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VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth vs VMware Aria Operations comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

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
7.2
VMware Aria Operations enhances VM efficiency, reduces costs, optimizes performance, and improves infrastructure with initial investment and substantial returns.
Sentiment score
5.4
VMware Tanzu CloudHealth helps reduce cloud costs through recommendations, resource optimization, and improved governance, though financial benefits vary.
CloudHealth consistently identifies optimization opportunities, resulting in an estimated twenty to thirty percent reduction in cloud infrastructure costs.
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
I have seen a return on investment with VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth. My company was very happy using this, and they did not buy another solution, so I believe they have seen benefits using this VMWare solution.
AI Software Developer Engineer at IBM
I can say that in my experience, we saved money on using VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth, money that would have been spent in the cloud and now we reduce the load and the cost of the clouds.
Lead Technical Recovery Management at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.6
VMware Aria Operations is praised for customer service but faces mixed reviews on technical support efficiency and responsiveness.
Sentiment score
6.8
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth's customer service is responsive and knowledgeable, though complex issues may experience slower response times.
They remain in the top 25% of vendors.
IT Solution Architect at DCS
I rate the customer service and support for VMware very highly, at nine out of ten.
Team Lead Virtualization at Hybrid Tech
I would rate technical support around eight or nine.
Owner at Micronet Systems
They provide 24/7 support based on the SLA with the client, ensuring the response times are matched accordingly.
Manager, Project Implementation at ibl-unisys
The engineers are knowledgeable and provide practical guidance for resolving cloud management and governance-related problems.
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
It is very interactive, with examples on how you can do this or that, and there are the do's and the don'ts.
AI Software Developer Engineer at IBM
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
VMware Aria Operations is praised for its scalability, efficient resource management, and seamless integration with various VMware solutions.
Sentiment score
7.2
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is scalable, supports multiple accounts, offers consistent performance, and suits medium to large enterprises efficiently.
I consider VMware Aria Operations to be very scalable, earning a high rating of nine out of ten.
Team Lead Virtualization at Hybrid Tech
I find VMware Aria Operations to be quite scalable for my needs.
IT Solution Architect at DCS
The backbone of VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is scalability; it is very easy to scale.
AI Software Developer Engineer at IBM
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is well-suited for medium to large-scale enterprise environments, capable of managing multiple AWS accounts and thousands of cloud resources and workloads across different regions from a single dashboard.
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
VMware Aria Operations is reliable and stable, with minor issues occasionally arising, often linked to improper setup.
Sentiment score
7.9
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is praised for stability, reliability, cost optimization, and minimal interruptions, despite occasional data validation needs.
The solution is not very stable.
IT Solution Architect at DCS
I have never experienced any downtime or lost connectivity.
Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa
I find the stability of VMware Aria Operations to be impressive, rated as a stable nine out of ten.
Team Lead Virtualization at Hybrid Tech
With VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth, I can help optimize services and identify the pain points where cost reduction is necessary.
AI Software Developer Engineer at IBM
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is stable and reliable in my experience.
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is stable in my experience.
Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

VMware Aria Operations faces user interface complexity, integration issues, high costs, steep learning curve, and needs better documentation.
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth needs better integration, real-time insights, user-friendly features, and improved performance with cost-effective pricing.
Stability is a significant area that needs improvement as I experience frequent disconnections and interruptions in data collection.
IT Solution Architect at DCS
Customers have commented on the pricing issues, noting that doubling the price is not normal.
Founder and CEO at Zed
The primary issue is the pricing, which is very expensive for my company's budget.
Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa
The learning curve is steep because people like to take their own time to understand and roll out things, which creates an overhead in getting people to understand the system.
Manager, Project Implementation at ibl-unisys
I would prefer to see more AI-driven insights that not only recommend optimization but also suggest automated remediation actions.
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth can improve by introducing real-time cost visibility and alerting.
Cloud Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise reviewers find VMware Aria Operations costly, exceeding budgets, prompting some to consider alternatives for better value.
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth offers scalable, subscription-based cloud optimization, appealing to larger enterprises despite higher initial costs.
The pricing is very expensive for my company's budget.
Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa
The pricing and cost of VMware Aria Operations increased significantly after Broadcom acquired VMware.
IT Solution Architect at DCS
This makes the cost complex to determine individually.
Team Lead Virtualization at Hybrid Tech
The pricing is suitable for medium and large enterprises operating in multi-cloud environments that require advanced financial operations and governance capabilities.
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
Pricing setup is the process of configuring how the cloud costs are calculated and allocated, which includes connecting cloud billing data, defining business groups, mapping resource tags, and setting custom rates if required.
Dev Ops Professional at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

