AWS Trusted Advisor vs OpenNebula comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

OpenNebula and AWS Trusted Advisor both compete in cloud infrastructure management, focusing on different strengths. OpenNebula may have the upper hand in environments that require a hybrid and multi-cloud approach due to its cost-effectiveness and ease of integration, while AWS Trusted Advisor excels in optimizing AWS-specific environments with its vast toolset.

Features: OpenNebula provides advanced multi-cloud support, seamless integration with multiple hypervisors, and an open-source framework allowing customization. AWS Trusted Advisor offers a wide range of tools for AWS best practices, real-time cost optimization feedback, and performance and security tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenNebula offers straightforward deployment with community and commercial support, facilitating integration with existing systems. AWS Trusted Advisor, integrated into the AWS ecosystem, ensures easy deployment for AWS users and is complemented by Amazon's comprehensive support services.

Pricing and ROI: OpenNebula is known for low setup costs, providing significant ROI for hybrid cloud solutions. AWS Trusted Advisor, considered more expensive, justifies its cost with enhanced performance in AWS environments and improved resource utilization.

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AWS Trusted Advisor vs. OpenNebula

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Trusted Advisor

Ranking in Cloud Management

16th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

OpenNebula

Ranking in Cloud Management

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of AWS Trusted Advisor is 1.0%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenNebula is 6.8%, up from 6.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Management

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MuhammadAzhar Khan

Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group

Optimizes cloud strategies with security and cost insights

Trusted Advisor offers features that provide inside information for the entire account, including identifying security gaps and offering cost optimization insights. The key features include security recommendations, cost optimization, and various packages to choose from, depending on the size of the company. It is especially beneficial for larger companies, as the tool provides a comprehensive view of account security, open ports, buckets, and offers recommendations for protection.

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FOURES Jean-Philippe

Products Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Reliable, simple to manage, and offers great technical support

The support of VXLAN fits with our network management. Thanks to this we can propose mixed solutions using virtual resources on OpenNebula and bare metal servers hosted in our facilities linked to each other on the sale network. This use case is very useful when some applications need bare metal power (Kubernetes workers, huge databases, AI models computations, et cetera). The cluster management is very useful for splitting our different clusters (mutual vs dedicated). We can manage deployments and capacity planning without pain. The API is also really simple and it helped us to develop the Terraform provider to manage OpenNebula like any other cloud infrastructure.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I strongly recommend using Trusted Advisor due to its role in cybersecurity, providing cost-effective solutions compared to external companies."

"I would give it a ten out of ten."

"AWS Trusted Advisor is a tool that we can use to optimize the AWS infrastructure cost."

"The cost optimization and security-related fixes in AWS Trusted Advisor have been great."

"Trusted Advisor scans the complete infrastructure within the account, providing a consolidated view of all services in use."

"The cost optimization features are valuable."

"The key features include security recommendations, cost optimization, and various packages to choose from, depending on the size of the company."

"The Security Advisor is the most valuable feature. It instantly informs you about any system misconfigurations, and the best part is, it's completely free."

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"OpenNebula is easy to deploy and manage compared to other solutions like OpenStack."

"The ability to use it almost like a public cloud for an organization is a big asset, as it will create a value proposition and can control costs in a great way."

"OpenNebula is lightweight, stable, and easy to customize."

"The most valuable feature of OpenNebula is that it scales very well."

"The live migration feature has been great and is something we use very often."

"With a single click, we could set things up and initiate them."

"OpenNebula has very good integration with SAP Storage."

"The service feature appeals most to us, thus it is the most valuable."

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Cons

"Trusted Advisor currently scans the whole system, including development, staging, and QA environments, which increases costs."

"Cost is a significant factor that needs improvement. Reducing the cost would make it more beneficial for all users."

"Cost is a significant factor that needs improvement."

"The integration between Trusted Advisor and Security Hub sometimes lacks, and I need a way to ensure things come through there."

"The tenancy must be free for all metrics."

"I'd like the solution to support clouds beyond AWS."

"Maybe if Trusted Advisor could also help us with IP address issues and the status of our VPCs, it would be beneficial."

"Trusted Advisor currently scans the whole system, including development, staging, and QA environments, which increases costs. It would be better if it could selectively scan only production systems."

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"Most of the competitors are offering some sort of billing software to transform their installation to work as a small-sized public cloud, but those offerings from OpenNebula are still missing."

"Hosting platforms are limited so the deployment process needs improvement."

"They should add more features like object storage."

"It should have a simple REST API like most other tools. It's the industry standard format. An XML-RPC API gives you an XML document that you have to convert and then do something with that. REST API endpoint provides outputs in a JSON document. I would also like to see support for user data or heat templates, which OpenStack offers, but OpenNebula doesn't have this yet."

"The storage feature that they have is a bit confusing."

"The web interface could be better. It's not very difficult to use, but there's room for enhancement."

"The front-facing API can be improved to support lots of requests when the platform is huge with lots of virtual resources."

"There are small things that are hard. For example, making sure that it is going to be installable on public clouds."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Trusted Advisor offers various packages, with the most comprehensive costing $15,000 per month."

"OpenNebula gives good value for money."

"VRA is very expensive but OpenNebula is free."

"The solution is open source so is free."

"The licensing for OpenNebula used to be free, but now it's no longer free. A customer contacted me asking to move to another provider because of the changes in the licensing terms for OpenNebula. I have no information on how much the OpenNebula license is because the customer pays for it, and I only do the integration."

"We use the Community Edition, rather than the Enterprise Edition."

"OpenNebuoa has recently come up with a new subscription model that is economical and a lot of new customers are choosing this as it is an easy subscription model."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS Trusted Advisor?

The Security Advisor is the most valuable feature. It instantly informs you about any system misconfigurations, and the best part is, it's completely free.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Trusted Advisor?

The cost of Trusted Advisor is reasonable, though it can be further economized by allowing selective scanning, focusing only on production systems, to avoid unnecessary costs associated with develo...

What needs improvement with AWS Trusted Advisor?

Trusted Advisor currently scans the whole system, including development, staging, and QA environments, which increases costs. It would be better if it could selectively scan only production systems...

What do you like most about OpenNebula?

The live migration feature has been great and is something we use very often.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OpenNebula?

OpenNebula gives good value for money.

What needs improvement with OpenNebula?

The web interface could be better. It's not very difficult to use, but there's room for enhancement. Another area for improvement is the integration with hardware to manage the lower layer of the n...

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Overview

AWS Trusted Advisor is your customized cloud expert! It helps you to observe best practices for the use of AWS by inspecting your AWS environment with an eye toward saving money, improving system performance and reliability, and closing security gaps.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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.

OpenNebula is a turnkey enterprise-ready solution that includes all the features needed to provide an on-premises (private) cloud offering, and to offer public cloud services.

Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers

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