We performed a comparison between Microsoft Configuration Manager and SaltStack 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 stability of Microsoft Intune is good."
"Internet-based access with security is what I have found to be most valuable. It is also a stable and scalable solution."
"Conditional access has helped us tailor and enforce our security policies in the mobile space."
"The ability to send configurations to our systems is valuable, particularly as we don't have a regular Windows AD server. Our current environment doesn't have a Windows AD, which limits our ability to push GPOs. However, this is where the solution can step in and help us push policies."
"We can securely manage both company-owned devices and personal devices enrolled in our BYOD program."
"Mobile device management is most valuable."
"Intune can wipe devices. For example, if a disgruntled employee wants to leak the data on their company phone, Intune can terminate their access and wipe the entire device with a click."
"Application deployment and keeping the devices secure no matter where they are, by having this cloud solution — that has been great."
"It has the ability to perform mass distribution."
"The product is useful for patch management."
"The ability to make collections and deploy to them has been great."
"It saves a lot of money when you can install things automatically and they are installed the exact same way on every computer."
"The solution effectively handles inventory management, deployment, and reporting."
"The solution is highly scalable."
"This solution has made life easy with respect to patching, compliance, and OSD."
"It gives us the ability to set up schedules, according to what our security requirements are, to automate the patching of our servers and desktops."
"The automation functionality has been most valuable. With a click of a button, we are able to automate provisioning, the build of new hardware and apply patches. These are all extremely important and differentiated tasks that can be automated in SaltStack."
"The ability to programmatically describe the desired state of a single, or an entire fleet of servers, on-premises, and in a cloud environment."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to provide environmental security."
"SaltStack has given us the ability to deal with systems at scale and rectify issues at scale."
"I want to build automation that is intelligent, part of the fabric of our environment, and is somewhat self-sustaining. I think SaltStack can help me do this."
"We monitor the configurations against CIS standards. We run CIS benchmarks and maintain configurations with higher CIS values for each server."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"We would like to see support for Chrome and/or devices for Chromebooks."
"Lacking in features such as Wi-Fi and network security."
"Intune's reporting and logging could be improved. When troubleshooting, it's difficult to collect the logs and determine what's happening. If I want to filter out the compliant devices, I can see it from the logs, but I would like the option to drill down further."
"No option to do end-to-en macOS management. Slow implementation of policies."
"Sometimes, updating a client policy is very difficult. This needs to be improved."
"The configuration could be better by consolidating options and making it simpler."
"There should be more support for macOS. Even though macOS is supported by Intune and Microsoft is working very hard to get more features into Intune to manage macOS, that's one thing they can give a lot more attention to."
"The configuration and pricing can be improved."
"I would like to see some improvements in WSUS and control of other, non-Microsoft, product updates."
"SCCM should strive to enhance the accuracy of its reporting functions in order to avoid any issues with incorrect or inaccurate data."
"Marketing: Our management doesn't understand that there is a piece of software which helps them automate and manage the entire network, as far as operating systems on computers."
"Some of the capabilities aren't fully developed yet. It's an ongoing work in progress. I think they are making some steps in the right direction as far as managing workstations centrally, like Intune."
"The product needs to improve scalability."
"It is a bit of an old and outdated product."
"They need to improve the support for the Mac operating system."
"A lot of experience is needed in terms of troubleshooting, as this is one of the most difficult tasks in MECM. We were seven people in a group and I was the only one that had the patience to do the troubleshooting at times."
"Web UI."
"There is a little bit of pain when it comes to libraries and what is needed to run the product."
"SaltStack's features are minimal."
"A hardened set of tests would be much appreciated."
"This solution could be integrated with more hardware for an improved offering."
"Its configuration process could be better."
"It is difficult to set up."
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Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Configuration Management with 76 reviews while SaltStack is ranked 14th in Configuration Management with 33 reviews. Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2, while SaltStack is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SaltStack writes "Orchestration tool that powers automation of processes with the click of a button". Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, BigFix, Tanium and AWS Systems Manager, whereas SaltStack is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, HashiCorp Terraform, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat Satellite and ServiceNow. See our Microsoft Configuration Manager vs. SaltStack report.
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