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"I can manage multiple workloads whether it's on AWS, Azure, or on-premises. They can be managed by using the UCS Director.""A product that really aids in systems management without complexity.""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 main feature of this solution is the integration with all the Cisco solutions and other vendors.""Feature-wise, the solution helps one to add multiple environments in one place...It is a scalable product.""An easy and strong configuration, along with its low cost, are some of the features of the solution.""UCS director enables us to be more productive and more agile, and also more self-sufficient because we don't have to depend on anybody else.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the fabric sharing."

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"From a compliance and visibility reporting perspective, the fact that it can be applicable for multi-cloud environments is very helpful.""The customization is excellent."

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Cons
"There are a lot of bugs in the solution. This is an area in the solution that can be improved.""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.""The areas where this product can be improved are the integrations and the UI. These features are not as friendly compared to VMware products.""The tool should be a lot more intuitive and make it easy for us to understand and migrate.""Simplifying the user interface would go a long way to making it more usable.""The product's pricing needs to improve.""There could be an improvement with the integration with the newest solutions from other vendors' technologies."

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"It would be ideal if there was customization with a focus on specific cybersecurity areas or capabilities.""The general input I have is that there is an opportunity for them to better align with other similar tools and better align with similar capabilities that cloud suppliers deliver natively."

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  • "The cost of this solution is significant."
  • "Cisco UCS Director is expensive...I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."
  • "I would rate the product's pricing an eight out of ten."
  • "On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing around five to six out of ten."
  • "The budget doesn’t work for the state and local governments."
  • "I rate Cisco UCS Director's price a three out of ten. Cisco UCS Director is not an affordable product. With Cisco UCS Director, there is a need to pay an overall price, which consists of the product, software, and support."
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    Top Answer:Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
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    Overview

    Cisco UCS Director enables automated delivery of physical and virtual data center resources, empowering data centers to move at the speed of business.

    Fugue is an infrastructure-level cloud operating system. It builds, operates, and terminates cloud infrastructure and services and automates the continuous enforcement of declared infrastructure configurations. Fugue completes the DevOps workflow by automating cloud lifecycle management via enforced and versionable infrastructure as code. Fugue is a single source of truth and trust for the cloud.

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    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Energy/Utilities Company25%
    Retailer13%
    Government13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company30%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Government11%
    Healthcare Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm19%
    Educational Organization11%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise64%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise5%
    Large Enterprise75%
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    Cisco UCS Director is ranked 24th in Cloud Management with 13 reviews while Fugue is ranked 47th in Cloud Management. Cisco UCS Director is rated 7.2, while Fugue is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS Director writes "A compact and flexible solution with a lot of features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fugue writes "Easy to set up with good flexibility in customization and good reporting". Cisco UCS Director is most compared with Cisco Intersight, vCenter Orchestrator, VMware Aria Automation, VMware Aria Operations and vCloud Director, whereas Fugue is most compared with Wiz.

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