We performed a comparison between BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management and vCloud Director based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about VMware, Nutanix, IBM and others in Cloud Management."Automates Java EE Application Deployment from an SCM system."
"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."
"Integrates role-based access control with pre-configured policies for CIS, DISA, HIPAA, PCI, SOX, NIST, and SCAP documentation and remediation."
"Assesses change impact or completes an audit using multiple dashboard views."
"You can tie together your public and private cloud infrastructure into a "single pane of glass"."
"CLM has a multi-cloud portal because they have the resources to implement in various environments in various ports."
"The deployment is easy."
"vCloud is a good platform for visualization. It is very handy for monitoring. VMware can integrate with all monitoring systems like vRealize, and the management monitoring is good. I'm very happy with VMware. VMware is good in management and monitoring systems."
"The most valuable feature of vCloud Director is virtualization."
"The most valuable feature of vCloud Director is its ability to host customers on their own cloud."
"So far, we have had no problems at all, as it has been very stable. It is working well."
"Their technical support is great. We had some difficult cases and they were able to solve them in a timely manner."
"vCloud Director requires less knowledge to get into in the first place. Therefore, when we bring in new members of staff, we can always give them the customer experience straightaway, and they can pick it up quite easily."
"The initial installation and setup are very quick."
"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 initial setup of the vCloud Director was not complex and not easy, it was in the middle range of difficulty. It could be made easier."
"The product could use a billing feature so we can automate billing for clients."
"There are too many errors, it could be more stable."
"The tool needs to add more features to improve the console."
"There are new updates every quarter, so we need to purchase new support deployment services and some new products."
"vCloud Director should include better billing options for businesses like mine or more options for customers to see their usage and billing situation regarding the usage of vCloud Director."
"Sometimes, there is a disconnection that happens between vCloud Director and its underlying VMware vCenter, where the actions are supposed to be taking place, making it an area where improvements are required."
"It would be nice to see some new features in respect of the GUI."
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BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is ranked 43rd in Cloud Management while vCloud Director is ranked 5th in Cloud Management with 61 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), Morpheus, VMware Aria Operations and CloudStack.
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