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Hypergrid
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  • Fully Supported
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Pros
  • + Extensive out-of-the-box reporting and automation
  • + Among the best at Chargeback
  • + Resource planning and rightsizing analysis
  • + Strong Multi-Cloud Support
  • + A Gartner cool vendor
  • + Comprehensive DevOps Framework
  • + Multi-Cloud Management & Orchestration (IaaS,PaaS)
  • + Cloud Analytics - Migration Planning, Cost Optimization,Account Management, Governance and Security
Cons
  • - Below average performance monitoring
  • - Below average 2nd tier public cloud support
  • - Low APAC market presense
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  • - Support only major Private and Public Cloud Providers
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Maturity
Company founded in 2006. Shipping product for multiple years. Many large customers.
Founded in 1999.
Company founded in 2016. Shipping products Recognized by Gartner as the exclusive visioinary in CMP Magic Quadrant
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Content Creator
Embotics
Jamcracker
Vendor
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Overview
Cloud Management Platform that enables Infrastructure-as-a-Service automation by integrating seamlessly with private, public and hybrid clouds
Comprehensive CSB, Governance and Cloud Management Platform, enables organizations to create, deliver, and manage multi-cloud services and implement a cloud-enabled business model for offering, delivering, supporting and billing for multi-cloud services.
Hybrid Cloud Management and Orchestration for VM & Containers. HyperCloud Analytics for Cloud Migration Planning, Cost Optimization, Governance, Compliance and Security. 
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Website
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  Delivery  
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Installation
Single Virtual Machine or Multiple for HA
Can be deployed On-premise or on public cloud. Deployment models includes both Single server appliance and multi-server deployment.
Locally, Public Cloud and SaaS
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Agentless or agentless operation
vCommander is agentless
It can operate without the agent. Using the agent allows greater monitoring capabilites.
Yes
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Database support
MSSQL 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012 SP3
PostgreSQL or Oracle
PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS
  Administration  
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Administrator accounts
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
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User accounts
Unlimited Active Directory and LDAP
Unlimited
Unlimited
  Pricing  
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Pricing model
Yearly subscription.
Flat rate or monthly subscription
ELA & Subscription Based
  Product Details  
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Vendor specific/agnostic
Vendor agnostic
Standalone platform
Vendor Agnostic
  Services  
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24/7 support
Support included in base cost, Premium Support available
24x7 support
Standard 24/7
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Professional services
Professional Services engagements are available.
Profesional services available.
Yes
Multi-Cloud expand
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  Virtualization/Private Cloud Support  
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VMware vSphere
Supported
Supported
VMware vSphere 6.0 and above_x000D_
VMware vCloud Director 9.0 and above (with VMware NSX)_x000D_
VMware Cloud on AWS
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Microsoft Hyper-V
Supported
Supported through scripts
Microsoft Hyper-V 2012,2016 & 2019
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OpenStack
Not currently supported (preview available)
Supported
Openstack (Queens and above)
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other
Azure Stack, VMware vCloud Director
Ovirt KVM 4.0 and above
NEW
  Public Cloud Support  
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Amazon Web Services
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Google Cloud Platform
Cost comparisons only
Supported
Supported
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IBM Bluemix Cloud
Support for VMware on IBM Cloud
Supported
Partially Supported
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Microsoft Azure
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Oracle Cloud
not supported
Extendable framework to integrate with any Public or Private cloud provider.
Not Currently Supported
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other
Cost modeling for Google Compute Engine, IBM SoftLayer and Rackspace
Extendable framework to integrate with any Public or Private cloud provider.
