ServiceNow is a cloud-based task-management platform that specializes in IT operations management (ITOM), IT services management (ITSM), and IT business management (ITBM). ServiceNow allows users to manage their teams, projects, and customer interactions using a variety of different plugins and apps with which it easily integrates.
It has a higher cost compared to local/regional solutions.
It's sold as a less expensive solution, but it has to be highly modified. That's where you get into the cost.
It has a higher cost compared to local/regional solutions.
It's sold as a less expensive solution, but it has to be highly modified. That's where you get into the cost.
Microsoft Configuration Manager helps IT manage PCs and servers, keeping software up-to-date, setting configuration and security policies, and monitoring system status while giving employees access to corporate applications on the devices that they choose. When Configuration Manager is integrated with Microsoft Intune, you can manage corporate-connected PCs and Macs along with cloud-based mobile devices running Windows, iOS, and Android, all from a single management console.
Overall, I think it's fine. It's pretty much in-line because there are ways to offset it with the Office 365 licensing.
The licensing is good because they have various options, depending on what you are looking for.
Overall, I think it's fine. It's pretty much in-line because there are ways to offset it with the Office 365 licensing.
The licensing is good because they have various options, depending on what you are looking for.
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is a powerful network automation solution that allows organizations to handle every aspect of their application launch process within a single product. It enables users to share their automations so that teams within an organization can collaborate on various projects with ease. Ansible Automation Platform is designed to be used by all employees involved in the network automation process.
The cost is high, but it still works well.
We went with product because we have a subscription for Red Hat.
The cost is high, but it still works well.
We went with product because we have a subscription for Red Hat.
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is a top-ranking HCI software, cloud management tool, and Software Defined Storage (SDS) tool that is marketed as the foundation for users' hybrid clouds. It offers a powerful and secure hyperconverged infrastructure to deliver all data and applications at any scale and on any cloud. The solution offers a complete software stack that allows users to unify their hybrid cloud infrastructure.
Able to grow with smaller, more linear increments of investment
The basic license that comes with the box allows basic virtualization features but advanced automation features would require an upgrade of licenses.
Able to grow with smaller, more linear increments of investment
The basic license that comes with the box allows basic virtualization features but advanced automation features would require an upgrade of licenses.
OpenShift is Red Hat's Kubernetes platform that provides a cloud environment for development, hosting, and scaling applications. The solution enables a cloud-like experience regardless of the location where it has been deployed, including in the cloud, on premises, or at the edge. It allows developers to select where to build, deploy, and run applications through a consistent experience, supported by full-stack automated operations, and self-service provisioning.
Pricing of OpenShift depends on the number of nodes and who is hosting it.
Depending on the extent of the product use, licenses are available for a range of time periods, and are renewable at the end of the period.
Pricing of OpenShift depends on the number of nodes and who is hosting it.
Depending on the extent of the product use, licenses are available for a range of time periods, and are renewable at the end of the period.
HCL BigFix is a powerful patch management tool that enables organizations to simply control their patch management operations. It is designed so that IT security and operations teams can collaborate in the most effective way possible. Users that employ BigFix can find and fix issues with their endpoints faster than those that employ its competitors. It comes with thousands of security checks that can be deployed quickly and easily. These enable users to safeguard themselves from a wide variety of digital threats.
When purchasing, buying with other IBM tools provided us with a very good discount in pricing.
I can estimate the reduced cost of servers maintenance to approximatively $500,000.
When purchasing, buying with other IBM tools provided us with a very good discount in pricing.
I can estimate the reduced cost of servers maintenance to approximatively $500,000.
VMware Aria Operations is a high-ranking virtualization management and cloud management tool that automates and simplifies IT management to the applications it supports. It achieves this through full-stack visibility from physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure. The product allows users to enable self-driving IT operations management across private, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. This is conducted with the unified operations platform that delivers continuous performance, capacity and cost optimization, and integrated compliance through artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and predictive analytics.
Don't overallocate! This means that you don't have to buy many hosts. You can save money that way.
The pricing: It's expensive.
Don't overallocate! This means that you don't have to buy many hosts. You can save money that way.
The pricing: It's expensive.
IBM Turbonomic is a performance and cost optimization platform for public, private, and hybrid clouds used by customers to assure application performance while eliminating inefficiencies by dynamically resourcing applications through automated actions. Common use cases include cloud cost optimization, cloud migration planning, data center modernization, FinOps acceleration, Kubernetes optimization, sustainable IT, and application resource management. Turbonomic customers report an average 33% reduction in cloud and infrastructure waste without impacting application performance, and return-on-investment of 471% over three years. Ready to take a closer look? Explore the interactive demo or start your free 30-day trial today!
Price is a big one. VMTurbo was very competitively priced.
We felt the pricing was very fair for the product. It is in no way prohibitive for larger deployments, unlike other similar product on the market.
