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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

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

Microsoft Intune
Sponsored
Ranking in Configuration Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
301
Ranking in other categories
Remote Access (1st), Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (1st), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (1st)
Red Hat Satellite
Ranking in Configuration Management
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
vCenter Configuration Manager
Ranking in Configuration Management
10th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.2
Number of Reviews
56
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Configuration Management category, the mindshare of Microsoft Intune is 9.4%, down from 9.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Satellite is 9.1%, down from 11.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vCenter Configuration Manager is 0.8%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Configuration Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft Intune9.4%
Red Hat Satellite9.1%
vCenter Configuration Manager0.8%
Other80.7%
Configuration Management
 

Featured Reviews

AkashKamble - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables management of multiple operating systems with a single license
The best feature is that it's a Microsoft product, so if anything goes wrong, we get quick support for anything required. Remote system functionality allows us to sit anywhere and take control of any device via remote management. We can enhance security for clients' laptops with built-in Microsoft Defender, which is available with the Microsoft Intune license. We use it for reporting purposes through endpoint analytics. When pushing scripting, there are two types available: remediation script and reservation script. Through endpoint analytics, you can push defender policies to clients. It helps with reporting, inventory updates, and monitoring tenant status health.
Shambhu Narayan  Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
A simple solution that provides good patch management and customer support
Users using the solution for the first time should have very good and strong technical knowledge about Red Hat because it's a very critical product of Red Hat. If you misuse it, you might end up with your production servers down. So, you must be very careful while using the solution for the first time. Overall, I rate Red Hat Satellite an eight out of ten.
Nikhil Nikhil - PeerSpot reviewer
Compliance management has improved efficiency but licensing changes pose challenges
I am not using any advanced features or AI. I am employing a basic VMware vCenter setup for my infrastructure. Scalability has no major limitations, and the solution is efficient. Overall, it's satisfactory. I would rate the vCenter experience as seven out of ten due to concerns regarding license, pricing, and AI features.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Microsoft Intune is very stable due to its cloud-based infrastructure and its reliability in performance."
"The navigation, the keys, and the settings are easy to find. It is easy to understand."
"There are no complaints about the stability. It works one hundred percent of the time."
"Previously, we used on-prem SCCM to deploy applications we built manually. After migrating to Intune, we automated and streamlined the process of deploying applications with autopilot. I can do more with my day. I can manage more applications and ensure that they're updated without monitoring and manually starting that process all over again."
"The interface is user-friendly, and the reporting tool works in real-time."
"The user experience is good; we could work and deploy many controls through Microsoft Intune."
"The policy and compliance monitoring of devices and the software deployment are most valuable."
"The most important thing for me is the autopilot feature."
"Fixing is the most valuable. When you deal with a lot of hardware and software and you have a lot of packages, fixing is a bit difficult. You need to track and pull up all such things, but Satellite makes this task easy. We have branches in other locations, and I can manage other branches by using Satellite Capsule, which is a great feature."
"The 'remote execution' feature further helps manage systems on a consistent basis."
"Patch management is, for sure, most valuable. For license management and patch management, I would rate it a 10 out of 10."
"Our customers primarily look for two main features: reliability and flexibility."
"Technical support has been good."
"Red Hat provides one of the best customer support services."
"The product helps me to manage a large number of servers from one console."
"You don't need to depend on any third party. It's a complete solution for patch and configuration management when integrated with the existing system."
"Reliable, stable and scalable."
"In India, basically, in the banking sector, we do not use particular open-source products, so the tool is beneficial for us."
"The solution is stable and we haven't run into issues with bugs or glitches."
"The solution is excellent at automating processes."
"The clustering part and the load balancing part are most valuable."
"It is a stable solution."
"This solution supports multiple platforms in a single solution."
"Beneficial patch management and template features."
 

