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We performed a comparison between BMC TrueSight Orchestration and vCloud Director based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The best feature of BMC TrueSight Orchestration is the number of integrated mechanisms it provides.""The initial setup is easy. The deployment was done in an hour.""The automation helps in payment transactions through BHIM app. The BMC helps in smooth clearance of all payments without using MasterCard or Visa. The solution is ready to use, and there is no need for customization or resources. We can complete integration over cloud and on-premise, and even using mainframes. The automation are secure through BMC TrueSight Orchestration.""We can implement compliance standards with the solution. You can also do patching so that the environment is compliant and secure from external threats and hacking. We can provision multiple systems with the help of predefined templates that the organization has forwarded us. The solution’s users can also integrate multiple products which can be either BMC or non-BMC. There are numerous possibilities that can be done with server automation""I find the provisioning to be the most valuable.""We particularly like the integration functionality of this solution. This product is open API, which means that it can be integrated with any solution from any other brand.""The best thing about TrueSight is the user interface, which is intuitive and easy to use. It supports accessibility and exporting, so we can output to the format we require. We can use TrueSight to integrate nearly any other product. I can't think of another product that can match this functionality. We also have Microsoft Orchestrator, but it can't match BMC TrueSight Orchestration.""The product has a very good triggering mechanism."

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"The solution has more capabilities than OpenStack and integrates well with NSX and vCenter.""The compatibility with vSAN and NSX is the greatest feature of vCloud. It also has integration with vROps, which is quite nice.""This solution has helped us make money and provision our clients faster.""Key enhancements include better synchronization with vCenter and increased reliability, ensuring stability during extensive usage and various actions.""The initial installation and setup are very quick.""We use it to replicate VMs for our customers from one data center to another data center.""We use the infrastructure as a service cloud, that is, we use the features as infrastructure for this. We are not using any platform services.""Good features of extensibility, which allows integration of other services."

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Cons
"The solution is not user-friendly.""The architecture of this solution needs improvement, it is very complicated. It creates a lot of problems in our environment. Most of the time I am trying to find and solve the problem.""We are aiming for AI automation and look for support from BMC. The features are currently missing but we are hoping for some upgrade in this matter.""At present this solution is only available to be hosted on-premises, which can cause network issues when integration with cloud-based software is attempted.""Regarding scalability, the architecture does not allow you to add additional servers just able to use two application servers, so it's not scalable.""BMC TrueSight Orchestration could improve by providing some visibility on how the workflows are progressing.""The solution should move to the cloud. Every application from the BMC is on the container and moving to the cloud. There is also a number of limitations for the smart reporting feature of the TrueSight server which is not working in sync. We did not get any satisfactory reply from BMC on that note. We are not able to do the real-time sync between HSA and non-HSA service reporting tools and the actual application tools.""It would be helpful if TrueSight could log errors in a better format. I would also like to see more connector support. Let's say I have a third-party vendor that I need to integrate with Ansible. It would be helpful if BMC announced a specific connector for that. I've encountered situations where I need to work with scripts or find another way to integrate a particular product with TrueSight Orchestration. BMC already supports many products. For example, we have a connector for Ansible, but I think it needs to be improved some."

