We performed a comparison between AppViewX AUTOMATION+ and SaltStack based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Red Hat, SolarWinds and others in Network Automation."The features that I have found to be the most valuable are the collecting of statistics, reporting, and implementing changes to particular environments on a scheduled basis with no manual intervention."
"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."
"SaltStack has given us the ability to deal with systems at scale and rectify issues at scale."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"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."
"Anything to do with storage needs improvement."
"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."
"Web UI."
"This solution could be integrated with more hardware for an improved offering."
"A hardened set of tests would be much appreciated."
"SaltStack's features are minimal."
Earn 20 points
AppViewX AUTOMATION+ is ranked 19th in Network Automation while SaltStack is ranked 6th in Network Automation with 33 reviews. AppViewX AUTOMATION+ is rated 10.0, while SaltStack is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AppViewX AUTOMATION+ writes "Good automation, statistics gathering, and reporting, with helpful technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SaltStack writes "Orchestration tool that powers automation of processes with the click of a button". AppViewX AUTOMATION+ is most compared with , whereas SaltStack is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, Microsoft Configuration Manager, HashiCorp Terraform, Red Hat Satellite and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
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