Cloud Management Platforms comparison & reviews

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Pros
  • + Extensive out-of-the-box reporting and automation
  • + Among the best at Chargeback
  • + Resource planning and rightsizing analysis
  • + Among the best at Security
  • + Deep VMware integration
  • + Among the best at User Self-Service
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Cons
  • - Below average performance monitoring
  • - Below average 2nd tier public cloud support
  • - Low APAC market presense
  • - 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.
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)
Incorporated in 2011 and deployed in multiple large enterprise production envrionments.
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Content Creator
Embotics
WhatMatrix - Viktor
Director of Marketing - Ron Harnik
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Overview
Cloud Management Platform that enables Infrastructure-as-a-Service automation by integrating seamlessly with private, public and hybrid clouds
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
The Scalr Hybrid Cloud Management Platform takes a fundamentally different approach to cloud management. Scalr applies policies at the organization level, rather than at the application level. For an enterprise with multiple departments or lines of business, the central IT unit can establish levels of policy-based guardrails for each department. Those departments can then operate with greater autonomy and establish any unique policy requirements on their own for their respective teams._x000D_
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Website
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  Delivery  
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Installation
Single Virtual Machine or Multiple for HA
The product runs locally
Scalr can be run on-premise on a private or public cloud, or delivered as SaaS.
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Agentless or agentless operation
vCommander is agentless
An agent is required for some scenarios.
Scalr can operate with or without the Scalrizr Agent. Using the agent allows for greater orchestration and monitoring capabilites.
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Database support
MSSQL 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012 SP3
MS SQL Server 2012 or newer, embedded PostgreSQL database(s) and embedded Gemfire database(s).
Scalr supports a variety of out-of-box database automation options as well cloud services
  Administration  
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Administrator accounts
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited. Admins can be divided across levels of trust and resposibilites.
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User accounts
Unlimited Active Directory and LDAP
Unlimited
Unlimited.
  Pricing  
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Pricing model
Yearly subscription.
Per CPU or per Operating System Instance (OSI)
Licensed by amount of managed end-points.
  Product Details  
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Vendor specific/agnostic
Vendor agnostic
vRealize Suite is a vendor-agnostic Cloud Management Platform supporting both on-premises as cloud infrastructures
Standalone platform.
  Services  
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24/7 support
Support included in base cost, Premium Support available
Both 5x12 and 24x7 support are available
24x7 support - additional support levels are available.
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Professional services
Professional Services engagements are available.
Professional services are available through VMware PSO or VMware Solution Provider Partners
Proffesional services, kick-starts, and trainings available.
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  Virtualization/Private Cloud Support  
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VMware vSphere
Supported
Supported
vSphere 5.0 & above supported
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Microsoft Hyper-V
Supported
Supported
Supported via OpenStack
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OpenStack
Not currently supported (preview available)
Supported
Supported on Icehouse, Juno, Kilo, Liberty, Mitaka
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other
Compatible with Citrix XenServer 6.2, RHEV Manager 3.1 and RHEV KVM 3.1
KVM and Xen Supported
  Public Cloud Support  
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Amazon Web Services
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Google Cloud Platform
Cost comparisons only
Not supported
Supported
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IBM Bluemix Cloud
Support for VMware on IBM Cloud
Supported
Supported (as private implementation)
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Microsoft Azure
Supported
Supported
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
vCloud Air, Rackspace
Rackspace, HP helion
  Containers  
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Docker
Scripted Support
Supported
Supports Docker
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3rd Party container management
Supported
Possible but not directly integrated
Supports Kubernetes
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Other
Scripted Support
Supported
Orchestration options available for CoreOS, Swarm and Mesos.
  Legacy/Brownfield Environments  
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Automatic discovery of legacy VMs
Supported
Supported for vSphere and vCloud Air
Yes
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Management of legacy cloud VMs
Supported
Supported for vCloud Air
Yes
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Management of legacy private VMs
Supported
Supported for vSphere
Yes
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Import of OVA/OVF VM formats
Not supported (native tools can be used)
Through vSphere
Yes
  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
Yes. Users can be managed locally or authenticated through LDAP/SAML.
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Published API
API published : click on details (i) for link
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Extensive API support
  Configuration Management  
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Chef
Supported
Supported, free plugin available via Chef
Native support
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Puppet
Supported
Supported, free plugin available via Puppet. Paid plugin also available.
Supported
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Ansible
Supported
Only supported via paid plugin
Support for Ansible Tower
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SaltStack
Supported
Supported, free plugin available via Saltstack
Some integration available
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Ability to patch managed systems
Supported using scripting
Not supported
Yes
  Networking  
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SDN Support
Network Fencing isolation (Vmware only)
VMware NSX is fully supported
Supports Cloud SDN eg AWS APCs and limited private eg VMware
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Public cloud networking
Supports operational views. Deployment limited to use of templates (eg cloudformations)
Public cloud networks are visible in vRealize Automation. Network creation/deletion is possible through vRealize Orchestrator.
Yes
  User-Defined Actions  
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Conditional Actions
Supported
Yes, through vRealize Orchestrator
Yes
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Pre- and Post-Install Actions
Supported
Yes, through the event broker and vRealize Orchestrator
Yes
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Scheduled Actions
