Cloud Management Platforms comparison & reviews

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Analysis expand by Ephraim Baron by Ephraim Baron 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
  • + Multi-Cloud Management & Orchestration (IaaS,PaaS)
  • + Cloud Analytics - Migration Planning, Cost Optimization,Account Management, Governance and Security
  • + 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
  • - Support only major Private and Public Cloud Providers
  • - 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.
Company founded in 2016. Shipping products Recognized by Gartner as the exclusive visioinary in CMP Magic Quadrant
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
Vendor
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
Hybrid Cloud Management and Orchestration for VM & Containers. HyperCloud Analytics for Cloud Migration Planning, Cost Optimization, Governance, Compliance and Security. 
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
Locally, Public Cloud and SaaS
The product runs locally
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Agentless or agentless operation
vCommander is agentless
Yes
An agent is required for some scenarios.
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Database support
MSSQL 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012 SP3
PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS
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.
ELA & Subscription Based
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
Standard 24/7
Both 5x12 and 24x7 support are available
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Professional services
Professional Services engagements are available.
Yes
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
VMware vSphere 6.0 and above_x000D_
VMware vCloud Director 9.0 and above (with VMware NSX)_x000D_
VMware Cloud on AWS
Supported
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Microsoft Hyper-V
Supported
Microsoft Hyper-V 2012,2016 & 2019
Supported
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OpenStack
Not currently supported (preview available)
Openstack (Queens and above)
Supported
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other
Ovirt KVM 4.0 and above
NEW
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
Partially Supported
Supported
NEW
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Microsoft Azure
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Oracle Cloud
not supported
Not Currently Supported
Not supported
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other
Cost modeling for Google Compute Engine, IBM SoftLayer and Rackspace
Supported
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
Partly Supported
Supported
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  Legacy/Brownfield Environments  
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Automatic discovery of legacy VMs
Supported
HyperCloud Analytics - Cloud Planning
Supported for vSphere and vCloud Air
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Management of legacy cloud VMs
Supported
Partially 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)
Partially Supported
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
Supported
Supported
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Published API
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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
Not Currenlty 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)
Supported
VMware NSX is fully supported
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Public cloud networking
Supports operational views. Deployment limited to use of templates (eg cloudformations)
Partially Supported
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
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
Supported, through a vRealize Orchestrator plugins
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Webhooks
Supported
Supported
Not supported
  Third-Party Automation  
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ServiceNow
Supported
Partially Supported
Supported
NEW
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3rd Party Automation
Supported via scripting framework
Supported
Supported, available (both free and paid) on marketplace.vmware.com
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CMDB integration
Supported
Partially 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
Supported
Not supported
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Best Execution Venue - Security
Supported
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
HyperCloud Governance and Compliance
Supported
  Provisioning  
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Bare-metal provisioning
Supported with use of 3rd party PXE boot solutions
Supported
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
Supported, using leases
  Uptime Management  
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Continuous Infrastructure Testing
Supported
HyperCloud Agent
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
HyperCloud AppStore
Supported
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Service Catalog
Supported
HyperCloud AppStore
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
HyperCloud AppStore
Not supported
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Approval workflow
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Auto-scaling
Supported in AWS
HyperCloud Blueprints
Supported
NEW
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Bursting to public cloud
Partially supported
Partially Supported
Limited, scale up/down on different platforms can be configured in a blueprint
  Quotas  
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Quotas
Supported
HyperCloud Quotas & Resource Pools 
Supported
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  Cost Management/Chargeback  
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Cloud expense reporting
Supported
HyperCloud Cost Optimization, HyperCloud Rate Card
Supported
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Consumption-based billing
Supported
HyperCloud Cost Optimization, HyperCloud Rate Card
Supported
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Cost allocation
Supported
HyperCloud Rate Card
Supported
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User-defined rates
Supported
HyperCloud Rate Card
Supported
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Multiple currency support
Supported
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
Supported
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
Partially Supported
Requires custom dashboards and supermetrics in vRealize Operations
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  Group management  
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Multi-level support
Supported
For multi-tenancy - Yes, multiple levels
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
Supported
Supported
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Key vaulting
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Support for single signon
Supported
Not Currently Supported
Supported
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Logging/auditing of administrative access
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with enterprise security tools
Supported via script
Supported
Supported
DevOps expand
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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
Not supported in vRealize Suite Advanced
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other
Supported
Limited additional
Not supported in vRealize Suite Advanced
  PaaS Capabilities  
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Cloud Foundry support
Support for PKS
Not Currently Supported
Not supported in vRealize Suite Advanced
  Usability Features  
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Diagramming
Not Supported
Supported
Supported
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Reusable service blueprints
Supported
HyperCloud App Modelling, VM/App Blueprints
Supported
  VM management  
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Out of band console
Supported
Not Currently Supported
Supported
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Built-in SSH access to VMs
Supported
Partially Supported
Supported
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Snapshotting
Supported
Not Currently Supported
Supported
  Community Support  
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User Contribution Site
Forum Only
Supported
Supported

Matrix Score

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  • Hypergrid
  • Hypergrid
  • VMware
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  • 3 rd
  • 3 rd
  • 5 th
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