CFEngine Enterprise vs SaltStack comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Intune
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Ranking in Configuration Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
166
Ranking in other categories
Remote Access (4th), Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (1st), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (3rd)
CFEngine Enterprise
Ranking in Configuration Management
21st
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SaltStack
Ranking in Configuration Management
14th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Network Automation (7th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Configuration Management category, the market share of Microsoft Intune is 12.3% and it increased by 23.1% compared to the previous year. The market share of CFEngine Enterprise is 0.2% and it decreased by 9.4% compared to the previous year. The market share of SaltStack is 2.8% and it increased by 18.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Configuration Management
Unique Categories:
Remote Access
4.5%
Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)
35.8%
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Network Automation
3.4%
 

Featured Reviews

WO
Apr 2, 2024
Cloud-based and helpful for compliance and endpoint deployment
I would like them to stop making changes and not tell people they have already made the changes. I know that their AI pieces are at the infancy stage, but allowing users to do more tagging for information would be an interesting thing because Intune also directly integrates with Azure. Because a lot of the devices are hosted with that, you also get a lot of tagging of user data and other things like that. Tagging is still at more of an infancy set. You get a lot of false flags. There can also be a more simplified use case for app deployment. They leverage MSIs and WIN32. I am having a more washed-out EXE process. Rather than having to build the script sets yourself, having them autogenerated script based on you uploading in a default location would be nice.
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BF
Oct 13, 2023
A strong and flexible solution that helps with configuration management
We use SaltStack for configuration management, where we maintain configurations of 150 servers. It also helps with file integrity monitoring.  We monitor the configurations against CIS standards. We run CIS benchmarks and maintain configurations with higher CIS values for each server.…

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing needs improvement."
"There are licenses required for this solution. We enable licenses on the devices we need to manage."
"Microsoft Intune is moderately priced. There is a monthly license required to use the solution and it is approximately eight dollars per month."
"Microsoft Intune's pricing is reasonable."
"It is reasonable. When you have Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 license, it is already licensed in that license. So, you could say it is free."
"The pricing for Intune and the competitor products are all within the same range, there is no true advantage when it comes to cost."
"Pricing can be improved."
"Microsoft's licensing is more flexible and adaptive than its competitors."
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"SaltStack is an open-source product."
"The pricing for this solution is roughly 20% lower than the competitive products in the market."
"So much can be done with the Open Source side, and especially for smaller shops. I personally think the pricing for Enterprise is hard to justify."
"The solution is free of cost."
"It is an open-source product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
23%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Educational Organization
11%
University
9%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
9%
University
8%
 

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What do you like most about SaltStack?
We monitor the configurations against CIS standards. We run CIS benchmarks and maintain configurations with higher CI...
What is your primary use case for SaltStack?
We use SaltStack for configuration management, where we maintain configurations of 150 servers. It also helps with fi...
 

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