Salesforce Platform vs VMware Tanzu Platform comparison

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Salesforce and Broadcom are both solutions in the PaaS Clouds category. Salesforce is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.3, while Broadcom is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.0. Salesforce holds a 3.6% mindshare in PSP, compared to Broadcom’s 3.8% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Salesforce users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 29, 2026

Salesforce Platform and VMware Tanzu Platform are competitors in the cloud services and enterprise software space. Salesforce seems to have the upper hand due to its strong user feedback on ease of use, business tracking, and customization features, positioning it ahead in user experience and operational efficiency.

Features: Salesforce Platform is favored for its extensive customization capabilities, real-time access to information, and an integrated system that allows seamless operation with third-party applications. Reporting and tracking features are particularly strong. VMware Tanzu excels in managing Kubernetes clusters and offers excellent integration with VMware products and public cloud services, making it a go-to for companies heavily invested in those technologies.

Room for Improvement: Salesforce Platform users cite the need for a more intuitive interface, performance enhancements, and an improved pricing model. The integration with other systems and reporting tools also require improvement. VMware Tanzu Platform's setup is complex and demands a lot of Linux expertise, and users suggest enhancing security features and expanding integration beyond VMware products.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Salesforce Platform is widely used across various cloud settings; responses about their customer support are mixed, with some suggesting enhancements in technical support. VMware Tanzu receives positive feedback for its technical support and problem resolution, particularly in complex hybrid cloud environments.

Pricing and ROI: Salesforce Platform is considered expensive, with discussions around negotiation challenges and licensing complexity, but it is recognized for significant ROI in process efficiency. VMware Tanzu Platform is also perceived as costly, especially for larger enterprises, but despite high costs, it delivers substantial ROI through workflow optimization and improved operational integration.

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Categories and Ranking

Salesforce Platform

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

10th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Mobile Development Platforms (5th), Rapid Application Development Software (11th), Low-Code Development Platforms (9th), No-Code Development Platforms (5th), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (19th)

VMware Tanzu Platform

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

12th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Build Automation (17th), Cloud Management (33rd), Development Platforms (5th), Container Management (9th), Service Mesh (8th), Agile and DevOps Services (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Salesforce Platform is 3.6%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Platform is 3.8%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

PaaS Clouds Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Salesforce Platform	3.6%
VMware Tanzu Platform	3.8%
Other	92.6%

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Sunny Nair

Solution Architect And Senior Consultant at Keysight Technologies

Automated weekly analytics have improved case tracking and boosted research productivity

In terms of customization and requesting features that need to be enabled, the process is longer than ideal. As a user, I have very limited access rights to Salesforce Platform, which limits my capability. If a user were granted access to consume more features from Salesforce Platform and the system could show exactly who needs to grant that particular access, that would be a very good improvement. If I need to gain access to a specific feature within Salesforce Platform, it should point me to who in my organization manages it. If the system is able to tell me who exactly is managing it, I can get in touch with that particular user to understand whether I can gain access. This particular feature seems to be lacking, not only in Salesforce Platform, but in any CRM application.

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ErmiasGirma

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Safaricom Ethiopia plc

Has supported container-based deployments and improved infrastructure visibility through monitoring tools

Aria Operations, formerly known as VMware vRealize Operations, has been renamed to vROps. We are currently using this for monitoring purposes. For orchestration, we are using VCD to automate Telco Cloud. VCD is an automation tool, and we are also using VMware Tanzu Platform for the Kubernetes environment, alongside TKG, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid. These are also other solutions for the Tanzu Kubernetes environment. For Telco Cloud, we are using it to automate our company's operations, which is for a telecom company. We are familiar with these products, especially vCenter, ESXi, VCD, vCF, and vROps. It is very easy to integrate applications when we deploy vCenter and ESXi since we can enable vSphere with Tanzu feature. We can build namespaces and provide application developers the platform to deploy their applications on pods within containerization. We can easily manage, pull results, and create containers efficiently, making it a simple way to handle applications. We provide namespace labels for application developers, and we can manage their resources along with other aspects easily. Regarding security, we use many tools such as CDX and LDAP, AD for integrating our Kubernetes cluster with the developer teams. We can manage roles and permissions simply. It is very straightforward to integrate with EDX and other third-party tools, Active Directory, to the Kubernetes cluster, allowing easy access and management.

