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We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Director and RightScale Cloud Management Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"Feature-wise, the solution helps one to add multiple environments in one place...It is a scalable product.""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 product is flexible and compact. It has a lot of features.""I can manage multiple workloads whether it's on AWS, Azure, or on-premises. They can be managed by using the UCS Director.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the fabric sharing.""Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.""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."

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"The most valuable feature is Optima, which is something that we use quite extensively.""With this platform, users could migrate to the cloud on the go and use public cloud services like Oracle database while integrating with their own local storage."

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Cons
"The product's pricing needs to improve.""Simplifying the user interface would go a long way to making it more usable.""Currently, Cisco UCS Director is unable to integrate with another product or with a server from another brand.""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.""There could be an improvement with the integration with the newest solutions from other vendors' technologies.""I would like to see more integration with other solutions.""It is not easy to add or expand the product."

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"Technical support is an area that can be improved.""There is a problem with integration due to invalid private node security certificates."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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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  • "The price is higher than an open-source product, or CloudForms, or IBM Cloud Pak, but it is still not very high."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:Currently, Cisco UCS Director is unable to integrate with another product or with a server from another brand. If Cisco UCS Director is able to integrate with another product or with a server from… more »
    Top Answer:With this platform, users could migrate to the cloud on the go and use public cloud services like Oracle database while integrating with their own local storage.
    Top Answer:There is a problem with integration due to invalid private node security certificates. However, the issue can be resolved by correcting the certificates. Getting OEMs like Huawei or Morpheus to change… more »
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    Also Known As
    RightScale MultiCloud Platform
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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.

    With the RightScale Multi-Cloud Platform, you can mix and match public clouds, private clouds, and virtualized environments to meet your cloud portfolio strategy. In addition to clouds, you can support a portfolio of hypervisors — KVM, Xen, and vSphere — as well as operating systems — CentOS, RHEL, SUSE, Ubuntu, and Windows. A portfolio approach gives your enterprise the ability to future-proof your cloud strategy, optimize cost and performance, access a global footprint with best-of-breed capabilities, and gain financial flexibility and negotiating leverage.

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    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Energy/Utilities Company25%
    Retailer13%
    Government13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company30%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Government11%
    Healthcare Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company28%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    University7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise64%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise69%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise59%
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    Cisco UCS Director is ranked 23rd in Cloud Management with 13 reviews while RightScale Cloud Management Platform is ranked 25th in Cloud Management with 4 reviews. Cisco UCS Director is rated 7.2, while RightScale Cloud Management Platform is rated 7.6. 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 RightScale Cloud Management Platform writes "Good CMPs for cloud provisioning and excellent scalability". Cisco UCS Director is most compared with Cisco Intersight, VMware Aria Automation, vCenter Orchestrator, VMware Aria Operations and Cisco CloudCenter, whereas RightScale Cloud Management Platform is most compared with .

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