We performed a comparison between SaltStack and vCenter Configuration Manager 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."It allows our clients to have the confidence to centrally manage policies for security. It helps them in securing the organization from a technology aspect."
"One of the standout features of Intune is its seamless accessibility to work data, eliminating the need to be tied to an office or a desktop."
"Remote Wipe and Autopilot is one of the best features."
"There are so many features, but Windows Autopilot is one of the features that are very valuable for most customers."
"It's very informative when there is an error. It allows us to backtrace where the error is and resolve that ourselves. It's a bit of a Swiss Army penknife. We find that it fixes most issues."
"The standout features of Intune are its excellent mobile device management and highly effective application management capabilities."
"One of the main features of the solution is it allows the management of many devices in different ways."
"...Intune itself integrates with that entire Microsoft ecosystem. As an individual product itself, it's okay. It holds up. But when you start saying "I've bought this as part of a wider solution, as a company we are going Microsoft throughout," then it makes more sense to have Microsoft Intune... so you have that single dashboard."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to provide environmental security."
"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."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"SaltStack has given us the ability to deal with systems at scale and rectify issues at scale."
"We monitor the configurations against CIS standards. We run CIS benchmarks and maintain configurations with higher CIS values for each server."
"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 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."
"There are a lot of useful features, such as DRS, ease of use, and many configuration options."
"vCenter Configuration Manager is a stable solution that is very easy to manage and deploy."
"vCenter Configuration Manager is an easy-to-use solution with good performance and cost management."
"vCenter Configuration Manager is a mature solution with high quality."
"This solution supports multiple platforms in a single solution."
"The tool's scalability is good and easy, especially when compared to Microsoft Hyper-V."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the ability to manage all of our environments allowing us to have better functionality and high availability."
"The management of vCenter Configuration Manager can support the UI interface. It helps in monitoring, logging alert and performance, forecasting the system to provide services in the environment."
"The feature that allows us to import the business application from the configuration manager to Intune is not very good at this time."
"The closest Microsoft Intune can be to GPOs, the better. There needs to be more granularity on application deployments. However, they have done better recently with the application deployments."
"While Intune works perfectly well, the only potential downside is that the deployment could be a bit complex for some users."
"There can be more logs. I do not have any other requirements."
"It needs incorporation of Knox, ZeroTouch, etc."
"Intune lags all of its competitors in terms of report generation."
"There are a couple of issues with stability."
"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."
"Web UI."
"There is a little bit of pain when it comes to libraries and what is needed to run the product."
"It is difficult to set up."
"Its configuration process could be better."
"A hardened set of tests would be much appreciated."
"SaltStack's features are minimal."
"This solution could be integrated with more hardware for an improved offering."
"The technical support is not as responsive as it could be. They are slow to respond to our issues with a resolution. There should be online chat support added."
"The technical support could be faster."
"Acquiring certifications often require extensive training and successfully passing an exam, which can be costly and time-consuming, particularly if you already possess experience in the domain. As a result, this can increase the overall cost of obtaining certification and may present a challenge that requires addressing."
"The solution could provide even more capacity."
"The solution's pricing is very high and could be improved."
"There isn't a clear document covering all the errors. It would be helpful if the company provided better documentation for solving issues."
"I would like there to be support for this solution in Iran."
"When vCenter is in a Microsoft environment, there is a lot of licensing involved, where we face some difficulties."
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SaltStack is ranked 14th in Configuration Management with 33 reviews while vCenter Configuration Manager is ranked 10th in Configuration Management with 50 reviews. SaltStack is rated 8.2, while vCenter Configuration Manager is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of SaltStack writes "Orchestration tool that powers automation of processes with the click of a button". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vCenter Configuration Manager writes "A solution with a range of functionalities and several pricing plans that suit your needs". SaltStack is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, Microsoft Configuration Manager, HashiCorp Terraform, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and BMC TrueSight Server Automation, whereas vCenter Configuration Manager is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Satellite and BigFix. See our SaltStack vs. vCenter Configuration Manager report.
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