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4,194 views|2,177 comparisons
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100% willing to recommend
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We performed a comparison between Morpheus and OpenNebula 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.
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Pros
"The user interface of the application is exceptional.""It supports many features, and it also supports some of the automation that Cloudify supports. So, in addition to just giving you basic platform management—such as the ability to deploy virtual machines and have multitenancy to log in and perform all of your basic platform management tasks—it also supports automation. You can, for example, spin up three virtual machines, and you can have each virtual machine configure each other. You can do service chaining with it. You can run scripts in Dash and Python, or you can use tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef. All of this is just built into the tool. It is a very powerful tool.""The most valuable feature for me was cost optimization.""Morpheus is an intuitive solution that is very easy to use.""Provides a good automation platform.""The most beneficial features for us were the API integrations with various cloud vendors like Nutanix, VMware, AWS, Azure, and GCP. It saved us the effort of doing that work ourselves.""Morpheus provides a very easy and one-click solution to scaling up and down.""The multi-cloud integrations and the DevOps and operational integrations are the most valuable. Morpheus platform is a centralized set to manage different clouds and your on-premise platforms. It does a very good job of what it is designed to do. It is very good in terms of features. It is extremely stable and easy to install. It is also very scalable. Their support is also extremely good."

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"It is quite easy to deploy.""OpenNebula has very good integration with SAP Storage.""The live migration feature has been great and is something we use very often.""I also like the ability to build custom functions. I can define a function where I have two types of views and configure the dependencies. The virtual data centers concept allows me to define users. If a user wants to join certain kinds of machines, the host and the other user won't see them. It gives me the flexibility to define multiple views and data centers in one place.""The ability to use it almost like a public cloud for an organization is a big asset, as it will create a value proposition and can control costs in a great way.""With a single click, we could set things up and initiate them.""OpenNebula is easy to deploy and manage compared to other solutions like OpenStack.""It makes maintenance very easy and stress-free for our teams."

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Cons
"There is room for enhancement in integrating Morpheus with other solutions.""The solution's pricing and customization need to improve.""I faced a few problems while deploying.""The service is limited and somewhat lacking.""We had to put in much effort ourselves since Morpheus's support wasn't always available to help us.""We've been facing some challenges with Morpheus due to its design for public cloud usage.""The tool could support virtual network functions better. It is really good at doing enterprise-type of things, but one of the things on which we're working with them is loading very complex virtual machines with it, such as Juniper SRX routers. It needs to support more complex virtualized resources a little bit better. Aside from that, it is a terrific tool. We really like it.""The product has become overly complex. The biggest problem is that we find a bug, they fix the bug, but then another one pops up. We can never really deliver on the vision we had using Morpheus."

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"An area for improvement in OpenNebula is the number of features it has. The solution doesn't have that many cloud features compared to other solutions. You'd say, "Okay, simplicity over a rich feature list?" Some say, "No, I need a big machine or a cloud interface for my customers to manage resources. I don't have to go and do it for them." Some people do it that way, and it works, but I'd like to improve the limited features in OpenNebula.""Most of the competitors are offering some sort of billing software to transform their installation to work as a small-sized public cloud, but those offerings from OpenNebula are still missing.""It should have a simple REST API like most other tools. It's the industry standard format. An XML-RPC API gives you an XML document that you have to convert and then do something with that. REST API endpoint provides outputs in a JSON document. I would also like to see support for user data or heat templates, which OpenStack offers, but OpenNebula doesn't have this yet.""As with all enterprise software licensing, the pricing is not intuitive and must be negotiated; grandfathered contracts are better than anything offered today.""The storage feature that they have is a bit confusing.""The protocol for clusterization is rough and doesn't work well.""Backup features are only available in the enterprise edition. The community version lacks a good solution for making backups.""They have been saying for the past two and a half years that they would develop a feature to hot-add RAM and CPU, but it does not work."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Licensing is on an annual basis, and it is upfront for the year. There is no extra cost unless you want additional support or specific deployment packs."
  • "The license is based on the number of virtual machines that Morpheus is managing. So, it is a pay-as-you-grow model."
  • "Initially, the license may seem like a good deal, but as we grow, it becomes costly."
  • "The solution is cheaper if you have less number of servers, but it becomes very expensive for a large number of servers."
  • "Morpheus doesn't directly support cost optimization, but its API integration can facilitate resource optimization. It doesn't dynamically optimize resources like an aeronautic system would; it operates step by step."
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  • "VRA is very expensive but OpenNebula is free."
  • "We use the Community Edition, rather than the Enterprise Edition."
  • "OpenNebuoa has recently come up with a new subscription model that is economical and a lot of new customers are choosing this as it is an easy subscription model."
  • "The solution is open source so is free."
  • "The licensing for OpenNebula used to be free, but now it's no longer free. A customer contacted me asking to move to another provider because of the changes in the licensing terms for OpenNebula. I have no information on how much the OpenNebula license is because the customer pays for it, and I only do the integration."
  • "OpenNebula gives good value for money."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most beneficial features for us were the API integrations with various cloud vendors like Nutanix, VMware, AWS, Azure, and GCP. It saved us the effort of doing that work ourselves.
    Top Answer:We've been a Morpheus customer since the early days. I know what they're trying to sell now, and you'd really need a strong use case to justify the cost.
    Top Answer:The product has become overly complex. The biggest problem is that we find a bug, they fix the bug, but then another one pops up. We can never really deliver on the vision we had using Morpheus. We… more »
    Top Answer:The live migration feature has been great and is something we use very often.
    Top Answer:I've found OpenNebula upgrades to be more complex than those of some of the competitors and the support to be mediocre. I would also like to see more and better ancillary tools related to OpenNebula… more »
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    Also Known As
    Morpheus Cloud Management Platform, Morpheus CMP
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    Overview

    Morpheus is a 100% agnostic cloud management platform (CMP) designed from the ground up to unify management of multi-cloud and hybrid IT while empowering DevOps teams with self-service provisioning of bare metal, VM, and container-based application services.

    OpenNebula provides the most simple but feature-rich and flexible solution for the comprehensive management of virtualized data centers to enable private, public and hybrid IaaS clouds. OpenNebula interoperability makes cloud an evolution by leveraging existing IT assets, protecting your investments, and avoiding vendor lock-in.

    OpenNebula is a turnkey enterprise-ready solution that includes all the features needed to provide an on-premises (private) cloud offering, and to offer public cloud services.

    Sample Customers
    Morpheus CMP, mcdonalds, blackrock, HSBC, astrazeneca, arris, WGU, GBG, pennstate, beyondtrust
    Akamai, BBC, Fermilab, Terradue, Surf Sara, Produban, Netways, ESA, China Mobile, BlackBerry, Deloitte, Fuze, Telefonica, Trivago
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization29%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company26%
    University8%
    Educational Organization7%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise30%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise38%
    Large Enterprise46%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business40%
    Midsize Enterprise40%
    Large Enterprise20%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise51%
    Buyer's Guide
    Morpheus vs. OpenNebula
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Morpheus vs. OpenNebula and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Morpheus is ranked 8th in Cloud Management with 9 reviews while OpenNebula is ranked 6th in Cloud Management with 14 reviews. Morpheus is rated 7.8, while OpenNebula is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Morpheus writes "An intuitive solution that can be used for blueprints, automation, and self-service". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenNebula writes "Reliable, simple to manage, and offers great technical support". Morpheus is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), CloudBolt, vCloud Director and AWS Control Tower, whereas OpenNebula is most compared with CloudStack, VMware Aria Automation, Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), vCloud Director and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI). See our Morpheus vs. OpenNebula report.

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