We performed a comparison between HashiCorp Terraform 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."While I don't think you can ever have full visibility and control, Intune certainly allows us to see the applications being used and tells us if things like Windows patches aren't applied to machines. It does a good job. That visibility makes life a little easier."
"I haven't used other mobile device management solutions, but compared to SCCM, we eliminate a lot of on-premises infrastructure and maintenance by using Intune."
"Conditional access has helped us tailor and enforce our security policies in the mobile space."
"It is helpful for managing devices anytime and any place without requiring dependency on the local networks."
"Autopilot is a great feature. Most users are looking for a zero-touch deployment."
"The one feature we find most useful is the Mobile Application Manager. There are two types, we have the complete MDM and the Mobile Application Manager(MAM). We don't give our users phones, it is their own personal phone, and we need to allow them to have access to the company detail on their phone. We need to create a balance between their own personal data and the company data. We deploy the Mobile Application Manager for them so that we won't be able to interfere with their own personal data."
"Remote Wipe and Autopilot is one of the best features."
"Conditional access helps me control uncontrolled access."
"The solution allows us to work faster with ease and to set up new environments and workspaces."
"The first thing I like about the solution is that it keeps a version of your infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature of HashiCorp Terraform is the custom modules."
"Provides automation which has increased our efficiency."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is the coding of our infrastructure. You can code it once and run it multiple times."
"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."
"Can be used across multiple cloud providers and multiple platforms."
"It is a stable solution."
"It has been a stable solution...It is a totally scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is vulnerability management."
"The compliance auditing helped me a lot."
"The product is convenient to use."
"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 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 product's most valuable feature is its ability to process patching and updates completely offline without an internet connection."
"The product allows us to handle patching for multiple servers at a time manually."
"In an upcoming release, I would like to see some kind of analytics report."
"Additional application deployment options e.g. MSI deployment with more complex parameters or additional side-by-side files, and non-MSI deployment options."
"Intune should be much more granular in terms of supporting more Android cellular devices."
"While Intune works perfectly well, the only potential downside is that the deployment could be a bit complex for some users."
"Onboarding of endpoint devices is not straightforward. The onboarding process was a little heavier than I thought it would be. That's the key improvement area. Obviously, the more control you have over the devices, the better it is."
"The reporting could be improved, as it's pretty poor compared to other products of this type."
"The security features should be improved."
"There can be delays in the deployment of new policies."
"Terraform should also support YAML language, which is more user-friendly than HCL. They should also add a GUI, so you don't need to memorize all the commands. A GUI would enable us to do everything with a click of a button."
"It should have a more object-oriented approach like different coding languages."
"The product can integrate and utilize more services from different competitors. Currently, their commands are quite similar to Kubernetes, which we use in our CI/CD pipeline. Also, they should consider incorporating Windows command line, like PowerShell."
"Community tech support could be a little better."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"HashiCorp Terraform is an open-source tool that relies on external developers to create plugins to expand its capabilities. However, this approach can be problematic as not all plugins are created by professionals and some may have security vulnerabilities. In the case of GKE, Google has created a solid plugin, but for other services, one must search for plugins on the HashiCorp Terraform registry, which can be hit or miss, as many plugins are created by students or hobbyists, who may not continue to maintain or update them. This model of open-sourced plugins may not be the most reliable or secure way of expanding the tool's capabilities."
"Red Hat Satellite's pricing needs improvement."
"The product's automation capabilities need enhancement."
"Red Hat Satellite has a short life cycle and we constantly need to update."
"It is difficult to update and maintain."
"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."
"The solution's initial setup is a little bit tricky."
"It has not been significantly updated in a while."
"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."
HashiCorp Terraform is ranked 6th in Configuration Management with 38 reviews while Red Hat Satellite is ranked 4th in Configuration Management with 21 reviews. HashiCorp Terraform is rated 8.6, while Red Hat Satellite is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HashiCorp Terraform writes "Easy to use, technically strong, and great for multi-provider or multi-cloud environments". 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". HashiCorp Terraform is most compared with SaltStack, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor and BMC TrueSight Server Automation, 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 HashiCorp Terraform vs. Red Hat Satellite report.
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