We performed a comparison between SaltStack and vCenter Orchestrator based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Red Hat, Microsoft, HCLTech and others in Configuration Management."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."
"Autopilot is a great feature. Most users are looking for a zero-touch deployment."
"We can securely manage both company-owned devices and personal devices enrolled in our BYOD program."
"The aspects I find most valuable are the managing the data and applications. I can also restrict the users to install any applications. I can also wipe the data if the phone was missplaced or stolen. These are the basics for me."
"For Windows services, there are multiple options within Intune to modernize it to be more internet-facing and dynamic."
"Application deployment and keeping the devices secure no matter where they are, by having this cloud solution — that has been great."
"Based on my experience, I find Intune very flexible for managing Windows devices. We can use scripting, and we can make use of the self-service portal or the company portal to publish some of the applications for Windows."
"Intune enables us to manage our devices from anywhere."
"The ability to programmatically describe the desired state of a single, or an entire fleet of servers, on-premises, and in a cloud environment."
"SaltStack has given us the ability to deal with systems at scale and rectify issues at scale."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"We monitor the configurations against CIS standards. We run CIS benchmarks and maintain configurations with higher CIS values for each server."
"The automation functionality has been most valuable. With a click of a button, we are able to automate provisioning, the build of new hardware and apply patches. These are all extremely important and differentiated tasks that can be automated in SaltStack."
"I want to build automation that is intelligent, part of the fabric of our environment, and is somewhat self-sustaining. I think SaltStack can help me do this."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to provide environmental security."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its good automation features."
"We have excellent technical support. They have always been helpful when we have needed them."
"The most valuable feature is affinity rules."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"If I need to do DR, VMware can enable me to use vMotion, which requires use of vCenter. You cannot do vMotion without vCenter. We do a lot of automation, orchestration, and simplification for that purpose."
"What I like best about vCenter Orchestrator is that it makes life easier through automation. People can request to automate all processes with vCenter Orchestrator, such as adding storage, creating VMs, removing VMs, and extending VMs."
"User-friendly and easy to deploy."
"I am impressed with the tool's easiness to work with VMware solutions."
"I expect Microsoft Intune to have more features in the cloud because there are two major functionalities that we need to be added. This is software metering and license management. These functionalities, for now, must be on-premise. For this purpose, we have set up a SQL Server and I hope that in near future this option will be in the cloud in Microsoft Intune."
"The policies we had in SCCM and AD offered features that are missing from Microsoft Intune."
"The pricing could be improved."
"They could also make it easier to use because there are some other products that may be easier to use in terms of the look and feel of the dashboard."
"The reporting needs to be a bit more interactive."
"In an upcoming release, I would like to see some kind of analytics report."
"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."
"Microsoft Intune's support for Mac devices is lacking and could be improved."
"Web UI."
"A hardened set of tests would be much appreciated."
"SaltStack's features are minimal."
"Its configuration process could be better."
"It is difficult to set up."
"There is a little bit of pain when it comes to libraries and what is needed to run the product."
"This solution could be integrated with more hardware for an improved offering."
"The licensing is expensive and should be improved."
"The custom workflows are very difficult and confusing."
"There can be compatibility issues."
"I did not do the initial setup. However, it was complex at the beginning."
"I would like to see a greater ability to do mobile administration."
"The solution needs to integrate with Cloud facilities like AWS and Azure."
"The solution's price could be cheaper."
"The cost of the solution is high."
SaltStack is ranked 14th in Configuration Management with 33 reviews while vCenter Orchestrator is ranked 9th in Process Automation with 44 reviews. SaltStack is rated 8.2, while vCenter Orchestrator is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SaltStack writes "Orchestration tool that powers automation of processes with the click of a button". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vCenter Orchestrator writes "Enables us to do administration on a centralized layer when using multiple VMware ESX servers". SaltStack is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, Microsoft Configuration Manager, HashiCorp Terraform, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Automic Workload Automation, whereas vCenter Orchestrator is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, VMware Aria Operations, vCloud Director, Cisco UCS Director and Control-M.
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