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CloudAware vs Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.5
CloudAware boosts ROI by cutting costs, enhancing IT management, and improving client satisfaction with real-time solutions.
Sentiment score
6.4
Sangfor HCI offers cost-effective management and better returns, but ROI varies based on usage and user experience.
The real-time database management for risk management has improved, with twenty-four-seven customer care resolving incidents within twenty-four hours, making my clients very happy.
Senior Manager at Agriculture Skill Council of India
This vertical has been operational for two years and helps us reduce IT issues by leveraging predictive analytics to proactively address potential threats.
Project Manager at AGRICULTURE SKILL COUNCIL OF INDIA (ASCI)
We have seen a significant return on investment with CloudAware, saving around four crores in two years due to reduced manpower needs from effective multi-cloud management and consolidating our security measures.
DGM, Content Vertical at Agriculture Skill Council of India
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.6
CloudAware offers responsive 24/7 live chat, but users suggest enhancing weekend phone support despite professional service.
Sentiment score
7.0
Sangfor HCI customer service is largely praised for responsiveness but occasionally faces language barriers and documentation concerns.
Whenever I have interacted with them, I got the required response from them.
Associate Vice President at Hitachi Systems India Private Limited
Our feedback has been answered quickly in a professional manner without pressure to commit.
Senior Manager at Agriculture Skill Council of India
I request them to extend it to 24/7 to enhance ticket resolution speed.
Project Manager at AGRICULTURE SKILL COUNCIL OF INDIA (ASCI)
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
CloudAware excels in scalability and adaptability, efficiently managing assets, cloud environments, compliance, and budgets with seamless AWS integration.
Sentiment score
7.4
Sangfor HCI is praised for scalability and adaptability, though faces challenges with power consumption and component mismatches during updates.
The scalability as a centralized hub provides access to pre-built compliance standards, simplifying resource monitoring across multiple cloud providers.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Publicis Sapient
CloudAware scales well for us, and we have expanded from monitoring a few workloads to a large multi-cloud environment without any issues.
Cloud Engineer at TO THE NEW Digital
CloudAware's scalability meets our organization's growth and changing needs.
Project Manager at AGRICULTURE SKILL COUNCIL OF INDIA (ASCI)
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.7
CloudAware is stable, reliable, supporting multi-cloud integrations, impressive uptime, seamless APIs, compliance monitoring, and cost management.
Sentiment score
7.5
Sangfor HCI is highly stable with minimal downtime, though some report compatibility issues and occasional crashes, depending on implementation.
We have not faced any issues, as it is equipped to manage eighty to one hundred types of multi-cloud environments simultaneously without reporting outages in day-to-day operations.
Deputy General Manager at Agriculture Skill Council of India (ASCI)
CloudAware has been stable in our experience, and we have not had major outages or interruptions;
Cloud Engineer at TO THE NEW Digital
CloudAware is absolutely stable and reliable, allowing us to integrate multiple systems quickly with less downtime compared to before.
Project Manager at AGRICULTURE SKILL COUNCIL OF INDIA (ASCI)
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek better cloud updates, expanded reports, enhanced onboarding, more workshops, AI, improved support, and competitive pricing.
Sangfor HCI needs improvements in performance, compatibility, security, interface, third-party integration, ERP compatibility, and support services.
Approximately seventy percent of organizations are focused on threat management across their cloud servers, a space where CloudAware excels, and additional customization would enhance overall security while increasing CloudAware's revenue.
Senior Manager at Agriculture Skill Council of India
CloudAware should enhance their customer support by adding an FAQ and knowledge base section to address commonly asked queries.
DGM, Content Vertical at Agriculture Skill Council of India
I need some cost optimization solution for a workload running in AWS.
Associate Vice President at Hitachi Systems India Private Limited
 

