We performed a comparison between Azure Stack and VMware Software Defined Data Center based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We have found the Kubernetes version is one of the key components which we are using heavily."
"Azure Stack provides us with computational power. We also get an option to have it with Azure Cloud, which is beneficial. We don't need to buy any other extra servers or any virtual machines with high-end graphics."
"Azure Stack is like a hybrid model with a CI/CD pipeline. The IaaS and PaaS model works well with a hybrid type of connectivity."
"Azure Data Factory is a great solution for orchestration."
"Azure offers a wide range of services, catering to various needs."
"The product has remained stable so far in our company."
"It is helpful from a security point of view because we can create our own isolated, private environments that contain virtual networks, and we can put security rules in place."
"The whole package works very well together for identity management, defending endpoints or servers, and the CM."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is integration because everything is available on a single pane of glass."
"Using this solution will provide you with a lot of features for working with multiple VMware hosts."
"The feature set and the maturity of the product are most valuable."
"The solution does not occupy much space."
"The most valuable features are server virtualization and network virtualization."
"The most valuable feature is its central management system."
"It is very easy to do technology refreshments, patching, and upgrades with almost zero downtime. Its easy to bring servers online within few minutes."
"The most valuable feature is the strong support. Also, the H-Appliance feature that supports MPLS is very important to us."
"From a security perspective, there are certain things which could be improved."
"Our only issue with Azure Stack so far is that the networking is very closed. You need to have the extended LAN to connect the internal LAN to the Azure Stack. Any connection we have needs site-to-site VPN connectivity instead of an internal connection, so Azure Stack has room for improvement in the networking area."
"Overall support needs improvement because they are not agile across services."
"In the future, I would like to see more machine learning features."
"Azure Stack should be open to different technologies for more virtualization environments to accept it."
"I would like to see better network integration."
"It might be beneficial if Microsoft could introduce a more cost-effective data lake feature within their product."
"In some cases, we've seen that some financial software is not working correctly or compatible with Azure Stack. Many companies build this, but some third-party products may not be compatible with Azure Stack. So these are some areas of improvement."
"There's quite a lot of uncertainty at the moment regarding the solution following the Broadcom acquisition of VMware."
"We have some Intel machines and some AMD machines, are we cannot mix these within the same cluster."
"We would like to see more analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning capabilities in their products."
"Its pricing could be better, and there could be more integration."
"The storage utilization needs to be improved. It is not a perfect product. It needs to be more secure, and it needs more aesthetics."
"The automation of the solution needs improvement. We should be able to automate some processes."
"The main problem that we are facing with this solution is vSAN stability."
"They are using vRealize Log Insight as the virtualized log platform, but this solution is not well developed and not yet ready to use for advanced optimization and troubleshooting."
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Azure Stack is ranked 1st in Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) with 61 reviews while VMware Software Defined Data Center is ranked 2nd in Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) with 29 reviews. Azure Stack is rated 8.0, while VMware Software Defined Data Center is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Azure Stack writes "Effective tool for cloud and on-premise environments that offers seamless deployment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Software Defined Data Center writes " Stable and Scalable data solution with good customer service ". Azure Stack is most compared with VMware Cloud Foundation, AWS Outposts, Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), whereas VMware Software Defined Data Center is most compared with . See our Azure Stack vs. VMware Software Defined Data Center report.
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