Price is a big one. VMTurbo was very competitively priced.
We felt the pricing was very fair for the product. It is in no way prohibitive for larger deployments, unlike other similar product on the market.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management (ITOM) is a cloud management and infrastructure tool that facilitates the administrative and development process of creating, planning, and operating digital services, technology, application requirements, and components for organizations. Service Now ensures effectiveness, performance, and availability throughout an organization's processes and services.
The pricing is high and may be excluding the small to medium-sized enterprise businesses.
It has different subscription models.
The pricing is high and may be excluding the small to medium-sized enterprise businesses.
It has different subscription models.
Sangfor HCI is an IT infrastructure platform built on converged architecture. It integrates server virtualization, distributed storage, and networking. Sangfor HCI provides a unified management platform that converges compute, storage, networking, and security on a single software stack. This approach delivers a simplified architecture, ease of use, and reliability for business-critical applications.
The price of Sangfor is cheaper than other competing products.
The pricing of Sangfor is very competitive.
The price of Sangfor is cheaper than other competing products.
The pricing of Sangfor is very competitive.
Cisco Intersight is Cisco’s systems management platform that delivers intuitive computing through cloud-powered intelligence. This platform offers a more intelligent level of management that enables IT organizations to analyze, simplify, and automate their environments in ways that were not possible with prior generations of tools. This capability empowers organizations to achieve significant savings in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and to deliver applications faster, so they can support new business initiates. The advantages of the model-based management of the Cisco UCS platform plus Cisco Intersight are extended to Cisco UCS servers and Cisco HyperFlex and Cisco HyperFlex Edge systems. Cisco HyperFlex Edge is optimized for remote sites, branch offices, and edge environments.
Cisco Intersight is not cheap, but it's not the most expensive product either.
It's just the standard licensing cost. There are no additional fees.
Cisco Intersight is not cheap, but it's not the most expensive product either.
It's just the standard licensing cost. There are no additional fees.
Manage container, virtual, private, and public cloud infrastructures
It is definitely cheaper than VMware. Everything is included. There is no challenge there.
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.
It is definitely cheaper than VMware. Everything is included. There is no challenge there.
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.
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security is a platform of cloud security solutions aimed at protecting organizations from breaches while simplifying cloud security management. The unified platform combines several cloud security functionalities for comprehensive protection. Built on the CrowdStrike Falcon Platform, it leverages the powerful agent and technology used in CrowdStrike's renowned endpoint protection solutions, extending its capabilities seamlessly to cloud environments.
The pricing is fair for what you get. I'd rate them a solid nine out of ten in terms of pricing.
I am not the one who handled the pricing. A different team worked on it, but it is pretty expensive.
The pricing is fair for what you get. I'd rate them a solid nine out of ten in terms of pricing.
I am not the one who handled the pricing. A different team worked on it, but it is pretty expensive.
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is a cloud management tool that drives consistent governance across private and public clouds for its users. The solution brings simplicity and ease of use to managing and building cloud deployments by providing a unified multicloud management that addresses common cloud adoption challenges.
Nutanix Cloud Manager offers four key value drivers:
I think it can be more cost-effective.
The pricing was quite competitive and a lot lower compared to other solutions. It wasn't cheap, but it was not as expensive.
I think it can be more cost-effective.
The pricing was quite competitive and a lot lower compared to other solutions. It wasn't cheap, but it was not as expensive.
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CloudHealth has a subscription-based model.
The pricing is competitive and while other products are good they are considerably more expensive.
CloudHealth has a subscription-based model.
The pricing is competitive and while other products are good they are considerably more expensive.
VMware Cloud Director, also known as vCloud Director, is a cloud management tool that offers secure, flexible, and efficient cloud resources to thousands of enterprises and IT teams across the world. The solution serves as one of the leading cloud service-delivery platforms for businesses that want to manage and operate their services effectively. By deploying this solution, companies can benefit from virtualized networking, computing, security, and storage. These benefits can be received in a timely manner, as the infrastructure of the product is operationally ready within minutes and clients do not need to install and configure physical infrastructure.
We are able to provision new clients faster. Every month, we take on more customers.
It enables us to provision new clients more quickly.
We are able to provision new clients faster. Every month, we take on more customers.
It enables us to provision new clients more quickly.
Freshservice is an intelligent, cloud-native service management solution. It provides efficiency and agility through AI to create a contextual and intelligent experience. The solution also empowers employees to work whenever and wherever they need to work. Freshservice powers integrations and workflows at the enterprise scale, building upon an open platform and marketplace with connectors and APIs that you can extend and customize.
The pricing information is on their website. It's my understanding that their Pro Plan, for example, is around $89/month.
Its price is great. Its pricing is supposedly a lot less than ServiceNow and other alternatives.
