Uyuni vs Microsoft Desired State Configuration

Uyuni8.5Visit Microsoft Desired State Configuration8.2Visit

Higher score Uyuni #7 in Configuration Management Tools 8.5/10 Open source ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Uyuni

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Microsoft Desired State Configuration #10 in Configuration Management Tools 8.2/10 Open source ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Microsoft DSC

• Uyuni fits best

  SUSE-centric teams needing provisioning and compliance

• Microsoft Desired State Configuration fits best

  Developers needing portable declarative configuration

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Side by side

Feature	Uyuni 8.5/10 Visit ↗	Microsoft Desired State Configuration 8.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.5	8.2
Ranking	#7 in Configuration Management Tools	#10 in Configuration Management Tools
Best for	SUSE-centric teams needing provisioning and compliance	Developers needing portable declarative configuration
Pricing model	Free	Free
Starting price	Open source	Open source
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Support	Docs, Community	Docs
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Uyuni 4/4 · Microsoft Desired State Configuration 4/4
Drift detection	✓	✓
Patch management	✓	✓
Policy as code	✓	✓
Compliance reporting	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Both	Self_hosted
Agent model	Both	Not checked yet
Supported platforms	SUSE Linux Enterprise; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP; SLE Micro; SL Micro; openSUSE Leap; openSUSE Tumbleweed; Alibaba Cloud Linux; AlmaLinux; Amazon Linux; CentOS; Debian; openEuler; Open Enterprise Server; Oracle Linux; Raspberry Pi OS; Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Rocky Linux; Ubuntu	Linux, macOS, Windows
Our review
Pros	Combines Salt management, patching, provisioning, and configuration control Supports a broad list of enterprise and community Linux distributions Adds CVE auditing and OpenSCAP compliance remediation workflows	Runs agentless across Linux, macOS, and Windows Supports JSON and YAML configuration documents Compares configuration drift against desired state
Cons	The server is deployed on supported SUSE-based hosts Self-hosted deployment requires organizations to operate the platform Support depends on vendor operating-system versions and lifecycle conditions	Does not cover patch management Does not provide compliance reporting Self-hosted deployment requires operational ownership
Our verdict	Uyuni is an open-source configuration and infrastructure management platform for organizations managing Linux servers, edge devices, and container environments. It uses Salt for client registration and management, while also supporting SSH… Read the review →	Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) is an open-source, self-hosted configuration management platform for developers and administrators who need portable declarative configuration. Its current DSC 3.x implementation is a standalone… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Uyuni — where it wins

  • Combines Salt management, patching, provisioning, and configuration control
  • Supports a broad list of enterprise and community Linux distributions
  • Adds CVE auditing and OpenSCAP compliance remediation workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • The server is deployed on supported SUSE-based hosts
  • Self-hosted deployment requires organizations to operate the platform
  • Support depends on vendor operating-system versions and lifecycle conditions

• Microsoft Desired State Configuration — where it wins

  • Runs agentless across Linux, macOS, and Windows
  • Supports JSON and YAML configuration documents
  • Compares configuration drift against desired state

  Where it doesn't

  • Does not cover patch management
  • Does not provide compliance reporting
  • Self-hosted deployment requires operational ownership

• Uyuni8.5/10 · Open source

  A broad Salt-based platform for provisioning, patching, compliance, and configuration control.

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• Microsoft Desired State Configuration8.2/10 · Open source

  A portable, open-source DSC CLI for defining and comparing machine state.

  Visit Microsoft DSCFull verdict →