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

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Cisco UCS Director vs. Red Hat CloudForms Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"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.""This is a user-friendly solution that is very good and easy to use.""The main feature of this solution is the integration with all the Cisco solutions and other vendors.""Feature-wise, the solution helps one to add multiple environments in one place...It is a scalable product.""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.""An easy and strong configuration, along with its low cost, are some of the features of the solution."

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"They are a very mature product.""The optimization of the solution is quite interesting.""The most valuable features of Red Hat CloudForms are the benefit of the collective functionality.""The multi-tenancy feature has been very helpful for our clients. It has been working fine and seamlessly for them. Its interface is also very simplified, and it is also an open and easy-to-scale solution.""The solution is compatible and integrates with various infrastructures or providers.""Red Hat CloudForms is stable once it is up and running.""I am impressed with the product's reports.""Red Hat CloudForms is a stable product. There is no issue with the stability."

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Cons
"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.""Simplifying the user interface would go a long way to making it more usable.""We cannot depend on this solution to manage all of the data center's infrastructure.""There are a lot of bugs in the solution. This is an area in the solution that can be improved.""Currently, Cisco UCS Director is unable to integrate with another product or with a server from another brand.""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."

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"Red Hat CloudForms could improve by allowing more customization of reports. We have to do a lot of coding to accomplish what we want. Additionally, the compatibility with the multi-cloud could improve. The latter versions of the solution removed Google support and the cost comparison between other clouds was high.""All of the areas of Red Hat CloudForms could improve. It doesn't do half of the things that it says it can do out of the box. It takes configuration to make any of it work, which is not uncommon for solutions similar to this. However, it is frustrating.""The complexity of the solution is a bit high in comparison to VMware.""The solution's provisioning engine needs to be improved.""Because the solution needs to integrate with other products that surround it, there is a lot of configuration required, and this can be quite complex. It's not as easy as it is with, for example, VMware.""Our clients had challenges or issues with the updates. Its updates should be better managed. They should provide quicker and more stable updates. Its stability can also be better. We initially faced ease-of-use and compatibility issues while integrating it. We had a lot of compatibility issues with other products. Our clients are concerned about whether it is under IBM or it is still Red Hat. Clients are not very clear about the support, and they're not really happy with it. Currently, they're getting support from Red Hat, but going forward, they're not really clear about what would be the life cycle of the product, which is a concern for them.""It is difficult to create a complete dashboard that includes all the needed features or catalogs.""The problem is that the platform requires it to be maintained and updated. Also, a few cases are still pending with the Red Hat support team since they are not closed yet."

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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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  • "It is definitely cheaper than VMware. Everything is included. There is no challenge there."
  • "The price of Red Hat CloudForms was not competitive, it was expensive."
  • "Red Hat CloudForms has a subscript-based pricing model. The cost is approximately $20,000 annually which allows you to use as many users as you want."
  • "The product's licensing is based on the number of servers."
  • "Red Hat CloudForms is a bit 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:I am impressed with the product's reports.
    Top Answer:I have issues with the solution's permissions. Unlike VMware, the product doesn't allow folder-type permissions.
    Top Answer:I would rate the product a four out of ten since its implementation is not as good as it sounds.
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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.

    Manage container, virtual, private, and public cloud infrastructures

    Managing a complex, hybrid IT environment can require multiple management tools, redundant policy implementations, and extra staff to handle the operations. Red Hat® CloudForms simplifies IT, providing unified management and operations in a hybrid environment.

    As your IT infrastructure progresses from traditional virtualization toward an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) model, CloudForms evolves, protecting your investments and providing consistent user experience and functionality.

    Sample Customers
    Entel, Data#3, Cegal, NESIC, LightEdge
    Cox Automotive, Penn State, FICO, G-ABLE, Seneca College, ITandTEL, The Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (PLUS), MyRepublic, Macquarie, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, CBTS, Network Data Solutions (NDS)
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Energy/Utilities Company25%
    Retailer13%
    Government13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company29%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Government11%
    Healthcare Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Comms Service Provider24%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Media Company12%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise64%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise68%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business36%
    Large Enterprise64%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise68%
    Buyer's Guide
    Cisco UCS Director vs. Red Hat CloudForms
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco UCS Director vs. Red Hat CloudForms and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Cisco UCS Director is ranked 24th in Cloud Management with 6 reviews while Red Hat CloudForms is ranked 8th in Cloud Management with 6 reviews. Cisco UCS Director is rated 7.2, while Red Hat CloudForms is rated 6.4. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS Director writes "UI and integrations should be improved; version control is problematic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Red Hat CloudForms writes "Lacking cloud service support, complex configuration, but reliable". Cisco UCS Director is most compared with Cisco Intersight, vCenter Orchestrator, VMware Aria Automation, VMware Aria Operations and vCloud Director, whereas Red Hat CloudForms is most compared with Morpheus, VMware Aria Automation, vCloud Director, IBM Cloud Automation Manager and OpenNebula. See our Cisco UCS Director vs. Red Hat CloudForms report.

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