We performed a comparison between HashiCorp Terraform and Spring Cloud 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 most important thing for me is the autopilot feature."
"The ability to send configurations to our systems is valuable, particularly as we don't have a regular Windows AD server. Our current environment doesn't have a Windows AD, which limits our ability to push GPOs. However, this is where the solution can step in and help us push policies."
"It is a helpful tool to manage BYOD policies."
"The synchronization of Intune with other Microsoft solutions is a valuable feature."
"Intune enables us to manage our devices from anywhere."
"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 helps implement conditional access policies to restrict mobile users from accessing potentially dangerous emails."
"The solution is easy to use and it has good performance."
"The most valuable feature of HashiCorp Terraform is the custom modules."
"The first thing I like about the solution is that it keeps a version of your infrastructure."
"I like the function that shows me a preview of what is happening in the infrastructure."
"We save a lot of time with this solution."
"It allows for the abstraction of the work away from the developer into automated processes."
"This solution makes it easier to manage a multi-cloud environment and have your entire infrastructure as code."
"The state file is the most beneficial aspect of HashiCorp Terraform. It enables the retrieval and utilization of a previous state to build upon. This feature is particularly important since it allows for the identification of changes from the previous state, making the state file a critical component of the process."
"The environment is very good. That's awesome."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward. The deployment process took me around ten minutes to fifteen minutes."
"It offers excellent scalability."
"Spring Cloud integrates well."
"The closest Microsoft Intune can be to GPOs, the better. There needs to be more granularity on application deployments. However, they have done better recently with the application deployments."
"The difficulty of the the roll out is surprisingly difficult considering this product is supposed to be an integrated part of the 365 suite."
"The add-ons must be integrated into the solution."
"There should be more support for macOS. Even though macOS is supported by Intune and Microsoft is working very hard to get more features into Intune to manage macOS, that's one thing they can give a lot more attention to."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in terms of compatibility, extending beyond the well-known major brands."
"It's only good for a Microsoft environment."
"Microsoft Intune lags market leaders, such as Apperian, in its MAM capabilities."
"The initial setup is a little bit complex."
"The solution is complex when we use it for a loop. This is a problem, not because of the language itself, but because of how the infrastructure generally works. It's different from Python."
"The integration with this solution needs to be improved."
"They should include tutorials for understanding the use cases."
"From a user's perspective, it would be great if a UI tool is made available in the open source version as well, but I don't think it may be introduced because of the high costs for it announced by HashiCorp in its licensed version...HashiCorp Terraform can improve backward compatibility."
"HashiCorp Terraform is an open-source tool that relies on external developers to create plugins to expand its capabilities. However, this approach can be problematic as not all plugins are created by professionals and some may have security vulnerabilities. In the case of GKE, Google has created a solid plugin, but for other services, one must search for plugins on the HashiCorp Terraform registry, which can be hit or miss, as many plugins are created by students or hobbyists, who may not continue to maintain or update them. This model of open-sourced plugins may not be the most reliable or secure way of expanding the tool's capabilities."
"With cloud providers always adding new resource types, there are certain resources that Terraform does not support. It would be great if it could support those resources as well."
"There is always room for improvement somewhere. I don't know everything about the product."
"The syntax is a bit difficult, and it would great if it could be easier."
"It would be beneficial for the framework to become more lightweight and efficient when transitioning to the cloud."
"Stability is one area in the solution that needs to improve."
"If there's a dashboard like the ones provided by Apigee or Kong, that will be useful."
HashiCorp Terraform is ranked 7th in Configuration Management with 38 reviews while Spring Cloud is ranked 19th in Configuration Management with 3 reviews. HashiCorp Terraform is rated 8.6, while Spring Cloud is rated 6.6. The top reviewer of HashiCorp Terraform writes "Easy to use, technically strong, and great for multi-provider or multi-cloud environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Spring Cloud writes "Though the initial setup phase is straightforward, its stability needs to improve". HashiCorp Terraform is most compared with Red Hat Satellite, SaltStack, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, whereas Spring Cloud is most compared with AWS CloudFormation and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. See our HashiCorp Terraform vs. Spring Cloud report.
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