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Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) pros and cons

Vendor: Flexera
3.8 out of 5

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PROS

Flexera Cloud Management Platform supports optimization efforts and helps enable better financial planning and governance with cloud consumption aligning to business and budget goals.
Customers experience a return on investment after 9 months and a five-fold increase in productivity.
RightScale provides the ability to provision an entire Data Center and Application stack in under an hour.
Optima is highlighted as an extensively valuable feature.
Allows users to migrate to the cloud and utilize public cloud services while integrating with local storage.

CONS

There is room for improvement in integrations and automation flexibility with Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP).
Learning curve can be steep, especially with advanced automation or large-scale environments.
Technical support is an area that can be improved.
Problem exists with integration due to invalid private node security certificates.
CAT creation presents challenges.
 

Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) Pros review quotes

reviewer2814465 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Cloud Cost Over And Visibility Parts at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 17, 2026
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.
reviewer2035479 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
May 10, 2023
With this platform, users could migrate to the cloud on the go and use public cloud services like Oracle database while integrating with their own local storage.
GP
Chief Revenue Officer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Dec 8, 2020
The most valuable feature is Optima, which is something that we use quite extensively.
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CA
Chairman & Executive Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Jun 26, 2017
With RightScale we now have the ability to provision an entire Data Center and Application stack in less than an hour.
 

Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) Cons review quotes

reviewer2814465 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Cloud Cost Over And Visibility Parts at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 17, 2026
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 with more advanced automation or large-scale environments.
reviewer2035479 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
May 10, 2023
There is a problem with integration due to invalid private node security certificates.
GP
Chief Revenue Officer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Dec 8, 2020
Technical support is an area that can be improved.
Find out what your peers are saying about Flexera, Scalr, Cisco and others in Cloud Management. Updated: May 2026.
893,221 professionals have used our research since 2012.
CA
Chairman & Executive Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Jun 26, 2017
CAT creation.