Supported
Yes, through vRealize Orchestrator
Yes
  Orchestration & Workflow  
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Native Workflow
Supported
Supported
Yes
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3rd Party Orchestration
Supported via scripting framework
Supported, through a vRealize Orchestrator plugins
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Webhooks
Supported
Not supported
Yes
  Third-Party Automation  
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ServiceNow
Supported
Supported
Yes
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3rd Party Automation
Supported via scripting framework
Supported, available (both free and paid) on marketplace.vmware.com
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CMDB integration
Supported
Supported
Yes - Scalr integrates with tools such as ServiceNow and Remedy through the Webhook system
  User-Defined Properties  
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Automatic hostname creation
Supported
Supported
Yes
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Configuration tags
Supported
Supported
Yes
  Placement  
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Best Execution Venue - Performance
Supported
Not supported
Planned
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Best Execution Venue - Security
Supported
Not supported
Planned
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Best Execution Venue - Cost
Supported
Limited, through vRealize Business for Cloud Advanced
Planned
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Runtime policies
Supported
Supported
Yes
  Provisioning  
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Bare-metal provisioning
Supported with use of 3rd party PXE boot solutions
Limited
Yes - via a connector such as OpenStack
  Reconfiguration & Expiration  
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Ability to change VM configuration
Supported
Supported
Yes
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Live change VM resources
Supported
Limited, specific option through vRealize Operations is available
Depends on the platform
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Scheduled expiration
Supported
Supported, using leases
Yes
  Uptime Management  
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Continuous Infrastructure Testing
Supported
Supported, using vRealize Operations
Limited
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HA/DR features
Supported
Supported
Hosted apps
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  Service Portal  
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End-User Self-Service
Supported
Supported
Yes
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Service Catalog
Supported
Supported
Yes
  Localization  
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Support for multiple languages
English Only
Supported
Only via partners.
  Built-In Features  
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Application-centric deployment
Supported
Supported, through vRealize Application Services
Yes
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Approval workflow
Supported
Supported
Yes
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Auto-scaling
Supported in AWS
Supported
Yes
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Bursting to public cloud
Partially supported
Limited, scale up/down on different platforms can be configured in a blueprint
Yes
  Quotas  
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Quotas
Supported
Supported
Yes
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  Cost Management/Chargeback  
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Cloud expense reporting
Supported
Supported
Yes
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Consumption-based billing
Supported
Supported
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Cost allocation
Supported
Supported
Yes
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User-defined rates
Supported
Supported
Yes
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Multiple currency support
Supported
Multiple currencies are supported, but only one can be selected
No
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with financial mgmt tools
Supported via API
Limited
Through Webhooks and tagging.
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  Inventory  
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Real-time environment inventory
Supported
Supported
Yes
  Automatic Updates  
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Discover & update changed systems
Supported
Supported
On initial import
  Job reporting  
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Detailed job status reporting
Supported
Supported
Yes, as part of general logging
  Multi-Tenancy  
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Reporting by customer
Supported
Supported
Yes
  Uptime Management  
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SLA reporting
Supported
Supported
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  Group management  
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Multi-level support
Supported
Supported
Yes
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Role-based access controls
Supported
Supported
Yes
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User-defined groups
Supported
Supported
Yes
  Identity Management  
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Active Directory support
Supported
Supported
Yes
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LDAP support
Supported
Supported
Yes
  Security Features  
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Credential management
Supported
Supported
Yes
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Key vaulting
Supported
Supported
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Support for single signon
Supported
Supported
Yes
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Logging/auditing of administrative access
Supported
Supported
General logging
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with enterprise security tools
Supported via script
Supported
Integration available through Webhooks and orchestration engine
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  Third-Party Integration  
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Jenkins integration
Supported
Supported through vRealize Codestream (additional license required) or community supported workflows.
Yes
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GitHub integration
Custom integration scripting
Supported through vRealize Codestream (additional license required) or community supported workflows.
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other
Supported
Supported through vRealize Orchestrator or vRealize Code Stream (Code Stream requires an extra license)
Scalr can work with any code repo.
  PaaS Capabilities  
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Cloud Foundry support
Support for PKS
Supported through vRealize Codestream (additional license required).
Yes
  Usability Features  
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Diagramming
Not Supported
Supported
No
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Reusable service blueprints
Supported
Supported
Yes
  VM management  
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Out of band console
Supported
Supported
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Built-in SSH access to VMs
Supported
Supported
Yes
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Snapshotting
Supported
Supported
Yes, for DB and storage
  Community Support  
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User Contribution Site
Forum Only
Supported
Yes

Matrix Score

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  • Embotics
  • VMware
  • Scalr
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