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Cisco CloudCenter [EOL] vs VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco CloudCenter [EOL]
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (19th), Cloud Cost Management (8th)
 

Featured Reviews

ZT
Director Of Technology at a non-profit with 11-50 employees
Useful features for configuring down to ports but extremely expensive
Our company uses the solution's GUI interface to configure and monitor ports. We look at usage and determine if there are any issues.  Cisco is a very qualified company and has been in business for many, many years.  The solution is useful because you can configure all the way down to ports.  You…
Sasikiran Sakalabattina - PeerSpot reviewer
V Mware And Vector Administration at Tech Mahindra Limited
Centralized dashboards have optimized multi-cloud costs and improved financial governance
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is a powerful cloud management platform, but there are areas for improvement. I would prefer to see more AI-driven insights that not only recommend optimization but also suggest automated remediation actions. Real-time cost synchronization could be faster, as billing data sometimes has delays. More customized dashboards and report templates would help teams tailor their needs better. Kubernetes cost visibility could be more granular for centralized workloads. Integration with ITSM and automation tools such as ServiceNow and Ansible could be enhanced. Simplifying initial onboarding and policy configuration would also improve the experience for new users. These enhancements would make the platform even more efficient for enterprise cloud operations. This tool is a mature and relevant cloud management platform with several areas that could be enhanced. I would prefer to see more advanced AI capabilities providing predictive insights and automated remediation for common optimization tasks. Better, faster synchronization of cloud billing and utilization data would enable near real-time cost monitoring. I want more customizable dashboards and executive reports tailored for different stakeholders such as FinOps, infrastructure, and management teams. Improving Kubernetes container cost visibility at the pod level is also necessary. I would prefer to see stronger AI-driven automation, faster real-time cost updates, more customizable dashboards, deeper Kubernetes cost visibility, enhanced DevOps integrations, and a simpler onboarding process as areas needing improvement. These enhancements would further increase operational efficiency and make the platform more valuable for enterprise cloud management.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is very, very stable, it doesn't crash or freeze, and it's very reliable."
"You can scale it easily."
"However, for the rest of the solution, the product is doing a great job for what we require."
"I can define all components and create a blueprint for consumption across all services."
"The solution is agile and it has APIs for integration."
"The tool is really at the center of our whole digital transformation."
"The initial setup process is straightforward."
"There are workflows, automated workflows, of different tasks between different infrastructure divisions, like your VMware, your firewall, and your network."
"This solution is fast and very easy to understand, even if you are not a technician."
"We use dashboards quite heavily, but one of the features that have really stood out is some of the policies we've created to alert us of particular situations."
"With this, we have right-sized many instances, removed many unused EBS volumes, and unused Elastic IPs, and in that way, we have cut around 20% of cost."
"We are able to create an internal price of the product that we can then sell to clients. We get the cost plan at a good discount and then resell it with a mark up to our enterprise-level clients. This flexibility in pricing is one of the solution's best features."
"Overall, it's one of the best products because it's easy to use and has a great dashboard."
"We have some experience with RackWare and Red Hat, and right now I believe this solution to be number one in the market."
"It's stable. For report presentation, it's been fast."
"Cloud Health has tremendous scope, and is on many clouds, including Google Cloud, Amazon, AWS, and Azure."
 

Cons

"The improvement I would like to see is not one thing particular to CloudCenter. I'd say it's more of a message that the system is still using a lot of the different products and if they would all just fit better together, they all could be faster together."
"Improvements are needed in UI and multi-tenancy for this solution."
"The solution needs to be more simple."
"The product is very expensive."
"You don't get all the solution's benefits if you have older switches."
"Cisco can improve their product by being agnostic, not just specific to Cisco components but also supportive of other vendors."
"They should provide an entire cloud offering, from architecture to network security features."
"They can add some of those features to make the platform more usable for different backgrounds and developer skills."
"The solution doesn't offer the best functionality, unfortunately. Some features just simply aren't on offer. The solution needs to offer more product milestones."
"CloudHealth needs to start building out Turbonomics-types of features that help the customers who are using CloudHealth really understand everything down to the server level, the virtual machine level."
"When you start to virtualize things it gets very expensive."
"The weak points of VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth are that while the product is quite capable, cost can be an issue at times."
"The performance and accuracy of Cloud Health need to be improved."
"I would like to see better integration from CloudHealth to create an easier setup and implementation."
"The Perspectives feature could be better. I would like to have more automation and flexibility to put in data and react to a certain event."
"Real-time cost synchronization could be faster, as billing data sometimes has delays."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's pricing is expensive."
"The tool's pricing is balanced with the market."
"The solution is extremely expensive and has additional fees for things like monitoring."
"CloudHealth has a subscription-based model."
"There could be flexibility in pricing for the product."
"The pricing is competitive and while other products are good they are considerably more expensive."
"The licensing fees depend on how big the company is. If you are a larger company then you have a better contract with a better price. The price is different for a small company."
"I give the cost of the solution an eight out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
12%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise9
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudHealth?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is that the setup is minimal and simple. I have not been directly responsible for pricing setup in CloudHealth, bu...
What needs improvement with CloudHealth?
The weak points of VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth are that while the product is quite capable, cost can be an issue at times. The learning curve is steep because people like to take their own time to und...
What is your primary use case for CloudHealth?
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is used primarily to provide users with a seamless working environment without losing connectivity by offering a solution that virtualizes their computing environment. It i...
 

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