Cons

"Its integration with Mac and Linux devices can be better. They should provide more features similar to Windows. We should be able to manage policies within Linux and Mac machines. If we can have more granular controls for these two operating systems, it will be really helpful."
"There are a lot of small use cases where we realized that some technical solution was missing in Microsoft in comparison to other products. For example, it lacks something similar to sensing or location-based rules and configurations."
"It would be great if Intune offered better data protection controls for BYOD Windows PCs."
"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."
"I would like to see Intune improve its handling of hybrid domain joins. We continue to experience issues with machines losing their hybrid domain join status."
"In Microsoft Intune, there is significant slowness, and there needs to be more logs when we deploy software, parameters, or scripts to troubleshoot problems and errors in the interface, workstations, and Android devices."
"One issue that Inutune can improve is password integration with the BitLocker key option. Another issue is assigning licenses. We can assign the licenses for some users on the BPM side, and our BPS users work on Outlook 365 but cannot access it there. A BPS person can go to the company portal and download Outlook 2016. They could improve the NDIS part to assign a license directly to the BPS person that allows them to install the Intune device manager directly on our system."
"Intune could be improved by expanding its third-party patching capabilities for a more comprehensive solution."
"Red Hat Satellite has a short life cycle and we constantly need to update."
"I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive. The licensing is a bit expensive."
"There could be a feature to simplify the process without the requirement of any patch manager subscription."
"I would like the direct integration with insights to be re-established."
"The product could have more diversity in what it is able to deploy and might do better if it was not dedicated to Red Hat products only."
"Red Hat Satellite is a valuable tool for configuration management. It provides advanced services for updates, allowing you to identify and manage servers across networks."
"The dashboard of Satellite is not encouraging. It does not adequately showcase all the functionality it offers."
"Regarding the product's ability to support third-party tools, Red Hat doesn't support all the layers from the open-source version of Linux."
"SAP CRM could improve by adding additional automation features."
"The interface itself is not very user-friendly."
"The solution needs to add its own backup system because it has issues integrating with third-party solutions."
"Some of the migrations are difficult to manage since the solution is not compatible with a few of the operating systems, which poses a challenge during the physical to virtual migration process."
"The snapshot functionality on the solution needs improvement. After renewing the snapshot, all of the production was stuck. Right now, its functionality is one of our main concerns."
"It would be better to integrate this infrastructure with native cloud environments, but we can't do it. We are trying to improve our experience by converting our infrastructure through virtualization on native cloud environments and workloads."
"The product's price could be lesser."
"The cost of this solution should be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The Intune license model is costly."
"Its price is quite okay. I wish they provide certain additional features with the same license."
"Microsoft Intune has been incorporated into our Microsoft E5 licenses."
"There are licenses required for this solution. We enable licenses on the devices we need to manage."
"Intune comes with the licensing that is common for large organizations. However, Microsoft has recently released many add-ons that are very expensive, especially for large organizations or corporations."
"There is a cost benefit of using Microsoft Intune because of the packaging with other Microsoft products."
"If you ask the accountant or the finance department, they'll tell you that it is way too expensive, but when I look at the cost and compare it with the value you actually get, it's more than fair."
"We don't pay for Intune because it is bundled with the premium subscription to Office 365. It includes Intune and Defender. I don't have to buy two extra products to manage my enterprise."
"The cost for a larger enterprise is probably almost always a boon."
"The tool's pricing is high."
"For us, Red Hat Satellite's pricing is between cheaper and moderate."
"The price could be lower and more adaptive."
"Red Hat Satellite is expensive."
"Red Hat Satellite is a little bit of an expensive product."
"Our customers have to pay for the product's license."
"Its price is good. They call it subscription, not license, and it is on a yearly basis. There is only one subscription, and that's it."
"Their licensing costs are high. But I think for the scale that we are using, it's suitable. If you use it on a larger scale with many servers, you have to pay a lot of money for them. I think it's suitable for organizations that don't need expert people that want more money each year or each month because it's a straightforward solution. We prefer to pay for these products that are integrated and straightforward."
"We have to pay for the whole bundle and individual pricing is not available. One license costs us almost $200 every year."
"I have a license to cover four hosts."
"It is an expensive product."
"It's a large application. It consumes a lot of resources. Sometimes the price is too high for our customers. If they buy it directly from VMware, its hard to convince the customer that we will bring down the total cost of ownership, in the end."
"I am not knowledgeable with the pricing of the product."
"The solution comes with three-year support. We have to renew the support annually after the three years are up."
"It is an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Government
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Insurance Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business116
Midsize Enterprise46
Large Enterprise152
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise19
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Red Hat Satellite?
The cost is perceived as reasonable as our customers continue to purchase the solutions. We have won public offers, d...
What do you like most about vCenter Configuration Manager?
Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vCenter Configuration Manager?
Nowadays, it is a bit expensive. It's costly, primarily due to the licensing aspect.
What needs improvement with vCenter Configuration Manager?
My impression on the impact of the real-time monitoring features of vCenter Configuration Manager is that it's somewh...
 

Also Known As

Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager
No data available
vCM
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Mitchells and Buzzers, Callaway
Baloise Bank SoBa, ETH Zurich, Munich Airport, ING-DiBa, Produban
Bank Al Bilad, Thomas-Krenn.AG, Pronto!, Unimed Juiz de Fora
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