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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

"What functions we don't get out of Salesforce, we typically receive from third-party applications that extend the capabilities. We integrate a lot of different products with Salesforce."

"From a capability standpoint, Salesforce has really met our needs."

"he solution has improved over the years and the inputting of opportunity information is done a lot better and the GUI is good. The ability to customize dashboards and other elements was useful, we were able to move things around, for example, the forecasts. Most of the cells and input places were set, but we can customize the view and what we were looking at, such as on a daily, or weekly basis."

"Salesforce's strongest feature is reporting especially; it's also a lot more usable than other platforms I've worked with, and it has a great user experience with the ability to filter and access information in real-time."

"The technical support services are good."

"It works beautifully. I haven't had any errors."

"Salesforce is cloud-based, so there's no installation involved. You simply log in using the provided organization login. There's no need for installation."

"The Salesforce Platform is a massive-sized solution; it's a vast digital platform that you can place all your business processes on and you can make the best use of your data and your customer data all in one place."

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"We never experienced any problems with scalability."

"The observability platform and end-to-end service portal provided by Tanzu are the most valuable features."

"The most important feature of Tanzu Mission Control is its integration with the other products, especially with ESX and vSAN. This is a strong part of Tanzu Mission Control. In other solutions, such as OpenShift or Kubernetes, you can find similar features, but they don't have similar integration. With Tanzu Mission Control, you get a total solution with only one provider. You have the integration with the infrastructure, virtualization of networking, and virtualization of storage. You have a natural integration, and you don't have the problem of integrating it with different products or providers. Sometimes, different companies have good integration, but it is not always guaranteed. For example, many years ago, Cisco and VMware were good partners in networking, but when VMware started to sell ESX, the relationship was broken. This is the problem that you can face when you are using solutions from two different companies."

"The Day 2 operations support is the most vital feature"

"The valuable feature I have found to be the management of Kubernetes clusters in a private cloud or public clouds, such as Azure or Google Cloud Platform."

"The most popular feature of VMware Tanzu Mission Control is its graphical user interface for describing network policies on the Service Mesh, which is highly integrable with other tools commonly used in supply chains such as security."

"The multi-tenancy with the VCD is great."

"With Tanzu Mission Control, you get a total solution with only one provider."

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Cons

"The solution is a bit expensive."

"Their reporting needs to be improved. It should be easier. I don't know how, but it needs to be easier."

"When you compare with Appian, they have to improve more on configuration and more systematic care, configuring by itself and if they are making other things in the area that they update."

"Pricing is the biggest factor. The cost right now is too high and I've had a lot of clients leave."

"The back end really isn't user-friendly at all."

"They should provide access to data quality tips and tricks to make it better."

"In Salesforce, every customer is unique and it's not possible to bundle them together effectively if they are from the same company or move companies, et cetera."

"Easier process to move to Lightning Components."

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"Tanzu could provide more granular control over whatever networking is being done on the containers. I would also like to see a slightly more detailed view of application-level tracing. I'm referring to the connections between different microservices. If they added a service-matching feature, that would be helpful for the customers to build or be more effective."

"Another area of improvement is pricing."

"The network control and security policies must be improved."

"LYNX is a managed cluster solution that takes care of specific details within a cluster, such as sequences or services. I haven't seen this feature in Tanzu Mission Control."

"The biggest gap for me was just that the solution is relatively tied to Cloud Foundry. If you have anything you need to deploy outside of that, it becomes burdensome."

"Tanzu is not yet a mature product, and it's not present in large environments."

"We want to see a new feature that helps build more security architecture like Zero Trust Security or shifting left in Kubernetes."

"Cost is always a concern. Smaller companies might find the price a bigger issue."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is expensive."

"I haven't had to buy Salesforce, however, I have heard it's $1500 a user."

"I rate this solution a six out of ten for pricing. Though the solution is on the pricier side, it still offers good value for money."

"It is a fair price for what it's offering, in comparison with other solutions that are available on the market."

"It is expensive."

"Salesforce charges double the rates, or almost three times, compared to its competitors. Our company does incur additional charges for maintenance and support."

"It is an expensive program."

"The licensing is per user per month, which we took out a contract on a long time back. It's really an okay price for what solutions are available and for how many features and what kind of functionality you get."

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"I would recommend that businesses look into the full price for their requirements. The price is high, but there are some open-source add-ons that can be used for customization while keeping costs down, although these might not be suitable for everyone."

