We performed a comparison between Parallels Desktop and vCenter Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, VMware, Citrix and others in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)."Parallels Desktop integrates seamlessly with macOS. It works better than VMware on Apple operating systems."
"I like how, with Parallels, you can either boot into Mac or Windows to get better control over the resources of the laptops since you're sharing the resources in dual mode."
"vCenter Configuration Manager is a very good product, it works well."
"This solution supports multiple platforms in a single solution."
"Configuration Manager simplifies management. Cloning via live migration is a useful feature."
"The solution is very easy to manage."
"I appreciate it because it's very easy to set up and configure new disks and servers."
"vCenter Configuration Manager is a stable solution that is very easy to manage and deploy."
"The product's deployment phase was easy."
"The technical support services are good."
"There may have been some issues with device drivers on my Mac. Similarly, there are some issues with transferring data from Parallels to the Mac."
"The biggest challenge is compatibility between VMware and Parallels because the two systems are incompatible. It can be challenging if you are switching between Windows and Mac. I recommend sticking with one product because there isn't good compatibility between the different products."
"Some of the migrations are difficult to manage since the solution is not compatible with a few of the operating systems, which poses a challenge during the physical to virtual migration process."
"The VxRail configuration is very complicated and a little bit too difficult to guess what the final product is going to be."
"There are a lot of steps to do the configuration. We have to do it step by step and it is time-consuming. If it was easier it could be done quicker. There should be a preloaded configuration."
"There is room for improvement in operating and managing cluster environments and maintenance. And hardware environment visibility."
"The product's high price is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"It can take a long time for the first information to become available. On the other hand, that's normal. It has to collect a lot of information before it can predict future needs. But it would be nice if there was some kind of base level to get started."
"There are some complexities within the system center. For example, we use two different applications for updates and the deployment of the machine. We also have another third party solution."
"When vCenter is in a Microsoft environment, there is a lot of licensing involved, where we face some difficulties."
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Parallels Desktop is ranked 10th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 2 reviews while vCenter Configuration Manager is ranked 10th in Configuration Management with 50 reviews. Parallels Desktop is rated 7.6, while vCenter Configuration Manager is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Parallels Desktop writes "A great platform to develop interoperable code on". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vCenter Configuration Manager writes "A solution with a range of functionalities and several pricing plans that suit your needs". Parallels Desktop is most compared with VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, NComputing vSpace, NVIDIA GRID and VMware Horizon View, whereas vCenter Configuration Manager is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Satellite and BigFix.
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