BMC TrueSight Network Automation vs SUSE Manager comparison

BMC TrueSight Network Automation vs. SUSE Manager

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Microsoft Intune

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Configuration Management category, the mindshare of Microsoft Intune is 10.2%, up from 9.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BMC TrueSight Network Automation is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SUSE Manager is 3.3%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Joseph Merusi

Collaborations engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Everything has worked better since we started using it

Sometimes the syncing is inconsistent. I'm confident that the devices are checking in every eight hours, but sometimes the devices aren't picking up the settings as quickly as I would expect. Some features haven't been updated in a while, and Microsoft doesn't seem interested in developing them. Unless you talk to an engineer, you don't know whether there will be an update. There are communication issues, so you might start working with a feature without knowing if it will be deprecated six months from now. Some reporting areas still need development. For example, I noticed that the reporting for driver updates is still confusing.

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SumitSrivastava1

AM at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Enables us to configure our network easily and get the most out of it

BMC TrueSight Network Automation transforms manual configuration tasks for network devices, which are complex and vary among different OEMs. With this tool, you can manage and control all new and old devices, ensuring they meet configuration needs. It provides updates on Cisco devices, and if any data is missing, you can generate it using a formula. I recommend BMC TrueSight Network Automation from the network side, as it provides excellent visibility and configuration management for vulnerabilities. The implementation requirements are certainly at level two. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

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Victor Estival

Developer Product Marketing Manager at Parity Technologies

Easy to deploy, offers embedded monitoring, and is very stable

I am a SUSE partner. I have a central server and then I'm connected to the VPN. That way, I can connect to all different customers. I'd advise new users to certainly read the documentation, as that's what I tend to skip. However, it's an important step. Try to automate as much as you can. One of the most powerful things that I noticed when I arrived, was that it was underutilized, and there are all of these automation capabilities that SUSE Manager has. It's saved just so much time for me. I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The key benefit of Intune is its integration with the Microsoft ecosystem."

"I believe that the solution is actually in Gartner's top quadrant at the moment for mobile device management."

"The Autopilot feature is the most valuable because it saves significant time on managing devices. We can ship devices globally, and users can set them up on their own. It's convenient."

"Microsoft Intune does a great job of helping protect our environment."

"Microsoft Intune is a cost-saving solution, reducing IT department workload and allowing for faster device provisioning compared to traditional methods."

"Dynamic groups allow us to set conditions for automatic membership, eliminating the need for user intervention or manual review and ensuring a seamless workflow."

"The security features are most definitely valuable. If I have to give an example, the lockdown features that prevent employees from configuring anything or downloading company data are valuable. We get high-quality device protection, malware protection, and information protection at the same time."

"Once it is well integrated with the rest of the environment, it makes everything easy."

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"The backup and restore configurations are really helpful for a number of network devices, as you can automate them, then know what changes have been done, who made the changes, etc. So, it's quite helpful in the network management area."

"This product has helped us because we can now do many tasks at once. Rather than copy one file to one device, we can do an entire group at one time."

"The most valuable feature of BMC TrueSight Network Automation is compliance management, configuration backup, and configuration management."

"Depending on who's looking at the data, they need to configure that data in different ways, and the dashboards help us to do that better than what was previously available."

"BMC is an excellent configuration manager. It allows you to configure your network easily and get the most out of it."

"The compliance management, patching, and OS upgrades are useful features."

"It has the best automation features."

"It is helpful if you schedule daily or weekly archiving for your config groups. Then, you can go by what are in those configuration groups, before and after, if you make changes. So, configuration management is really helpful in network management."

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"What I appreciate best about SUSE Manager is that it supports most of the Linux flavors."

"The setup is straightforward."

"SUSE Manager is the best solution for maintaining the Linux environment"

"SUSE Manager helps to optimize operations at a reduced cost."

"When it comes to managing both Red Hat and SUSE environments, it provides the support for live patching, which is something I really, really appreciate."

"SUSE Manager is valuable for managing systems, patching, and utilizing SaltStack connectivity for various installations and other routines."

Cons

"There can be delays in the deployment of new policies."

"Sometimes, customers compare it with AirWatch, but the concept of Intune is different from other solutions. It's an application management app. It gets a bit difficult to explain it to customers, but it's not a product limitation. It takes a presale document or presentation to explain it to customers."

"Microsoft Intune fails a lot when it comes to device compliance."

"I want more secure, reliable, and efficient security policies."

"There is room for improvement in server patch management and allowing direct uploads of EXE applications instead of needing to convert them to Intune format, which would save time."

"Intune's third-party patch management could be better. It should be easier for the average system admin to keep non-Microsoft applications updated."

"From a new user's perspective, it may be a little overwhelming because there are quite a few things to look at in the console, however, once you are sort of acclimated and are familiar with your core functions, it's fairly simple and straightforward."

"Microsoft Intune needs to improve the initial login process."

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"I believe there could be new features in terms of the latest technology."

"BMC TrueSight Network Automation can improve by having a better UI. The overall quality of the UI could be better."

"It is tedious to scale the solution."

"We've been working with BMC support in various ways such as to allow for the high-availability components to the TSIMs to work together. There have been issues there. We've seen randomness in how other pieces of the software work. Integration with the Presentation Server and the TSIMs has been a challenge. The ports that are required for HA to be utilized were not clearly documented anywhere. In fact, they still aren't documented online anywhere, even though we managed to pull it out of some of their support people."

"They need to have a single sign-on."