VMware Aria Operations offers comprehensive monitoring, management, and scalability with predictive analytics, real-time visibility, and vCenter integration.
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth offers cost management, multi-cloud visibility, and automation, enhancing resource optimization and financial oversight across clouds.
It allows me to perform deep monitoring and logging of the entire environment, providing a quick alarm and warning system through email.
Team Lead Virtualization at Hybrid Tech
The valuable features of VMware Aria Operations include the single pane of glass for all my environments, which allows a deep dive into the metrics.
IT Solution Architect at DCS
The most valuable features of VMware Aria Operations are its stability, ease of use, and extensive range of features.
Founder and CEO at Zed
Governance and policy management help enforce governance policies by identifying missing tags, non-compliant resources, public storage, and other configuration issues, ensuring organizations maintain security and operational standards across different cloud environments like GCP, AWS, and Azure.
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
With this, we have right-sized many instances, removed many unused EBS volumes, and unused Elastic IPs. In that way, we have cut around 20% of cost.
Cloud Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
CloudHealth identifies underutilized or idle resources and provides right-sizing recommendations, helping organizations reduce unnecessary cloud spending while maintaining application performance.
Dev Ops Professional at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

VMware Aria Operations
Ranking in Cloud Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
376
Ranking in other categories
Virtualization Management Tools (1st)
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth
Ranking in Cloud Management
9th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Cost Management (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of VMware Aria Operations is 3.5%, down from 6.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is 2.2%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMware Aria Operations3.5%
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth2.2%
Other94.3%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

AldoDomini - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa
Have faced limitations due to high costs but have maintained reliability over time
The primary issue is the pricing, which is very expensive for my company's budget. We cannot afford to pay such a large fee. We are not Microsoft or BMW; we are a small company. As a small company, I have no power to negotiate directly with VMware. Perhaps larger companies have more opportunity to contract directly with VMware, but I do not have that leverage. The only path I can follow is to change solutions. Net.spA is a company working in the field of waste management. We are not a technological company, so we do not have a large margin to justify purchasing and maintaining the VMware infrastructure at current costs.
Sasikiran Sakalabattina - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
Centralized dashboards have optimized multi-cloud costs and improved financial governance
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is a powerful cloud management platform, but there are areas for improvement. I would prefer to see more AI-driven insights that not only recommend optimization but also suggest automated remediation actions. Real-time cost synchronization could be faster, as billing data sometimes has delays. More customized dashboards and report templates would help teams tailor their needs better. Kubernetes cost visibility could be more granular for centralized workloads. Integration with ITSM and automation tools such as ServiceNow and Ansible could be enhanced. Simplifying initial onboarding and policy configuration would also improve the experience for new users. These enhancements would make the platform even more efficient for enterprise cloud operations. This tool is a mature and relevant cloud management platform with several areas that could be enhanced. I would prefer to see more advanced AI capabilities providing predictive insights and automated remediation for common optimization tasks. Better, faster synchronization of cloud billing and utilization data would enable near real-time cost monitoring. I want more customizable dashboards and executive reports tailored for different stakeholders such as FinOps, infrastructure, and management teams. Improving Kubernetes container cost visibility at the pod level is also necessary. I would prefer to see stronger AI-driven automation, faster real-time cost updates, more customizable dashboards, deeper Kubernetes cost visibility, enhanced DevOps integrations, and a simpler onboarding process as areas needing improvement. These enhancements would further increase operational efficiency and make the platform more valuable for enterprise cloud management.
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Top Industries

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

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business66
Midsize Enterprise61
Large Enterprise281
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise12
 

Questions from the Community

What's the difference between VMware vRA (automation) and vROps (operations)?
vROP is a virtualization management solution from VMWare. It is efficient and easy to manage. You can find anything you need from the software interface. It provides complete visibility over applic...
Is VMware Aria Operations a user friendly solution?
In terms of user-friendliness, VMware Aria Operations is one of the best solutions out there. It is not overly complex to set up and you can rely on the technical support to provide you with assis...
What is the most useful new feature of VMware Aria Operations?
For me, the alerts features are the most unique part of this product, no matter the current name it uses. When they introduced the new version of VMware Aria Operations, they also introduced more a...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudHealth?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is that the setup is minimal and simple. I have not been directly responsible for pricing setup in CloudHealth, bu...
What is your primary use case for CloudHealth?
My use case for VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is to integrate workloads.
 

Also Known As

VMware vRealize Operations (vROps), vCenter Operations Manager (VCOPS)
Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth, CloudHealth
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Science Applications International Corporation, Tribune Media, Heartland Payment Systems, Telkom Indonesia, Columbia Sportswear, iGATE, CSS Corp, Angel Broking, Adira Finance, Hipskind, Beiersdorf Shared Services, Innovate Mas Indonesia, Adobe, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi , Join Experience S.A, Borusan Holdings, Department of Transport - Abu Dhabi
Pinterest, Dow Jones, RhythmOne, Ziff Davis, Acquia, Mentor Graphics, Lookout, Veracode, SwiftKey, Amtrak, Shi, Imgur, SumoLogic, NewsUK, Cloudera, Canvas
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