Red Hat CloudForms Reviews

The integration with other open-source tools is pretty good. It integrates particularly well with Kubernates Docker.

They are a very mature product.

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.

The solution needs to be more user-friendly. They need to make it more plug-and-play.

I've been working with Red Hat for a long time. It's been about ten years.

The solution is stable, that's not an issue. We haven't had problems with bugs, glitches, or crashes.

We've been in touch with technical support. Most of the time, they are good. We haven't had any problems with them. We're satisfied with the level of service they provide.

I also use VMware. Each has it's own pluses and minuses, although I do find that VMware is easier to configure and integrate with other solutions.

The initial setup can be a bit complex. Once it's sorted out initially, and Red Hat's professional services are aligned, it's okay.

I'd advise an organization considering implementing the solution to first, before selecting a product, finalize their business department. They should create a list of all of their requirements to ensure they get fulfilled. That needs to include compliance. 

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. If they made it more user friendly and plug-and-play it would really help people adopt it faster.

We are a system integrator, and this solution is used by our clients. They are system service providers in UAE, and they provide infrastructure as a service to their end customers. CloudForms acts like a central console for them to provide the service. It is a central interface.

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.

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. 

My clients have been using it for almost two years.

We are very happy with its stability, but it can be better. In terms of stability, I would rate it a seven out of ten.

Scalability is not at all a challenge. It is very easy to scale. Our clients are big companies.

Our clients are not really clear about its support going forward. They are not sure about whether it is under IBM or it is still Red Hat. Currently, they're getting support from Red Hat, but going forward, what would be the life cycle of the product is a worry for them.

We also use VMware. CloudForms is more open. In VMware, everything has to go back to VMware services, which is a pain point. 

There are also a lot of open resources available for CloudForms. If you have just one guy dedicated to it, it becomes much easier as compared to what we have to do with VMware. VMware is very closed, and that's the reason why our clients chose Red Hat over VMware.

It was pretty straightforward. The full deployment took two weeks. The product itself requires just a day. After that comes the actual work of configuring everything, which sort of takes time.

It was set up by Red Hat. We provide a lot of other services, but for Red Hat, we take the services directly from Red Hat. It is a bit challenging when we have to get our guys to develop the competency to be able to deliver for this particular solution.

In terms of its maintenance, clients have to handle the updates. They have technical resources for this.

It is definitely cheaper than VMware. Everything is included. There is no challenge there.

Its deployment was done by Red Hat for us. We had help from the best experts. I would advise others to get a few days of services from Red Hat so that they are able to get technical expertise from them if required.

I would rate Red Hat CloudForms a seven out of ten. If they had made it a little bit more stable and easier, I would have easily given it an eight.