"I'd like to be able to get more devices into compliance with standards, but that means running additional rule sets and that takes time."

"For customized compliance, it takes some effort to implement things. If the device configuration is quite complex, then you have to do quite number of customizations in the DNA tool for out-of-the-box compliance. These regular expressions have to be modified based on the requirements of the compliance."

"There could be automated processes to retrieve the CVS and create a compliance tool."

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"We sometimes have server issues and need to restart the service."

"The initial stage is a bit complex, but after that, everything runs seamlessly."

"From an integration perspective, it is difficult to integrate with Jira or any ticketing tool, which is challenging."

"I really would like to have a broader library of VCP's or playbooks that I can deploy."

"It can be complex and difficult for users who are new to Linux and don't have any technical expertise."

"The initial setup of SUSE Manager is quite complex."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's bundled with Business Premium and an E3 license, which is beneficial. If you have to pay extra, it's pricey, but with the bundled package, it's acceptable. They recently increased the Business Premium pricing, which we don't appreciate. The price increase and yearly commitment are causing some problems for us."

"The licensing costs we leave up to the customer and these vary from one to another."

"Intune is included with our F3 and E5 licenses."

"Consider the Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite rather than choosing specific sub-components, e.g. only Microsoft Intune."

"It is cheap, but as compared to Google, it is costly. Google is cheaper, but quality-wise, Microsoft Intune is better."

"The price for Intune is fair."

"I have no comment on pricing of the solution."

"If you're subscribing to Premium or E3, there are no additional costs for Intune, it's included."

More Microsoft Intune pricing and cost advice

"The solution is worth the price."

"There's a fee for the licenses themselves, per contract, and then we have a yearly licensing fee that's many thousands of dollars. But that's not just for TrueSight, that's also for support for ITSM, Atrium Orchestrator, BBNA, and other BMC tools in the environment."

"The solution is more costly than the other competitors."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

Educational Organization

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

17%

Comms Service Provider

15%

Wholesaler/Distributor

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Energy/Utilities Company

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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about BMC TrueSight Network Automation?

The compliance management, patching, and OS upgrades are useful features.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC TrueSight Network Automation?

The product is expensive. I rate the product’s pricing a nine out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

What needs improvement with BMC TrueSight Network Automation?

The solution could have cheap pricing along with a simple deployment process.

What do you like most about SUSE Manager?

SUSE Manager helps to optimize operations at a reduced cost.

What needs improvement with SUSE Manager?

From an integration perspective, it is difficult to integrate with Jira or any ticketing tool, which is challenging. ...

What is your primary use case for SUSE Manager?

My use cases include using SUSE Manager for patching the Linux operating system. I used to use SUSE Manager in my pre...

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Also Known As

Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager

BMC TrueSight Automation for Networks, TrueSight Automation for Networks, TrueSight Network Automation, BladeLogic Network Automation

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Overview

Microsoft Intune provides centralized management of mobile devices and applications, ensuring security, compliance, and productivity through integration with Microsoft services like Microsoft 365 and Azure Active Directory.

Organizations use Intune for managing mobile devices and applications, enhancing security and compliance across platforms. With features like single sign-on, conditional access, and zero-touch deployment via Autopilot, it facilitates efficient operations. Intune's scalability, easy enrollment, and capabilities such as remote wipe support diverse device management, offering robust data protection and efficient operation. Despite its features, improvement areas include reporting, compatibility with non-Microsoft devices, and better support for macOS and Linux devices.

What are the key features of Microsoft Intune?

Seamless Integration: Works with Microsoft 365, Azure Active Directory, and System Center for streamlined management.
Conditional Access: Enhances security with policies that restrict access based on conditions.
Autopilot: Provides zero-touch deployment for setting up new devices efficiently.
Mobile Device Management: Enables control over both personal and corporate devices.
Application Deployment: Facilitates app delivery across a range of devices.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Centralized Management: Reduces complexity by managing devices and applications in one place.
Security Enhancement: Protects data with features like remote wipe and compliance monitoring.
Improved Productivity: Enhances efficiency with seamless integration and automation features.
Device Scalability: Supports diverse device management for growing business needs.

In industries such as finance, healthcare, and education, Microsoft Intune is implemented to ensure secure and compliant device management. Companies leverage its capabilities to deploy security policies and manage both corporate-owned and BYOD environments, facilitating a unified approach to data protection and compliance.

Microsoft

Network automation and management software reduces network outages and downtime by automating configuration, change and compliance processes. Organizations depend on high performance across their network to keep the business running at peak efficiency but new security threats make it hard for network administrators to keep pace with the demands for new services and safeguard the health of the network.

BMC

SUSE Manager was designed to help your enterprise DevOps and IT Operations teams reduce complexity and regain control of your IT assets with a single tool to manage Linux systems across a variety of hardware architectures, hypervisors as well as container, IoT and cloud platforms. It automates Linux server and IoT device provisioning, patching and configuration for faster, consistent and repeatable server deployment helping to optimize operations and reduce costs. And with automated monitoring, tracking, auditing and reporting of your systems, VMs, and containers across your development, test and production environments, you can ensure compliance with internal security policies and external regulations.

SUSE

Sample Customers

Mitchells and Buzzers, Callaway

SAP

Day & Zimmermann, Cisco, CEMEX, L.B. Foster, Adient, Istanbul Technical University, 7Pixel, University of Maine System, Guerbet

BMC TrueSight Network Automation vs. SUSE Manager