We performed a comparison between SaltStack and VMware NSX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The ability to programmatically describe the desired state of a single, or an entire fleet of servers, on-premises, and in a cloud environment."
"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."
"We monitor the configurations against CIS standards. We run CIS benchmarks and maintain configurations with higher CIS values for each server."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to provide environmental security."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"SaltStack has given us the ability to deal with systems at scale and rectify issues at scale."
"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 microsegmentation is a good feature. You can segment details, products, or hardware information."
"It is a stable solution...The solution's initial setup process was easy."
"The initial setup is easy and takes between one and five days."
"The security offered by VMware NSX is the most valuable, plus it's a feature-rich product that's straightforward to install and configure."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create, develop, and deploy servers in minutes to hours, rather than days."
"Over the last two years, they've enhanced a lot, especially in regard to integration with OpenStack."
"Has a great firewall."
"This is the most scalable product of its type."
"Web UI."
"SaltStack's features are minimal."
"This solution could be integrated with more hardware for an improved offering."
"A hardened set of tests would be much appreciated."
"There is a little bit of pain when it comes to libraries and what is needed to run the product."
"It is difficult to set up."
"Its configuration process could be better."
"We've have had good and bad experiences with them. We don't always find them to be so impactful. Sometimes the support guy isn't so on top of resolving the issue and it can take a while to sort out."
"We had some complexities implementing into the other parts of a network."
"It might be nice to have more AI in the future."
"If there are other solutions already in place, it can be difficult to implement."
"I would like to see automation capabilities in the deployment process."
"The technical support could use some improvement."
"The scalability is not perfect."
"It was stable for one year, there was no impact. In the last two months, we had two big incidents."
SaltStack is ranked 6th in Network Automation with 33 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 4th in Network Automation with 93 reviews. SaltStack is rated 8.2, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. 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 VMware NSX writes "Works well and allows us to do micro-segmentation and create policy rules". SaltStack is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, HashiCorp Terraform, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Red Hat Satellite, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Cisco ACI, Illumio, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Cisco Secure Workload. See our SaltStack vs. VMware NSX report.
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