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AWS Config vs Microsoft Intune comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 5, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Config
Ranking in Configuration Management
18th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Intune
Ranking in Configuration Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
234
Ranking in other categories
Remote Access (1st), Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (1st), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Configuration Management category, the mindshare of AWS Config is 1.2%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Intune is 11.9%, up from 10.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Configuration Management
 

Featured Reviews

Shashank N - PeerSpot reviewer
Can automatically fix configuration deviations, one-click deployment and compliance enforcement
If you need auto-remediation for compliance purposes, then I would recommend using this solution. But if you already have another Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tool, Config might be redundant. For purely AWS environments, though, it's a great choice. Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. It's useful for compliance and security, but we have to balance the cost and other things.
Joseph Merusi - PeerSpot reviewer
Everything has worked better since we started using it
Sometimes the syncing is inconsistent. I'm confident that the devices are checking in every eight hours, but sometimes the devices aren't picking up the settings as quickly as I would expect. Some features haven't been updated in a while, and Microsoft doesn't seem interested in developing them. Unless you talk to an engineer, you don't know whether there will be an update. There are communication issues, so you might start working with a feature without knowing if it will be deprecated six months from now. Some reporting areas still need development. For example, I noticed that the reporting for driver updates is still confusing.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The initial setup is super easy, it takes like two minutes. Literally a one-click deployment."
"The solution is scalable and provides over 100 rules."
"The scalability is a ten out of ten."
"Installing the instances and performing upgrades is smooth and clean."
"Intune has automated the deployment of patches and applications, which is more efficient and easier. It allows us to deploy applications, packages, Windows updates, and security updates like BitLocker encryption more efficiently and easily."
"I like how Intune deploys the policies and makes them customizable. You can deploy it through Intune and forget about it."
"The many policies available in Microsoft Intune for managing our devices are valuable."
"We can implement a MAM policy in this Intune and protect the device through mobile application development without touching it. The interface is easy to use and understand."
"The core management feature in Intune is invaluable to us, especially considering the challenges we often face with System Center when pushing external updates."
"The solution is scalable. We currently have tens of thousands of users within our organization using the solution."
"It has helped with compliance. It has helped to ensure that devices comply with the organization's policy. If they are not compliant and secure, they cannot access the resources."
"Remote Wipe and Autopilot is one of the best features."
 

Cons

"The reboot process for AWS instances could be improved. Microsoft Azure does not have this problem, so AWS could consider making their instances more robust. You would not need to reboot your instances frequently to replace the hardware and stuff. They can look for a better approach or mechanism to improve in the future. The concern is that you need to plan for the outage when you reboot an instance. You need to have a maintenance window where you can properly reboot the instance without affecting your application. When Amazon announces that you need to reboot an instance and are not ready, this becomes a problem."
"The solution is missing a configuration that can assist us when writing our programming languages."
"Improvements are needed as per customer requirements."
"There is room for improvement in built-in tools, they are not up to the mark."
"I would like some integration with the Microsoft reporting platform Power BI."
"I would like to see Intune improve its handling of hybrid domain joins."
"It would be awesome if Microsoft opened their API so we could filter more properties. If we have to do anything outside of Intune that requires a third-party solution to talk back to it, we're very limited in what we can do."
"Lacking ability to leverage more iOS device management internally."
"There is room for improvement in integrating additional features such as Purview and SharePoint activities into Intune."
"More integration with monitoring tools is needed."
"I would like to see better integration with Microsoft."
"The reporting needs to be a bit more interactive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution charges us per hour. There's no license."
"It is a very expensive tool. AWS pricing for Config is not fixed and depends on your organization's size and complexity."
"Even if they charge a premium, they aim to provide equal value."
"Intune is included in the Microsoft 365 licensing package that we have."
"The E5 license is expensive."
"Intune is cost-effective as it is included in some of the Office 365 packages."
"Intune is inexpensive. It also comes bundled in some Office 365 licenses, so you can choose to purchase it separately or as a package."
"It comes as a bundle, so you do not really know what the prices are. Microsoft does not break it down to the user cost for us. It is just bundled with our E5 license."
"Cost is not my department, but the product is included in the E5 license that we already pay for every user, so no additional cost is incurred."
"Previously the price was $4 per month per user. Now it's $2.25 per user per month."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
24%
Healthcare Company
11%
Government
8%
Photography Company
7%
Educational Organization
26%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS Config?
The initial setup is super easy, it takes like two minutes. Literally a one-click deployment.
What needs improvement with AWS Config?
Improvements are needed as per customer requirements.
What is your primary use case for AWS Config?
It tracks configuration changes across all your AWS resources. Imagine it as a log of every tweak and setting alteration. This lets you build compliant policies based on desired configurations. For...
How does Microsoft Intune compare with VMware Workspace One?
Microsoft Intune is a great tool for managing a mobile device fleet while keeping access control. The solution makes it easy to control security and manage the usage of mobile apps when you have a ...
What are the pros and cons of Microsoft Intune?
Microsoft Intune is a great configuration management tool and has a lot of good things going for it. Here are some of the things I like about it: Pros: Protected productivity: Intune gives you th...
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Also Known As

No data available
Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager
 

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Sample Customers

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