CloudBees vs vCenter Configuration Manager comparison

CloudBees and Broadcom are both solutions in the Configuration Management category. CloudBees is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.3, while Broadcom is ranked #16 with an average rating of 7.8. CloudBees holds a 2.3% mindshare in CM, compared to Broadcom’s 2.1% 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.

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Microsoft Intune

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Configuration Management category, the mindshare of Microsoft Intune is 4.9%, down from 10.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CloudBees is 2.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vCenter Configuration Manager is 2.1%, 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	4.9%
CloudBees	2.3%
vCenter Configuration Manager	2.1%
Other	90.7%

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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Mohamad Irshidat

Principal Consultant Engineer at Estarta Solutions

Migration streamlines processes while real-time monitoring opportunities remain

The migration feature of vCenter Configuration Manager is the most loved feature so far. This particular feature is valuable because it is vendor-oriented and works with VMware, which makes your life easy. Regarding system reliability, it is helpful. When you design it for the process, it will help you minimize the downtime, and it will help the reliability of the system. vCenter Configuration Manager has impacted my organization positively, but it's not fully deployed yet; we only use it for one or two tasks, and our team goes back to using the vCenter itself. However, further on, maybe we'll find a use case that will help us use the configuration manager.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is user-friendly, and the performance is also good. It is a convenient product"

"Microsoft Intune helps secure hybrid work by allowing organizations to manage and secure devices remotely."

"Easy to use."

"Microsoft Intune is far more efficient and faster than MECM."

"Intune enables us to manage our devices from anywhere."

"The ability to (somewhat) manage full Windows 10 computers including EXE-based or MSI-based application deployments using Azure Active Directory as Identity."

"Microsoft Intune simplifies device management by replacing the traditional method of installing OS, joining a domain, and configuring everything manually."

"The most valuable feature is the UEM capabilities."

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"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 is a user-friendly tool."

"CloudBees's user interface is very simple and user-friendly."

"It’s a very good tool for auditing your project pipelines as well."

"CloudBees updates its features frequently, so if we need something like SSL login, they enable it."

"CloudBees is a good and efficient tool."

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

"It can manage multiple Jenkins instances."

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"The solution is very easy to manage."

"This solution is good for individual storage."

"My primary use case is for migration"

"The technical support services are good."

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

"All of these features serve different purposes and are very useful."

"Configuration Manager simplifies management. Cloning via live migration is a useful feature."

"The most valuable feature of vCenter Configuration Manager is the ease of provisioning."

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Cons

"There is always a noise when you are going to manage any endpoint devices, and noise is definitely there with this solution."

"When we implemented Intune, it would have been helpful if Microsoft had provided some videos or data about Intune."

"There is room for improvement in the remediation and detection modules, which are currently about eighty percent fully functional."

"Microsoft Intune needs to improve the initial login process."

"It should be easier to define policies and comply with those policies."

"There is still a gap between SCCM and Intune, especially in the reporting, inventory, and software deployment areas."

"Intune has no remote control function for mobile phones to solve issues remotely for users."

"I think there should be a better tracking of the cell phones used on the Intune."

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"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."

"I noticed that CloudBees runs too slowly because some applications run more than 50 pipelines."

"There are connection issues with CloudBees, specifically between Sybase and CloudBees. W"

"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."

"For CloudBees, I can suggest that the log is very high, which is very hectic for us when trying to find which error is coming."

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

"If you're logged in and working for about thirty minutes and then go idle for five to ten minutes, Jenkins will prompt you to re-authenticate."

"There could be improvements in the ease of use."

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"The ease of setup and installations could be improved."

"Acquiring certifications often require extensive training and successfully passing an exam, which can be costly and time-consuming, particularly if you already possess experience in the domain. As a result, this can increase the overall cost of obtaining certification and may present a challenge that requires addressing."

"Configuration Manager should decrease the deployment time in the data center and the management time as this could help many data centers reduce their operating costs."

"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."

"Additionally, they could improve the hybrid-cloud environment and its management, not only for the localhost but also including the connection between the public and private cloud."

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

"The pricing and security could be improved."

"It is not so user-friendly that you can just start the host and everything works."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Microsoft Intune is available for individual purchase at a low per-device cost."

"My team members bundled it together with their Microsoft solutions, including Microsoft 365 and related products."

"Every customer used to purchase licenses based on their needs."

"The licensing costs we leave up to the customer and these vary from one to another."

"With one user base license, we can use Intune for up to five devices. However, with Soti MobiControl, each license is tied to a single device, meaning one license is dedicated to one device only."

"We work in the charity sector, so a lot of our clients get Microsoft Premium licenses or Business Premium for free. They get ten licenses free, and a lot of our clients do not have more than ten staff members. They are getting the tool for free, so its cost is not an issue."

"It's affordable for the protection it gives. There are no additional costs."

"There is a license needed to use the solution and we are on an annual license."

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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."

"This product is not cheap. I have a yearly license for vCenter and the license is not cheap."

"It is an expensive solution."

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

"Price-wise, the product is an affordable one. The additional expenses, apart from the licensing costs of the solution, are attached to the support a user wants to receive from vCenter Configuration Manager's end."

"The product price and licensing fees are reasonable, especially when compared to other products in the market."

"It's a large application. It consumes a lot of resources. Sometimes the price is too high for our customers. If they buy it directly from VMware, its hard to convince the customer that we will bring down the total cost of ownership, in the end."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

17%

Construction Company

16%

Outsourcing Company

Construction Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Marketing Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	192
Midsize Enterprise	62
Large Enterprise	185

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

Questions from the Community

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Microsoft Intune is a great tool for managing a mobile device fleet while keeping access control. The solution makes ...

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What are the pros and cons of Microsoft Intune?

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How does Google Cloud Identity compare with Microsoft Intune?

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What needs improvement with CloudBees?

For CloudBees, I can suggest that the log is very high, which is very hectic for us when trying to find which error i...

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What is your primary use case for CloudBees?

We use CloudBees for deploying the code in higher environments, such as QA, C2, staging, and production.

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What advice do you have for others considering CloudBees?

We can upload the JAR file and deploy at the Jenkins level during our deployment. These types of labels and IDs can b...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vCenter Configuration Manager?

Nowadays, it is a bit expensive. It's costly, primarily due to the licensing aspect.

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What needs improvement with vCenter Configuration Manager?

My impression on the impact of the real-time monitoring features of vCenter Configuration Manager is that it's somewh...

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What is your primary use case for vCenter Configuration Manager?

My usual use cases for vCenter Configuration Manager mainly involve migration, shift and lift mainly, and some type o...

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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.

CloudBees

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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