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BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management vs VMware Cloud Director comparison

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Categories and Ranking

BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management
Ranking in Cloud Management
42nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Monitoring Software (43rd)
VMware Cloud Director
Ranking in Cloud Management
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
71
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is 1.6%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Cloud Director is 2.4%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMware Cloud Director2.4%
BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management1.6%
Other96.0%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

VB
Enterprise Solution Architect at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Helps design blueprints in a cloud environment but the support is a major problem
One of the major problems is that support is not so good. I used to have a support expert in Spain but they left two years ago. BMC doesn't invest a lot in network automation but network automation is a major point in CLM. There aren't any experts here in Europe, maybe they have in America, I don't know. The main problem is the support in Europe. We had a lot of problems with the people who got put on our cases. The agents that we were assigned to were not so capable. They wanted to replicate the problem. If you have an incident, it takes a lot of time to troubleshoot the problem. The incident support is not so good. The technicians don't know the platform well. BMC doesn't want to invest in CLM. Two years ago we had a lot of problems. Maybe BMC realized that CLM is an end of life product.
KuldeepSingh4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Experienced users benefit from resource isolation and valuable self-service portal while seeing potential in enhanced infrastructure visibility
VMware is not going further with VMware Cloud Director. They are integrating the VMware Cloud Director feature with Aria Automation only for the upcoming versions, primarily with the VCF 9, and slowly they are integrating some of the parts they have already integrated, and they might not continue with VMware Cloud Director in the future. They can make it more granular to ensure hardware-level segregation, the underlying infrastructure level of segregation for the end user, and a separate security boundary where users can access the end-to-end layer. End-to-end layer means my software layer along with the hardware layer. If they want to do a certain level of troubleshooting primarily on the ESXi part, that is what I feel is lacking for now because for an end user accessing the SSP, the underlying infrastructure is a kind of black box for them. For VMware Cloud Director, it can be more comprehensive if we enable public cloud integration as well. In today's date, customers are adopting a multi-cloud environment where VMware Cloud Director is much feasible to leverage the underlying VMware backend architecture. If VMware Cloud Director could be made to have more integration with the public cloud and do the day one, day two jobs for public cloud interface as well, that would be beneficial. Additionally, I recommend leveraging the VMware Cloud Director layer if a customer has a multi-cloud environment and is planning some cross-cloud migration capability. Cross-cloud migration refers to if a customer has something on Azure, wanting to bring it up on VMware or maybe from VMware to AWS, vice versa. In that case, VMware Cloud Director should provide some cross-cloud migration capability as well.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We have many regions where more than 10000 servers are deployed, so it helps in patching and hardening of servers."
"Integrates role-based access control with pre-configured policies for CIS, DISA, HIPAA, PCI, SOX, NIST, and SCAP documentation and remediation."
"Supports unattended installs and image-based, script-based, or template-based provisioning."
"Automates Java EE Application Deployment from an SCM system."
"Allowing systems to be provisioned in a wide range of environments, such as Azure, AWS, or on-premise, reduces the level of training required as well as creates consistency across the board."
"CLM has a multi-cloud portal because they have the resources to implement in various environments in various ports."
"Total build time has been reduced from four weeks to one week, then later to 24 hours."
"You can tie together your public and private cloud infrastructure into a "single pane of glass"."
"Product is mature enough to support huge loads: the underlining technology is the best in class to meet many customer needs."
"The most valuable feature of vCloud Director is its ability to host customers on their own cloud."
"Overall, we are happy with the product."
"The self-service portal is the most valuable. We are acting as a service provider, so our customers can take care of their virtual data centers with the self-service portal. Therefore, we don't need staff for it."
"The most valuable features are: Remote console (ability to control booting and OS installation process), support for Windows desktop OS's (mostly used as test machines for software development companies), and the resource pool payment model (pay for resources instead of paying for hourly use)."
"vCloud Director is a scalable solution, and we have 10 customers who use it."
"Key enhancements include better synchronization with vCenter and increased reliability, ensuring stability during extensive usage and various actions."
"vCloud Director is a stable solution."
 

Cons

"It was complex as it does not include a good, extensive feasibility and compatibility guide."
"The installation and configuration can be tricky due to it being built on Remedy."
"One of the major problems is that support is not so good."
"Going to BMC for PS is not at all recommended from my experience."
"Needs integrations with other providers to provide a custom public cloud environment."
"The initial setup is not straightforward; it can be complicated. The deployment can take one to two weeks."
"I'm rather mixed. It is dead simple, but it still feels like duct taped solutions in a lot of aspects."
"If you use it for a lot of customers, it is too heavy for this solution."
"Initially, I would rate the stability a three out of ten because we faced some complex stability issues initially."
"Platform maturity and interoperability required"
"I feel like vCloud is two years behind the feature set – in terms of the UI, and vCenter. I can't do the same tasks that I can do in terms of UI as with vCenter."
"We are having a bit of a problem with vCloud Availability. We know that vRA has a new product, HCX. We would like to know about it, then migrate to the product."
"vCloud Director is an expensive solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is inexpensive compared to other vendors."
"The solution's price is the market standard and depends on usage."
"I recommend using the Enterprise or Enterprise Plus licenses because they unlock all of the solution's capabilities."
"vCloud Director is an expensive solution."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing eight and a half to nine out of ten."
"We pay monthly for all of the licenses."
"It runs our company in the millions of rand every month."
"It is better than other solutions out there when it comes to cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
16%
Insurance Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise39
 

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Also Known As

BMC CLM
vCloud Director
 

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Sample Customers

JDA Software, Morningstar, Orange Business Services, Wipro
MicroStrategy, National Democratic Institute, and NYSE Euronext.
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