Cloud Management Platforms comparison & reviews

Summary
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4th 7th 2nd
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Pros
  • + Extensive out-of-the-box reporting and automation
  • + Among the best at Chargeback
  • + Resource planning and rightsizing analysis
  • + Broad OpenSource community of contributors
  • + Strong Governance support
  • + Good IT Automation capabilities
  • + Leader in IT Automation
  • + Strong Multi-Cloud support
  • + Among the best at User Self-Service
Cons
  • - Below average performance monitoring
  • - Below average 2nd tier public cloud support
  • - Low APAC market presense
  • - Below average DevOps features
  • - Scattered documentation
  • - Website content is out-of-date
  • - Below average Chargeback support
  • - Average Governance support
  • - Average Security support
  Assessment  
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Maturity
Company founded in 2006. Shipping product for multiple years. Many large customers.
Based on ManageIQ, founded in 2006
Product is in production for > 2 years with multiple large deployments
  Content  
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Content Creator
Embotics
WhatMatrix / ManageIQ Community
WhatMatrix - Rick Kilcoyne
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Overview
Cloud Management Platform that enables Infrastructure-as-a-Service automation by integrating seamlessly with private, public and hybrid clouds
Red Hat CloudForms simplifies IT, providing unified management and operations in a hybrid environment.
Hybrid cloud management platform designed for user self-service
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Website
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  Delivery  
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Installation
Single Virtual Machine or Multiple for HA
Scale-out VM. You can scale the infrastructure based on the size of your environment
Single virtual machine
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Agentless or agentless operation
vCommander is agentless
agentless
CloudBolt is agentless
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Database support
MSSQL 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012 SP3
Built-in database is PostgreSQL
Built-in MySQL; can be integrated with most RDBMS platforms
  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.
Subscription: Per Managed Node / Per Public Cloud Instance
Licensed by number of VMs managed
  Product Details  
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Vendor specific/agnostic
Vendor agnostic
Vendor-agnostic
Vendor agnostic
  Services  
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24/7 support
Support included in base cost, Premium Support available
Multiple support options available
Support Included in base cost
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Professional services
Professional Services engagements are available.
Available
Professional services are available
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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
Supported ( via nix SSH/SCP or Windows WinRM)
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OpenStack
Not currently supported (preview available)
Supported
Supported
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other
which ones?
Supports
  Public Cloud Support  
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Amazon Web Services
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Google Cloud Platform
Cost comparisons only
Supported
NEW
Supported
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IBM Bluemix Cloud
Support for VMware on IBM Cloud
Not supported
Supported
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Microsoft Azure
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Oracle Cloud
not supported
not supported
Supported
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other
Cost modeling for Google Compute Engine, IBM SoftLayer and Rackspace
which ones (examples)
HP Helion, Verizon Terremark, Centurylink cloud
  Containers  
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Docker
Scripted Support
Supported through Red Hat Openshift integration
Supports
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3rd Party container management
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Other
Scripted Support
which ones (examples)
Supported
  Legacy/Brownfield Environments  
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Automatic discovery of legacy VMs
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Management of legacy cloud VMs
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Management of legacy private VMs
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Import of OVA/OVF VM formats
Not supported (native tools can be used)
Platform-dependent
Supported
(added blueprint to content library
  Migration  
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Cloud-to-cloud migration
Supported
Not supported
Supported
(via CloudEndure)
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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
Published API
  Configuration Management  
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Chef
Supported
Not supported
Extensive Chef inegration
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Puppet
Supported
Supported through Red Hat Satellite integration
Supports both Puppet OpenSource and Enterprise
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Ansible
Supported
Supported
NEW
Ansible open source is supported
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SaltStack
Supported
Not supported
Partially Supported
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Ability to patch managed systems
Supported using scripting
Supported through Red Hat Satellite and Red Hat Ansible Tower integration
NEW
Supported using scripting
  Networking  
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SDN Support
Network Fencing isolation (Vmware only)
Supported and can also leverage Ansible
NEW
Supports Vmware NSX
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Public cloud networking
Supports operational views. Deployment limited to use of templates (eg cloudformations)
Supported
NEW
Supports cloud networks including AWS VPC and ELB
  User-Defined Actions  
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Conditional Actions
Supported
Supported
Supports Rules based on Boolean tests
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Pre- and Post-Install Actions
Supported
Supported
Supports both pre- and post-install actions
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Scheduled Actions
Supported
Supported
Actions can be scheduled
  Orchestration & Workflow  
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Native Workflow
Supported
Supported
Supported
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3rd Party Orchestration
Supported via scripting framework
Achievable through APIs or dedicated connector
Supported
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Webhooks
Supported
Achievable through APIs or dedicated connector
Supported
  Third-Party Automation  
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ServiceNow
Supported
Supported
Supported through scripting
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3rd Party Automation
Supported via scripting framework
Achievable through APIs or dedicated connector
Integrates with HP Server Automation
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CMDB integration
Supported
