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Amazon Bedrock vs VMware Cloud Foundation comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
4.1
Amazon Bedrock offers cost-efficiency and accessibility, enabling affordable experimentation with large models while optimizing resources with pay-per-use.
Sentiment score
5.7
VMware Cloud Foundation promises future returns with potential savings, despite high costs, through increased efficiency and stability.
Amazon Bedrock enabled the use of huge models and the democratization of their use at comparatively low cost, if we host these models in the company.
Data Scientist Team Lead at Venarisecurity
VMware Cloud Foundation allows cost and time savings by quickly deploying infrastructure requests and integrating automatic ticketing and backup services.
Credit Analyst - Risk Management at Boubyan Bank
In terms of ROI, although VMware Cloud Foundation is expensive, it saves time in most cases, which indirectly saves costs for users.
Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.7
Amazon Bedrock support is highly rated for quick, effective help, especially in AI integration and ecosystem queries.
Sentiment score
7.0
VMware Cloud Foundation's support is generally responsive and professional, but some users seek improvements in speed and issue resolution.
We are experiencing the fastest time ever to get things done with AI integrating into our work, regardless of where we are.
Diretor at Hat Thinking
So, you always have to bridge the gap by presenting scenarios, getting recommendations, and testing or validating those assumptions.
Advisory Board Member at AllmaGen, Inc.
My experience with the technical support has been very good because they resolved my billing issue within a day.
Cloud Architect at Acmegrade
There are times when support is unclear, and even VMware support personnel may lack familiarity with certain parts, causing difficulties.
Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.
Based on my nine years of experience with VMware, I would evaluate their technical support as effective.
VMware Administrator at Infosys
The technical support from VMware Cloud Foundation deserves a nine out of ten rating.
Cyber Security Analyst at Amdari
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.6
Amazon Bedrock excels in scalability and integration but faces challenges and costs at hyperscale, with potential for improvement.
Sentiment score
7.8
VMware Cloud Foundation offers excellent scalability, adaptable for various businesses, though dependent on licensing and hardware configurations.
It is scalable on a truly global basis.
Advisory Board Member at AllmaGen, Inc.
Amazon Bedrock is quite highly scalable, but there are some limitations they impose on the accounts, which could be an area for improvement.
Solutions Architect & PMO at AS TV Play Baltics/TV3 Group
It scales well with AWS Lambda, AWS Transcribe, and Polly.
Senior Software Developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
When more hosts are added, performance goes slow.
Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems
VMware Cloud Foundation supports scalability and company growth.
Credit Analyst - Risk Management at Boubyan Bank
VMware Cloud Foundation is quite scalable, receiving a rating of eight and a half to nine out of ten.
Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Amazon Bedrock excels in stability and reliability, effectively handling scalability and security with consistently positive user experiences.
Sentiment score
7.7
VMware Cloud Foundation is stable and reliable, with high performance and minimal issues, despite some migration complexities.
The stability of Amazon Bedrock is good as I have not faced any issues.
Cloud Architect at Acmegrade
The stability of VMware Cloud Foundation is very high.
Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems
If one component fails to operate in a timely manner, the entire infrastructure can go down because everything is interconnected.
Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.
I am currently satisfied with the stability of VMware Cloud Foundation, though having started only two to three months ago, I am still in the monitoring phase.
VMware Administrator at Infosys
 

Room For Improvement

Amazon Bedrock needs improved documentation, pricing, generative AI, security, interface, integration, availability, and transparent pricing for competitiveness.
VMware Cloud Foundation requires improved integration, security, user-friendly features, better pricing, and enhanced support, especially post-Broadcom acquisition.
In AgenTek AI business, the only foundation models we can rely on for scaling now are the Cloud 3.5 models like Haiku and SONNET, designed for low latency and complex AI business use cases.
Advisory Board Member at AllmaGen, Inc.
For companies in general, the main pain point or main issue related to Amazon Bedrock is security because they are not confident that all information is hidden by this kind of architecture.
Diretor at Hat Thinking
If AWS provided methods, like five or six prompts that yield specific results, it would ease development.
Senior Software Developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
VMware Broadcom needs to include auto resource allocation at the VM levels.
Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems
The maintenance cost has increased significantly, especially after Broadcom acquired VMware, with a shift from socket-based licensing to core-based licensing.
Credit Analyst - Risk Management at Boubyan Bank
Each user needs deep knowledge of every aspect of virtualization.
Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.
 

