does not always work as it is supposed to."
"They should make it easier to order it, however, that's generally true for everything from Microsoft."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in terms of compatibility, extending beyond the well-known major brands."
"It would be great if Intune offered better data protection controls for BYOD Windows PCs."
"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"
"The pricing can be expensive if you are not combining it with other products."
"There is no other functionality available to patch the containers that we need to include."
"Without any knowledge of the product, we used the KB articles to start working. As a result, we definitely did not have full knowledge of BMC BladeLogic... They need to provide a minimum of knowledge with training on YouTube or somewhere else."
"We've had to increase RAM and CPU processing in order to alleviate some of the sluggishness during patching."
"We would like to see this solution handle more multitasking."
"The architecture is big, so the initial setup is not a straightforward task."
"I would like to see a better methodology for handling REST calls and integration into the APIs. They add new APIs as they add functions, but they've missed some from older components which they still haven't added in. Some of the APIs are there but the CLI calls are not there."
"Another area for improvement is group scheduling if I'm trying to do all the servers. For example, if I want to do all the 2012 Servers - since the patches are the same for all of them - I can't do so."
"We encountered some reporting issues. Also, we needed to gather information from the backend before the product execution. The output's format is not good."
"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."
"Automation is needed to import everything at once from a manual environment or by a specific resource group."
"I initially found the initial HashiCorp Terraform difficult to comprehend. It's complex and not straightforward, requiring proper training to grasp it. Even someone with a background in networking or cybersecurity would need guidance from someone knowledgeable."
"When a misconfiguration or drift occurs, fixing the issue can be difficult. For instance, if there is a change in API calls while a script is running, it can be challenging to make corrections. This may require additional review and modifications to the code. I recall an instance where an industry budget creation process was altered, and it took significant time to amend the code. In fact, I had to add five or six different script portions to resolve the issue."
"The product must improve DevOps features."
"I would want to see more programmatic capabilities implemented, such as if, else, and simple to manage things in terms of how I can use some programming functions to assist us to achieve more. I would like to have programming language-relevant features, to have programming language be the primary way."
"They should include tutorials for understanding the use cases."
"With cloud providers always adding new resource types, there are certain resources that Terraform does not support. It would be great if it could support those resources as well."
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BMC TrueSight Server Automation is ranked 12th in Configuration Management with 18 reviews while HashiCorp Terraform is ranked 6th in Configuration Management with 38 reviews. BMC TrueSight Server Automation is rated 8.2, while HashiCorp Terraform is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of BMC TrueSight Server Automation writes "Easy to deploy, automatic patching, and scalable". 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". BMC TrueSight Server Automation is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, BigFix, Red Hat Satellite, Microsoft Configuration Manager and Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM, whereas HashiCorp Terraform is most compared with SaltStack, Red Hat Satellite, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Spring Cloud. See our BMC TrueSight Server Automation vs. HashiCorp Terraform report.
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