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We performed a comparison between Cisco Intersight and RightScale Cloud Management Platform 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Cisco Intersight vs. RightScale Cloud Management Platform Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"What I like most about Cisco Intersight is its manageability.""I like Intersight because of the integration with HashiCorp, Kubernetes, and each cloud because Intersight is the IO module.""Our organization uses Cisco Intersight since it helps manage our physical infrastructure.""Intersight can validate our environment.""We enjoy having an inside view of all the data centers and all the EdgeX nodes within a single portal rather than going into the EdgeX connections one by one.""The tool helps to manage Cisco servers.""Scalable portfolio of services for remote device management, with good cloud integration. It's also easy to set up.""Cisco Intersight has valuable features for workflow automation and inventory administration."

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"The most valuable feature is Optima, which is something that we use quite extensively.""With this platform, users could migrate to the cloud on the go and use public cloud services like Oracle database while integrating with their own local storage."

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Cons
"The unique problem with Cisco Intersight is that it's not supporting some players.""It's a very complex solution.""The usability must be better.""The solution needs some enhancement in order to build the cluster in two nodes.""An area for improvement in Cisco Intersight is automation. It needs more automation capabilities. Apart from enhanced automation, I want Cisco Intersight to integrate with third-party monitoring tools in its next release.""When new features are added, the service becomes full of bugs.""Cisco Intersight needs some improvement in terms of stability. Hybrid cloud management and proper hyperscaler tie-up are other areas for improvement.""In the future, the solution needs to plan on an extension to cover a broader range of objects since, at present, there are some Cisco devices within the range of Intersight UCS that it can't manage."

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"Technical support is an area that can be improved.""There is a problem with integration due to invalid private node security certificates."

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  • "Cisco Intersight is not cheap, but it's not the most expensive product either."
  • "It's just the standard licensing cost. There are no additional fees."
  • "Cisco Intersight has competitive pricing. On a scale of one to five, my rating for its pricing is four."
  • "You can get a free license for monitoring but need to purchase a license if you need extra control."
  • "The product is cost-effective."
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  • "The price is higher than an open-source product, or CloudForms, or IBM Cloud Pak, but it is still not very high."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Intersight can validate our environment.
    Top Answer:We used the solution's automation capabilities, but it wasn’t easy. It was part of why we took some time to deploy the solution. It didn't give us much value. It wasn't that good. Intersight is a… more »
    Top Answer:We use the solution for server management across various locations.
    Top Answer:With this platform, users could migrate to the cloud on the go and use public cloud services like Oracle database while integrating with their own local storage.
    Top Answer:There is a problem with integration due to invalid private node security certificates. However, the issue can be resolved by correcting the certificates. Getting OEMs like Huawei or Morpheus to change… more »
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    Intersight
    RightScale MultiCloud Platform
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    Overview

    Cisco Intersight is Cisco’s systems management platform that delivers intuitive computing through cloud-powered intelligence. This platform offers a more intelligent level of management that enables IT organizations to analyze, simplify, and automate their environments in ways that were not possible with prior generations of tools. This capability empowers organizations to achieve significant savings in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and to deliver applications faster, so they can support new business initiates. The advantages of the model-based management of the Cisco UCS platform plus Cisco Intersight are extended to Cisco UCS servers and Cisco HyperFlex and Cisco HyperFlex Edge systems. Cisco HyperFlex Edge is optimized for remote sites, branch offices, and edge environments.

    With the RightScale Multi-Cloud Platform, you can mix and match public clouds, private clouds, and virtualized environments to meet your cloud portfolio strategy. In addition to clouds, you can support a portfolio of hypervisors — KVM, Xen, and vSphere — as well as operating systems — CentOS, RHEL, SUSE, Ubuntu, and Windows. A portfolio approach gives your enterprise the ability to future-proof your cloud strategy, optimize cost and performance, access a global footprint with best-of-breed capabilities, and gain financial flexibility and negotiating leverage.

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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company43%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Manufacturing Company5%
    Healthcare Company5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company31%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Educational Organization8%
    Company Size
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    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise76%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise4%
    Large Enterprise66%
    Buyer's Guide
    Cisco Intersight vs. RightScale Cloud Management Platform
    May 2024
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    Cisco Intersight is ranked 14th in Cloud Management with 10 reviews while RightScale Cloud Management Platform is ranked 25th in Cloud Management with 4 reviews. Cisco Intersight is rated 7.8, while RightScale Cloud Management Platform is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Intersight writes "Helps know whether a solution is deployed correctly, but the automation capabilities are difficult to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of RightScale Cloud Management Platform writes "Good CMPs for cloud provisioning and excellent scalability". Cisco Intersight is most compared with Cisco UCS Manager, HPE OneView, IBM Turbonomic, VMware Aria Automation and VMware Aria Operations, whereas RightScale Cloud Management Platform is most compared with . See our Cisco Intersight vs. RightScale Cloud Management Platform report.

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