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"This solution could improve by adding root cause analysis.""We use vCloud Director along with Terraform, and it's difficult to make them work together. It takes a long time to deploy virtual machines with Terraform in vCloud Director. For example, it can take about one or two hours to create 10 machines. It takes up a lot of our DevOps' and engineers' time in comparison to that with other solutions. This is an area that they should work on and improve.""It would be beneficial to have enhanced integration capabilities with third-party solutions within vCloud Director, especially in networking and data security.""vCloud Director should improve by having support with other cloud providers, such as Microsoft Azure and Google cloud.""vRealize Orchestrator is an expensive tool.""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.""If you use it for a lot of customers, it is too heavy for this solution.""There are new updates every quarter, so we need to purchase new support deployment services and some new products."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Licensing is per lot, or per agent — one agent is one license."
  • "There is a huge cost saving with BMC TrueSight compared to other solutions."
  • "Regarding pricing, it comes with the package when you buy the server automation. But it's made depending on some agreements for companies, of which I don't know the clause."
  • "Licensing is available in different ways and depends on data being consumed by users and nodes being operated."
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  • "It is better than other solutions out there when it comes to cost."
  • "It enables us to provision new clients more quickly."
  • "We are able to provision new clients faster. Every month, we take on more customers."
  • "The solution is costly, efficient, and robust versus alternative solutions."
  • "It runs our company in the millions of rand every month."
  • "This is an expensive solution."
  • "It's a costly product. The licenses may not be costly, but with every new development in their product, we need to purchase deployment services, and the deployment services are quite costly."
  • "The license could be less expensive and we are on a perpetual license."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The automation helps in payment transactions through BHIM app. The BMC helps in smooth clearance of all payments without using MasterCard or Visa. The solution is ready to use, and there is no need… more »
    Top Answer:We are aiming for AI automation and look for support from BMC. The features are currently missing but we are hoping for some upgrade in this matter.
    Top Answer:BMC TrueSight is majorly used for database backup and auto remediation for the networks. It is also used for server provisioning.
    Top Answer:VMware vCloud Director works very well and there are not many things that I would like to see changed. However, a single thing comes to mind when I think of improvements and that is integration. In… more »
    Top Answer:For my company, VMware vCloud Director noticeably increased operational efficiency. When I started working here a few years ago, my organization was using another cloud management tool. We switched to… more »
    Top Answer: When it comes to building applications, vCloud Director offers you various methods to create cloud-ready ones. For example Your DevOps team is supported through Infrastructure as Code services… more »
    Ranking
    15th
    out of 66 in Process Automation
    Views
    597
    Comparisons
    408
    Reviews
    6
    Average Words per Review
    448
    Rating
    8.3
    5th
    out of 75 in Cloud Management
    Views
    3,502
    Comparisons
    2,526
    Reviews
    17
    Average Words per Review
    380
    Rating
    7.8
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    Also Known As
    TrueSight Orchestration, Atrium Orchestrator
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    Overview

    IT process automation can significantly lower the cost of IT delivery and reduce the risk associated with manual interactions. BMC Atrium Orchestrator automates common, repeatable tasks to improve quality of service across the board.

    • Move from reactive, manual handling of requests to a fully automated system
    • Deliver consistent task and automation workflow results
    • Automate data collection for audit compliance
    • Align with best practices
    • Free up IT resources

    VMware Cloud Director, also known as vCloud Director, is a cloud management tool that offers secure, flexible, and efficient cloud resources to thousands of enterprises and IT teams across the world. The solution serves as one of the leading cloud service-delivery platforms for businesses that want to manage and operate their services effectively. By deploying this solution, companies can benefit from virtualized networking, computing, security, and storage. These benefits can be received in a timely manner, as the infrastructure of the product is operationally ready within minutes and clients do not need to install and configure physical infrastructure.

    One of the biggest advantages of vCloud Director is that it allows users to build cloud-ready applications. In several ways, it facilitates the process for developers, including:

    • Open to DevOps: The product addresses the needs of DevOps teams by providing Infrastructure as Code services with vCD Terraform Provider. This allows developers to deliver infrastructure directly from code. Additionally, it provides capabilities from Python and vCD API as well as Object Storage API and App Launchpad APIs.

    • Customization: This solution is very customizable and extensible for cloud providers to deliver their own branding, themes, and services to their clients.

    • Dev-ready cloud: vCloud Director offers support for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid for vSphere and multicloud with a plugin for container service extension. Through these, native K8s Clusters or Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Clusters can be delivered and managed through a user interface (UI) and application programming interface (API).

    vCloud Director Features

    This VMware product has various features through which users can virtualize their data and benefit from quality management solutions. Among the popular capabilities of vCloud Director are:

    • Elastic secure virtual data centers: This vCloud Director feature provides tenants with securely isolated virtual resources, fine-grained control of their public cloud services, and independent role-based authentication.

