We performed a comparison between AWS Control Tower and Cisco UCS Director 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."It provides a central point for account management, access control, and compliance monitoring."
"Compliance is the most valuable feature."
"The solution's initial setup was easy for me."
"The most significant benefit of Control Tower is its capability to align with our organization's standards."
"It provides centralized solutions for all AWS accounts in one place, customized to meet the organization's specific needs."
"AWS Control Tower helps to save a lot of work and manage multiple accounts."
"One of the standout advantages is the fine-grained control it offers in terms of permissions and privileges."
"Security is the most valuable feature of Control Tower."
"A product that really aids in systems management without complexity."
"UCS director enables us to be more productive and more agile, and also more self-sufficient because we don't have to depend on anybody else."
"Feature-wise, the solution helps one to add multiple environments in one place...It is a scalable product."
"The reason we went with Cisco is that it comes at a very negligible cost as part of the BOQ. Compared to the competition's products, which are incredibly expensive, UCS Director is low-cost."
"The product is flexible and compact. It has a lot of features."
"The main feature of this solution is the integration with all the Cisco solutions and other vendors."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the fabric sharing."
"An easy and strong configuration, along with its low cost, are some of the features of the solution."
"The integration with other AWS functions has room for improvement."
"The initial setup is complex."
"By making APIs and organizational units more centralized, it would be simpler to pinpoint the source of issues in case of a breach and would ultimately benefit everyone involved."
"It is essential to clarify that this isn't necessarily a drawback of the service, but having a clear and concise set of predefined guidelines from AWS for moving existing accounts under AWS Control Tower would be highly beneficial as it would simplify the process and make it more user-friendly."
"It would be beneficial if AWS offered the capability to seamlessly deploy your infrastructure to another region to ensure continuous availability and redundancy."
"The sole drawback is its restriction to enable only one Control Tower."
"It could be improved by having a more intuitive graphical interface. It could also include other coding languages like PowerShell and Python, as it would be beneficial for DevOps recommendations."
"There aren't any additional features that I feel are missing. However, it's worth noting that Control Tower seems to function as a layer utilizing standard AWS products in the background. Occasionally, the interface may appear less streamlined, with changes in layout based on the underlying products being used. While this doesn't impact functionality, having a more standardized user interface, irrespective of the background products, could enhance the user experience."
"We cannot depend on this solution to manage all of the data center's infrastructure."
"There are a lot of bugs in the solution. This is an area in the solution that can be improved."
"Normally, UCS Director is used primarily for orchestration, but when we look at a non-Cisco data infrastructure components, the UCS Director needs a bit more improvement in terms of integration with third-party systems and with existing older systems."
"The product could allow more programmatic opportunities through better development of the API."
"There could be an improvement with the integration with the newest solutions from other vendors' technologies."
"The product's pricing needs to improve."
"The areas where this product can be improved are the integrations and the UI. These features are not as friendly compared to VMware products."
"Simplifying the user interface would go a long way to making it more usable."
AWS Control Tower is ranked 11th in Cloud Management with 15 reviews while Cisco UCS Director is ranked 23rd in Cloud Management with 13 reviews. AWS Control Tower is rated 8.2, while Cisco UCS Director is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of AWS Control Tower writes "A robust protection for efficient cloud governance and security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco UCS Director writes " Enables centralized management, but the tool is complicated and expensive". AWS Control Tower is most compared with AWS Trusted Advisor, Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, VMware Aria Automation and Morpheus, whereas Cisco UCS Director is most compared with Cisco Intersight, VMware Aria Automation, vCenter Orchestrator, VMware Aria Operations and Cisco CloudCenter. See our AWS Control Tower vs. Cisco UCS Director report.
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