We performed a comparison between Red Hat Satellite 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 key benefit of Intune is its integration with the Microsoft ecosystem."
"While Microsoft Intune boasts a wide range of features, its user-friendliness and bundled licensing cost are key considerations for me."
"I haven't used other mobile device management solutions, but compared to SCCM, we eliminate a lot of on-premises infrastructure and maintenance by using Intune."
"Intune's unified endpoint management platform is invaluable."
"Microsoft Endpoint Manager is not expensive overall, especially for small environments."
"There is a single pane of glass for user access and a single sign-on facility for the user. If you have already logged in to Microsoft Azure or on-premises, you can redirect directly to Microsoft Endpoint Manager, monitor all your security threats, and analyze the data associated with the application in a single, unified way."
"Intune device restriction policies enable me to enforce limitations on the device, like blocking the mobile camera or restricting the employees from using and inserting USB devices, including thumb drives and flash drives."
"While I don't think you can ever have full visibility and control, Intune certainly allows us to see the applications being used and tells us if things like Windows patches aren't applied to machines. It does a good job. That visibility makes life a little easier."
"It has been a stable solution...It is a totally scalable solution."
"I like the integration with other tools."
"The most valuable features of Red Hat Satellite are its support, simplicity, and patch management."
"Patch management is, for sure, most valuable. For license management and patch management, I would rate it a 10 out of 10."
"The compliance auditing helped me a lot."
"Technical support has been good."
"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 feature is the management of the distributed tool we use in the Red Hat Linux Servers."
"The solution is stable and we haven't run into issues with bugs or glitches."
"vCenter alone is enough for me because vCenter is a cluster environment and cluster solution for virtualization environments."
"vCenter Configuration Manager is an easy-to-use solution with good performance and cost management."
"There are a lot of useful features, such as DRS, ease of use, and many configuration options."
"The market share of VMware is huge. It is not even necessary to prove the capabilities attached to the product."
"The most valuable features that VMware's vCenter Configuration Manager have, when compared with other solutions, are their disaster recovery and business connectivity capabilities."
"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."
"My experience managing virtual environments using vCenter Configuration Manager has been quite smooth. Over time, I've observed that there's been a significant local competency built around the product, especially in India, where ESXi and VMware dominate the market. It's evident that vCenter Configuration Center is the preferred management tool in this context, and it's relatively easy to find expertise in the market."
"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."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in terms of compatibility, extending beyond the well-known major brands."
"There can be delays in the deployment of new policies."
"Lacks the ability to deploy more ways of management, managing devices and processing the policies."
"An issue we have run into with Microsoft Endpoint Manager is that we cannot patch third-party products like Adobe and Chrome with it."
"I wanted to check if there is any provision at the Intune level to restrict certain things, such as a website, but unfortunately, that feature is available only in Microsoft Defender. Intune has web filtering capabilities, but they are only useful for protection from malicious websites, whereas we would like to be able to restrict a website. For example, YouTube is a clean website. No one would identify it as a malicious website, but if we want to stop the end-users from going to that website, we have to go for another product, such as Microsoft Defender or another third-party proxy solution. It would be great if this capability is included in Intune."
"We haven't really gone through all the features of Intune. We are just discovering them. Every day, we see a new feature that we want to apply, but what will be great for Intune is to be able to deploy apps in a simple fashion. We should be able to easily install various apps on the Windows platform, iOS, and Android. Currently, we have to write some scripts. It's not as straightforward as we would like it to be. It should be simplified so that we can do it just with three clicks—next, next, finish—without needing to write a script."
"There are a few security features that are not available in Microsoft Intune, when compared to other products."
"They could make it more easy to use and improve the GUI so that it's more intuitive."
"The product could have more diversity in what it is able to deploy and might do better if it was not dedicated to Red Hat products only."
"The product's automation capabilities need enhancement."
"I would like the direct integration with insights to be re-established."
"Red Hat Satellite has a short life cycle and we constantly need to update."
"Automation can always be improved and refined to continue to make it better."
"Improving integration could lead to a more unified management experience for multiple operating systems within our data center."
"I would like to see the scalability, user interface, and reporting features improved and for the solution to be simplified. Instead of having complex engineering, it should be simple for the user."
"The pricing and security could be improved."
"There isn't a clear document covering all the errors. It would be helpful if the company provided better documentation for solving issues."
"The solution could be more integrated with the Microsoft environment."
"It lacks the capability to manage the other systems."
"Acquiring certifications often require extensive training and successfully passing an exam, which can be costly and time-consuming, particularly if you already possess experience in the domain. As a result, this can increase the overall cost of obtaining certification and may present a challenge that requires addressing."
"The product's price could be lesser."
"The dashboards in vCenter Configuration Manager are an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"There could be an option for clients to manage the tool as well."
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Red Hat Satellite is ranked 4th in Configuration Management with 21 reviews while vCenter Configuration Manager is ranked 10th in Configuration Management with 50 reviews. Red Hat Satellite is rated 8.2, while vCenter Configuration Manager is rated 8.6. 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 vCenter Configuration Manager writes "A solution with a range of functionalities and several pricing plans that suit your needs". Red Hat Satellite is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SUSE Manager, Microsoft Configuration Manager, AWS Systems Manager and Chef, whereas vCenter Configuration Manager is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager and BigFix. See our Red Hat Satellite vs. vCenter Configuration Manager report.
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