We performed a comparison between SaltStack and VMware NSX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I want to build automation that is intelligent, part of the fabric of our environment, and is somewhat self-sustaining. I think SaltStack can help me do this."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to provide environmental security."
"The ability to programmatically describe the desired state of a single, or an entire fleet of servers, on-premises, and in a cloud environment."
"SaltStack has given us the ability to deal with systems at scale and rectify issues at scale."
"The automation functionality has been most valuable. With a click of a button, we are able to automate provisioning, the build of new hardware and apply patches. These are all extremely important and differentiated tasks that can be automated in SaltStack."
"We monitor the configurations against CIS standards. We run CIS benchmarks and maintain configurations with higher CIS values for each server."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"The ability to scale from different clouds. At the moment, the scalability of the product is the number one thing that I saw."
"NSX is good in managing security or controlling the security and the access control for each single VM."
"The solution is very stable and reliable."
"The initial setup is easy and takes between one and five days."
"We secured our organisation with Micro-segmentation."
"The most valuable features for us at this early stage are the interface and the integration with existing VMware solutions."
"The most valuable features are the micro-segmentation and integrated security options."
"The interface is intuitive enough."
"A hardened set of tests would be much appreciated."
"Web UI."
"SaltStack's features are minimal."
"It is difficult to set up."
"Its configuration process could be better."
"There is a little bit of pain when it comes to libraries and what is needed to run the product."
"This solution could be integrated with more hardware for an improved offering."
"We've have had good and bad experiences with them. We don't always find them to be so impactful. Sometimes the support guy isn't so on top of resolving the issue and it can take a while to sort out."
"There are sometimes mismatch in the control, the details and what you actually see on the transport note."
"The tool's setup is complex and we need support to implement it."
"It's not feature-rich."
"VMware NSX should be able to scale for different customers, even the big ones. Its scalability needs improvement. Stability for it should also be improved."
"VMware NSX only supports some platforms like KVM."
"The initial establishment can be complex."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
SaltStack is ranked 6th in Network Automation with 33 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 4th in Network Automation with 94 reviews. SaltStack is rated 8.2, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SaltStack writes "Orchestration tool that powers automation of processes with the click of a button". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". SaltStack is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, VMware Aria Automation, HashiCorp Terraform, Red Hat Satellite and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco ACI and Cisco Secure Workload. See our SaltStack vs. VMware NSX report.
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