Cisco UCS Director vs Scalr comparison

Cisco and Scalr are both solutions in the Cloud Management category. Cisco is ranked #21 with an average rating of 8.0, while Scalr is ranked #37 with an average rating of 8.0. Cisco holds a 1.9% mindshare in CM, compared to Scalr’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 73% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Scalr users who would recommend it.

Cisco UCS Director

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73% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Director and Scalr based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco UCS Director

Ranking in Cloud Management

21st

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Scalr

Ranking in Cloud Management

37th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of Cisco UCS Director is 1.9%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Scalr is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cisco UCS Director	1.9%
Scalr	0.8%
Other	97.3%

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ErnieRumfield

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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RahulArora

Global Head - DevOps and AIOps Startegist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Enterprise governance has transformed how we automate terraform and manage policy as code

Scalr's UI and documentation could be more intuitive, especially for first-time users. During onboarding, I identified the need for improved documentation, especially for first-time users navigating various challenges, which has led to some struggles in finding the right answers in the documentation. Better search capabilities and more comprehensive documentation that is easy to navigate would be beneficial.

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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."

"Feature-wise, the solution helps one to add multiple environments in one place...It is a scalable product."

"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 main feature of this solution is the integration with all the Cisco solutions and other vendors."

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

"Better visibility and better control are the main benefits people receive from Cisco UCS Director; the automation and the orchestration part, these three to four points are the key factors to decide on Cisco UCS Director."

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

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"Scalr has helped bring consistency and governance to our workflows, especially at scale, and it is a strong product."

Cons

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

"There are a lot of bugs in the solution. This is an area in the solution that can be improved."

"Currently, Cisco UCS Director is unable to integrate with another product or with a server from another brand."

"The tool should be a lot more intuitive and make it easy for us to understand and migrate."

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

"We cannot depend on this solution to manage all of the data center's infrastructure."

"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."

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"Scalr's UI and documentation could be more intuitive, especially for first-time users."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

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

"The cost of this solution is significant."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

16%

Computer Software Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Marketing Services Firm

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

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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.

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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 ...

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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...

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What needs improvement with Scalr?

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What is your primary use case for Scalr?

Scalr is used for Terraform automation, policy enforcement, and centralized governance across multiple cloud environments. It is primarily used by DevOps and cloud engineering teams, supporting mul...

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What advice do you have for others considering Scalr?

Scalr is a strong choice if someone needs enterprise-grade Terraform governance, but it is essential to plan proper onboarding and policy design upfront. This review has been rated 8 out of 10.

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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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The Scalr Enterprise-Grade Cloud Management Platform enables today’s enterprises to achieve cost-effective, automated and standardized application deployments across multi-cloud environments. Scalr utilizes a hierarchical, top-down approach to policy enforcement that empowers administrators to find the balance between the needs of finance, security, IT and development teams.

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