BackBox vs. SaltStack Comparison


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The extensive network monitoring capabilities lets you track performance of switches, routers, LANs, WLCs, IP addresses, and firewalls. Monitor the finer aspects of your network: Hardware monitoring enables CPU, memory, and disk monitoring, for efficient. performance of all devices. Perform seamless faults and alerts management with real-time notifications and detailed logs for quick issue detection and resolution. Achieve network automation, with workflows enabling automated diagnostics and troubleshooting actions. 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All the features you need to manage and monitor your IT infrastructure proactively. 282 Ratings Visit Website Syncro Syncro offers the first Extended Monitoring and Management (XMM) platform purpose-built for midsized MSPs and internal IT teams. The unified platform integrates RMM (endpoint management), professional services automation (PSA), and Microsoft 365 multi-tenant management to help organizations simplify operations, strengthen security, and scale profitably. Syncro delivers powerful automation, native AI capabilities, deep Microsoft 365 integration, and seamless support for 50+ third-party tools—enabling teams to reduce complexity, cut costs, and uncover new revenue opportunities. Its transparent per-user pricing model and commitment to continuous innovation make it an ideal solution for modern IT operations. 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The recent surge in remote work is testing the limits of many organizations’ VPN and other hardware solutions. 1,915 Ratings Visit Website Device42 With customers across 70+ countries, organizations of all sizes rely on Device42 as the most trusted, advanced, and complete full-stack agentless discovery and dependency mapping platform for Hybrid IT. With access to information that perfectly mirrors the reality of what is on the network, IT teams are able to run their operations more efficiently, solve problems faster, migrate and modernize with ease, and achieve compliance with flying colors. Device42 continuously discovers, maps, and optimizes infrastructure and applications across data centers and cloud, while intelligently grouping workloads by application affinities and other resource formats that provide a clear view of what is connected to the environment at any given time. As part of the Freshworks family, we are committed to, and you should expect us to provide even better solutions and continued support for our global customers and partners, just as we always have. 173 Ratings Visit Website Bitdefender Ultimate Small Business Security Bitdefender Small Business Security delivers enterprise-grade, layered cyber-protection designed specifically for small organizations. It covers Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android devices with centralized, easy-to-use management, so businesses without a dedicated IT staff can deploy and monitor security from one dashboard. Key features include multi-layered endpoint protection (machine learning, behavioral analytics, real-time monitoring, process termination, and rollback) to prevent known and unknown threats. It offers ransomware prevention and mitigation (detecting abnormal encryption attempts and restoring files from backups), fileless attack protection (memory/back-injection interference, script blocking), phishing & fraud prevention (blocking deceptive sites and warning users), and advanced exploit protection (real-time shield of browsers, Office apps, Adobe Reader) for comprehensive endpoint defense. 3 Ratings Visit Website
About BackBox offers a simple way to intelligently automate the backup, restoration, and management of all devices on a network by providing centralized management of devices such as firewalls, routers, switches, and load balancers. Each of these devices plays a critical role in the availability and security of an organization’s network, and BackBox ensures they all continue to function effectively and effortlessly, streamlining operations for optimal performance. BackBox provides a foundation to harmonize the configuration between multiple devices, enabling seamless integration, and assuring compliance to organization or industry security policies, standards, or guidelines. IT administrators can easily employ BackBox to track configuration changes and see the deviation with the baseline for compliance validation and remediation.	About SaltStack is an intelligent IT automation platform that can manage, secure, and optimize any infrastructure—on-prem, in the cloud, or at the edge. It’s built on a unique and powerful event-driven automation engine that detects events in any system and reacts intelligently to them, making it an extremely effective solution for managing large, complex environments. With the newly launched SecOps offering, SaltStack can detect security vulnerabilities and non-compliant, mis-configured systems. As soon as an issue is detected, this powerful automation helps you and your team remediate it, keeping your infrastructure securely configured, compliant, and up-to-date. The SecOps suite includes both Comply and Protect. Comply scans and remediates against CIS, DISA-STIG, NIST, PCI, HIPAA compliance standards. And Protect scans for vulnerabilities and patches and updates your operating systems.
Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook	Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook
Audience Enterprises and managed service providers in need of an intelligent automation solution for their network and security devices	Audience ITOps, DevOps, NetOps, and SecOps
Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online	Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online
API Offers API	API Offers API
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Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.5 / 5 ease 4.5 / 5 features 4.2 / 5 design 4.0 / 5 support 4.8 / 5 Read all reviews	Reviews/Ratings Overall 5.0 / 5 ease 4.5 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 4.5 / 5 support 5.0 / 5 Read all reviews
Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person	Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person
Company Information BackBox Founded: 2009 United States backbox.com/request-a-demo/	Company Information SaltStack Founded: 2012 Utah, United States saltproject.io
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Categories Cybersecurity IT Management IT Security MSP Network Automation Network Configuration Network Security	Categories Build Automation Cloud Infrastructure Automation Cloud Security Compliance Configuration Management Container Orchestration Cybersecurity Data Center Management DevOps HIPAA Compliance IT Management IT Security Network Automation Network Security Patch Management PCI Compliance Server Management Software Configuration Management (SCM) Vulnerability Scanners
IT Management Features Capacity Monitoring Compliance Management Event Logs Hardware Inventory IT Budgeting License Management Patch Management Remote Access Scheduling Software Inventory User Activity Monitoring IT Security Features Anti Spam Anti Virus Email Attachment Protection Event Tracking Internet Usage Monitoring Intrusion Detection System IP Protection Spyware Removal Two-Factor Authentication Vulnerability Scanning Web Threat Management Web Traffic Reporting Network Automation Features Compliance Monitoring Configuration Backup Configuration Changes Network Orchestration Performance Monitoring Tool Access Control Vulnerability Assessments Network Security Features Access Control Analytics / Reporting Compliance Reporting Firewalls Internet Usage Monitoring Intrusion Detection System Threat Response VPN Vulnerability Scanning	Cybersecurity Features AI / Machine Learning Behavioral Analytics Endpoint Management Incident Management IOC Verification Tokenization Vulnerability Scanning Whitelisting / Blacklisting IT Management Features Capacity Monitoring Compliance Management Event Logs Hardware Inventory IT Budgeting License Management Patch Management Remote Access Scheduling Software Inventory User Activity Monitoring IT Security Features Anti Spam Anti Virus Email Attachment Protection Event Tracking Internet Usage Monitoring Intrusion Detection System IP Protection Spyware Removal Two-Factor Authentication Vulnerability Scanning Web Threat Management Web Traffic Reporting Network Security Features Access Control Analytics / Reporting Compliance Reporting Firewalls Internet Usage Monitoring Intrusion Detection System Threat Response VPN Vulnerability Scanning Show More Features Build Automation Features Automated Testing Build Cache Build Management Tools Build Metrics Change Only Compiling Debugging Tools Dependency Management IDE Compatibility Parallel Testing Plugin Library Source Code Management Version Conflict Resolution Cloud Security Features Antivirus Application Security Behavioral Analytics Encryption Endpoint Management Incident Management Intrusion Detection System Threat Intelligence Two-Factor Authentication Vulnerability Management Compliance Features Archiving & Retention Artificial Intelligence (AI) Audit Management Compliance Tracking Controls Testing Environmental Compliance FDA Compliance HIPAA Compliance Incident Management ISO Compliance OSHA Compliance Risk Management Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Surveys & Feedback Version Control Workflow / Process Automation Configuration Management Features Access Control / Permissions Application Deployment Automated Provisioning Infrastructure Automation Node Management Orchestration Reporting Analytics / Visualization Task Management Data Center Management Features Audit Trail Behavior-Based Acceleration Cross Reference System Device Auto Discovery Diagnostic Testing Import / Export Data JCL Management Multi-Platform Multi-User Power Management Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance DevOps Features Approval Workflow Dashboard KPIs Policy Management Portfolio Management Prioritization Release Management Timeline Management Troubleshooting Reports HIPAA Compliance Features Access Control / Permissions Audit Management Compliance Reporting Data Security Documentation Management For Healthcare Incident Management Policy Training Remediation Management Risk Management Vendor Management PCI Compliance Features Access Control Compliance Reporting Exceptions Management File Integrity Monitoring Intrusion Detection System Log Management Patch Management PCI Assessment Policy Management Patch Management Features Alerts/Notifications Automatic Approval Automatic Patch Deployment Automatic Scans Compliance Management Custom Patches Dashboard Network Wide Management Patch Prioritization Patch Testing Remote Access/Control Vulnerability Scanning Server Management Features CPU Monitoring Credential Management Database Servers Email Monitoring Event Logs History Tracking Patch Management Scheduling User Activity Monitoring Virtual Machine Monitoring
Integrations Device42 Axway Amplify Barracuda Cloud Check Point IPS Chocolatey Clearswift Secure Email Gateway FireMon Forcepoint Trusted Gateway System Gigamon NetWitness NorthStar Navigator Pliant Proofpoint Email Protection Radware Alteon Snow Commander Sophos Managed Threat Response Sophos UTM Ubiquity Show More Integrations View All 63 Integrations	Integrations Device42 Axway Amplify Barracuda Cloud Check Point IPS Chocolatey Clearswift Secure Email Gateway FireMon Forcepoint Trusted Gateway System Gigamon NetWitness NorthStar Navigator Pliant Proofpoint Email Protection Radware Alteon Snow Commander Sophos Managed Threat Response Sophos UTM Ubiquity Show More Integrations View All 27 Integrations
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