Cloud Management Platforms comparison & reviews

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Analysis expand by Ephraim Baron Ronald van Vugt
 		Viktor van den Berg
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Pros
  • + Extensive out-of-the-box reporting and automation
  • + Among the best at Chargeback
  • + Resource planning and rightsizing analysis
  • + Deep support for Cisco ACI and UCS
  • + Strong Governance support
  • + Cloud-agnostic blueprinting capabilities
  • + Among the best at Security
  • + Deep VMware integration
  • + Among the best at User Self-Service
Cons
  • - Below average performance monitoring
  • - Below average 2nd tier public cloud support
  • - Low APAC market presense
  • - Weakest on Security
  • - Below average Chargeback capabilities
  • - Below average DevOps support
  • - Complex product structure & implementation
  • - Average Governance support
  • - Average IT Automation features
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Maturity
Company founded in 2006. Shipping product for multiple years. Many large customers.
Company founded in 2010. Shipping product for multiple years. CloudCenter has many large customers. In April 2016, Cisco completed the acquisition of CliQr Technologies.
VMware was founded in 1998. The products in vRealize Suite arise from different acquisitions. vRealize Automation comes from Dynamic Ops (acq 2012), vRealize Operations comes from Integrien (acq 2011) and vRealize Orchestrator comes from Dunes (2007)
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Content Creator
Embotics
WhatMatrix Community
WhatMatrix - Viktor
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Overview
Cloud Management Platform that enables Infrastructure-as-a-Service automation by integrating seamlessly with private, public and hybrid clouds
Single platform to model, deploy, and manage clouds, applications, and users
vRealize Suite Advanced is a CMP for private, public and hybrid cloud environments.

