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"Assesses change impact or completes an audit using multiple dashboard views.""You can tie together your public and private cloud infrastructure into a "single pane of glass".""Automates Java EE Application Deployment from an SCM system.""Supports unattended installs and image-based, script-based, or template-based provisioning.""By allowing end users to request their own services, the request process for systems is much quicker and more accurate.""CLM has a multi-cloud portal because they have the resources to implement in various environments in various ports.""Integrates role-based access control with pre-configured policies for CIS, DISA, HIPAA, PCI, SOX, NIST, and SCAP documentation and remediation."

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"The most valuable thing I have found is the cost saving recommendations""We are able to create an internal price of the product that we can then sell to clients. We get the cost plan at a good discount and then resell it with a mark up to our enterprise-level clients. This flexibility in pricing is one of the solution's best features.""The solution is useful for cloud transparency and visibility in reports and dashboards that I have generated, especially the pre-populated dashboards.""The pricing is rather competitive right now.""It's stable. For report presentation, it's been fast.""The solution is good for cloud cost management.""The product is easy to use in terms of monitoring all the environments. It works for multiple clouds.""This solution is fast and very easy to understand, even if you are not a technician."

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Cons
"Needs integrations with other providers to provide a custom public cloud environment.""One of the major problems is that support is not so good.""The installation and configuration can be tricky due to it being built on Remedy."

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"The Perspectives feature could be better.""The solution doesn't offer the best functionality, unfortunately. Some features just simply aren't on offer. The solution needs to offer more product milestones.""The performance and accuracy of Cloud Health need to be improved.""They should provide information or tools to tune the cloud resources according to the environment size.""If you are working with the OS you need help and other connectors to get more information.""The export features regarding CSV files and specifically around identifying savings plans have room for improvement, as well as the drill-down features for reservation utilization.""It would be helpful to have a mobile version or a tablet version, especially for people who are outside of the office.""CloudHealth needs to start building out Turbonomics-types of features that help the customers who are using CloudHealth really understand everything down to the server level, the virtual machine level."

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  • "The licensing fees depend on how big the company is. If you are a larger company then you have a better contract with a better price. The price is different for a small company."
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  • "The pricing is competitive and while other products are good they are considerably more expensive."
  • "I give the cost of the solution an eight out of ten."
  • "There could be flexibility in pricing for the product."
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    Overview
    BMC's cloud management platform drives digital innovation with agile, full-stack service provisioning across cloud and traditional platforms. BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management scales easily while integrating with essential compliance and governance policies to reduce risk.

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    VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth delivers intelligent insights that help you optimize costs, improve governance, and build your Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE).

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    Large Enterprise40%
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    Midsize Enterprise36%
    Large Enterprise50%
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    BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is ranked 43rd in Cloud Management while VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth is ranked 15th in Cloud Management with 9 reviews. BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is rated 7.8, while VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management writes "Automates Java EE Application Deployment from an SCM system". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth writes "Useful for Cloud transparency and visability". BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is most compared with CloudBolt, whereas VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth is most compared with Azure Cost Management, IBM Turbonomic, VMware Aria Operations, Cloudability and Densify.

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