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Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) vs vCenter Orchestrator comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.1
Flexera CMP significantly boosts cost savings, efficiency, resource allocation, and performance, offering flexibility and accurate budget planning for tech management.
Sentiment score
6.0
Medium to large enterprises gain ROI from virtualization, but quantifying returns is challenging; vCenter Orchestrator suits specific needs.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.6
Flexera Cloud's customer and technical support are strong, but users note room for improvement despite effective internal teams.
Sentiment score
6.2
VMware support is praised for communication and resolution but needs faster response and deeper expertise in some cases.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.7
Flexera Cloud Management Platform excels in scalability, efficiently managing large user bases and supporting significant growth for enterprises.
Sentiment score
7.3
vCenter Orchestrator effectively scales from small to large environments, adapting well despite some hardware-specific challenges.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Flexera CMP is highly reliable and stable, even for large deployments, earning a 9/10 stability rating.
Sentiment score
7.9
vCenter Orchestrator is highly stable, reliable, and efficient, with occasional issues, praised for trustworthy performance by users.
 

Room For Improvement

Flexera Cloud faces integration challenges with steep learning curves, support issues, and needs improved domain-specific language training.
vCenter Orchestrator requires affordability, interface improvements, better integration, automation features, simpler workflows, and accessible support and resources.
Troubleshooting integrations with Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) sometimes takes extra effort, but once configured, the platform works reliably.
Enterprise Cloud Cost Over And Visibility Parts at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Flexera Cloud Management Platform offers volume discounts, maintains acceptable costs despite being pricier than some alternatives, and uses consumption-based pricing.
Enterprise users have mixed opinions on vCenter Orchestrator pricing, with some finding it expensive due to complex licensing.
Since we purchased in bulk, we received some discounts on the pricing, setup cost, and licensing.
Enterprise Cloud Cost Over And Visibility Parts at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Flexera CMP provides cost visibility, optimization, and automation, enhancing cloud compliance and financial planning across major public clouds.
vCenter Orchestrator offers seamless automation, easy integration, scalability, user-friendly interface, and cost-effective virtual machine management.
The most valuable features that Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) offers are cost visibility, policy-based governance, and optimization insights.
Enterprise Cloud Cost Over And Visibility Parts at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Flexera Cloud Management Pl...
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (22nd)
vCenter Orchestrator
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) and vCenter Orchestrator aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) is designed for Cloud Management and holds a mindshare of 2.2%, up 1.7% compared to last year.
vCenter Orchestrator, on the other hand, focuses on Process Automation, holds 0.9% mindshare, up 0.2% since last year.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP)2.2%
VMware Aria Automation5.5%
IBM Turbonomic4.7%
Other87.6%
Cloud Management
Process Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
vCenter Orchestrator0.9%
Camunda10.9%
IBM BPM5.3%
Other82.9%
Process Automation
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2814465 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Cloud Cost Over And Visibility Parts at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Cloud governance has improved compliance and currently optimizes costs across providers
The most valuable features that Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) offers are cost visibility, policy-based governance, and optimization insights. It helps identify unused and underutilized resources and enforces policies to avoid unnecessary cloud spending. The centralized view across cloud providers is a big advantage. We have saved money with Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) and using the software has been very helpful for us to remain compliant. Since I have been in this organization, we have been using Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) and I have not used a different solution before. Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) improved compliance so effectively. For example, work that usually took 10 hours to complete now takes four hours, so we are saving six hours of time. Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) impacted us positively. It supports optimization efforts and helps enable better financial planning and governance, matching our cloud consumption with business and budget goals. The centralized view across cloud providers helps my team by improving visibility into cloud storage, usage, and spend, enabling better financial planning and governance. It supports optimization efforts and helps my team align cloud consumption with business and budget goals.
NB
Hybrid Cloud Engineer at RealPage
Boosts operational efficiency with flexible workflows and reliable cluster management
We currently use vCenter Orchestrator's pre-built workflow templates for our IT processes. The templates are flexible, allowing us to create and convert processes simply and manage patches. Regarding integration capabilities, we do not integrate any third-party tools. We exclusively use VMware products. The integration within the VMware infrastructure is limited to Single Sign-On (SSO). I have not created any workflows in vCenter Orchestrator as workflows are only used for change management. I have not encountered any drag and drop interface. The version control and logging features of vCenter Orchestrator have significantly improved the reliability of our automated processes, particularly during upgrades or patching to the cluster-wise. Previously, it would be done on a one-to-one cluster or one-to-one host basis, but now we only need to monitor it for upgrading or patching the entire cluster. I cannot comment on the pricing and licensing of vCenter Orchestrator as these aspects are managed by our onsite counterpart. Overall, I rate vCenter Orchestrator 8 out of 10. The rating reflects occasional delays in support response times and portal stability issues.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Construction Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Marketing Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise20
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for RightScale Cloud Management Platform?
The setup cost was good. Since we purchased in bulk, we received some discounts on the pricing, setup cost, and licensing.
What needs improvement with RightScale Cloud Management Platform?
There is room for improvement in the integrations and automation flexibility with Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP). In some cases, the learning curve can be steep, especially when dealing wi...
What is your primary use case for RightScale Cloud Management Platform?
My primary use case for Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) is compliance, governance, which is very critical in my role. Flexera helps me to analyze cloud usage data, identify cost saving oppo...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vCenter Orchestrator?
We're running a low-profile budget. This is not our main focus on investment technology, so we're trying to reduce costs due to the change from perpetual to subscription licenses.
What needs improvement with vCenter Orchestrator?
For our environment, I do not see any areas of vCenter Orchestrator that could be improved or enhanced. We are currently satisfied with the orchestrator. If any improvements are needed, I will prov...
What is your primary use case for vCenter Orchestrator?
My usual use cases for vCenter Orchestrator involve managing all the ESXi hosts from the US, as we have almost 1200 to 1500 ESXi hosts.
 

Also Known As

RightScale Cloud Management Platform, MultiCloud Platform
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