The pricing information is on their website. It's my understanding that their Pro Plan, for example, is around $89/month.
Its price is great. Its pricing is supposedly a lot less than ServiceNow and other alternatives.
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.
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 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.
SaltStack is an intelligent IT automation platform that can manage, secure, and optimize any infrastructure—on-prem, in the cloud, or at the edge. It’s built on a unique and powerful event-driven automation engine that detects events in any system and reacts intelligently to them, making it an extremely effective solution for managing large, complex environments. And with the newly launched SecOps offering, SaltStack can detect security vulnerabilities and non-compliant, mis-configured systems. As soon as an issue is detected, this powerful automation helps you and your team remediate it, keeping your infrastructure securely configured, compliant, and up-to-date.
So much can be done with the Open Source side, and especially for smaller shops. I personally think the pricing for Enterprise is hard to justify.
The pricing for this solution is roughly 20% lower than the competitive products in the market.
So much can be done with the Open Source side, and especially for smaller shops. I personally think the pricing for Enterprise is hard to justify.
The pricing for this solution is roughly 20% lower than the competitive products in the market.
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.
VRA is very expensive but OpenNebula is free.
We use the Community Edition, rather than the Enterprise Edition.
VRA is very expensive but OpenNebula is free.
We use the Community Edition, rather than the Enterprise Edition.
Our licensing is on a yearly basis. We pay for the license and then we pay the support every year.
This solution is expensive and the licensing is more attractive for Haveri.
Our licensing is on a yearly basis. We pay for the license and then we pay the support every year.
This solution is expensive and the licensing is more attractive for Haveri.
The Apache CloudStack is open source, so you do not have licenses to purchase.
Give an effort to planning. If possible, contract a specialized consultant company for the initial setup and knowledge transfer.
The Apache CloudStack is open source, so you do not have licenses to purchase.
Give an effort to planning. If possible, contract a specialized consultant company for the initial setup and knowledge transfer.
The solution is reasonably priced.
The cost is on par with other providers.
The solution is reasonably priced.
The cost is on par with other providers.
CloudBolt supports a variety of cloud technologies, from on-premises virtualization and private cloud to a wide range public and hybrid cloud configurations.
The system is cheaper if a customer has fewer servers since you pay by the node.
The solution is reasonably priced.
The system is cheaper if a customer has fewer servers since you pay by the node.
The solution is reasonably priced.
Cloudify is an open-source orchestration-first cloud management platform. The solution allows applications to efficiently run across multiple cloud or data center platforms for premium multi-cloud infrastructure automation and orchestration. It provides infrastructure automation using environment as a service (EaaS) technology to deploy and continuously manage any cloud, private data center, or Kubernetes service from one central point while leveraging existing toolchains.
Densify is a hybrid cloud and container resource management platform that makes workloads self-aware of their precise resource requirements and automates the resource management and selection process. This solution helps you control your cloud spend and also helps your apps perform and scale better. Densify enables you to match your cloud requirements with the optimal cloud supply. Additionally, Densify is the only technology that leverages patented, predictive machine learning-powered analytics to perform advanced modeling of workload patterns, and provide precise optimization directives. It is ideal for cloud engineers, container platform owners, and IT finance.
Setup cost is negligible, as it scales fairly well.
There was some sticker shock, as this is not just another software product to spit out graphs.
Setup cost is negligible, as it scales fairly well.
There was some sticker shock, as this is not just another software product to spit out graphs.
FortiPortal gives MSPs a comprehensive set of hosted Wi-Fi and security management features for FortiGate, FortiWiFi, and FortiAP products. With multitenancy, you can securely manage your customers through a centralized management console. This lets you respond quickly to customer requests and easily monitor customer networks. Our virtual appliance can be deployed on a hosted services infrastructure, allowing you to build highly-customized private-cloud services for customers.
I am satisfied with the pricing for this solution.
Fortinet FortiPortal is relatively expensive, but being an industry-leading firewall, it does come with a cost.
I am satisfied with the pricing for this solution.
Fortinet FortiPortal is relatively expensive, but being an industry-leading firewall, it does come with a cost.
AWS Control Tower offers the easiest way to set up and govern a new, secure, multi-account AWS environment. It establishes a landing zone that is based on best-practices blueprints, and enables governance using guardrails you can choose from a pre-packaged list.
The solution is free.
On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing an eight.
The solution is free.
On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing an eight.
Cisco UCS Director enables automated delivery of physical and virtual data center resources, empowering data centers to move at the speed of business.
The cost of this solution is significant.
Cisco UCS Director is expensive...I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten.
The cost of this solution is significant.
Cisco UCS Director is expensive...I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten.
