VMware vCloud Suite Review - why 4.2 stars?

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Jun 15, 2022

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What is VMware vCloud Suite?

VMWare vCloud is a cloud services automation solution for personal and commercial use. The software was designed by VMware, Inc., headquartered in California, United States. Main services provided by the software include automated operations management and application provisioning.

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Who is it best for?

The software can be used on both individual and commercial levels, although it is most commonly deployed for the latter purposes. On commercial levels, there is no constrains of business size of industry. It has been used by small software startups as well as large multi-national organizations.

Industries in which vCloud Suite has commonly found deployment include education, finance, IT infrastructure, health care, government sector etc. Customers of the software include businesses and individuals from all over the world. Some noteworthy customers include Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics, CARCO Group, Inc., Foley & Lardner LLP, and Friesland Campina Hungária Zrt. Etc.

Main features and functionalities

vCloud Suite offers a variety of IT administration, application automation, and virtualization services in one package. Automated operations management offered by the software addresses the critical issues before they can affect the performance and improves the IT productivity by more than 60 percent. It also offers efficient server virtualization, capacity planning, and optimization services.

Important enabling features of the software include DRS, Storage DRS, comprehensive visibility with a single unified console across platforms, workload views in real time, performance analytics, smart alerts, advanced capacity management, capacity trending and analysis, heat map views, application AH, flash read cache, replication, and data protection. Various extensions to manage the big data are also provided.

For automated provisioning, the software offers complete abstraction of network infrastructure and the option of policy-driven resource allocation. You have the facility of allocating resources to specific users or group to prevent their unauthorized use. Other important services include resource reclamation, workflow designing, activity library, and application blueprints.

What is the actual cost?

The cost of license starts at $4,995 per license. ITQlick pricing score is 5.8 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Access ITQlick pricing guide for VMware vCloud Suite. You can also find here pricing information from VMware vCloud Suite's website.

Pros

• New workflows can be easily created and customized with error-checking logic in place.
• Graphical user interface allows you to add pre-defined tasks in the workflow.
• Complex apps are easy to plan and deploy with the facility of application blueprint creation.
• Inactive and abandoned resources can be accurately traced and reclaimed by the software.
• Resources can be clearly allocated to certain users or groups to ensure that resources are not wasted.

Cons

• The software exclusively offers on premise deployment model with no option for online deployment.
• The software does not offer support for Mac OS based machines.
• There are no facilities of shared resource pools and failover on the software.
• Unlike some competitors, the software does not offer VM cloning and backup.
• There are no features of configuration mapping and configuration snapshots on the software.

How it stacks up?

Access a head to head analysis of VMware vCloud Suite vs alternative software solutions.

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