# Packer Reviews
**Vendor:** Packer  
**Category:** [Other Development Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/other-development)  
**Average Rating:** 3.8/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 2
## About Packer
Packer is an open-source software for creating identical machine images from a single source configuration.




## Packer Reviews
  ### 1. Must have tool for managing VM

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Abhishek S. | Sr Devops Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** April 11, 2024

**What do you like best about Packer?**

We can recreate VM images and include all the security features part of it.

**What do you dislike about Packer?**

It is stateless and it leaves the temp VM created as it is .

**What problems is Packer solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It helps us setup VM consitently same which then can be reviewed by infosec or security team for vulnerabilities.

  ### 2. Packer Review

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Nikhil B. | Platform Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** March 11, 2022

**What do you like best about Packer?**

The most thing I liked is how simple is to use this software. And I can develop for cross-platform. which will easily give me the ability to switch platforms as per my need.

**What do you dislike about Packer?**

Not anything I disliked about the product.

**What problems is Packer solving and how is that benefiting you?**

This product helped my team with maintaining the configuration for my servers. We developed the practice of using a packer for every small change. Which is keeping our configurations compliant.


## Packer Discussions
  - [What is Packer used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-packer-used-for)

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