Has native CMDB; third-party support requires integration
Supported
  User-Defined Properties  
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Automatic hostname creation
Supported
Supported
Multiple ways to auto-create hostnames
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Configuration tags
Supported
Supported
User-defined tags supported
  Placement  
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Best Execution Venue - Performance
Supported
Possible using analysis methods
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Best Execution Venue - Security
Supported
Possible using analysis methods
Supported
(via generic orchestration actions)
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Best Execution Venue - Cost
Supported
Possible using analysis methods
Supported
(via generic orchestration actions)
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Runtime policies
Supported
Supported
Supports runtime policies
  Provisioning  
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Bare-metal provisioning
Supported with use of 3rd party PXE boot solutions
supported with Red Hat Satellite (Foreman)
Supports bare-metal provisioning using IPMI, Cobbler, and Razor
  Reconfiguration & Expiration  
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Ability to change VM configuration
Supported
Supported
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Can increase CPU, memory, and disk
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Live change VM resources
Supported
Supported
Can increase CPU, memory, and disk without reboot
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Scheduled expiration
Supported
Supported
Expiration can be set at provisioning or by property
  Uptime Management  
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Continuous Infrastructure Testing
Supported
Can be configured
Product tests requested services on a scheduled basis
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HA/DR features
Supported
Offloaded to the underlying provider
Supported
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  Service Portal  
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End-User Self-Service
Supported
Supported
Allows self-service through user portal
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Service Catalog
Supported
Supported
Has Service Catalog for end-user ordering
  Localization  
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Support for multiple languages
English Only
Supported
Text presented to end users can be localized
  Built-In Features  
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Application-centric deployment
Supported
Supported
Applications can be published to service catalog
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Approval workflow
Supported
Supported
Supports approval workflows
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Auto-scaling
Supported in AWS
Dependent on underlying provider
Supported via scalable blueprints
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Bursting to public cloud
Partially supported
Supported via scalable blueprints
  Quotas  
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Quotas
Supported
Supported
Quotas by org, business unit, dept, team, or project
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  Cost Management/Chargeback  
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Cloud expense reporting
Supported
Supported
Product has several built-in reports as well as support for custom reports
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Consumption-based billing
Supported
Supported
You can view recent costs from AWS and Azure
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Cost allocation
Supported
Supported
Costs can be tracked by user and/or group
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User-defined rates
Supported
Supported
Rates defined by application administrator
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Multiple currency support
Supported
Supported
Switch Currency but not mulitple currency
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with financial mgmt tools
Supported via API
Achievable through APIs or dedicated connector
Possible but not included in base product
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  Inventory  
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Real-time environment inventory
Supported
Supported
Provides real-time inventory and reporting
  Automatic Updates  
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Discover & update changed systems
Supported
Supported
Discovers and syncs changes
  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
Partially Supported
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  Group management  
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Multi-level support
Supported
Supported
Nested groups are supported
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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
Integrates with Active Directory
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LDAP support
Supported
Supported
Integrates with LDAP
  Security Features  
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Credential management
Supported
Supported
Supports credential management
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Key vaulting
Supported
In conjunction with other tools
Supported
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Support for single signon
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Logging/auditing of administrative access
Supported
Supported
All admin actions are logged in Server History
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with enterprise security tools
Supported via script
Requires custom programming
Integration is possible
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  Third-Party Integration  
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Jenkins integration
Supported
Possible
Jenkins is supported
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GitHub integration
Custom integration scripting
Requires external scripting
Supported
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other
Supported
which ones?
HipChat, Microsoft Systems Center, Acquia, Slack
  PaaS Capabilities  
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Cloud Foundry support
Support for PKS
Not supported, but supporting Openshift Container Platform
Partially Supported
  Usability Features  
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Diagramming
Not Supported
Topology visualization but not to design
Partially Supported
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Reusable service blueprints
Supported
Possible
Blueprints can be shared across environments
  VM management  
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Out of band console
Supported
VNC and SPICE HTML5 Console Support
Supported
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Built-in SSH access to VMs
Supported
Not SSH but VNC and SPICE HTML5
Browser-based support for both RDP and SSH.
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Snapshotting
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Community Support  
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User Contribution Site
Forum Only
Available through ManageIQ
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Matrix Score

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  • Embotics
  • RedHat
  • CloudBolt Software
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  • 4 th
  • 7 th
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