Versions in this comparison are vRealize Automation & Orchestrator 7.2, Operations 6.4 and vRealize Business for Cloud 7.2
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Website
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  Delivery  
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Installation
Single Virtual Machine or Multiple for HA
SaaS and install options on public clouds and on-premise
The product runs locally
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Agentless or agentless operation
vCommander is agentless
CloudCenter installs an agent on each target VM
An agent is required for some scenarios.
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Database support
MSSQL 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012 SP3
Built-in database is PostgreSQL
MS SQL Server 2012 or newer, embedded PostgreSQL database(s) and embedded Gemfire database(s).
  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.
Annual subscription pricing for the SaaS and on-premises version.
Per CPU or per Operating System Instance (OSI)
  Product Details  
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Vendor specific/agnostic
Vendor agnostic
Vendor agnostic
vRealize Suite is a vendor-agnostic Cloud Management Platform supporting both on-premises as cloud infrastructures
  Services  
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24/7 support
Support included in base cost, Premium Support available
Included in the Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite licens
Both 5x12 and 24x7 support are available
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Professional services
Professional Services engagements are available.
Cisco Advanced Services and Partners
Professional services are available through VMware PSO or VMware Solution Provider Partners
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  Virtualization/Private Cloud Support  
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VMware vSphere
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Microsoft Hyper-V
Supported
Supported via Windows Azure Pack
Supported
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OpenStack
Not currently supported (preview available)
Supported
Supported
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other
Azure Pack update rollup6 and later, Cisco UCS Director
Compatible with Citrix XenServer 6.2, RHEV Manager 3.1 and RHEV KVM 3.1
  Public Cloud Support  
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Amazon Web Services
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Google Cloud Platform
Cost comparisons only
Supported
Not supported
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IBM Bluemix Cloud
Support for VMware on IBM Cloud
Supported
Supported
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Microsoft Azure
Supported
Supported (including RM)
Supported
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Oracle Cloud
not supported
Not supported
Not supported
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other
Cost modeling for Google Compute Engine, IBM SoftLayer and Rackspace
Dimension Data (MCP 1.0, legacy, and MCP 2.0), Alibaba, vCloud Air Dedicated Cloud
vCloud Air, Rackspace
  Containers  
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Docker
Scripted Support
Supported
Supported
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3rd Party container management
Supported
Partly Supported
Possible but not directly integrated
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Other
Scripted Support
Partly Supported
Supported
  Legacy/Brownfield Environments  
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Automatic discovery of legacy VMs
Supported
Support
Supported for vSphere and vCloud Air
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Management of legacy cloud VMs
Supported
Supported
Supported for vCloud Air
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Management of legacy private VMs
Supported
Supported
Supported for vSphere
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Import of OVA/OVF VM formats
Not supported (native tools can be used)
Supports service images from other vendors
Through vSphere
  Migration  
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Cloud-to-cloud migration
Supported
Supported
Not supported
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  Administration  
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Multi-tenant support
Supported
CloudCenter supports enterprise marketplace and multi-tenant federated administration
Supported
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Published API
API published : click on details (i) for link
API published : click on details (i) for link
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  Configuration Management  
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Chef
Supported
Supported
Supported, free plugin available via Chef
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Puppet
Supported
Supported
Supported, free plugin available via Puppet. Paid plugin also available.
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Ansible
Supported
Supported
Only supported via paid plugin
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SaltStack
Supported
Supported
Supported, free plugin available via Saltstack
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Ability to patch managed systems
Supported using scripting
Supported
Not supported
  Networking  
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SDN Support
Network Fencing isolation (Vmware only)
Supports Cisco ACI
VMware NSX is fully supported
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Public cloud networking
Supports operational views. Deployment limited to use of templates (eg cloudformations)
CloudCenter uses public cloud native networking APIs to instantiate policy
Supports AWS ELB,HAProxy,Nginx
Public cloud networks are visible in vRealize Automation. Network creation/deletion is possible through vRealize Orchestrator.
  User-Defined Actions  
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Conditional Actions
Supported
Supported
Yes, through vRealize Orchestrator
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Pre- and Post-Install Actions
Supported
Supported using pre- and post-install scripts
Yes, through the event broker and vRealize Orchestrator
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Scheduled Actions
Supported
Supported
Yes, through vRealize Orchestrator
  Orchestration & Workflow  
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Native Workflow
Supported
Integration with Cisco UCS Director and ServiceNow
Supported
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3rd Party Orchestration
Supported via scripting framework
Not supported
Supported, through a vRealize Orchestrator plugins
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Webhooks
Supported
Not Supported
Not supported
  Third-Party Automation  
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ServiceNow
Supported
Supported
Supported
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3rd Party Automation
Supported via scripting framework
Not Supported
Supported, available (both free and paid) on marketplace.vmware.com
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CMDB integration
Supported
Limited capability
Supported
  User-Defined Properties  
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Automatic hostname creation
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Configuration tags
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Placement  
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Best Execution Venue - Performance
Supported
Supported
Not supported
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Best Execution Venue - Security
Supported
Not supported
Not supported
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Best Execution Venue - Cost
Supported
Supported
Limited, through vRealize Business for Cloud Advanced
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Runtime policies
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Provisioning  
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Bare-metal provisioning
Supported with use of 3rd party PXE boot solutions
Limited capability
Limited
  Reconfiguration & Expiration  
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Ability to change VM configuration
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Live change VM resources
Supported
Supported
Limited, specific option through vRealize Operations is available
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Scheduled expiration
Supported
Supported via aging policies
Supported, using leases
  Uptime Management  
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Continuous Infrastructure Testing
Supported
Supported
Supported, using vRealize Operations
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HA/DR features
Supported
HA Supported for the CMP application
Supported
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  Service Portal  
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End-User Self-Service
Supported
Central feature of CloudCenter
Supported
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Service Catalog
Supported
Supported
Supported
  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
Supported, through vRealize Application Services
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Approval workflow
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Auto-scaling
Supported in AWS
Supported
Supported
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Bursting to public cloud
Partially supported
Not supported
Limited, scale up/down on different platforms can be configured in a blueprint
  Quotas  
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Quotas
Supported
Supported
Supported
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  Cost Management/Chargeback  
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Cloud expense reporting
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Consumption-based billing
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Cost allocation
Supported
No native integration (Billing API available)
Supported
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User-defined rates
Supported
Application level monitoring
Supported
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Multiple currency support
Supported
Not supported
Multiple currencies are supported, but only one can be selected
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with financial mgmt tools
Supported via API
API based
Limited
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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
Supported
Supported
  Job reporting  
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Detailed job status reporting
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Multi-Tenancy  
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Reporting by customer
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Uptime Management  
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SLA reporting
Supported
Supported
Supported
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  Group management  
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Multi-level support
Supported
through a SSO IDentity Provider (IDP) that supports SAML 2.0 protocol
Supported
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Role-based access controls
Supported
through a SSO Identity Provider (IDP) that supports SAML 2.0 protocol
Supported
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User-defined groups
Supported
Supports security profiles
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
Not supported
Supported
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Support for single signon
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Logging/auditing of administrative access
Supported
Not supported
Supported
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with enterprise security tools
Supported via script
Not supported
Supported
DevOps expand
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  Third-Party Integration  
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Jenkins integration
Supported
Supported
Supported through vRealize Codestream (additional license required) or community supported workflows.
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GitHub integration
Custom integration scripting
Partly Supported
Supported through vRealize Codestream (additional license required) or community supported workflows.
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other
Supported
CloudCenter supports UCS Director
Supported through vRealize Orchestrator or vRealize Code Stream (Code Stream requires an extra license)
  PaaS Capabilities  
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Cloud Foundry support
Support for PKS
Not supported
Supported through vRealize Codestream (additional license required).
  Usability Features  
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Diagramming
Not Supported
Supported
Supported
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Reusable service blueprints
Supported
It is possible to save an modeled application as a reusable template
Supported
  VM management  
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Out of band console
Supported
Not supported
Supported
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Built-in SSH access to VMs
Supported
Can use SSH or VNC via web browser
Supported
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Snapshotting
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Community Support  
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User Contribution Site
Forum Only
Supported
Supported

Matrix Score

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  • Embotics
  • Cisco
  • VMware
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