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Hypergrid
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by Ephraim Baron
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Pros
  • + Extensive out-of-the-box reporting and automation
  • + Among the best at Chargeback
  • + Resource planning and rightsizing analysis
  • + Leader in IT Automation
  • + Strong Multi-Cloud support
  • + Among the best at User Self-Service
  • + 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
  • - Below average Chargeback support
  • - Average Governance support
  • - Average Security support
  • - 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.
Product is in production for > 2 years with multiple large deployments
Company founded in 2016. Shipping products Recognized by Gartner as the exclusive visioinary in CMP Magic Quadrant
  Content  
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Content Creator
Embotics
WhatMatrix - Rick Kilcoyne
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
Hybrid cloud management platform designed for user self-service
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
Single virtual machine
Locally, Public Cloud and SaaS
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Agentless or agentless operation
vCommander is agentless
CloudBolt is agentless
Yes
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Database support
MSSQL 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012 SP3
Built-in MySQL; can be integrated with most RDBMS platforms
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.
Licensed by number of VMs managed
ELA & Subscription Based
  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
Support Included in base cost
Standard 24/7
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Professional services
Professional Services engagements are available.
Professional services are 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 ( via nix SSH/SCP or Windows WinRM)
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
Supports
Ovirt KVM 4.0 and above
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  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
Supported
Not Currently Supported
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other
Cost modeling for Google Compute Engine, IBM SoftLayer and Rackspace
HP Helion, Verizon Terremark, Centurylink cloud
Supported
  Containers  
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Docker
Scripted Support
Supports
Supported
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3rd Party container management
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Other
Scripted Support
Supported
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
Supported
Supported
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Import of OVA/OVF VM formats
Not supported (native tools can be used)
Supported
(added blueprint to content library
Partially Supported
  Migration  
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Cloud-to-cloud migration
Supported
Supported
(via CloudEndure)
Supported
IT Automation expand
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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
Published API
API published : click on details (i) for link
  Configuration Management  
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Chef
Supported
Extensive Chef inegration
Supported
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Puppet
Supported
Supports both Puppet OpenSource and Enterprise
Supported
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Ansible
Supported
Ansible open source is supported
Supported
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SaltStack
Supported
Partially Supported
Not Currenlty Supported
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Ability to patch managed systems
Supported using scripting
Supported using scripting
Supported
  Networking  
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SDN Support
Network Fencing isolation (Vmware only)
Supports Vmware NSX
Supported
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Public cloud networking
Supports operational views. Deployment limited to use of templates (eg cloudformations)
Supports cloud networks including AWS VPC and ELB
Partially Supported
  User-Defined Actions  
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Conditional Actions
Supported
Supports Rules based on Boolean tests
Supported
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Pre- and Post-Install Actions
Supported
Supports both pre- and post-install actions
Supported
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Scheduled Actions
Supported
Actions can be scheduled
Supported
  Orchestration & Workflow  
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Native Workflow
Supported
Supported
Supported
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3rd Party Orchestration
Supported via scripting framework
Supported
Supported
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Webhooks
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Third-Party Automation  
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ServiceNow
Supported
Supported through scripting
Partially Supported
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3rd Party Automation
Supported via scripting framework
Integrates with HP Server Automation
Supported
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CMDB integration
Supported
Supported
Partially Supported
  User-Defined Properties  
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Automatic hostname creation
Supported
Multiple ways to auto-create hostnames
Supported
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Configuration tags
Supported
User-defined tags supported
Supported
  Placement  
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Best Execution Venue - Performance
Supported
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Supported
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Best Execution Venue - Security
Supported
Supported
(via generic orchestration actions)
Supported
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Best Execution Venue - Cost
Supported
Supported
(via generic orchestration actions)
Supported
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Runtime policies
Supported
Supports runtime policies
HyperCloud Governance and Compliance
  Provisioning  
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Bare-metal provisioning
Supported with use of 3rd party PXE boot solutions
Supports bare-metal provisioning using IPMI, Cobbler, and Razor
Supported
  Reconfiguration & Expiration  
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Ability to change VM configuration
Supported
Can increase CPU, memory, and disk
Supported
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Live change VM resources
Supported
Can increase CPU, memory, and disk without reboot
Supported
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Scheduled expiration
Supported
Expiration can be set at provisioning or by property
Supported
  Uptime Management  
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Continuous Infrastructure Testing
Supported
Product tests requested services on a scheduled basis
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
Allows self-service through user portal
HyperCloud AppStore
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Service Catalog
Supported
Has Service Catalog for end-user ordering
HyperCloud AppStore
  Localization  
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Support for multiple languages
English Only
Text presented to end users can be localized
Supported
  Built-In Features  
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Application-centric deployment
Supported
Applications can be published to service catalog
HyperCloud AppStore
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Approval workflow
Supported
Supports approval workflows
Supported
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Auto-scaling
Supported in AWS
Supported via scalable blueprints
HyperCloud Blueprints
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Bursting to public cloud
Partially supported
Supported via scalable blueprints
Partially Supported
  Quotas  
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Quotas
Supported
Quotas by org, business unit, dept, team, or project
HyperCloud Quotas & Resource Pools 
Chargeback expand
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  Cost Management/Chargeback  
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Cloud expense reporting
Supported
Product has several built-in reports as well as support for custom reports
HyperCloud Cost Optimization, HyperCloud Rate Card
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Consumption-based billing
Supported
You can view recent costs from AWS and Azure
HyperCloud Cost Optimization, HyperCloud Rate Card
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Cost allocation
Supported
Costs can be tracked by user and/or group
HyperCloud Rate Card
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User-defined rates
Supported
Rates defined by application administrator
HyperCloud Rate Card
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Multiple currency support
Supported
Switch Currency but not mulitple currency
Supported
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with financial mgmt tools
Supported via API
Possible but not included in base product
Supported
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  Inventory  
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Real-time environment inventory
Supported
Provides real-time inventory and reporting
Supported
  Automatic Updates  
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Discover & update changed systems
Supported
Discovers and syncs changes
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
Partially Supported
Partially Supported
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  Group management  
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Multi-level support
Supported
Nested groups are 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
Integrates with Active Directory
Supported
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LDAP support
Supported
Integrates with LDAP
Supported
  Security Features  
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Credential management
Supported
Supports credential management
Supported
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Key vaulting
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Support for single signon
Supported
Supported
Not Currently Supported
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Logging/auditing of administrative access
Supported
All admin actions are logged in Server History
Supported
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with enterprise security tools
Supported via script
Integration is possible
Supported
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  Third-Party Integration  
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Jenkins integration
Supported
Jenkins is supported
Supported
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GitHub integration
Custom integration scripting
Supported
Supported
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other
Supported
HipChat, Microsoft Systems Center, Acquia, Slack
Limited additional
  PaaS Capabilities  
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Cloud Foundry support
Support for PKS
Partially Supported
Not Currently Supported
  Usability Features  
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Diagramming
Not Supported
Partially Supported
Supported
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Reusable service blueprints
Supported
Blueprints can be shared across environments
HyperCloud App Modelling, VM/App Blueprints
  VM management  
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Out of band console
Supported
Supported
Not Currently Supported
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Built-in SSH access to VMs
Supported
Browser-based support for both RDP and SSH.
Partially Supported
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Snapshotting
Supported
Supported
Not Currently Supported
  Community Support  
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User Contribution Site
Forum Only
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Supported

Matrix Score

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  • Embotics
  • CloudBolt Software
  • Hypergrid
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