We performed a comparison between HashiCorp Terraform and SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor 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."Its direct integration with all the other products that we have from Microsoft is valuable. We're using the E5 license, and we have a whole wealth of different products available. It just makes it easier to have everything from one provider."
"Autopilot is a great feature. Most users are looking for a zero-touch deployment."
"I would say the biggest benefit is the single-pane view. There's no jumping around multiple UI's to do your overall management."
"It provides control over all mobile devices that are being connected to the corporate network."
"There has been a noticeable increase in productivity for both my organization and clients."
"The most valuable includes managing everything from a single console."
"The ability to manage devices with different sets of policies is most valuable."
"It helps implement conditional access policies to restrict mobile users from accessing potentially dangerous emails."
"The most valuable feature is the solution does not need installation."
"It's very easy to automate functions on the cloud with HashiCorp Terraform. The commands are easy as well."
"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."
"The valuable features of HashiCorp Terraform are the infrastructure can be written, shared, and collaborated on using code, which speeds up deployment. Additionally, bugs and issues can be fixed in the code and redeployed, making it less risky. It is a more efficient method compared to the traditional approach of writing scripts to set up infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature of Terraform is the ability to use it as a coding language because it works in a way that's similar to other coding languages."
"It is a stable solution."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of HashiCorp Terraform is the custom modules."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor is version control. For example, if we began on the first of the month and we considered that as the configuration of the server, I could set that configuration as my baseline. On a daily basis, if there was the operations team that did, for example, server patching, the tool will maintain all levels of versions."
"The product’s alert feature is good. We receive notifications whenever some failures occur in the configuration."
"They could also make it easier to use because there are some other products that may be easier to use in terms of the look and feel of the dashboard."
"The reporting could be improved, as it's pretty poor compared to other products of this type."
"The UI is not user-friendly and has room for improvement."
"Microsoft Intune lacks the ability to provide seamless remote assistance or remote control."
"Microsoft Intune needs to improve the initial login process."
"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."
"In future releases, I would like to see better integration with Apple products."
"Sometimes, updating a client policy is very difficult. This needs to be improved."
"Community tech support could be a little better."
"On occasion, I have noticed a number of bugs in this solution that have needed to be fixed."
"It would be nice if they could put our infrastructure on graphics or at least provide a map of our infrastructure."
"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."
"They should include tutorials for understanding the use cases."
"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 solution is missing a lot of properties for specific resources."
"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."
"The product’s support services and licensing models need improvement."
"In a feature release, they could enhance the reporting. However, we have not evaluated this part of the solution extensively."
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HashiCorp Terraform is ranked 6th in Configuration Management with 38 reviews while SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor is ranked 17th in Configuration Management with 2 reviews. HashiCorp Terraform is rated 8.6, while SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor is rated 9.0. 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 SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor writes "Useful version control, high availability, and scales well". HashiCorp Terraform is most compared with SaltStack, Red Hat Satellite, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and BMC TrueSight Server Automation, whereas SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor is most compared with . See our HashiCorp Terraform vs. SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor report.
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