Cloud Management Platforms comparison & reviews

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2nd 6th 5th
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Analysis expand by Ephraim Baron Sheldon Lee-Wen
 		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
  • + Valuable annual State of the Cloud report
  • + Good Multi-Cloud support
  • + Good DevOps capabilities
  • + Among the best at Security
  • + Good Chargeback capabilities
  • + Deep VMware integration
Cons
  • - Below average performance monitoring
  • - Below average 2nd tier public cloud support
  • - Low APAC market presense
  • - Weakest User Self-Service capabilities
  • - Below average Security features
  • - Separate application for cost management
  • - Complex product structure & implementation
  • - Average Multi-Cloud support
  • - Average Governance supportg
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Maturity
Company founded in 2006. Shipping product for multiple years. Many large customers.
Founded in 2006, RightScale is one of the oldest CMP firms.
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
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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
RightScale Cloud Portfolio Management enables enterprises to accelerate delivery of applications
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
The product runs locally
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Agentless or agentless operation
vCommander is agentless
RightLink 10 allows users to enable already-running instances using existing images as well as official OS images.
An agent is required for some scenarios.
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Database support
MSSQL 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012 SP3
RightScale uses a mix of relational databases — notably MySQL — and NoSQL technology, in particular Cassandra.
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.
RightScale is offered at flat rate based on total public cloud spend. Private cloud is free.
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
Silver Support including consultative support
Both 5x12 and 24x7 support are available
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Professional services
Professional Services engagements are available.
Professional services support is available
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
Supported
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OpenStack
Not currently supported (preview available)
Supported
Supported
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other
Apache CloudStack
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
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
Centurylink cloud, Rackspace
VMware vCloud Air, Rackspace
  Containers  
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Docker
Scripted Support
Supported
Not supported due to license restrictions
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3rd Party container management
Supported
Supported
Possible but not directly integrated
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Other
Scripted Support
Not fully compatible
Supported
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  Legacy/Brownfield Environments  
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Automatic discovery of legacy VMs
Supported
Supported
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
vSphere-only
Supported for vSphere
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Import of OVA/OVF VM formats
Not supported (native tools can be used)
Through vSphere
Through vSphere
  Migration  
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Cloud-to-cloud migration
Supported
Created, but not migrated
Not 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
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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
Compatible
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)
NSX Supported
VMware NSX is fully supported
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Public cloud networking
Supports operational views. Deployment limited to use of templates (eg cloudformations)
Extensive AWS network support
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
Rightscale Alert system
Yes, through vRealize Orchestrator
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Pre- and Post-Install Actions
Supported
Supported through "rightscripts"
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
Supported
Supported
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3rd Party Orchestration
Supported via scripting framework
Supported through plugins
Supported, through a vRealize Orchestrator plugins
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Webhooks
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
Supported through plugins
Supported, available (both free and paid) on marketplace.vmware.com
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CMDB integration
Supported
Supported
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
Through scripting or workflow
Not supported
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Best Execution Venue - Security
Supported
Through scripting or workflow
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
Manage but not provision
Limited
  Reconfiguration & Expiration  
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Ability to change VM configuration
Supported
Supported throught scripting or integration with other tools
Supported
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Live change VM resources
Supported
VM resources can be changed on demand where it makes sense and is supported by the OS and underlying hypervisor / cloud platform
Limited, specific option through vRealize Operations is available
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Scheduled expiration
Supported
Supported
Supported, using leases
  Uptime Management  
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Continuous Infrastructure Testing
Supported
Contains built in monitoring for VM health. Specific testing can be built into workflow
Supported, using vRealize Operations
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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
Supported
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Service Catalog
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Localization  
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Support for multiple languages
English Only
Supported
  Built-In Features  
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Application-centric deployment
Supported
Supported
Not supported
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Approval workflow
Supported
Can be supported via ServiceNow integration
Supported
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Auto-scaling
Supported in AWS
Supported
Supported
NEW
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Bursting to public cloud
Partially supported
Supported via blueprints
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
3-year usage reporting
Supported
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Consumption-based billing
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Cost allocation
Supported
Supported
Supported
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User-defined rates
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Multiple currency support
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
Contains an Analytics tool and can integration with other tools via API
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
vSphere-only
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
RightScale has no built in concept of Service Management, but can be integrated into Service Management tools via API
Requires custom dashboards and supermetrics in vRealize Operations
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  Group management  
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Multi-level support
Supported
Supported
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
Supported
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LDAP support
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Security Features  
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Credential management
Supported
Managed SSH Login
Supported
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Key vaulting
Supported
Stores user API and SSH keys
Supported
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Support for single signon
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Logging/auditing of administrative access
Supported
Partially supported
Supported
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with enterprise security tools
Supported via script
Requires custom programming
Supported
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  Third-Party Integration  
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Jenkins integration
Supported
Supported
Not supported in vRealize Suite Advanced
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GitHub integration
Custom integration scripting
Supported for Chef cookbooks
Not supported in vRealize Suite Advanced
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other
Supported
Not supported in vRealize Suite Advanced
  PaaS Capabilities  
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Cloud Foundry support
Support for PKS
Supported
Not supported in vRealize Suite Advanced
  Usability Features  
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Diagramming
Not Supported
RightScale follows an infrastructure as code paradigm
Supported
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Reusable service blueprints
Supported
Templates and images
Supported
  VM management  
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Out of band console
Supported
All VM access is in band
Supported
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Built-in SSH access to VMs
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Snapshotting
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Community Support  
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User Contribution Site
Forum Only
RightScale "Cloud Gems" Git repositories
Supported

Matrix Score

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  • CloudBolt Software
  • RightScale
  • VMware
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