We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Director and vCenter Orchestrator based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about VMware, Nutanix, IBM and others in Cloud Management."The reason we went with Cisco is that it comes at a very negligible cost as part of the BOQ. Compared to the competition's products, which are incredibly expensive, UCS Director is low-cost."
"Feature-wise, the solution helps one to add multiple environments in one place...It is a scalable product."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the fabric sharing."
"This is a user-friendly solution that is very good and easy to use."
"UCS director enables us to be more productive and more agile, and also more self-sufficient because we don't have to depend on anybody else."
"A product that really aids in systems management without complexity."
"The solution is helpful for centralized management."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"vCenter Orchestrator's best features are the workflows, integration with third-party applications, and the workflow library."
"The solution is pretty stable and reliable."
"The stability of the product is very good."
"It is very stable. I have been using vCenter Orchestrator from version three now to six plus."
"I am impressed with the tool's easiness to work with VMware solutions."
"It has the best workflow feature."
"Technical support is helpful."
"There could be an improvement with the integration with the newest solutions from other vendors' technologies."
"The product's pricing needs to improve."
"The product could allow more programmatic opportunities through better development of the API."
"There are a lot of bugs in the solution. This is an area in the solution that can be improved."
"The tool should be a lot more intuitive and make it easy for us to understand and migrate."
"It is not easy to add or expand the product."
"Simplifying the user interface would go a long way to making it more usable."
"Currently, Cisco UCS Director is unable to integrate with another product or with a server from another brand."
"The cost of the solution is high."
"A feature to review and setup tasks should be added."
"This is an expensive solution."
"Storage has room for improvement. It's a big problem for our solution. The interface also needs improvement, it should be simplified."
"The product’s cost needs improvement."
"I did not do the initial setup. However, it was complex at the beginning."
"There can be compatibility issues."
"VMware tools would benefit from more automation. When installing our devices and servers, we often need to install the VMware tools manually. This process should be automated during the VM installation process."
Cisco UCS Director is ranked 23rd in Cloud Management with 13 reviews while vCenter Orchestrator is ranked 9th in Process Automation with 44 reviews. Cisco UCS Director is rated 7.2, while vCenter Orchestrator is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS Director writes "A compact and flexible solution with a lot of features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vCenter Orchestrator writes "Enables us to do administration on a centralized layer when using multiple VMware ESX servers". Cisco UCS Director is most compared with Cisco Intersight, VMware Aria Automation, VMware Aria Operations, Cisco CloudCenter and vCloud Director, whereas vCenter Orchestrator is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, VMware Aria Operations, vCloud Director, ServiceNow Orchestration and SaltStack.
We monitor all Cloud Management reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
