We performed a comparison between BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management and vCloud Director based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Integrates role-based access control with pre-configured policies for CIS, DISA, HIPAA, PCI, SOX, NIST, and SCAP documentation and remediation."
"Supports unattended installs and image-based, script-based, or template-based provisioning."
"By allowing end users to request their own services, the request process for systems is much quicker and more accurate."
"CLM has a multi-cloud portal because they have the resources to implement in various environments in various ports."
"You can tie together your public and private cloud infrastructure into a "single pane of glass"."
"Assesses change impact or completes an audit using multiple dashboard views."
"Automates Java EE Application Deployment from an SCM system."
"This solution has helped us make money and provision our clients faster."
"The initial setup was complex. There's a lot of things you have to factor in, like security, backup, disaster recovery, monitoring, and how to maintain the platform. It's something we still struggle with, but it's getting better."
"The compatibility with vSAN and NSX is the greatest feature of vCloud. It also has integration with vROps, which is quite nice."
"Working with VMware has supported us especially in terms of building a very powerful cloud for our customers."
"Good features of extensibility, which allows integration of other services."
"If a customer is looking for disaster recovery at a cheaper price, this is the best solution."
"The most valuable features are the multi-tenancy and multi-site configuration."
"The solution is reliable and performs well."
"One of the major problems is that support is not so good."
"The installation and configuration can be tricky due to it being built on Remedy."
"Needs integrations with other providers to provide a custom public cloud environment."
"The tool needs to add more features to improve the console."
"What could be improved in vCloud Director, particularly from the networking side, is its integration with other network devices. It also needs a more simplified installation because the process is a little bit complicated."
"There didn't seem to be any type of integrated path on how to do the initial setup. There seemed to be different bits of paperwork or instructions available from various places. We always had to go looking for what to do next."
"The solution should integrate with other cloud systems such as Azure ARC and OpenStack."
"The product installation process could be easier for new users as well."
"I would like to see mode accessory recovery and integration with SD-WAN."
"It could be more stable. We have had issues with multiple different versions."
"vCloud Director isn't cheap."
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BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is ranked 43rd in Cloud Management while vCloud Director is ranked 6th in Cloud Management with 62 reviews. BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is rated 7.8, while vCloud Director is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management writes "Automates Java EE Application Deployment from an SCM system". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vCloud Director writes "Offers flexibility of handling workloads and good scalability". BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is most compared with CloudBolt, whereas vCloud Director is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), VMware Aria Operations, Morpheus and CloudStack. See our BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management vs. vCloud Director report.
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