We compared Azure Stack and VMware Cloud Foundation based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
The user feedback on Azure Stack emphasizes its seamless integration with Azure cloud, hybrid cloud environment, and strong security features. Additionally, positive reviews mention competitive pricing, helpful customer service, and positive ROI. On the other hand, VMware Cloud Foundation is praised for its ease of use, scalability, and reliability. Improvements suggested include enhanced user interface and deployment process.
Features: The valuable features of Azure Stack include seamless integration with Azure cloud, a consistent hybrid cloud environment, and advanced security and compliance features. In contrast, VMware Cloud Foundation offers ease of use, seamless integration with existing VMware environments, simplified management and configuration, reliability, scalability, and flexibility.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for Azure Stack is considered reasonable, with no unexpected expenses, according to user feedback. On the other hand, user feedback on VMware Cloud Foundation's setup cost is not mentioned in the summaries provided., Azure Stack has been reported to offer improved scalability, flexibility, security, and cost savings. Users appreciate its seamless integration with Azure services and ease of deployment. VMware Cloud Foundation, on the other hand, has been praised for its significant returns, improved efficiency, streamlined operations, and optimized resource utilization. It offers comprehensive features, seamless integration, and flexibility to adapt to evolving business needs. Both platforms have proven to be valuable investments with positive ROIs.
Room for Improvement: Azure Stack users have requested improvements in the user interface, documentation, platform performance, available services, and collaboration options. VMware Cloud Foundation users have highlighted the need for enhancements in interface, deployment process, configurability, documentation, compatibility, and overall user experience.
Deployment and customer support: The duration required to establish a new tech solution with Azure Stack varies, with users spending either three months on deployment and an additional week on setup, or one week for both deployment and setup. In comparison, VMware Cloud Foundation also varies in duration, with some users taking three months for deployment and others taking a week for setup., Azure Stack has received positive comments on its customer service for providing excellent assistance and prompt issue resolution, while VMware Cloud Foundation's customer service has been praised for their helpfulness, efficiency, and ability to promptly address and resolve queries and concerns.
The summary above is based on 42 interviews we conducted recently with Azure Stack and VMware Cloud Foundation users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"It's a good and cost effective solution for any organization. We can deploy the tech solution on premises and also in the cloud."
"The stability is good. We haven't had any issues with the viability or scalability. It's been good so far."
"It's not as complex compared to Amazon or AWS products. Azure Stack is easier to use within the cloud."
"The most valuable features are related to managing Kubernetes cluster nodes."
"The most valuable features are the control and flexibility that we have, where we can build our own solutions from scratch."
"The solution is certainly stable."
"Its customer service is good."
"The solution is pretty stable."
"The product enables flexibility in network structures."
"They have in release 4.0 features from vSphere and Cloud Suite. It's a complete data center."
"VMware Cloud Foundation makes it easy to set up new environments. You get hosts in a pool, which you can build into a new cluster."
"The initial setup is straightforward and easy."
"The mission aspect of the solution is the most valuable feature."
"It is a scalable platform."
"The solution is very stable."
"The ability to auto-scale is the most valuable feature."
"It should be improved in terms of integrations. It could be integrated more with external tools."
"Certain elements are difficult to deploy."
"It might be beneficial if Microsoft could introduce a more cost-effective data lake feature within their product."
"Customers need to consider the Disaster Recovery. Microsoft tech is only providing support to Azure."
"It would be better to have more services and functionality when it comes to database software and computing."
"Azure Stack doesn't have all the services available in Microsoft Azure."
"Azure Stack should be open to different technologies for more virtualization environments to accept it."
"Azure Stack needs to improve integrations."
"The use of cloud and other integrations need to be improved and made easier."
"We would like the ability to write to both sites at the same time, in a synchronous fashion."
"VMware Cloud Foundation could be more flexible in terms of supporting other integration and components."
"Life cycle management is an area for improvement."
"I would like to be able to connect the APIs."
"They need to offer more support for Mac."
"The pricing could be a bit less expensive."
"The solution is quite expensive."
Azure Stack is ranked 1st in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms with 56 reviews while VMware Cloud Foundation is ranked 2nd in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms with 23 reviews. Azure Stack is rated 8.0, while VMware Cloud Foundation is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Azure Stack writes "Effective tool for cloud and on-premise environments that offers seamless deployment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Cloud Foundation writes "Reliable with good hyper-converged sizing flexibility and an automated setup". Azure Stack is most compared with AWS Outposts, Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2), Google Anthos, VMware Software Defined Data Center and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), whereas VMware Cloud Foundation is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2), AWS Outposts, Google Anthos and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI). See our Azure Stack vs. VMware Cloud Foundation report.
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