We performed a comparison between BMC TrueSight Server Automation and HashiCorp Terraform 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."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."
"The solution is easy to use, simple to understand for those new to using it, and combined with the other Microsoft products it makes for an overall good package."
"I like the tool's integration with Apple. Anyone who creates an ID in Intune will get an Apple ID."
"The ability to (somewhat) manage full Windows 10 computers including EXE-based or MSI-based application deployments using Azure Active Directory as Identity."
"Intune enables us to manage our devices from anywhere."
"It is a stable solution."
"We can manage and standardize security across your environment, identify problems, receive alerts, and so on. That's its purpose, and that's also why it's so good."
"At the moment, Autopilot is the most valuable feature."
"The solution is stable."
"As this solution provides strong support and has multiple use cases, it is worth the cost."
"BMC support is great. They usually can answer any of our questions in a short amount of time and solve our most complex issues."
"The product's valuable feature is its ability to conduct patching for multiple servers simultaneously."
"The best feature of the solution is patch automation."
"Server Automation's best feature is automated patching. It also helps us automate compliance and report generation. We can even integrate TrueSight Server Automation with a vulnerability management solution to remedy vulnerabilities by applying patches, deploying scripts, or changing registry entries."
"Technical support is good."
"Scalability is good."
"Provides automation which has increased our efficiency."
"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."
"We save a lot of time with this solution."
"It is one of the best things because now we have everything automated with Terraform. We didn't have an outage for the last three years because everything is written in a code, and every change we have made is recorded. If we didn't have a tool like Terraform, it would be extremely complex to achieve this level of maturity with infrastructure."
"The first thing I like about the solution is that it keeps a version of your infrastructure."
"It is a stable solution."
"It's very easy to automate functions on the cloud with HashiCorp Terraform. The commands are easy as well."
"It is easy to recreate an exact duplicate or output of an environment."
"The most important thing is reporting. They should improve their reporting. They should give a free hand to users. In SCCM, I can create my own reports. For example, in SCCM, I can create an inventory report for my PC or for all PCs, but in Intune, we don't have an option to create any report. Microsoft claims that Intune is a successor of SCCM, but SCCM is more powerful than Intune. So, they should develop Intune more and make it equivalent to SCCM. Then, their product will be great in the market."
"The configuration and pricing can be improved."
"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 reports aren't complete, and it's not easy to build custom reports. For example, Windows Autopilot isn't working well in cases where the computers don't have a good internet connection. Then the option is not good enough."
"In future releases, I would like to see better integration with Apple products."
"Microsoft Intune has a latency response time issue. The latency has room for improvement."
"I would like to see the ability to deploy custom packages as a Windows 64-bit package, as opposed to the Windows 32-bit, which is the only one available now."
"They should improve its compatibility with other operating systems such as iOS and Linux. It supports Linux but they still need to work on the iOS part."
"Scaling the environment during setup at larger organizations with 10,000 employees gets complicated."
"We encountered some reporting issues. Also, we needed to gather information from the backend before the product execution. The output's format is not good."
"A better CLI Database cleanup tool would help us with our regular maintenance of BladeLogic Server Automation."
"The setup of this suite is very complicated. It needs to be simplified."
"Needs more use cases into compliance management and the remediation process."
"We've had to increase RAM and CPU processing in order to alleviate some of the sluggishness during patching."
"I would like to see more container integration in the next release of this solution."
"The number of APIs available within the tool needs improvement. At the moment, we have a couple of different scanning tools used within the organization, but only one of those is integrated back into Server Automation. There is another tool that they use in another part of the business where it doesn't have an out-of-the-box adaptor for it. We would have to go and create or develop something bespoke to be able to integrate it with that scanning tool. Whereas, with the other scanning tool, there was an API available. To make it easier, I would like to have more APIs available for different scanning tools within that line of business."
"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."
"Terraform could create more examples in the documentation."
"I initially found the initial HashiCorp Terraform difficult to comprehend. It's complex and not straightforward, requiring proper training to grasp it. Even someone with a background in networking or cybersecurity would need guidance from someone knowledgeable."
"They have added a feature that helps us to import existing resources to our workspace, but if they can help us to create the code for the import, as well, then it would be a great addition."
"I would want to see more programmatic capabilities implemented, such as if, else, and simple to manage things in terms of how I can use some programming functions to assist us to achieve more. I would like to have programming language-relevant features, to have programming language be the primary way."
"Some areas where Terraform could improve would be challenges in managing sensitive information, especially when dealing with secret files or credentials."
"The user interface could be easier for non-technical people."
"I would like to see a short-term option for a short-term plan."
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BMC TrueSight Server Automation is ranked 12th in Configuration Management with 18 reviews while HashiCorp Terraform is ranked 7th in Configuration Management with 38 reviews. BMC TrueSight Server Automation is rated 8.2, while HashiCorp Terraform is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of BMC TrueSight Server Automation writes "Helps to automate and configure the endpoints of servers ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HashiCorp Terraform writes "Easy to use, technically strong, and great for multi-provider or multi-cloud environments". BMC TrueSight Server Automation is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, BigFix, Red Hat Satellite, Microsoft Configuration Manager and Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM, whereas HashiCorp Terraform is most compared with Red Hat Satellite, SaltStack, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Spring Cloud. See our BMC TrueSight Server Automation vs. HashiCorp Terraform report.
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