Setup Cost

Amazon Bedrock offers flexible, competitive pricing but may incur high costs for extensive data use or enterprise features.
VMware Cloud Foundation is costly but valued for comprehensive features, despite post-acquisition price hikes; bundles offer savings.
Our cost is incredibly low, operating for a few hundred dollars a month in production.
Advisory Board Member at AllmaGen, Inc.
One customer paid around $100 to $200 per month, which was significant given their overall infrastructure costs.
Assistant Manager - Sales at Velocis Systems
The pricing and licensing of Amazon Bedrock are quite flexible.
Solutions Architect & PMO at AS TV Play Baltics/TV3 Group
The cost has become very high, especially after Broadcom's acquisition, altering the licensing model to a more expensive core-based system.
Credit Analyst - Risk Management at Boubyan Bank
When comparing prices of both clouds, AWS is cheaper because they offer a free section for practice.
Cyber Security Analyst at Amdari
The price is quite higher than some other vendors.
Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems
 

Valuable Features

Amazon Bedrock provides secure, customizable AI with easy integration, scalable models, and cost-efficient usage for rapid development and trust.
VMware Cloud Foundation offers scalable automation, disaster recovery, and seamless management, enhancing operational efficiency and infrastructure modernization.
It has improved operational costs and efficiency significantly, saving money and enhancing the quality of operations.
Solutions Architect & PMO at AS TV Play Baltics/TV3 Group
The valuable features that have helped in leveraging generative AI for operational efficiency improvements include customization capabilities, various types of models suitable for specific use cases, and the integration of knowledge bases.
Cloud Architect at Acmegrade
The ability to make changes in the foundational model is valuable since different customers have specific needs, allowing customization.
Assistant Manager - Sales at Velocis Systems
The solution now offers auto-deployment of VMs.
VMware Administrator at Infosys
All features of VMware Cloud Foundation are valuable to us, as it covers every industry standard protocol and requirement protocol.
Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems
VMware Cloud Foundation allows for extensive customization, aligning with our customer requirements.
Credit Analyst - Risk Management at Boubyan Bank
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon Bedrock
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
10th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
AI Infrastructure (1st)
VMware Cloud Foundation
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of Amazon Bedrock is 1.8%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Cloud Foundation is 1.6%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
VMware Cloud Foundation1.6%
Amazon Bedrock1.8%
Other96.6%
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

RodrigoBassani - PeerSpot reviewer
Diretor at Hat Thinking
Advanced integration and flexible architecture drive efficient business solutions
I have to gain more maturity to provide some improvements to Amazon Bedrock. I have a lot to do with the environment they already provided. For example, they are able to connect to any LLM solution such as Llama, Meta, Gemini, or ChatGPT. It is open; you just choose your favorite LLM solution, and you can integrate it into Amazon Bedrock. We have a lot of possibilities to do this integration at this moment; we just need to work on it, create more maturity, and then we can provide some enhancements that we can see on the solution as a whole. For companies in general, the main pain point or main issue related to Amazon Bedrock is security because they are not confident that all information is hidden by this kind of architecture. They wonder if they are providing some company information that can run away, and I think that is the challenge we have now. We need to find ways to work on it and make our clients' data secure. They are looking for that to guarantee that this is a great solution for companies that is also secure.
Narasimha Reddy Illuri - PeerSpot reviewer
VMware Administrator at Infosys
There is progress in performance and stability, but further advancements are needed for end-user satisfaction
VMware Cloud Foundation's best features include its advanced capabilities, security purposes, and performance levels. The solution offers efficient licensing options. Previously, vSphere essential was available, but now it has moved to VMware Cloud Foundation 8.0. It includes advanced features such as lifecycle manager, patching level, and cluster level patching options. The solution now offers auto-deployment of VMs. Previously, I had to use the content library, right-click, and create VMs manually. With VMware Cloud Foundation, auto-deployment is possible by simply right-clicking and assigning a specific DHCP IP, enabling physical to vCenter level communication for automatic VM deployment. The workload portability feature in VMware Cloud Foundation provides good workload balance. For instance, in a cluster level with four to five ESXi hosts, each host has minimum resources allocated for CPU and memory, resulting in significantly reduced utilization at the VMware Cloud Foundation level.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise27
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Bedrock?
The price of invoking the model is considerably better compared to hosting the model with our local resources. This is an advantage for Amazon Bedrock.
What needs improvement with Amazon Bedrock?
Currently, I do not have any negative points in mind about Amazon Bedrock because I think Amazon Bedrock and other services are good. We have to use OpenSearch as well. We have not implemented RAG ...
What is your primary use case for Amazon Bedrock?
I am currently working on Amazon Bedrock Agent Core. We have created a data pipeline where we are using Amazon Bedrock Agent Core primarily for transformation. We use the agent for custom rules, tr...
What do you like most about VMware Cloud Foundation?
VMware Cloud Foundation provides us with the vSphere dashboard through which we can manage, monitor, schedule, and spin up your virtual machines. We can manage, monitor, and get reports of your inf...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Cloud Foundation?
The price for VMware Cloud Foundation is not cheap, as the market is competitive with AWS cloud. When comparing prices of both clouds, AWS is cheaper because they offer a free section for practice....
What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Foundation?
In VMware Cloud Foundation, areas that have room for improvement include the experience between VMware Cloud Foundation and the cloud. I prefer working with the cloud due to my study with the archi...
 

Overview

 

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