CloudBees vs vCenter Configuration Manager comparison

CloudBees and Broadcom are both solutions in the Configuration Management category. CloudBees is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.3, while Broadcom is ranked #18 with an average rating of 7.3. CloudBees holds a 2.5% mindshare in CM, compared to Broadcom’s 2.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of CloudBees users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 15, 2026

vCenter Configuration Manager and CloudBees compete in the IT management and automation category. CloudBees seems to have the upper hand due to its strong scalability, integration capabilities, and CI/CD features.

Features: vCenter Configuration Manager offers automation capabilities tailored for IT infrastructure, support for migration with vMotion, and high availability options, which are essential for managing virtual environments. CloudBees provides robust CI/CD features, scalability for managing large teams and complex pipelines, and comprehensive integrations with various tools.

Room for Improvement: vCenter Configuration Manager could improve its integration with native cloud environments, simplify its licensing model, and enhance its real-time monitoring features. CloudBees would benefit from enhancing plugin management, improving performance to streamline operations, and clarifying its licensing tracking.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: vCenter Configuration Manager is noted for its straightforward setup in on-premises environments, though it requires better customer support responsiveness and more efficient licensing transfers. Meanwhile, CloudBees excels in supporting diverse environments with strong cloud-native capabilities and generally offers responsive customer support, though the complexity in plugin management and configuration sometimes complicates deployment.

Pricing and ROI: vCenter Configuration Manager is perceived as expensive, particularly for medium-sized businesses, but it delivers a good return on investment by enhancing efficiency and reducing physical server requirements. CloudBees also sits on the higher cost spectrum but provides favorable ROI due to its comprehensive features and scalability that improve CI/CD efficiency.

To learn more, read our detailed CloudBees vs. vCenter Configuration Manager Report (Updated: August 2026).

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Microsoft Intune

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Configuration Management category, the mindshare of Microsoft Intune is 4.6%, down from 9.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CloudBees is 2.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vCenter Configuration Manager is 2.0%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Configuration Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Microsoft Intune	4.6%
CloudBees	2.5%
vCenter Configuration Manager	2.0%
Other	90.9%

Configuration Management

Featured Reviews

OluwashileAdeniyi

Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees

Centralized endpoint security has improved and supports hybrid work and BYOD policies

Regarding what I dislike about Microsoft Intune and its downsides, I would say that more Mac controls are needed because we have limited Mac and Linux control. When comparing controls and policies between Windows, Mac, and Linux, Windows has almost everything you can think of, while Mac and Linux have limited types of control. You cannot implement certain things on Mac and Linux that you can on Windows. The limited controls are a major issue. Additionally, if Microsoft could find a way to embed servers into Microsoft Intune, that would be beneficial. Microsoft Intune is not really designed for servers or Windows servers. It is more tailored towards Windows 11 and Windows 10 operating systems. Windows servers are not fully supported. Enterprise organizations usually have both servers and endpoints, which are users' workstations. For servers, most people look for other solutions such as SCCM, which is Configuration Manager. However, SCCM is what Microsoft Intune is trying to replace. Both SCCM and Microsoft Intune belong to Microsoft. Microsoft is trying to transition organizations into Microsoft Intune, the native cloud solution. However, because this update is still in process, servers are not fully compatible with Microsoft Intune and cannot be managed by it. The current policy that has emerged from issues with clients is what they call co-management, which is relatively new, and I do not know if adoption is significant. Many legacy or older customers who have been using these products for decades still have SCCM. When it is time for them to manage their Windows devices, they use what is called cloud attach. Cloud attach is a term whereby your SCCM is connected to your Microsoft Intune. Most people do not know about it, but I have deployed it for several organizations. Cloud attach and co-management work together so that your device is in SCCM, but some policies are pushed from Microsoft Intune. It is like two different solutions working hand in hand. That is what they call co-management. Microsoft Intune does not bring all of your endpoint and security management tools into one place, which is the goal and how it should be. However, as I mentioned, servers are not included. If we talk about end users, Microsoft Intune does bring all your devices together. In a typical enterprise environment, you have end users with workstations, laptops, company-issued phones, and bring your own devices. You can create policies for all of these. However, for the backend, your servers do not have much coverage. Servers are not really covered by Microsoft Intune in that way.