"One of our Spanish customers told us that VMware Tanzu Service Mesh is a very expensive product for their data center."

"The licensing cost is expensive."

"The solution is only for large or medium size enterprises because it is expensive."

"The license for VMware Tanzu Application Service is expensive. The license should be cheaper."

"It is not the most expensive option, and I believe the capabilities align well with the value it provides."

"VMware Tanzu Mission Control is cheaper than Red Hat OpenShift."

"Its pricing is very competitive. We get around 70% or 75%, sometimes even 80%, discount on the product. I would rate it a four out of five in terms of pricing."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Financial Services Firm

16%

Outsourcing Company

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	40
Midsize Enterprise	25
Large Enterprise	44

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	11

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Also Known As

Salesforce1, Force.com, Salesforce App Cloud

Tanzu Application Catalog, Application Platform, Application Service, Hub, Mission Control, Service Mesh, Build Service, Concourse for VMware Tanzu

Overview

Salesforce Platform offers a flexible, scalable CRM solution with user-friendly customization, robust mobile access, seamless third-party integration, and real-time data visibility, making it ideal for businesses to manage customer relationships and drive marketing efforts efficiently.

Salesforce Platform delivers comprehensive CRM capabilities with a focus on customization and integration with third-party tools. Users benefit from a robust mobile app, global reach, and the ability to handle diverse business requirements through scalable infrastructure. Automated workflows and dashboards enhance productivity, while detailed reporting and analytics support targeted marketing and data-driven decision-making. Despite the strengths, areas for improvement include search capabilities, data storage affordability, and user interface simplification. Users also seek better automation and AI-based features alongside quicker support services and more intuitive documentation.

What are the notable features of Salesforce Platform?

User-friendly interface: Simplified navigation and access to essential tools streamline usage.
Seamless integration: Connects easily with third-party tools for comprehensive workflow management.
Real-time data access: Facilitates timely decision-making with up-to-date information.
Robust mobile app: Enables remote CRM management with a feature-rich mobile experience.
Customization flexibility: Tailors functionalities to meet specific business demands.

What benefits should users look for in Salesforce Platform reviews?

Increased productivity: Automated processes and dashboards streamline operations.
Enhanced scalability: Adapts to growing business needs without compromising performance.
Efficient customer management: Centralizes interaction tracking for improved relationship nurturing.
Comprehensive insights: Detailed analytics and reporting for informed strategic decisions.

In industries like sales, marketing, and project management, Salesforce Platform is a trusted tool for CRM, lead tracking, and process standardization. Its versatile nature makes it valuable for roles focusing on communication management, opportunity tracking, and sales forecasting, delivering tailored insights for enhanced customer interactions.

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VMware Tanzu Platform is designed for cloud-native development and management of Kubernetes, CI/CD processes, microservices, and containerized workloads. It supports deployments both on cloud and on-premises, providing centralized management via Mission Control.

VMware Tanzu Platform offers seamless integration with vSphere, ESX, and vSAN, supporting centralized cluster management and lifecycle management. The platform provides a GUI for monitoring CI/CD pipelines and network policies, enhancing multi-tenancy and Day 2 operations. Users can easily manage Kubernetes clusters, monitor applications, and integrate with tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Cloud Foundry, and Azure. It ensures compliance and security for service providers, financial institutions, and businesses.

What are the key features of VMware Tanzu Platform?

Integration with vSphere, ESX, and vSAN: Enhances compatibility and flexibility.
Seamless Cluster Management: Centralized control over Kubernetes clusters.
CI/CD Pipelines and Network Policies: Simplifies monitoring and management.
Multi-tenancy Support: Facilitates resource sharing among multiple users.
Comprehensive Lifecycle Management: Streamlines deployment and scalability.
Observability Platform: Provides enhanced visibility and control.

What benefits and ROI should users look for in VMware Tanzu Platform reviews?

Centralized Management: Simplifies operations and reduces manual effort.
Enhanced Compliance and Security: Meets regulatory requirements.
Flexibility in Deployment: Supports both cloud and on-premises options.
Seamless Integration: Works with multiple vendors and tools.
Developer-Friendly Environment: Improves productivity and innovation.

Industries such as financial institutions, service providers, and businesses requiring rigorous compliance and security deploy VMware Tanzu Platform. These entities benefit from centralized management, streamlined DevOps processes, and integrated tools, enhancing their capabilities in cloud-native developments and containerized workloads.

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