We performed a comparison between Cisco Piston Enterprise OS and vCenter Orchestrator 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."
"It is the most cost-effective method for moving data between machines."
"It has the best workflow feature."
"It is very stable. I have been using vCenter Orchestrator from version three now to six plus."
"The most valuable feature is affinity rules."
"The most valuable feature for us is the performance stability of vCenter Orchestrator, especially in complex situations, making it excellent for managing virtual machines."
"The solution is pretty stable and reliable."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its good automation features."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is just too expensive, so maybe the pricing could be better."
"The product’s cost needs improvement."
"The licensing is expensive and should be improved."
"When the SSO certificate needs to be renewed, the upgrading and testing are quite complicated."
"A feature to review and setup tasks should be added."
"The custom workflows are very difficult and confusing."
"Mainly VMware integrates with other products, but there is no easy way to link with other products from a different vendor. We can integrate with other products from the same vendors fairly well, but if they could make it so integration is easier with other vendors, that would really help."
"I believe vCenter Orchestrator should be part of VMware vSphere's basic bundle. As a product, vCenter Orchestrator should not be licensed at all because the world has progressed way beyond what it can offer."
"It is too expensive. One of the main issues is the price."
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Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is ranked 51st in Cloud Management while vCenter Orchestrator is ranked 9th in Process Automation with 44 reviews. Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is rated 9.0, while vCenter Orchestrator is rated 8.4. 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 vCenter Orchestrator writes "Enables us to do administration on a centralized layer when using multiple VMware ESX servers". Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is most compared with Abiquo, whereas vCenter Orchestrator is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, VMware Aria Operations, vCloud Director, Cisco UCS Director and ServiceNow Orchestration.
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