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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Intune
Sponsored
Ranking in Configuration Management
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
382
Ranking in other categories
Remote Access (2nd), Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (1st), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (1st)
HashiCorp Terraform
Ranking in Configuration Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
53
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Spring Cloud
Ranking in Configuration Management
23rd
Average Rating
6.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Configuration Management category, the mindshare of Microsoft Intune is 4.3%, down from 9.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HashiCorp Terraform is 7.8%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spring Cloud is 2.4%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Configuration Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Intune4.3%
HashiCorp Terraform7.8%
Spring Cloud2.4%
Other85.5%
Configuration Management
 

Featured Reviews

HA
Senior Business Development Executive at Digitaltrack
Centralized device management has automated onboarding and improves remote security compliance
One thing I feel Microsoft Intune could improve is troubleshooting visibility. In many cases, when a policy or application deployment fails, the error messages are a bit generic. So, admins still spend time checking logs manually or testing on devices one by one. Compared to the simplicity of deployment, troubleshooting sometimes feels less mature. I also think reporting and real-time monitoring could be stronger. The dashboard gives useful information, but in large environments, many teams still depend on additional tools or scripts for deeper reporting and analytics. If I had to focus on one area first, I would probably choose troubleshooting and reporting. Deployment through Microsoft Intune is generally straightforward, but when something fails, identifying the exact root cause can still take more time than expected. Error messages are sometimes too generic, and admins often have to dig through logs, sync status, or multiple portals to understand what actually happened. I think user experience and policy management could also improve further. Microsoft Intune has become much better over the years, but sometimes the admin portal still feels fragmented because certain configurations open in different sections or redirect to older interfaces. For new admins, especially, it can take time to understand where everything is located. Another thing is policy conflict handling. In larger organizations, multiple device policies, compliance rules, and configuration profiles can overlap. When conflicts happen, the visibility is not always very clear, so admins spend time figuring out which policy actually won or caused the issue.
Venkateswarareddy Sanikommu - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Platform Engineer at Giant Group
Infrastructure as code has unified multi-environment deployments and empowers secure teamwork
The advantages of HashiCorp Terraform include its declarative nature, allowing us to secure our entire infrastructure code in a way that everyone can read and understand. This means we can maintain least privilege access while ensuring ease of understanding in the code, making HashiCorp Terraform really helpful. Additionally, the design and structure can be customized according to our project strategy while maintaining a secure state that can always be updated in the cloud. Modular architecture significantly facilitates consistency and efficiency in our infrastructure deployment processes. We custom build modules that allow us to roll out new functionalities without affecting the overall system, ensuring compatibility with HashiCorp Terraform versions and providers. This enables flexibility in deployment and the use of multiple environments without raising issues. The open-source nature of HashiCorp Terraform and community contributions are indeed important. Over the years, I have seen benefits from using HashiCorp Cloud capabilities that enhance HashiCorp Terraform's features, including secure state management and the ability to set stringent policies. While the open-source version is secure, using HashiCorp Cloud provides better flexibility and support for larger enterprises, allowing for enhanced governance that smaller teams can also utilize.
Erick  Karanja - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at Cellulant Kenya
Highly scalable development of cloud-native applications that offers an extensive range of tools and features, with significant learning curve and complex configurations
We use it for building cloud-native applications and APIs and it helps us effectively manage various aspects of our application It enables you to create applications that can start up more quickly than a standard Spring Boot application. It would be beneficial for the framework to become more…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"By using Microsoft Intune we can control which websites the users can go to and it provides a secure environment for our employees using their laptops that are having access from home. We have installed Intune to control the user's environment minimizing the chances of any hacking."
"Intune has significantly benefited our organization by providing comprehensive visibility into our device ecosystem."
"I really appreciate the features in Microsoft Intune, including the Intune Suite Cloud PKI."
"Microsoft Intune is a core product, and it's very stable"
"Overall, Microsoft Intune has been a strong fit for modern endpoint management, especially for remote and hybrid environments, and it keeps improving as Microsoft expands the platform."
"It is easy to use and easy to roll out with low impact on users; it is stable and scalable as well, and the central administration con dashboard is very easy to use and provides very good oversight on all that needs to be monitored."
"This product allows us to restrict users who have access to the system, or to Office 365."
"I like how Intune deploys the policies and makes them customizable. You can deploy it through Intune and forget about it."
"The valuable features of HashiCorp Terraform are the infrastructure can be written, shared, and collaborated on using code, which speeds up deployment. Additionally, bugs and issues can be fixed in the code and redeployed, making it less risky. It is a more efficient method compared to the traditional approach of writing scripts to set up infrastructure."
"It is less time-consuming."
"Recently, they upgraded and created a way for us that if you have a feature on GCP or Azure or any other cloud, but it is not in your state, you can update and bring this feature into your state."
"The solution allows us to work faster with ease and to set up new environments and workspaces."
"The solution has made a huge difference to us because the automation it provides has given us improved cost efficiency, security and saved many man-hours."
"It allows for the abstraction of the work away from the developer into automated processes."
"Before we used it, we were writing a lot of scripts to provision infrastructure and there weren't guidelines for anything on how to provision and how our environment will look, now with Terraform, it's all templated and everyone in my team just uses modules that are templates, modules of Terraform, and all our environments look the same."
"It is the customization of Terraform's modules that I find most valuable."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward. The deployment process took me around ten minutes to fifteen minutes."
"It offers excellent scalability."
"Spring Cloud integrates well, and as it's code-based, you can do more customization, so with the way you configure or code, you can have your custom implementations, making it the best integration option if you have Java Spring Web Services."
"Spring Cloud integrates well."
 

