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AWS Trusted Advisor vs Cisco UCS Director comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Trusted Advisor
Ranking in Cloud Management
23rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Cisco UCS Director
Ranking in Cloud Management
21st
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of AWS Trusted Advisor is 1.3%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cisco UCS Director is 1.9%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Cisco UCS Director1.9%
AWS Trusted Advisor1.3%
Other96.8%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

Arun Srivastav - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Planfirma Technologies Private Limited
Cybersecurity tools have enabled comprehensive infrastructure monitoring and alerting
We have been using Amazon Inspector and Amazon Trusted Advisor for monitoring. These tools are especially useful for preventing cyberattacks on our systems. Trusted Advisor scans the complete infrastructure, providing a consolidated view of our account's systems. We use CloudWatch with Trusted…
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Senior Telecommunications Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Managing extensive VoIP services becomes efficient and seamless
We use Cisco UCS Director primarily for managing our VoIP service to maintain seamless service delivery. We operate in an enterprise government environment Cisco UCS Director is straightforward to use, which we greatly appreciate. It helps save time by making it quicker to roll out new call…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I would give it a ten out of ten."
"The cost optimization and security-related fixes in AWS Trusted Advisor have been great."
"Trusted Advisor offers features that provide inside information for the entire account, including identifying security gaps and offering cost optimization insights."
"The Security Advisor is the most valuable feature. It instantly informs you about any system misconfigurations, and the best part is, it's completely free."
"The key features include security recommendations, cost optimization, and various packages to choose from, depending on the size of the company."
"AWS Trusted Advisor is a tool that we can use to optimize the AWS infrastructure cost."
"Trusted Advisor scans the complete infrastructure within the account, providing a consolidated view of all services in use."
"The cost optimization features are valuable."
"UCS director enables us to be more productive and more agile, and also more self-sufficient because we don't have to depend on anybody else."
"The reason we went with Cisco is that it comes at a very negligible cost as part of the BOQ. Compared to the competition's products, which are incredibly expensive, UCS Director is low-cost."
"The product is flexible and compact. It has a lot of features."
"I can manage multiple workloads whether it's on AWS, Azure, or on-premises. They can be managed by using the UCS Director."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Cisco's knowledge base is extensive."
"Cisco UCS Director is straightforward to use, which we greatly appreciate."
"The main feature of this solution is the integration with all the Cisco solutions and other vendors."
 

Cons

"Trusted Advisor currently scans the whole system, including development, staging, and QA environments, which increases costs."
"The tenancy must be free for all metrics."
"Maybe if Trusted Advisor could also help us with IP address issues and the status of our VPCs, it would be beneficial."
"Cost is a significant factor that needs improvement. Reducing the cost would make it more beneficial for all users."
"For EC2 instances, we need to install the AWS CloudWatch agent to get the memory metric because we don't have a by-default memory utilization graph on cost optimization."
"The integration between Trusted Advisor and Security Hub sometimes lacks, and I need a way to ensure things come through there."
"Cost is a significant factor that needs improvement."
"Maybe adding more security rules would be great."
"The product could allow more programmatic opportunities through better development of the API."
"Currently, Cisco UCS Director is unable to integrate with another product or with a server from another brand."
"The areas where this product can be improved are the integrations and the UI. These features are not as friendly compared to VMware products."
"There are a lot of bugs in the solution. This is an area in the solution that can be improved."
"Normally, UCS Director is used primarily for orchestration, but when we look at a non-Cisco data infrastructure components, the UCS Director needs a bit more improvement in terms of integration with third-party systems and with existing older systems."
"The tool should be a lot more intuitive and make it easy for us to understand and migrate."
"There aren’t any areas of improvement that immediately come to mind."
"We cannot depend on this solution to manage all of the data center's infrastructure."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Trusted Advisor offers various packages, with the most comprehensive costing $15,000 per month."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing around five to six out of ten."
"The budget doesn’t work for the state and local governments."
"Cisco UCS Director is expensive...I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."
"The cost of this solution is significant."
"I rate Cisco UCS Director's price a three out of ten. Cisco UCS Director is not an affordable product. With Cisco UCS Director, there is a need to pay an overall price, which consists of the product, software, and support."
"I would rate the product's pricing an eight out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Performing Arts
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Retailer
11%
Insurance Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
Marketing Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS Trusted Advisor?
The Security Advisor is the most valuable feature. It instantly informs you about any system misconfigurations, and the best part is, it's completely free.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Trusted Advisor?
The cost of Trusted Advisor is reasonable, though it can be further economized by allowing selective scanning, focusing only on production systems, to avoid unnecessary costs associated with develo...
What needs improvement with AWS Trusted Advisor?
Trusted Advisor currently scans the whole system, including development, staging, and QA environments, which increases costs. It would be better if it could selectively scan only production systems...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS Director?
While the pricing might be seen as expensive, it provides value for money due to reliable service and excellent technical support.
What needs improvement with Cisco UCS Director?
It should be more of a cloud-based architecture for Cisco UCS Director, and it should be affordable to small customers as well because the pricing is a major challenge when we talk about Cisco UCS ...
What is your primary use case for Cisco UCS Director?
Mainly in my region and country, large data center customers are using Cisco UCS Director, not the SMB or mid-market customers. More of the on-premise customers are utilizing Cisco UCS Director. Th...
 

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Sample Customers

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