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KishoreKumar4

Senior Qe Lead at Cognizant

Consistent automation has improved deployments and supports efficient client-facing workflows

Deployment and other processes are feasible for me, making this a smooth process. The integration part is good. We can use multiple things by integrating with CI/CD pipelines, and this is very feasible for us. This allows us to do our work easily. The productivity is very good. CloudBees is a good and efficient tool. We can work in client-facing scenarios, and since clients have provided these types of tools, we are able to work on them effectively.

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Nikhil Nikhil

Information Technology Operations Lead at TT Systems LLC

Compliance management has improved efficiency but licensing changes pose challenges

I am not using any advanced features or AI. I am employing a basic VMware vCenter setup for my infrastructure. Scalability has no major limitations, and the solution is efficient. Overall, it's satisfactory. I would rate the vCenter experience as seven out of ten due to concerns regarding license, pricing, and AI features.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"We work completely in a Microsoft environment. Its interface is similar to other Microsoft solutions that we are using such as Microsoft Defender. So far, for our administrators, it is easy to use."

"We already use a lot of Microsoft products in our company, and therefore, it made sense to also use this product."

"The most valuable feature is the policy CSPs."

"Overall, my user experience with Microsoft Intune has been great."

"The most reliable feature is the integration with Microsoft XDR, which grants administrators and solution architects like me the ability to bring value to a business."

"When a user receives the machine, sets it up, and turns it on, it connects to the domain and begins installing software, becoming ready within approximately half an hour, which represents a significant time savings for IT departments."

"We have seen a clear ROI with Microsoft Intune; time saved has reduced device setup from three to five hours to thirty minutes, and there is a workload reduction of around twenty to thirty percent less manual effort from the IT team."

"The biggest thing for us is enforcing logins only from devices that are managed by Intune."

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"CloudBees operates seamlessly. Deploying to a cluster is straightforward—just one click, and the job is done."

"One recent product feature that stands out is the pipeline explorer, which is providing significant value for us right now."

"CloudBees is the Jenkins tool for building and deploying. There's open-source Jenkins, which is free and can be used by any organization, but it offers a different architecture for Jenkins. If your organization is larger, you might choose the architecture. This way, you can have different masters for different applications, and different teams can manage their masters separately. However, a single person can still control all the masters, whoever manages it for the organization."

"CloudBees assists by automating tasks, previously done manually, in the pipeline setup."

"The most valuable features are Java features, microservice communication, payment validation, Jenkins Sonar, management master to CloudBees, Blue Ocean, JobConfig, and support."

"The solution's most valuable feature is its flexibility."

"The most beneficial aspect is that CloudBees integrates with everything, like version one, GitHub, and PDM."

"I find the automation feature most valuable. CloudBees is highly scalable and supports both small and large teams. The deployment process is also faster when compared to on-premise."

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"vCenter Configuration Manager is a very good product, it works well."

"I like vMotion because it manages fault tolerance."

"The solution is reliable; it is stable, there are no bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze."

"The interface is very user-friendly and the solution is simple to use."

"The most valuable features are vMotion and high availability, and I appreciate it because it's very easy to set up and configure new disks and servers."

"In large implementations, especially in regulated environments, vCenter's automation capabilities prove invaluable for implementing new processes efficiently."

"I would recommend this solution to others, it has worked very well for me."

"I particularly appreciate the reporting capabilities, as they allow for in-depth analysis of logs and the ability to interpret alerts effectively, enabling informed responses."

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Cons

"There are a lot of updates happening on Microsoft."

"If you're looking forward to deficiency, I'd say that the Endpoint Manager support at the lower levels is poor."

"The admin portal for Microsoft Intune is not yet on the same level as other Microsoft 365 admin portals when comparing the interface and user-friendliness."

"The documentation about the custom image setup could be better. Although Microsoft provides the steps to configure Intune or set up or deploy Intune, it doesn't have much information related to custom images. If you ask, "how can we deploy the custom image?" There is no information. The steps they mention ask you to connect to your on-premises environment or create your own image on the cloud itself once there is connectivity. But I needed to go to multiple websites to get all this information. I had to figure out how to upload the custom image if you want to use the on-premise custom image for Cloud PC. If you have the proper subscription, you must have the right access, like global admin or owner. Then you can add your custom image to that. There are no steps mentioned over there. Microsoft Intune doesn't have Chrome browser support. I would like to have that support because they will want it if we pitch the product to clients."

