SaltStack Reviews, Competitors and Pricing

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Technical Architect at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

Oct 5, 2016

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We use it for system deployment with AWS, and for OS and application patching.

What is most valuable?

Minion-less deployment of SaltStack. Minion is the client-side tool for SaltStack.

How has it helped my organization?

It’s a configuration management tool. We are using it for system deployment with AWS, patching of OS and applications. Deploying a patch on 200 systems is now just a click.

What needs improvement?

Minion-based deployment is not very smooth. Most of the time, many minions were in a stale state and didn't respond to the salt-master.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used it for two years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I encountered stability issues. Minions didn’t work well as they moved to the stall state. In that situation, the salt-master can’t connect to the client servers.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I encountered scalability issues.

How are customer service and support?

Community-based technical support is good. I never took it directly from SaltStack.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I previously used Puppet and found SaltStack to be better in terms of configuration. It’s written in Python, which means easy integration, and the structure is YAML, which is very simple.

How was the initial setup?

Initial setup is straightforward.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing this product, I evaluated Puppet & Chef, but found SaltStack to be better.

What other advice do I have?

I have no advice; it depends on infrastructure & application.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.