Cisco UCS Director vs Juniper AppFormix comparison

Cisco and Juniper are both solutions in the Cloud Management category. Cisco is ranked #22 with an average rating of 8.0, while Juniper is ranked #27 with an average rating of 9.0. Cisco holds a 1.3% mindshare in CM, compared to Juniper’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 71% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Juniper users who would recommend it.

Cisco UCS Director

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

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Juniper AppFormix and Cisco UCS Director are data center management products. Cisco UCS Director holds an advantage due to its comprehensive orchestration features.

Features: Juniper AppFormix offers advanced monitoring, real-time analytics, and in-depth telemetry, improving network performance visibility. Cisco UCS Director provides extensive orchestration, seamless integration, and robust automation, enhancing data center management and network component handling.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Cisco UCS Director simplifies deployment with streamlined integration for Cisco environments while Juniper AppFormix, demanding careful infrastructure consideration, allows flexible configurations. Cisco's extensive support network enhances customer service compared to Juniper AppFormix's specialized assistance.

Pricing and ROI: Juniper AppFormix offers competitive pricing and valuable ROI through analytics efficiency. Cisco UCS Director, despite higher initial costs, delivers significant ROI via its broad orchestration capabilities, supporting complex environments with long-term value.

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco UCS Director

Ranking in Cloud Management

22nd

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Juniper AppFormix

Ranking in Cloud Management

27th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of Cisco UCS Director is 1.3%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Juniper AppFormix is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Sunny Nair

Solution Architect and Senior Consultant at Keysight Technologies

Good multi-cloud management capability, but third-party and legacy integration needs improvement

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. I feel that more development or a more integrated road map should be set up so that it becomes a common platform for any infrastructure. In the next release of this solution, I would like to see changes in the navigation controls of UCS Director. That would be helpful. Modifying the icons that are available for use, as well as virtualization aspects.

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Ankur Chauhan

Founder and CEO at OogyNW Consultancy

Good scalability, useful in terms of collective analytics, and low latency

For a hybrid cloud area, I see some issues when on the hybrid cloud; you want to use this kind of solution. It doesn't work great everywhere. If it's a complete solution from them, then it's very great. But when it's a hybrid cloud I'm trying to make, then I find some issues here. Moreover, my expectations were probably slightly more for the third-party tool integration; for example, regarding the analytics, I had some different tools. So, integration was not as good as I was expecting. So, analytics, configuration tool I was not really happy. So, there is room for improvement in context with integration with existing tools in our network environment.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."

"An easy and strong configuration, along with its low cost, are some of the features of the solution."

"I can manage multiple workloads whether it's on AWS, Azure, or on-premises. They can be managed by using the UCS Director."

"Cisco's knowledge base is extensive."

"The product is flexible and compact. It has a lot of features."

"A product that really aids in systems management without complexity."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the fabric sharing."

"This is a user-friendly solution that is very good and easy to use."

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"The solution's technical support is good."

"It's a stable product. I didn't find any issues with regard to stability. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."

Cons

"There aren’t any areas of improvement that immediately come to mind."

"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."

"Simplifying the user interface would go a long way to making it more usable."

"I would like to see more integration with other solutions."

"It is not easy to add or expand the product."

"There could be an improvement with the integration with the newest solutions from other vendors' technologies."

"The product's pricing needs to improve."

"The areas where this product can be improved are the integrations and the UI. These features are not as friendly compared to VMware products."

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"This solution has a yearly licensing. In my country, it's really expensive."

"My expectations were probably slightly more for the third-party tool integration; for example, regarding the analytics, I had some different tools. So, integration was not as good as I was expecting. So, analytics, configuration tool I was not really happy. So, there is room for improvement in context with integration with existing tools in our network environment."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"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."

"Cisco UCS Director is expensive...I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."

"The budget doesn’t work for the state and local governments."

"The cost of this solution is significant."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco UCS Director?

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS Director?

While the pricing might be seen as expensive, it provides value for money due to reliable service and excellent technical support.

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What needs improvement with Cisco UCS Director?

There aren’t any areas of improvement that immediately come to mind.

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What do you like most about Juniper AppFormix?

It's a stable product. I didn't find any issues with regard to stability. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Juniper AppFormix?

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What is your primary use case for Juniper AppFormix?

It's for hosting the telecom workloads. It is for cloud management. This solution has positively impacted real-time analytics and improved our system's performance. Although, it wasn't very much te...

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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.

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AppFormix is an optimization and management software platform for public, private and hybrid clouds. This intent-driven software manages automated operations, visibility, and reporting in cloud and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) use cases for Kubernetes and OpenStack, as well as Amazon Web Services. It features machine learning-based policy and smart monitors, application and software-defined infrastructure analytics, alarms, and chargeback accounting.

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