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We performed a comparison between AWS Control Tower and RightScale Cloud Management Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"It aligns well with the customer's needs and it ultimately fosters a strong customer-company relationship.""The most significant benefit of Control Tower is its capability to align with our organization's standards.""The most intriguing feature is the automatic generation of user accounts. Leveraging Active Directory and global company settings, AWS Cloud Tower enables the creation of AWS user accounts based on job descriptions in Active Directory. This establishes a direct correlation between the user's name, job definition, and the corresponding rules applied to each account.""It provides a central point for account management, access control, and compliance monitoring.""Security is the most valuable feature of Control Tower.""It is incredibly user-friendly and functions seamlessly.""AWS Control Tower helps to save a lot of work and manage multiple accounts.""AWS Control Tower helps companies save costs."

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"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.""The most valuable feature is Optima, which is something that we use quite extensively."

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Cons
"It could be improved by having a more intuitive graphical interface. It could also include other coding languages like PowerShell and Python, as it would be beneficial for DevOps recommendations.""The integration with other AWS functions has room for improvement.""The sole drawback is its restriction to enable only one Control Tower.""The initial setup is complex.""AWS Control Tower should improve its fast execution. It also needs more tools for triggering and monitoring AWS services. AWS Control Tower needs more tracking as well.""The product's affordability depends on the value it brings to specific organizations.""It would be beneficial if AWS offered the capability to seamlessly deploy your infrastructure to another region to ensure continuous availability and redundancy.""The process of closing an AWS account using Control Tower needs improvements to simplify it, especially when managing multiple accounts."

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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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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The solution is free."
  • "On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing an eight."
  • "The product's affordability depends on the value it brings to specific organizations."
  • "It is expensive but it is an investment in my opinion."
  • "AWS Control Tower is not really that expensive."
  • "The pricing is efficient, not overly expensive but also not very cheap."
  • "The cost is reasonable, but there are opportunities for improvement in terms of pricing for larger enterprises."
  • "It operates on a pay-as-you-go model, meaning we are charged only for the services we actively use within it."
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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:The most intriguing feature is the automatic generation of user accounts. Leveraging Active Directory and global company settings, AWS Cloud Tower enables the creation of AWS user accounts based on… more »
    Top Answer:I believe it's free of charge or comes at a very low cost. It's an additional feature. Even if there is a fee, it's minimal. AWS seems to assist customers in gaining a comprehensive view of their… more »
    Top Answer:There aren't any additional features that I feel are missing. However, it's worth noting that Control Tower seems to function as a layer utilizing standard AWS products in the background… more »
    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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    Also Known As
    RightScale MultiCloud Platform
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    Overview

    AWS Control Tower offers the easiest way to set up and govern a new, secure, multi-account AWS environment. It establishes a landing zone that is based on best-practices blueprints, and enables governance using guardrails you can choose from a pre-packaged list.

    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.

    Sample Customers
    Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
    Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Rackspace, Softlayer, Cloudstack, OpenStack, Vmware
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Educational Organization9%
    Government8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company28%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    University7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business60%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise27%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise65%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise59%
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    AWS Control Tower is ranked 11th in Cloud Management with 15 reviews while RightScale Cloud Management Platform is ranked 25th in Cloud Management with 4 reviews. AWS Control Tower is rated 8.2, while RightScale Cloud Management Platform is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of AWS Control Tower writes "A robust protection for efficient cloud governance and security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of RightScale Cloud Management Platform writes "Good CMPs for cloud provisioning and excellent scalability". AWS Control Tower is most compared with AWS Trusted Advisor, Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, VMware Aria Automation, Morpheus and VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth, whereas RightScale Cloud Management Platform is most compared with .

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