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We performed a comparison between Cisco Piston Enterprise OS and Cisco UCS Director based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"It offers enough support so that you don't need to have the need to get another device."

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"I can manage multiple workloads whether it's on AWS, Azure, or on-premises. They can be managed by using the UCS Director.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the fabric sharing.""The product is flexible and compact. It has a lot of features.""A product that really aids in systems management without complexity.""UCS director enables us to be more productive and more agile, and also more self-sufficient because we don't have to depend on anybody else.""Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.""This is a user-friendly solution that is very good and easy to use.""The reason we went with Cisco is that it comes at a very negligible cost as part of the BOQ. Compared to the competition's products, which are incredibly expensive, UCS Director is low-cost."

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Cons
"The solution is just too expensive, so maybe the pricing could be better."

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"We cannot depend on this solution to manage all of the data center's infrastructure.""The tool should be a lot more intuitive and make it easy for us to understand and migrate.""The product's pricing needs to improve.""It is not easy to add or expand the product.""Currently, Cisco UCS Director is unable to integrate with another product or with a server from another brand.""I would like to see more integration with other solutions.""There could be an improvement with the integration with the newest solutions from other vendors' technologies.""There are a lot of bugs in the solution. This is an area in the solution that can be improved."

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  • "The cost of this solution is significant."
  • "Cisco UCS Director is expensive...I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."
  • "I would rate the product's pricing an eight out of ten."
  • "On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing around five to six out of ten."
  • "The budget doesn’t work for the state and local governments."
  • "I rate Cisco UCS Director's price a three out of ten. Cisco UCS Director is not an affordable product. With Cisco UCS Director, there is a need to pay an overall price, which consists of the product, software, and support."
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    Top Answer:Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
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    Piston Enterprise OS
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    Overview

    Piston Enterprise OS (pentOS) is an enterprise grade cloud operating system meeting the security and governance needs of enterprises wanting to use OpenStack for their infrastructure services. pentOS is an OpenStack distro that builds on top of the OpenStack codebase adding some proprietary features to meet the security and governance needs of the enterprise customers.

    Cisco UCS Director enables automated delivery of physical and virtual data center resources, empowering data centers to move at the speed of business.

    Sample Customers
    Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Entel, Data#3, Cegal, NESIC, LightEdge
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    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Energy/Utilities Company25%
    Retailer13%
    Government13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company29%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Government11%
    Healthcare Company9%
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise64%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is ranked 50th in Cloud Management while Cisco UCS Director is ranked 24th in Cloud Management with 6 reviews. Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is rated 9.0, while Cisco UCS Director is rated 7.2. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco UCS Director writes "UI and integrations should be improved; version control is problematic". Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is most compared with , whereas Cisco UCS Director is most compared with Cisco Intersight, vCenter Orchestrator, VMware Aria Automation, VMware Aria Operations and vCloud Director.

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