Infisical vs SUSE Manager comparison

Infisical and SUSE are both solutions in the Configuration Management category. Infisical is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.7, while SUSE is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.0. Infisical holds a 0.5% mindshare in CM, compared to SUSE’s 2.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Infisical users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 87% of SUSE users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 5, 2026

SUSE Manager and Infisical are competitors in the IT management and security space. SUSE Manager appears to have the upper hand in system lifecycle management and pricing, while Infisical leads with advanced security features and user-friendliness.

Features: SUSE Manager offers configuration management, patch management, and streamlined operations. Infisical provides advanced security capabilities, data protection, and compliance assurance.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SUSE Manager benefits from a straightforward deployment model and reliable customer service. Infisical offers comprehensive support despite a more complex deployment process.

Pricing and ROI: SUSE Manager has competitive pricing and good ROI with resource optimization. Infisical, although more costly upfront, provides high ROI where data security is crucial.

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Microsoft Intune

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Configuration Management category, the mindshare of Microsoft Intune is 4.7%, down from 10.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Infisical is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SUSE Manager is 2.7%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Configuration Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Microsoft Intune	4.7%
SUSE Manager	2.7%
Infisical	0.5%
Other	92.1%

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OluwashileAdeniyi

Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees

Centralized endpoint security has improved and supports hybrid work and BYOD policies

Regarding what I dislike about Microsoft Intune and its downsides, I would say that more Mac controls are needed because we have limited Mac and Linux control. When comparing controls and policies between Windows, Mac, and Linux, Windows has almost everything you can think of, while Mac and Linux have limited types of control. You cannot implement certain things on Mac and Linux that you can on Windows. The limited controls are a major issue. Additionally, if Microsoft could find a way to embed servers into Microsoft Intune, that would be beneficial. Microsoft Intune is not really designed for servers or Windows servers. It is more tailored towards Windows 11 and Windows 10 operating systems. Windows servers are not fully supported. Enterprise organizations usually have both servers and endpoints, which are users' workstations. For servers, most people look for other solutions such as SCCM, which is Configuration Manager. However, SCCM is what Microsoft Intune is trying to replace. Both SCCM and Microsoft Intune belong to Microsoft. Microsoft is trying to transition organizations into Microsoft Intune, the native cloud solution. However, because this update is still in process, servers are not fully compatible with Microsoft Intune and cannot be managed by it. The current policy that has emerged from issues with clients is what they call co-management, which is relatively new, and I do not know if adoption is significant. Many legacy or older customers who have been using these products for decades still have SCCM. When it is time for them to manage their Windows devices, they use what is called cloud attach. Cloud attach is a term whereby your SCCM is connected to your Microsoft Intune. Most people do not know about it, but I have deployed it for several organizations. Cloud attach and co-management work together so that your device is in SCCM, but some policies are pushed from Microsoft Intune. It is like two different solutions working hand in hand. That is what they call co-management. Microsoft Intune does not bring all of your endpoint and security management tools into one place, which is the goal and how it should be. However, as I mentioned, servers are not included. If we talk about end users, Microsoft Intune does bring all your devices together. In a typical enterprise environment, you have end users with workstations, laptops, company-issued phones, and bring your own devices. You can create policies for all of these. However, for the backend, your servers do not have much coverage. Servers are not really covered by Microsoft Intune in that way.

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Tarcisio Rocha

Coordenador at Universidade Federal

Centralized secrets have secured CI/CD pipelines and prevent password traces in terminals

Infisical's best features include the ease I have to store passwords and manage the users who will use those passwords. That helps a lot. User management through Infisical makes my work easier because I am able to manage the access levels to the types of passwords that I have stored in Infisical. This allows me to have higher access levels with higher-level passwords and deeper levels of access. Infisical is extremely simple to use, so it is important to emphasize how easy it is to handle the platform as a whole. It is very straightforward and very easy to deal with in terms of how it is laid out. Infisical has had a positive impact on my organization mainly in the level of security regarding the use of passwords that give direct access to the server. We stopped using passwords directly on personal computers. This ensures a very high level of security for both those in development and those in management. There are possibilities of computers breaking or losing saved passwords. If someone breaks into my personal computer, that person will not have access via prompt to my high-level passwords. This security segregation raises and gives much more credibility to the company as a whole. I have noticed time savings in access management after adopting Infisical as the main benefit. Regarding leaks, we have not had anything proven related to leaks yet.

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DHINIL KUTTIKADAN

Unix Administrator at emaratech

Supports a wide range of operating systems but integration challenges persist

From an integration perspective, it is difficult to integrate with Jira or any ticketing tool, which is challenging. We didn't try that, but we opened a case with SUSE support, and they said that it requires consultation for this new use case. In terms of support, both response time and knowledge-wise, they need to improve.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The most valuable features in Microsoft Intune for me are application deployment, Defender deployment, and asset management."