Supported
  Containers  
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Docker
Scripted Support
Supported through scripts
Supported
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3rd Party container management
Supported
Not supported. Part of roadmap
Supported
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Other
Scripted Support
Not supported. Part of roadmap
Partly Supported
  Legacy/Brownfield Environments  
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Automatic discovery of legacy VMs
Supported
Supported
HyperCloud Analytics - Cloud Planning
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Management of legacy cloud VMs
Supported
Supported
Partially Supported
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Management of legacy private VMs
Supported
Not supported. Part of roadmap
Supported
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Import of OVA/OVF VM formats
Not supported (native tools can be used)
Using native tools to each platform
Partially Supported
  Migration  
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Cloud-to-cloud migration
Supported
Not supported
Supported
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  Administration  
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Multi-tenant support
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Published API
API published : click on details (i) for link
Supported
API published : click on details (i) for link
  Configuration Management  
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Chef
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Puppet
Supported
Supported
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Ansible
Supported
Supported
Supported
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SaltStack
Supported
Framework supports introduction of new scripts
Not Currenlty Supported
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Ability to patch managed systems
Supported using scripting
Supported
Supported
  Networking  
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SDN Support
Network Fencing isolation (Vmware only)
Not supported
Supported
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Public cloud networking
Supports operational views. Deployment limited to use of templates (eg cloudformations)
Supports cloud networks including VPC and ELB
Partially Supported
  User-Defined Actions  
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Conditional Actions
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Pre- and Post-Install Actions
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Scheduled Actions
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Orchestration & Workflow  
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Native Workflow
Supported
Supported
Supported
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3rd Party Orchestration
Supported via scripting framework
Supports Heat orchestration
Supported
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Webhooks
Supported
Not Supported
Supported
  Third-Party Automation  
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ServiceNow
Supported
Supported
Partially Supported
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3rd Party Automation
Supported via scripting framework
No
Supported
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CMDB integration
Supported
Not Supported
Partially Supported
  User-Defined Properties  
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Automatic hostname creation
Supported
Not Supported
Supported
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Configuration tags
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Placement  
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Best Execution Venue - Performance
Supported
Cost-only
Supported
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Best Execution Venue - Security
Supported
Cost-only
Supported
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Best Execution Venue - Cost
Supported
Supported through cost comparator
Supported
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Runtime policies
Supported
Supported
HyperCloud Governance and Compliance
  Provisioning  
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Bare-metal provisioning
Supported with use of 3rd party PXE boot solutions
Supported
Supported
  Reconfiguration & Expiration  
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Ability to change VM configuration
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Live change VM resources
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Scheduled expiration
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Uptime Management  
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Continuous Infrastructure Testing
Supported
Supported
HyperCloud Agent
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HA/DR features
Supported
Supported
Supported
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  Service Portal  
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End-User Self-Service
Supported
Supported
HyperCloud AppStore
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Service Catalog
Supported
Supported
HyperCloud AppStore
  Localization  
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Support for multiple languages
English Only
Supported
Supported
  Built-In Features  
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Application-centric deployment
Supported
Supported
HyperCloud AppStore
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Approval workflow
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Auto-scaling
Supported in AWS
Partially supported
HyperCloud Blueprints
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Bursting to public cloud
Partially supported
Not Supported
Partially Supported
  Quotas  
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Quotas
Supported
Supported
HyperCloud Quotas & Resource Pools 
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  Cost Management/Chargeback  
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Cloud expense reporting
Supported
Supported
HyperCloud Cost Optimization, HyperCloud Rate Card
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Consumption-based billing
Supported
Supported
HyperCloud Cost Optimization, HyperCloud Rate Card
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Cost allocation
Supported
Supported
HyperCloud Rate Card
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User-defined rates
Supported
Supported
HyperCloud Rate Card
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Multiple currency support
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with financial mgmt tools
Supported via API
Supported
Supported
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  Inventory  
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Real-time environment inventory
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Automatic Updates  
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Discover & update changed systems
Supported
Product will monitor the changes, no update
Supported
  Job reporting  
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Detailed job status reporting
Supported
Configurable
Supported
  Multi-Tenancy  
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Reporting by customer
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Uptime Management  
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SLA reporting
Supported
Supported
Partially Supported
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  Group management  
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Multi-level support
Supported
Supported
For multi-tenancy - Yes, multiple levels
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Role-based access controls
Supported
Supported
Supported
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User-defined groups
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Identity Management  
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Active Directory support
Supported
Supported
Supported
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LDAP support
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Security Features  
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Credential management
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Key vaulting
Supported
Through vendors
Supported
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Support for single signon
Supported
Supported
Not Currently Supported
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Logging/auditing of administrative access
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with enterprise security tools
Supported via script
Not Supported
Supported
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  Third-Party Integration  
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Jenkins integration
Supported
Not Supported
Supported
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GitHub integration
Custom integration scripting
Not Supported
Supported
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other
Supported
Not Supported
Limited additional
  PaaS Capabilities  
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Cloud Foundry support
Support for PKS
Not Supported
Not Currently Supported
  Usability Features  
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Diagramming
Not Supported
Only designing feature
Supported
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Reusable service blueprints
Supported
Supported
HyperCloud App Modelling, VM/App Blueprints
  VM management  
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Out of band console
Supported
Not Currently Supported
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Built-in SSH access to VMs
Supported
Supported
Partially Supported
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Snapshotting
Supported
Supported
Not Currently Supported
  Community Support  
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User Contribution Site
Forum Only
Yes
Supported

Matrix Score

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  • Embotics
  • Jamcracker
  • Hypergrid
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  • 4 th
  • 9 th
  • 3 rd
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