"Microsoft Intune fails a lot when it comes to device compliance."

"The reporting functionality of Microsoft Intune is limited compared to Microsoft System Center, which offers many more reporting options."

"One big problem with Microsoft is that they're changing the names of the products quite often, or they're quite consistently doing so. Intune is now Endpoint administration. Constantly switching the user interface or the administrative interface makes it quite hard to keep pace. If you are on a two-week holiday and you come back and look at the same screen you have looked at for the last couple of months, it looks different, which is annoying. Changing things around all the time doesn't make it easy."

"Microsoft Intune has a latency response time issue. The latency has room for improvement."

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"The setup is somewhat complicated. You need a cloud architect and engineer to set it up properly. The initial setup will take time, so you need a good engineer and architect to handle it."

"I would like to see improved speed and availability."

"A lot of stability issues are there with CloudBees."

"It could improve the document upload process."

"We did face some challenges, particularly with the infrastructure."

"To use the tool, you need to be familiar with the tool itself and with how it will be incorporated into the culture."

"Sometimes, there are performance issues, however, they may be due to our organization's configuration."

"The user interface of CloudBees is good but could be even more intuitive. Improving the user-friendliness of the interface and having simpler setup configurations would greatly benefit new users."

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"There are some complexities within the system center. For example, we use two different applications for updates and the deployment of the machine. We also have another third party solution."

"The price could be reduced."

"It can take a long time for the first information to become available. On the other hand, that's normal. It has to collect a lot of information before it can predict future needs. But it would be nice if there was some kind of base level to get started."

"There is room for improvement in operating and managing cluster environments and maintenance. And hardware environment visibility."

"The only challenge my company faces with the solution in relation to the customers is something that is directly related to the tool's pricing."

"Occasionally, we encounter issues with updates regarding failing or losing configuration information for the product."

"If the solution could manage on-premises and cloud resources with the help of one tool, it would be an extra agent."

"It lacks the capability to manage the other systems."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you ask the accountant or the finance department, they'll tell you that it is way too expensive, but when I look at the cost and compare it with the value you actually get, it's more than fair."

"It's reasonable. They're not giving it away, but it's reasonable."

"There are licenses required for this solution. We enable licenses on the devices we need to manage."

"The cost is somewhat on the higher side, particularly when considering certain price points, especially in markets like India."

"Microsoft Intune has been incorporated into our Microsoft E5 licenses."

"I have no comment on pricing of the solution."

"For organizations that are a Microsoft shop, the pricing is compelling."

"It is cheap, but as compared to Google, it is costly. Google is cheaper, but quality-wise, Microsoft Intune is better."

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"There is a free license for the standard version. Their enterprise version is expensive. I would advise starting with one server and working your way up as you go. The enterprise version provides support."

"It is on a yearly basis."

"The pricing is mid-range so I rate it a six out of ten."

"The solution comes with three-year support. We have to renew the support annually after the three years are up."

"vCenter's pricing is reasonable, but nowadays, they are drastically increasing their prices, which is pathetic."

"I have a license to cover four hosts."

"We have to pay for the whole bundle and individual pricing is not available. One license costs us almost $200 every year."

"I am not knowledgeable with the pricing of the product."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Outsourcing Company

Construction Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

16%

Outsourcing Company

Construction Company

18%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	192
Midsize Enterprise	62
Large Enterprise	186

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	18

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	27
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	20

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What is your primary use case for CloudBees?

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Also Known As

Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager

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Overview

Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based service designed for device management, security, and compliance. It supports automation and facilitates endpoint management for Windows, iOS, and Android devices, ensuring data protection and efficient policy enforcement.

Microsoft Intune offers seamless integration with tools like Windows Autopilot to automate device setup and deployment. Integrated with Azure Active Directory, it enhances policy management while providing robust reporting and analytics tools for compliance tracking. Despite its intuitive interface aimed at simplifying navigation and device security management, there are challenges such as compatibility issues with Linux and Mac, limited policy support for Android, and demands for better third-party integration. It's widely used for both corporate-owned devices and BYOD scenarios in dynamic IT environments.