BMC Helix Cloud Security is a SaaS tool designed to help organizations reduce compliance and security lapses resulting from next-gen container and cloud technologies. The solution offers a fully transparent, user-friendly view of all compliance data gathered throughout container resources, cloud, and data centers. BMC Helix Cloud Security can be used to insert compliance inquiries precisely in DevOps workflows for immediate assessment in relation to critical “go, no-go” conclusions throughout the entire workflow.
CloudSphere is an intelligent cloud management platform that enables organizations to plan, optimize, secure, and scale their cloud adoption. The platform has three solutions to help organizations manage dynamic, multi-cloud environments, including cloud migration planning, cloud cost management, and cloud security posture management. By using application intelligence (AI), the platform is able to discover and collect all of the data points that collectively define an application across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments. Because the solution is very scalable, it can accommodate companies of all sizes.
It depends on how that model will be used. It might be anywhere between $4 and $15 per license per month. It’s less expensive than other options.
The product is very expensive.
It depends on how that model will be used. It might be anywhere between $4 and $15 per license per month. It’s less expensive than other options.
The product is very expensive.
The Cisco CloudCenter solution is an application-centric hybrid cloud management platform that securely provisions infrastructure resources and deploys applications to data center, private cloud, and public cloud environments.
The solution is extremely expensive and has additional fees for things like monitoring.
The tool's pricing is balanced with the market.
The solution is extremely expensive and has additional fees for things like monitoring.
The tool's pricing is balanced with the market.
Oracle Enterprise Manager is Oracle's integrated enterprise information technology (IT) management product line, which provides the industry's only complete, integrated, and business-driven enterprise cloud management solution. Oracle Enterprise Manager creates business value for IT by leveraging the built-in management capabilities of the Oracle stack for traditional and cloud environments, enabling customers to achieve unprecedented efficiency gains while dramatically increasing service levels.
The licensing costs are largely too high.
Our customer uses Oracle Universal Credits to pay for their license on an annual basis. The price is definitely affordable.
The licensing costs are largely too high.
Our customer uses Oracle Universal Credits to pay for their license on an annual basis. The price is definitely affordable.
It's expensive, which is one of the problems with this solution.
The pricing model is complicated.
It's expensive, which is one of the problems with this solution.
The pricing model is complicated.
OpenText Cloud Service Automation provides open, heterogeneous, extensible enterprise-grade cloud service lifecycle management to design and orchestrate full stack services. CSA embraces existing automation assets with an enhanced orchestration engine, which provides IT with an informed, transparent delivery of secure compliant services for the hybrid cloud.
OpenText Cloud Service Automation's pricing is average.
OpenText Cloud Service Automation's pricing is average.
The IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management, running on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, provides consistent visibility, governance and automation from on premises to the edge. Enterprises gain capabilities such as multicluster management, event management, application management and infrastructure management. Enterprises can leverage this IBM Cloud Pak to help increase operational efficiency that's driven by intelligent data analysis and predictive golden signals, and gain built-in support for their compliance management.
Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise/UCP) provides enterprises with the easiest and fastest way to deploy cloud native applications at scale in any environment.
The leading multi-cloud solution for faster provisioning, orchestration, self-service and cost optimization Scalr The Scalr Enterprise-Grade Cloud Management Platform enables today’s enterprises to achieve cost-effective, automated and standardized application deployments across multi-cloud environments. Scalr utilizes a hierarchical, top-down approach to policy enforcement that empowers administrators to find the balance between the needs of finance, security, IT and development teams. HPE Eucalyptus HP Eucalyptus helps customers grow revenue and stay ahead of competition by enabling developers to get the IT resources they need in seconds, not days. Its unique AWS compatibility ensures applications are easily deployed in private, public or hybrid cloud environments. IBM Cloud Automation Manager IBM Cloud Automation Manager is a multi-cloud, self-service management platform running on IBM Cloud Private that empowers developers and administrators to meet business demands. This platform allows you to efficiently manage and deliver services through end-to-end automation while enabling developers to build applications aligned with enterprise policies. Using IBM Watson, you can optimize your landscape within minutes. You can achieve flexibility in your hybrid IT, gain speed through self-service access and maintain control through effective, enforceable governance and intelligent insights to ensure a safe and compliant IT environment. Cloud Cruiser Cloud Cruiser provides a SaaS application that meters and manages your multi-cloud usage and spend. With push-button collectors, you integrate cloud usage and rate data, map to your business entities and view real-time analytics. You make fast decisions with reliable data and optimize your cloud services. Quickly you gain clarity, control and agility. Track AWS, Azure usage by user and more. Get up and running in minutes. OpenText Hybrid Cloud Management X (HCMX) OpenText Hybrid Cloud Management (HCM) is an enterprise-ready solution. It enables private cloud creation, public cloud management, rapid provisioning, and orchestration of lifecycle processes—with cloud governance and spend control built in. env0 Collaborative Remote-Run Workflows Management for Cloud Deployments |