"We were able to deploy about 65 computers in under two weeks to a completely remote user base without touching any of the machines."

"The stability of Microsoft Intune is ten out of ten."

"The best features in Microsoft Intune include secure authentication, which I find very favorable, and the fact that we can remotely push applications."

"The features I found most valuable in Intune are its user visibility and troubleshooting options."

"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."

"What I have found most useful in Microsoft Intune is creating an environment where customers or clients need someone to work immediately with an out-of-box experience."

"Microsoft's licensing is more flexible and adaptive than its competitors."

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"Infisical has positively impacted my organization, and even though I was an intern, I noticed improvements or benefits after using it as that was part of the assignment."

"Infisical has positively impacted my organization by helping us transition from deploying everything manually, where we had to copy-paste all the environment variables into the environment files in the cloud, by dynamically injecting all the tokens and secrets into the workflow, which was very fast and saved a lot of time."

"Infisical has improved security significantly and makes it very easy for all developers to update, delete, and restore environment variables or secrets while keeping them in a very secure manner on our self-hosted infrastructure."

"The main positive impact is that it saves a lot of time because there is no need to worry about security vulnerabilities that can occur."

"Infisical had a positive impact on my organization, even in its proof-of-concept phase, because it integrated more seamlessly into the development environment."

"Infisical has had a positive impact on my organization mainly in the level of security regarding the use of passwords that give direct access to the server."

"Infisical has had a positive impact on my organization because it has helped me manage secrets in a much faster way, and all the people in the mobile or web development departments can integrate with the ecosystem quickly thanks to its SDK."

"For those with a Linux environment, it's a good solution, and I would recommend it."

"Regarding SUSE Manager, one of the most valuable features is the logical volume manager and file management, which allows for expanding files whenever we need more space on disk for the files and HANA."

"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, which have saved just so much time for me."

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

"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."

"The setup is straightforward."

"SUSE Manager allows you to control Red Hat servers, SUSE Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Open SUSE, and Ubuntu, which is something new that other tools do not support."

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

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Cons

"Yes, there are a couple of issues with stability."

"Support is another area that could improve, as sometimes response times can be slow, and resolving complex issues may take longer than expected."

"Its configuration is fairly complicated. You have to do quite a bit of discovery to be able to deploy it for a customer."

"Microsoft Intune could be improved by enhancing its reporting functionalities (for entry level license)."

"Microsoft Intune is a very strong platform, but there are still some areas where it could improve."

"The reports aren't complete, and it's not easy to build custom reports. For example, Windows Autopilot isn't working well in cases where the computers don't have a good internet connection. Then the option is not good enough."

"The product needs to upgrade itself when the server is overloaded."

"Microsoft's technical support isn't very good. They're very slow in responding."

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"From a features perspective, there is a little lag when running projects and importing particular secret variables."

"Better documentation is needed."

"When we scan Infisical using the Trivy vulnerability scanning tool, we found issues with Infisical CLI Go binaries that are not updated with the latest version."

"One thing that kept frustrating me was that sometimes Infisical was not working from our cloud machine."

"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."

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

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

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

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

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Previously the price was $4 per month per user. Now it's $2.25 per user per month."

"In terms of the product price and licensing costs, my company finds the product to be reasonably priced."

"Intune's pricing is competitive. For example, the license of Blackberry's Enterprise Mobility Suite was costly, but Intune is affordable. It is included as an additional feature when you buy security enhancements for your organization. For example, let's say I have fifty users in my organization and all of them are using Microsoft cloud services, like Teams, Office 365, and OneDrive."

"Every customer used to purchase licenses based on their needs."

"It comes as a bundle, so you do not really know what the prices are. Microsoft does not break it down to the user cost for us. It is just bundled with our E5 license."

"There is a license needed for this solution and it is either included in one of the enterprise license agreements. Microsoft licensing is a mathematical institute, it could be quite complex. We tend to ask specialized organizations to research what the most profitable way it would be for us to use licenses in the organizations."

"Even if they charge a premium, they aim to provide equal value."

"If you ask the accountant or the finance department, they'll tell you that it is way too expensive, but when I look at the cost and compare it with the value you actually get, it's more than fair."

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Financial Services Firm

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Energy/Utilities Company

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Small Business	190
Midsize Enterprise	65
Large Enterprise	185

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Small Business	6
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Small Business	6
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Also Known As

Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager

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Overview

Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based service designed for device management, security, and compliance. It supports automation and facilitates endpoint management for Windows, iOS, and Android devices, ensuring data protection and efficient policy enforcement.