    • Multi-site management: This feature allows companies to stretch data centers across sites and geographies as well as connect to existing dedicated vCenters for access and management or on-broad into VMware vCloud Director.

    • ISV ecosystem: This feature integrates leading cloud service vendors into the product using an open extensibility framework. Some of the partners of vCloud Director include Dell Data Protection, Veeam, Cloudian, AWS S3, and Dell ECS.

    • DRaaS workload protection: This feature allows users to deliver self-service tiered disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) on-premises to cloud and cloud to cloud.

    • Cloud migration: Part of this feature is the plugin VMware Cloud Director Availability, which enables simple migration to cloud, offering self-service cold or warm migration to users' vCloud Director clouds.

    • Operational visibility and insights: The product includes an accessible dashboard and a single pane of glass to provide centralized multi-tenant cloud management views.

    • Cloud-native applications and development: This feature makes the platform suitable for developers to sandbox or deploy apps as it natively supports Tanzu Basic, native K8s, and PKS.

    • Automation: Through various tools and deep integration, the solution allows users to automate complex infrastructure-as-code and tile UI-driven workflows. This allows them to deploy X-as-a-Service and maintain full access control and visibility at the same time.

    • Application Platform as a Service: This feature enables users to deliver their own catalog-based applications or VMware Cloud Marketplace-certified third-party cloud applications through the plugin App Launchpad VMware Cloud Director.

    • GPU as a Service: Utilizing Nvidia AI Enterprise, this feature provides support for GPU as a Service and delivers multi-tenant GPU services for customers who require high-performance compute for GPU-specific applications.

    • Secure cloud: The solution supports multiple security-centric features to deliver an enterprise-class cloud service, including NSX-T distributed firewalling, workload encryption, and integrated disaster recovery replication.

    vCloud Director Benefits

    VMware vCloud Director offers various benefits to its users. Some of these include:

    • The solution provides a highly efficient self-service model which consists of a virtual data center compute, network, storage, and security.

    • VMware vCloud Director offers its users multi-tenancy infrastructure with deep automation which facilitates their daily tasks.

    • The product is cost-efficient, as it is service-ready on its very first day and offers a high revenue from services.

    • Businesses can deliver services to their clients in a timely manner through this product, benefitting from its natively integrated solutions.

    • VMware vCloud Director provides users with high flexibility, as it allows businesses to stretch networks across virtual data centers globally.

    • The solution provides load-balancing capabilities, which facilitate the creation of new hybrid applications and digital transformation initiatives.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Ajit Y., a cloud architect at a computer software company, likes VMware vCloud Director because it is a stable, truly multitenant software and the go-to tool for infrastructure as a service.

    Kashif F., a divisional engineer at National Telecom Corporatio, rates vCloud Director highly because the product can be used for infrastructure provisioning without using a platform service.

    Sample Customers
    Ameritas, Buckeye Partners, KNAB, Dex Media, News UK
    MicroStrategy, National Democratic Institute, and NYSE Euronext.
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company18%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Government8%
    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider35%
    Computer Software Company27%
    Transportation Company8%
    Manufacturing Company4%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Government9%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise56%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise72%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise51%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise54%
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    BMC TrueSight Orchestration is ranked 15th in Process Automation with 9 reviews while vCloud Director is ranked 5th in Cloud Management with 61 reviews. BMC TrueSight Orchestration is rated 8.0, while vCloud Director is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of BMC TrueSight Orchestration writes "An orchestration tool to automate the end-to-end process with a need to improve its user experience". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vCloud Director writes "Offers flexibility of handling workloads and good scalability". BMC TrueSight Orchestration is most compared with Control-M, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ServiceNow Orchestration, CA Process Automation and Camunda, whereas vCloud Director is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), Morpheus, VMware Aria Operations and CloudStack.

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