We performed a comparison between Red Hat Satellite and SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor 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."We can manage and standardize security across your environment, identify problems, receive alerts, and so on. That's its purpose, and that's also why it's so good."
"It's easy to deploy a configuration or policy to a system, especially when you don't have Azure AD. Now we are talking to all these small and medium-sized customers who don't necessarily have an on-premise Windows Active Directory. If they have invested in Office 365 Premium, this functionality becomes available to them."
"Intune is effective because of the configuration management and endpoint security it provides. The graphical interface makes it easier to configure and deploy devices."
"Intune's unified endpoint management platform is invaluable."
"Its direct integration with all the other products that we have from Microsoft is valuable. We're using the E5 license, and we have a whole wealth of different products available. It just makes it easier to have everything from one provider."
"Mobile device management is most valuable."
"A great solution for anyone wanting a modern endpoint device management solution."
"The ability to wipe data from and reset devices is one of the most important and valuable features. If a device is reported stolen, we can freeze it or wipe the data from it, preventing data leakage."
"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to process patching and updates completely offline without an internet connection."
"The product is convenient to use."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is vulnerability management."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that you don't have to expose your mission-critical environment to the Internet. With the Satellite system in place, it acts as a barrier between your Red Hat infrastructure and the public Internet."
"The most valuable features of Red Hat Satellite are its support, simplicity, and patch management."
"The product allows us to handle patching for multiple servers at a time manually."
"Patch management is, for sure, most valuable. For license management and patch management, I would rate it a 10 out of 10."
"I like the integration with other tools."
"The product’s alert feature is good. We receive notifications whenever some failures occur in the configuration."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor is version control. For example, if we began on the first of the month and we considered that as the configuration of the server, I could set that configuration as my baseline. On a daily basis, if there was the operations team that did, for example, server patching, the tool will maintain all levels of versions."
"The add-ons must be integrated into the solution."
"There can be delays in the deployment of new policies."
"The configuration could be better by consolidating options and making it simpler."
"An area for improvement is the absence of seamless integration, particularly with external dashboards."
"The pricing could be improved."
"It would be nice to have a location tracker for the mobile device management tool. I'm not sure if it exists but hasn't been configured or if it's missing, but we've been unable to utilize the location features."
"It's only good for a Microsoft environment."
"They need to integrate more with security options."
"I would like the direct integration with insights to be re-established."
"They could make it more easy to use and improve the GUI so that it's more intuitive."
"It should basically include a complete slew of system management and monitoring tools such as Nagios. It should be a single pane of glass that gives us a complete solution. It is a good solution, but it is missing a few important things. We're using Capsule for DMVs on other secured zones. Capsule is a part of Satellite to be a proxy of sorts."
"The product's automation capabilities need enhancement."
"There could be a feature to simplify the process without the requirement of any patch manager subscription."
"The solution's initial setup is a little bit tricky."
"It is difficult to update and maintain."
"There needs to be some margin for improvement in terms of the way Satellite manages subscriptions. It is still very confusing when we have different contracts or different bundles of subscriptions, and we need to manage those within Satellite in a way that's very user-friendly."
"The product’s support services and licensing models need improvement."
"In a feature release, they could enhance the reporting. However, we have not evaluated this part of the solution extensively."
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Red Hat Satellite is ranked 4th in Configuration Management with 21 reviews while SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor is ranked 17th in Configuration Management with 2 reviews. Red Hat Satellite is rated 8.2, while SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Red Hat Satellite writes "A good product for managing patches and updates that could be more robust and up-to-date". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor writes "Useful version control, high availability, and scales well". Red Hat Satellite is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SUSE Manager, Microsoft Configuration Manager, AWS Systems Manager and Chef, whereas SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor is most compared with HashiCorp Terraform. See our Red Hat Satellite vs. SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor report.
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