Microsoft Intune offers seamless integration with tools like Windows Autopilot to automate device setup and deployment. Integrated with Azure Active Directory, it enhances policy management while providing robust reporting and analytics tools for compliance tracking. Despite its intuitive interface aimed at simplifying navigation and device security management, there are challenges such as compatibility issues with Linux and Mac, limited policy support for Android, and demands for better third-party integration. It's widely used for both corporate-owned devices and BYOD scenarios in dynamic IT environments.

What are the key features of Microsoft Intune?

Windows Autopilot: Automates device setup for rapid deployment.
Azure Active Directory Integration: Enhances user policy management.
Reporting and Analytics: Improves compliance visibility.
Mobile Application Management: Ensures app security without compromising personal data.
Cloud-Based Management: Allows management from any location.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Time Efficiency: Automation reduces time in policy enforcement and configuration updates.
Enhanced Security: Ensures data protection across corporate-owned and BYOD devices.
Improved Compliance: Advanced reporting tools enhance compliance visibility.
Flexible Management: Cloud-based nature supports management from any location.

In industries such as finance and healthcare, Microsoft Intune is implemented to ensure data protection and compliance with regulatory standards. Manufacturing sectors utilize Intune for managing a distributed workforce across global locations, while educational institutions employ it to secure and manage devices in learning environments supporting both students and faculty.

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Infisical provides a comprehensive solution for managing secret keys and sensitive data, streamlining security processes for businesses. Designed for efficiency, Infisical ensures the protection of data and facilitates better data management workflows.

Infisical caters to businesses aiming to secure their sensitive information by offering a robust infrastructure for managing encryption keys and secret data. The system integrates seamlessly into existing workflows, providing specialized security features designed to enhance data integrity and access management for technical teams. With Infisical, companies can be assured of a reliable, secure environment for their critical data needs, eliminating the complexities often associated with secret management.

What are some key features of Infisical?

Automated Key Rotation: Ensures frequent updates to encryption keys for enhanced security.
Access Control Management: Allows fine-grained control over who can access sensitive data.
API Integration: Supports easy integration with existing business applications.
Real-time Monitoring: Provides continuous surveillance of data access and usage activities.

What benefits should users expect in reviews?

Improved Security: Enhanced protection against data breaches and unauthorized access.
Operational Efficiency: Reduces time spent on manual key management tasks.
Cost-effectiveness: Decreases overheads associated with data security compliance.
Scalability: Easily adapts to growing data management needs.

Infisical is particularly beneficial in industries such as finance and healthcare, where data security is paramount. Implementing Infisical in these sectors enables companies to meet stringent compliance requirements while maintaining seamless operations. Technical teams value Infisical for its reliability and ease of implementation, which minimizes disruption during integration, making it an asset for data-centric environments.

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SUSE Manager offers centralized patch deployment, live patching, and embedded monitoring for Linux systems. With support for multiple Linux versions, it automates patch management and compliance, optimizing costs and enhancing system security.

Designed to simplify server management, SUSE Manager features a web-based interface that alerts users to potential vulnerabilities. It integrates with SaltStack and supports DevOps workflows, accommodating multiple Linux distributions like Red Hat, CentOS, SLES, and Ubuntu. While providing automated OS deployment, auditing, and configuration management, it lacks predictive AI and error detection tools. Users often rely on SUSE Manager for tasks within SAP HANA environments, database housekeeping, and integration with OneView and Synergy. Despite its capabilities, users cite a need for improved integration with tools like Jira and enhanced documentation to assist newcomers. It also requires enhancements in its library of VCPs and playbooks.

What are the key features of SUSE Manager?

Live Patching: Ensures system uptime by applying security patches without rebooting.
Embedded Monitoring: Offers monitoring via Grafana and Prometheus for comprehensive system insights.
Centralized Patch Deployment: Facilitates efficient management of patches across thousands of servers.
Support for Multiple Linux Distributions: Allows seamless operations across different Linux environments.
Automation and Compliance: Simplifies management tasks, reducing errors and ensuring compliance.

What benefits can users expect from SUSE Manager?

Error Reduction: Automation reduces human error in server management.
Cost Optimization: Streamlines processes to maximize resource use and minimize costs.
Scalability: Utilizes logical volume manager for dynamic file expansion.
System Security: Enhances security posture through timely patch applications.

In industries managing diverse IT environments, SUSE Manager ensures efficient patch management and compliance. Healthcare, finance, and tech sectors leverage its automation capabilities for tasks like SAP HANA management and integration with OneView and Synergy. Despite requiring expertise, it provides robust solutions for complex server infrastructures.

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