Cons

"Its configuration is fairly complicated. You have to do quite a bit of discovery to be able to deploy it for a customer."
"Once it's configured it is unobtrusive, but it does take some hands-on to configure and deploy it properly."
"One major concern I have is user friction. When you enforce many policies and people log into apps like Microsoft Teams or Outlook, they encounter numerous MFA and other policies."
"No option to do end-to-en macOS management. Slow implementation of policies."
"It would be better if I could integrate it with my core group policy. I would like to have a group policy in my current environment, which has strict control, but those things are still missing. Although it has maximum compliance and security, it's not available on-premise."
"The reports aren't complete, and it's not easy to build custom reports."
"There is room for improvement in Microsoft Intune regarding Linux and Mac compatibility because some limitations exist."
"Microsoft Intune needs to improve the initial login process."
"They should include tutorials for understanding the use cases."
"Automation is needed to import everything at once from a manual environment or by a specific resource group."
"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."
"One area for improvement could be the inclusion of more dedicated Terraform providers developed by the companies themselves, rather than relying on third-party developers."
"The solution is missing a lot of properties for specific resources."
"It should have a more object-oriented approach like different coding languages."
"They have added a feature that helps us to import existing resources to our workspace, but if they can help us to create the code for the import, as well, then it would be a great addition."
"Terraform does not provide an automatic feature to convert infrastructure code from one cloud platform to another."
"Stability is one area in the solution that needs to improve."
"If there's a dashboard like the ones provided by Apigee or Kong, that will be useful."
"It would be beneficial for the framework to become more lightweight and efficient when transitioning to the cloud."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price could be better."
"There is a cost benefit of using Microsoft Intune because of the packaging with other Microsoft products."
"Existing E5 license holders for M365, Intune, and Azure, receive a free license."
"Its price is fair. It's a normal price. It isn't too expensive or too cheap."
"The price is reasonable, but they should lower it a bit to make it more competitive. It's cheaper than AirWatch and other products, but I still feel like Microsoft can make a base version or with Exchange online or a la carte only Intune version which will be useful. A customer who doesn't want to go full-fledged E3 or E5 can take out or consume an Intune solution only for their purpose, and we want to target that customer."
"The pricing is not cheap, especially with inflation. They've had to increase their prices. It's not excessive, but alright."
"It's affordable. It's cheaper if you have an Office 365, E5, or E3 subscription because everything is there."
"It is reasonable. When you have Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 license, it is already licensed in that license. So, you could say it is free."
"The solution is fairly priced."
"I rate the price of HashiCorp Terraform a seven out of ten."
"They have given it to us at a monthly cost, but it is on a yearly basis."
"The solution is open-source."
"If you use the solution according to the recommended way by HashiCorp, it is more expensive."
"Terraform is a little expensive."
"HashiCorp Terraform is a free solution."
"It is an open-source product."
"Spring Cloud is an open-source solution."
"Currently, we are not required to pay for licenses."
"It is an open-source or free version solution. It also has a paid version, but we have used the open-source version for now."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Consumer Goods Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Outsourcing Company
12%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business193
Midsize Enterprise64
Large Enterprise189
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise26
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