We performed a comparison between BigFix and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager 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."Intune provides full visibility into all active mobile device users. If their devices are noncompliant with our security policies, I have the flexibility to update them remotely."
"The many policies available in Microsoft Intune for managing our devices are valuable."
"By using Microsoft Intune we can control which websites the users can go to and it provides a secure environment for our employees using their laptops that are having access from home. We have installed Intune to control the user's environment minimizing the chances of any hacking."
"The dashboards, the security, and the customization capabilities work very well for us."
"If the product works, remote access will be a benefit. To this point we have not had reason to have confidence in achieving that access."
"Configuration profiles, remediation, scripts, and auto-pilot features are very good."
"Autopilot is the most valuable feature of Microsoft Intune."
"Intune enables us to manage our devices from anywhere."
"It is pretty secure, and it gives extensive vulnerability features as compared to other applications. It supports multiple languages, and the security checks are pretty high as compared to other tools in the market."
"Patch management, because it very much improved the patch compliance and has the capability to manage Windows and non-Windows clients."
"It's very straightforward."
"It has improved reliability upon delivery of software and has also helped reduce software expenses. The extensibility of BigFix helps to create custom solutions where we may have considered purchasing something instead."
"In terms of vulnerability management, it gives tough competition by providing a single management console with multiple benefits."
"Servers are patched more consistently than they have been previously."
"The most valuable feature of BigFix is the software deployment."
"The most valuable feature is patch management, a must have, even for Linux and iOS."
"The installation is straightforward."
"It is pretty straightforward to set up."
"The most valuable features the solution offers are compliance, reliability, and information about reliability."
"The configuration compliance aspect of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager allows for easy comparison of configuration settings across branches, ensuring adherence to security guidelines and best practices. Automation capabilities have greatly impacted workflows, enabling tasks such as configuration backups, template deployment, and firmware upgrades to be automated, thereby streamlining processes and saving time. Compliance reporting features provide valuable insights into network compliance, offering pre-built security audit reports and customizable options to meet specific requirements."
"It's perfect for network configuration management. It's easy to use."
"Configuration refers to the specific settings and options that determine how a device or system behaves. It can include things, such as network settings, security settings, and other options that are specific to the device or system in question. One of the most valuable features of the solution was its ability to track and monitor changes to the configuration of devices on a network. This can be useful for troubleshooting and identifying potential issues. By keeping track of who made changes to the configuration and when it can be easier to determine the cause of any problems that may arise."
"It is a stable solution."
"This solution has helped our organization by allowing us to store all the device configurations for the various network devices in NCM and making it easy for us to retrieve and look them over."
"The security features should be improved."
"Reporting could be improved. It needs to be more expensive and robust."
"There can be more logs. I do not have any other requirements."
"Microsoft Intune fails a lot when it comes to device compliance."
"Microsoft Intune lacks the ability to provide seamless remote assistance or remote control."
"The current Intune reporting functionality could benefit from some improvements."
"The biggest problem we ever have is when something goes out of date after 30 days when nobody has logged into it. We do have a problem trying to get those back online. We've been working with Microsoft to resolve that problem, but that's been the only issue that we've had in the last few years."
"Intune lags all of its competitors in terms of report generation."
"Relay selection and availability needs improvement as an incorrect relay selected can cause network chokes."
"I would like to see much better web reporting because as it is now, it's convoluted, basic, it's not modern, and there are limitations to it."
"I self-taught for this online, so the initial setup was a little difficult to pick up at first. I had to create a couple of testing environments and destroy them in order to learn how to use it. There was a lot of trial and error, a lot of reading of the manuals."
"I'm looking for them to make big web UI improvements."
"It can be improved speed-wise. They can make it a little bit light. If you do any query for servers in bulk, it can take some time. Similarly, creating a job can take some time."
"We need a much better multi-tenant option."
"To make it a ten they should improve the licensing. Second, if they could have one environment for everything it would be nice. For you to install compliance you need to install the server, and then you add the modules. For you to install inventory you install the server and then you add the modules. It's not easy to do. When I was doing it before I learned it, it was not straight forward."
"I would request them to build a robots, or an easier way for integration with the other tools, like ITSM tools."
"We want to be able to store it in a data warehouse format and integrate it with Google single sign-on."
"The network flow is a problem for this solution."
"The Network Configuration Manager needs to improve the access control list compliance."
"When it comes to the way of managing the network devices, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager should provide the simplest way that devices can relate to the server. For example, when we want to get the devices on board, we go by SSH to make the SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager create the connectivity with the device. After that, we pull the configuration. It would be helpful if they could combine both so that everything will be done in one step."
"For each device, when you open the network performance monitor, it will give you all of the information about the device, but many of the natural configuration management features are not on that page."
"Its look and feel can be improved. They can also put in more effort into building the THWACK community and use the information about various customer issues and requests to build the new releases."
"The only thing that requires some experience, and training doesn't fix, is how to set up your custom policy-based reports to check compliance."
"The third-party plugins available in the solution could improve. I have received some issues with the templates."
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BigFix is ranked 5th in Configuration Management with 91 reviews while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is ranked 11th in Configuration Management with 22 reviews. BigFix is rated 8.6, while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of BigFix writes "Very stable and easy to deploy with excellent patch compliance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager writes "Streamlines network configuration and compliance processes through its centralized dashboard, although its compatibility with multi-vendor devices may present limitations". BigFix is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Tanium and ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, whereas SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, Cisco Prime, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, OpenText Network Node Manager i and VMware NSX. See our BigFix vs. SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager report.
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