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."Maturity makes it a stable product."
"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."
"For the price, the features included with Microsoft are appealing."
"The central administration con dashboard is very easy to use and provides very good oversight on all that needs to be monitored."
"Its protection policies are most valuable. It protects mobile devices as well as individual apps. It is pretty scalable, and its documentation is also pretty good. It is also pretty straightforward to deploy."
"The Asset Management and Auto Pilot are valuable features."
"It provides control over all mobile devices that are being connected to the corporate network."
"I like the tool's integration with Apple. Anyone who creates an ID in Intune will get an Apple ID."
"The most valuable feature is the support for different platforms like cloud, datacenters, VCS, databases, various storage types, and Kubernetes."
"We save a lot of time with this solution."
"The most valuable feature of HashiCorp Terraform is the custom modules."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable features of HashiCorp Terraform are automation and management capabilities."
"It allows for the abstraction of the work away from the developer into automated processes."
"Can be used across multiple cloud providers and multiple platforms."
"We frequently need to create and replicate infrastructure from various environments like dev and QA. The QA resources need to be identical to those in the dev environment. With a Terraform script, we can replicate the same 50 in the dev environment to the testing environment. This is tedious to do manually, and Terraform speeds up the process."
"The product’s alert feature is good. We receive notifications whenever some failures occur in the configuration."
"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 reporting and cost have room for improvement."
"Some enrollment features could be improved."
"There are a couple of issues with stability."
"Sometimes, updating a client policy is very difficult. This needs to be improved."
"They should improve its compatibility with other operating systems such as iOS and Linux. It supports Linux but they still need to work on the iOS part."
"Data leak prevention can be integrated into it. Currently, it does not have data leak prevention."
"There is no catalog for mobile access management (MAM) security."
"Reporting and troubleshooting for the application deployment could be better. It's very difficult to understand."
"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."
"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."
"I would like to see a short-term option for a short-term plan."
"Automation is needed to import everything at once from a manual environment or by a specific resource group."
"The syntax is a bit difficult, and it would great if it could be easier."
"They should include tutorials for understanding the use cases."
"The solution is missing a lot of properties for specific resources."
"Lacks flexibility in common programming languages."
"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 7th 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 Red Hat Satellite, SaltStack, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Spring Cloud, whereas SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor is most compared with . See our HashiCorp Terraform vs. SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor report.
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