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Juniper AppFormix vs VMware Aria Automation comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Juniper AppFormix
Ranking in Cloud Management
48th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Aria Automation
Ranking in Cloud Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
172
Ranking in other categories
Configuration Management (7th), Network Automation (6th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (21st), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of Juniper AppFormix is 0.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Aria Automation is 5.5%, down from 10.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMware Aria Automation5.5%
Juniper AppFormix0.9%
Other93.6%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

Ankur Chauhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and CEO at OogyNW Consultancy
Good scalability, useful in terms of collective analytics, and low latency
For a hybrid cloud area, I see some issues when on the hybrid cloud; you want to use this kind of solution. It doesn't work great everywhere. If it's a complete solution from them, then it's very great. But when it's a hybrid cloud I'm trying to make, then I find some issues here. Moreover, my expectations were probably slightly more for the third-party tool integration; for example, regarding the analytics, I had some different tools. So, integration was not as good as I was expecting. So, analytics, configuration tool I was not really happy. So, there is room for improvement in context with integration with existing tools in our network environment.
VasilisGiannitsiotis - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT at ITSolutions
Automation has streamlined complex financial workflows but still needs more intuitive orchestration
Something to improve in VMware Aria Automation would be related to VCF 9, as I do not know what it is trying to bring because they exposed it as the solution of everything. So VCF 9 will bring VCF Automation and VCF Operations, the new product line of VMware. I have not seen what this brings or what else it includes. Maybe in the area of vRealize Orchestrator, this would be beneficial because VRO can do everything. Perhaps a more user-friendly way to use that tool would be helpful because the possibilities there are endless. I am looking for more user-friendly navigation in VMware Aria Automation.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Juniper is a high cost but it's a good enterprise solution for my enterprise network."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"It's a stable product. I didn't find any issues with regard to stability. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"In one use case for a large marketplace, a typical release cycle took about 80 hours and was brought down to three hours by automating deployment for developers."
"It helps me build a big catalog and provide it to my end users."
"We spent far less time to upgrade and configure all of our hosts."
"We have scaled from two servers to about 140 servers in a very short period of time, which would have been a nightmare had it not been for the SaltStack configurations."
"It is probably 90 percent quicker to get something out the door than it was before."
"We can connect between multiple VMs in a matter of seconds."
"The solution is intuitive and user-friendly. E.g., you have less number of logins."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It's easy to deploy."
 

Cons

"This solution has a yearly licensing. In my country, it's really expensive."
"My expectations were probably slightly more for the third-party tool integration; for example, regarding the analytics, I had some different tools. So, integration was not as good as I was expecting. So, analytics, configuration tool I was not really happy. So, there is room for improvement in context with integration with existing tools in our network environment."
"Better training, or training modules, wouldn't hurt."
"If you are using Aria Automation by itself, you won't get the features you want, and the license cost is high."
"We have seen some issues with upgrades or installations. This means we have to raise a call every time with VMware."
"More detailed documentation on implementing feature sets and more examples of real world processes would help."
"I think they could probably do more if they created more actions and more use cases to automate things."
"It is complex to use for new users. It should have automated tools or drag-and-drop functionality."
"There is room for improvement for mostly stuff around containers and controlling containers."
"There are a number of bugs and regression errors that can make it frustrating at times, but given the flexibility so far I have found adequate workarounds."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I'm very interested in the integration with Puppet. However, my organization doesn't have the funding for something like Puppet right now. If VMware would integrate that feature set (Puppet) into vRA. That would be very awesome."
"The tool is expensive since it is an enterprise product."
"The solution is free of cost."
"There is confusion between licensing levels. There are three different licensed versions of vRealize Automation, and there are different things which can happen in each of them."
"VMware Aria Automation is expensive."
"It is an open-source product."
"They should provide one license for all the sub-products."
"SaltStack is an open-source product."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise131
 

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Also Known As

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VMware vRealize Automation, vRA, VMware DynamicOps Cloud Suite, SaltStack
 

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Sample Customers

Rackspace, PlusServer
Rent-a-Center, Amway, Vistra Energy, Liberty Mutual
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