HashiCorp Consul Reviews

The primary use case for HashiCorp Consul is in a microservices architecture, particularly within a premium application involving various streaming services like Kafka.

The product's most valuable features are support for Service Mesh TLS and canary deployment.

They could improve issues related to triggering generic deployments for the platform. We have raised multiple support cases. They could enhance the integration approach with Service Mesh tools. Additionally, the UI needs enhancement.

We have been using HashiCorp Consul for 13 months.

The platform is stable. However, it needs maintenance and monitoring as it sometimes encounters downtime.

We have implemented the product in two of our projects.

The feedback provided by the technical support team doesn't resolve the issue.

Compared to other products, HashiCorp Consul is more flexible to use.

The platform is easy to install when integrated with Kubernetes. The ideal setup includes running three workers or additional nodes for data persistence, especially when Consul is deployed in an on-premises environment. Even when deploying on EKS, the reports run smoothly as scheduled shifts.

In case of budget constraints, we opt for the product's business support licenses and use an open-source version. However, it is advisable to go for the enterprise edition.

I recommend HashiCorp Consul for beginners. It is a stable tool. The key-vault storage feature has significantly enhanced our configuration management process. We have maintained the secret software applications in the vault and retrieved the information from Kv.

I rate the product a seven out of ten. It is good open-source software to be managed within the production.

HashiCorp Consul's most valuable feature is the automation of many processes, which limits the errors from user interaction. 

The command line of HashiCorp Consul could be more intuitive to make it easier to use.

I have been using HashiCorp Consul for approximately two years.

HashiCorp Consul has been stable since our first installation.

The scalability of the HashiCorp Consul is good.

We have approximately 200 people in my organization using this solution.

I have not contacted technical support.

I found the initial implementation of HashiCorp Consul straightforward.

We have a team that does the maintenance of the solution.

I would advise others to try out HashiCorp Consul and run a test environment first to see if it meets their needs.

I rate HashiCorp Consul an eight out of ten.