We performed a comparison between AWS Config 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."The ability to block and erase remote devices is valuable to us, especially when those devices are lost."
"The conditional access policies that we set up are very useful."
"The solution is easy to use, simple to understand for those new to using it, and combined with the other Microsoft products it makes for an overall good package."
"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."
"Autopilot is the most valuable feature of Microsoft Intune."
"It is a helpful tool to manage BYOD policies."
"We have a BYOD policy, and this solution helps us manage our devices."
"I like the group policy management feature, which performs application monitoring and device enrollment."
"The initial setup is super easy, it takes like two minutes. Literally a one-click deployment."
"The solution is scalable and provides over 100 rules."
"Installing the instances and performing upgrades is smooth and clean."
"The tool's scalability is good and easy, especially when compared to Microsoft Hyper-V."
"The market share of VMware is huge. It is not even necessary to prove the capabilities attached to the product."
"The interface is very user-friendly and the solution is simple to use."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to see which virtual machines need more resources or are over-committed."
"The solution is excellent at automating processes."
"We can scale the solution as needed."
"The platform is straightforward and user friendly."
"This is the best solution for management for the server administrator. VMware has been on the market for many years, so they have a lot of solutions. For on-premises, VMware is the best available solution."
"There are items that require improvements. One is the controls from iOS."
"The solution requires Mac support."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in terms of compatibility, extending beyond the well-known major brands."
"Data leak prevention can be integrated into it. Currently, it does not have data leak prevention."
"I would like to see micro VPN. I like the way that some of the other providers have done something similar where, as you open that app on an end-point device, it creates a micro VPN straight into your device, which is quite a nice little feature. Also, Microsoft Intune relies heavily on its fellow products in the suite. It would be nice if Microsoft Intune could stand on its own two feet."
"The biggest problem we ever have is when something goes out of date after 30 days when nobody has logged into it. We do have a problem trying to get those back online. We've been working with Microsoft to resolve that problem, but that's been the only issue that we've had in the last few years."
"An area for improvement is the absence of seamless integration, particularly with external dashboards."
"When Microsoft Intune is used with different android devices it does not always work as it is supposed to."
"The solution is missing a configuration that can assist us when writing our programming languages."
"The reboot process for AWS instances could be improved. Microsoft Azure does not have this problem, so AWS could consider making their instances more robust. You would not need to reboot your instances frequently to replace the hardware and stuff. They can look for a better approach or mechanism to improve in the future. The concern is that you need to plan for the outage when you reboot an instance. You need to have a maintenance window where you can properly reboot the instance without affecting your application. When Amazon announces that you need to reboot an instance and are not ready, this becomes a problem."
"There is room for improvement in built-in tools, they are not up to the mark."
"SAP CRM could improve by adding additional automation features."
"I think the logging side should be improved because it's pretty difficult to keep up to date VMware and with vCenter."
"Users need to pay a licensing fee for the solution, which could be cheaper."
"It would be better to integrate this infrastructure with native cloud environments, but we can't do it. We are trying to improve our experience by converting our infrastructure through virtualization on native cloud environments and workloads."
"There isn't a clear document covering all the errors. It would be helpful if the company provided better documentation for solving issues."
"The licensing model has shifted from socket-based to core-based licensing, resulting in increased customer costs. Moreover, if a customer utilizes software like VMware, which integrates seamlessly with ESXi, it becomes even more challenging to consider replacing ESXi. Hence, many customers, particularly in India, are actively exploring alternatives."
"The solution should allow for more customization."
"The interface itself is not very user-friendly."
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AWS Config is ranked 15th in Configuration Management with 3 reviews while vCenter Configuration Manager is ranked 9th in Configuration Management with 50 reviews. AWS Config is rated 9.0, while vCenter Configuration Manager is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of AWS Config writes "A cloud solution to host application with smooth instance installation and performance upgrade". 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". AWS Config is most compared with AWS Systems Manager, whereas vCenter Configuration Manager is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Satellite and BigFix. See our AWS Config vs. vCenter Configuration Manager report.
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