Speaking about the factors that led us to choose CloudStack over other solutions like VMware or Cisco products, open source is frequently utilized in our company, as it allows us to determine our own roadmap and set our own pace for how we wish to proceed with the things we want to do. While using a commercial product, adhering to the roadmap and pace of that particular company providing you with the product is usually necessary. Therefore, if they indicate that a piece of software has reached its end of life, then it has reached its end of life and must be dealt with accordingly. Thus, opting for an open-source solution was a major requirement for us. Furthermore, the fact that it was an Apache project and we conducted tests that confirmed its functionality convinced us to choose it.

I evaluated Microsoft. Microsoft has a proprietary lock-in system. It tries to hook us so tight we can't do anything. They try to control everything. I don't like that. I want to have control and do what I want, not what they want me to do.

We were looking for a solution on premises, and I reviewed OpenStack “zoo” before making my final decision. As I mentioned, CS can be managed by small number of people, unlike OpenStack.

We are presently evaluating OpenStack.

CloudStack is faster than OpenStack. The OpenStack solution takes years and years to build your services, whereas CloudStack allows for much faster deployment.

I do not think that we are switching to OpenStack because it is a more complex product.

Another option would be Kubernetes with Mirantis or any other product suite, but we have not evaluated this.

I have also explored setting up with OpenStack and I found it harder to use than CloudStack.

We have looked at OpenStack. At that time, it appeared to have been receiving more traction. But we found installation and operation more complex, compared to the simplicity of CloudStack. CloudStack installation is simple and it works.

We looked at OpenStack and VMware.

We evaluated OpenStack and Eucalyptus. 

Yes, we evaluated other solutions, and we run CloudStack along with OpenStack in two different environments for different reasons. In general, my preference is for CloudStack because it is less complex, has fewer moving parts and has demonstrated better stability for our needs.

Openstack, vCloud Director and vCAC.