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

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Pros
"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.""A product that really aids in systems management without complexity.""The product is flexible and compact. It has a lot of features.""Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.""The main feature of this solution is the integration with all the Cisco solutions and other vendors.""An easy and strong configuration, along with its low cost, are some of the features of the solution.""The solution is helpful for centralized management."

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"The solution allows us to manage multiple cloud resources from one place."

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Cons
"The tool should be a lot more intuitive and make it easy for us to understand and migrate.""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.""The product's pricing needs to improve.""The areas where this product can be improved are the integrations and the UI. These features are not as friendly compared to VMware products.""There are a lot of bugs in the solution. This is an area in the solution that can be improved.""I would like to see more integration with other solutions.""We cannot depend on this solution to manage all of the data center's infrastructure."

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"The product must improve its stability and speed."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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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  • "The solution is a little expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:Currently, Cisco UCS Director is unable to integrate with another product or with a server from another brand. If Cisco UCS Director is able to integrate with another product or with a server from… more »
    Top Answer:The solution allows us to manage multiple cloud resources from one place.
    Top Answer:The solution is a little expensive. It manages so much. It is mostly targeted at big corporations. The price is not the best for what it does, but it's good.
    Top Answer:The product must improve its stability and speed.
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    23rd
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    6.4
    33rd
    out of 75 in Cloud Management
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    Overview

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

    The Jamcracker Platform is a comprehensive cloud services broker, cloud services management and cloud governance platform, including cloud services provisioning, policy management, cloud cost management, and operations management. Jamcracker enables organizations to create, deliver, and manage multi cloud services and implement a cloud-enabled business model for offering, delivering, supporting and billing for multi cloud services. The Platform offers flexibility and scalability, with a multi-tiered, multi-tenant architecture, RESTful APIs and integration frameworks while supporting localization in terms of multiple currencies, languages and timezones. Jamcracker enables partners including telecom service providers, managed services providers, system integrators, distributors, technology and value added resellers to unify, deliver and manage SaaS, PaaS and public or private IaaS cloud services for the end customers including enterprise, mid-market, SMB and government organizations.

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    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm25%
    Energy/Utilities Company25%
    Retailer13%
    Government13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company30%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Government11%
    Healthcare Company7%
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    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise64%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    Cisco UCS Director is ranked 23rd in Cloud Management with 13 reviews while Jamcracker is ranked 33rd in Cloud Management with 1 review. Cisco UCS Director is rated 7.2, while Jamcracker is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS Director writes "A compact and flexible solution with a lot of features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Jamcracker writes "A scalable and easy-to-deploy solution that allows users to manage multiple cloud resources". Cisco UCS Director is most compared with Cisco Intersight, VMware Aria Automation, vCenter Orchestrator, VMware Aria Operations and Cisco CloudCenter, whereas Jamcracker is most compared with IBM Cloud Brokerage.

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