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Cisco UCS Director vs Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Cisco UCS Director
Ranking in Cloud Management
22nd
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Enterprise Manager C...
Ranking in Cloud Management
30th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of Cisco UCS Director is 2.0%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is 1.3%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cisco UCS Director2.0%
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control1.3%
Other96.7%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

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Senior Telecommunications Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Managing extensive VoIP services becomes efficient and seamless
We use Cisco UCS Director primarily for managing our VoIP service to maintain seamless service delivery. We operate in an enterprise government environment Cisco UCS Director is straightforward to use, which we greatly appreciate. It helps save time by making it quicker to roll out new call…
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technical Manager at DBA Expert Consulting
Extensive tool features support database monitoring, but support and pricing present challenges
I don't fully understand what improvements could be made in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. To make it better, more features could be added, but it is already a very complete tool, especially if you know how to configure it properly, as you can use it to monitor other databases such as PostgreSQL and SQL Server in addition to Oracle.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This is a user-friendly solution that is very good and easy to use."
"Cisco UCS Director is straightforward to use, which we greatly appreciate."
"The main feature of this solution is the integration with all the Cisco solutions and other vendors."
"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 product is flexible and compact. It has a lot of features."
"Overall, I think that this is a very good product, although nothing is perfect."
"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."
"There are lot of features in this product that I like, among them are that RMAN backup jobs can be created, and that all the database instances can be monitored from one place."
"It is a highly stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The real-time threat detection has been the most valuable feature."
"OEM is invaluable in many ways, other products can replace bits of it - but the product should be used as a single point from which to view as much of your enterprise as possible."
"Once this solution is configured, it will help administrators centralize their management of the environment."
"It is easier to manage your Oracle Database backups and create email alerts regarding the status of your backups (Succeeded or Failed)."
"You can create a system group (database, application, and web server), so you can monitor performance as a system."
"Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control has been really useful for our organisation."
 

Cons

"The solution could be improved is including a feature where I could do things programmatically versus having to create workarounds to get what I want to get done."
"The tool should be a lot more intuitive and make it easy for us to understand and migrate."
"Normally, UCS Director is used primarily for orchestration, but when we look at 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."
"There could be an improvement with the integration with the newest solutions from other vendors' technologies."
"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 product's pricing needs to improve."
"The product does have room for improvement in patch management."
"When registering a host, only if your host is running Linux will you get all the information which is available on EM. It would be nice if in future releases to include IBM AIX (primarily)​ and Microsoft Windows (secondly)​."
"The product lacks in the area of database, making it an area where improvements are required."
"I have registered a testing Microsoft SQL Server environment, but I did not find it very useful (it cannot be used as an alternative or as SQL Server Management Studio)."
"The on-premises installation is complex. It should be easier, especially for deploying agents that are running on a Windows machine that is running Oracle databases. It's very complex. Linux based machines aren't so complicated but it's complex for Windows."
"Sometimes the alerts are coming a bit late, for example, an alert for the CPU. It depends on the threshold that you have, how long you want to check the CPU of the machine. I got some faulty alerts with Data Guard. I had stopped a synchronization for maintenance and then I re-synchronized Oracle Data Guard. It took some time to appear in Enterprise Manager and send me the right notification that Data Guard was up and running and synchronizing. I realized this because I went directly into the database to check the status of Data Guard, and it was telling me that it was running okay. But in Enterprise Manager, it needed some more time to update the interface."
"​Oracle Data Guard monitoring: There are no alerts for redo log transport failure.​"
"What it does, it does well, but it's so complex."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"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 would rate the product's pricing an eight out of ten."
"The cost of this solution is significant."
"Cisco UCS Director is expensive...I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."
"Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is a pretty expensive solution but worth the money."
"it's neither expensive nor cheap."
"Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is a little expensive."
"The tool's pricing is competitive."
"The solution's pricing is fine."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten."
"One has to pay for the enterprise version."
"I personally feel that the tool can be considered to be a little bit on the expensive side."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
18%
Marketing Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise15
 

Questions from the Community

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.
What needs improvement with Cisco UCS Director?
It should be more of a cloud-based architecture for Cisco UCS Director, and it should be affordable to small customers as well because the pricing is a major challenge when we talk about Cisco UCS ...
What is your primary use case for Cisco UCS Director?
Mainly in my region and country, large data center customers are using Cisco UCS Director, not the SMB or mid-market customers. More of the on-premise customers are utilizing Cisco UCS Director. Th...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control?
The price of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is very high, especially when considering the additional cost for features such as the tuning pack, which makes it more expensive compared to mo...
What needs improvement with Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control?
I don't fully understand what improvements could be made in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. To make it better, more features could be added, but it is already a very complete tool, especia...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control?
The main use cases for Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control include adding a new machine, making tuning adjustments, and monitoring databases.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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