We performed a comparison between Cisco Piston Enterprise OS and Cisco UCS Director based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about VMware, Nutanix, IBM and others in Cloud Management."It offers enough support so that you don't need to have the need to get another device."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the fabric sharing."
"A product that really aids in systems management without complexity."
"The product is flexible and compact. It has a lot of features."
"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 solution is helpful for centralized management."
"An easy and strong configuration, along with its low cost, are some of the features of the solution."
"The main feature of this solution is the integration with all the Cisco solutions and other vendors."
"This is a user-friendly solution that is very good and easy to use."
"The solution is just too expensive, so maybe the pricing could be better."
"Simplifying the user interface would go a long way to making it more usable."
"The product's pricing needs to improve."
"I would like to see more integration with other solutions."
"There are a lot of bugs in the solution. This is an area in the solution that can be improved."
"We cannot depend on this solution to manage all of the data center's infrastructure."
"The product could allow more programmatic opportunities through better development of the API."
"It is not easy to add or expand the product."
"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."
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Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is ranked 51st in Cloud Management while Cisco UCS Director is ranked 23rd in Cloud Management with 13 reviews. Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is rated 9.0, while Cisco UCS Director is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Piston Enterprise OS writes "A simple interface and helpful support for a solution that grows with us". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco UCS Director writes "A compact and flexible solution with a lot of features ". Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is most compared with Abiquo, whereas Cisco UCS Director is most compared with Cisco Intersight, VMware Aria Automation, vCenter Orchestrator, VMware Aria Operations and Cisco CloudCenter.
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