What are the key features of Microsoft Intune?

Windows Autopilot: Automates device setup for rapid deployment.
Azure Active Directory Integration: Enhances user policy management.
Reporting and Analytics: Improves compliance visibility.
Mobile Application Management: Ensures app security without compromising personal data.
Cloud-Based Management: Allows management from any location.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Time Efficiency: Automation reduces time in policy enforcement and configuration updates.
Enhanced Security: Ensures data protection across corporate-owned and BYOD devices.
Improved Compliance: Advanced reporting tools enhance compliance visibility.
Flexible Management: Cloud-based nature supports management from any location.

In industries such as finance and healthcare, Microsoft Intune is implemented to ensure data protection and compliance with regulatory standards. Manufacturing sectors utilize Intune for managing a distributed workforce across global locations, while educational institutions employ it to secure and manage devices in learning environments supporting both students and faculty.

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CloudBees provides a highly scalable and secure platform that supports seamless integration and automation across multiple environments. It excels in managing Jenkins instances and offers flexible deployment options, enhancing efficiency for large teams.

CloudBees is recognized for its integration with Jenkins, SonarQube, and Ansible, allowing companies to leverage its robust automation capabilities for continuous integration and deployment. With its strong support for Docker and Kubernetes, teams benefit from streamlined code management and operational efficiency. Its scalable architecture, real-time feedback, and premium vendor support help manage large-scale applications and microservices. Despite its strengths, users report challenges with pipeline setup, service availability, and GUI accessibility, which suggest room for improvement in these areas.

What are the key features of CloudBees?

User-friendly interface: Simplifies navigation and improves workflow efficiency.
Robust scalability: Supports growth and large-scale application management.
Advanced security: Ensures data security and compliance.
Integration capabilities: Seamlessly integrates with Jenkins, SonarQube, and Ansible.
Flexible deployment: Adapts to different infrastructure needs across environments.

What benefits should users expect in reviews?

Enhanced efficiency: Automation reduces manual workload.
Real-time feedback: Provides immediate insights into pipeline performance.
Vendor support: Offers assistance for troubleshooting and growth.
Scalable architecture: Accommodates business expansion requirements.

In tech and software industries, companies implement CloudBees for managing complex CI/CD pipelines. Its integration with DevOps tools facilitates automation and workflow optimization. Industries with large teams managing thousands of microservices use CloudBees to maintain high availability, streamline processes, and ensure security compliance, driving efficient production workflows.

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vCenter Configuration Manager offers a robust platform for managing virtual environments and optimizing IT infrastructure. It supports multiple platforms while facilitating virtualization, migration, and compliance processes.

vCenter Configuration Manager efficiently manages virtual machines, data centers, and servers. It enhances system performance through automation and centralized management of ESXi clusters. Known for its reliability, it also simplifies patch management and supports hyper-converged infrastructure. Challenges include improving integration, user interaction, and support for cloud and hybrid environments. Licensing transitions and compatibility issues with operating systems are areas of focus. Its strong presence in India enhances VMware environments.

What are vCenter Configuration Manager's key features?

User-Friendly Interface: Simplifies navigation and operation tasks.
VM Management: Efficient management of virtual machines.
Migration Capabilities: Streamlines the migration process.
High Availability: Ensures continuous operation without downtime.
Automation: Facilitates automated processes to improve efficiency.
Support for Hyper-Converged Infrastructure: Enhances the IT environment's scalability.
vMotion and DRS: Critical for disaster recovery and business continuity.

What benefits and ROI should reviews highlight?

Resource Management: Optimizes resource allocation and utilization.
Ease of Provisioning: Simplifies deploying IT assets across the organization.
Compliance Management: Ensures regulatory compliance and governance.
Reliable Stability: Provides a stable and robust IT environment.

vCenter Configuration Manager is implemented across sectors like healthcare and industry. It manages virtualization, server oversight, and host monitoring. Its automation and patch management streamline IT processes, making it a valuable tool for managing diverse IT infrastructures effectively.

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