Setup Cost

CloudAware's setup and licensing costs are reasonable, with straightforward renewals and manageable monthly user fees enhancing onboarding experiences.
Sangfor HCI offers cost-effective pricing and comprehensive features compared to VMware and Nutanix, with straightforward licensing.
The pricing was fair given the feature set.
Cloud Engineer at TO THE NEW Digital
Our initial licensing was smooth, costing approximately $1,000 for basic setup.
Project Manager at AGRICULTURE SKILL COUNCIL OF INDIA (ASCI)
The setup cost was initially about $5,000.
DGM, Content Vertical at Agriculture Skill Council of India
 

Valuable Features

CloudAware provides visibility, reduces costs, enhances security, and improves efficiency through automation and multi-cloud integration with customizable dashboards.
Sangfor HCI offers scalability, data protection, and user-friendliness with robust features, enhancing security and simplifying management through its GUI.
We have workload running in Kubernetes, Docker, EC2, RDS. I need a single platform that will monitor all these services which are being running in the cloud platform.
Associate Vice President at Hitachi Systems India Private Limited
CloudAware's best feature is that it is very easy to integrate with other Oracle Cloud or Google Cloud servers.
Senior Manager at Agriculture Skill Council of India
CloudAware has positively impacted us by reducing costs by 10 to 15% and improving compliance reporting speed, saving several hours per audit.
Cloud Engineer at TO THE NEW Digital
 

Categories and Ranking

CloudAware
Ranking in Cloud Management
22nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (22nd)
Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converg...
Ranking in Cloud Management
29th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
HCI (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of CloudAware is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is 1.4%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CloudAware0.5%
Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure1.4%
Other98.1%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

Dr. Vandana Tatra - PeerSpot reviewer
DGM, Content Vertical at Agriculture Skill Council of India
Unified cloud governance has transformed audits and now improves real-time cost control
The best features CloudAware offers include strong IT compliance and governance, which my team appreciates significantly due to our frequent audits. Additionally, the built-in observability has increased transparency across all management levels; everyone now accesses the same set of information promptly. We have optimized our cloud spending by approximately 40 percent in the last two years, as operating on a singular integrated platform simplifies database and asset management while reducing maintenance costs. The observability feature of CloudAware has streamlined our multi-cloud and on-premises visibility, enhancing our IT infrastructure efficiency. With around 20 to 30 people managing daily data from entry to monitoring, tasks that previously took 24 to 48 hours now occur in real-time. My senior management has access to accurate asset tracking and discovery at any moment, which has strengthened our credibility and transparency with clients. Additionally, the introduction of cloud security posture management features, including unique cloud security policies for each asset, has greatly decreased risk and improved threat response automation. We requested a centralized cloud logging reporting system that provides detailed access logs, which has been implemented and is highly valued. CloudAware has positively impacted our organization by becoming the backbone of our cloud operations. It secures our confidential data and optimizes every aspect, from policy compliance to data reporting, enabling us to manage heavy datasets effectively. Our operations have seen increased productivity, allowing us to onboard more clients and deliver multiple projects simultaneously, all while reducing cloud spending by four crores annually.
KashifAli - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Head, Director of Sales and Operations at Core ISP Router
User-friendly GUI, capable technical support team but complicated license mechanism
Sangfor HCI's license mechanism is too complicated. The license agreement is a distributed license. Within the HCI platform, Sangfor HCI has multiple licenses in terms of services. Sangfor HCI has a separate license for the security services, a separate license for the Doctor services, and application services. They have multiple SKUs in separate forms. As per local market requirements, I think they need to couple up these or bundle up the license model.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Comms Service Provider
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudAware?
The setup cost was initially about $5,000, followed by a monthly cost of approximately $200 to $300 per user, which is manageable for our organization.
What needs improvement with CloudAware?
The CloudAware interface is generally easy to use; however, it can sometimes feel overwhelming for new users, including interns, who struggle with navigation. Additionally, the pricing can be a hur...
What is your primary use case for CloudAware?
CloudAware is used by our team of approximately eight to ten people who simultaneously operate and work on it, fulfilling different types of enterprise-grade cloud management platform requirements ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sangfor HCI?
I rate the pricing of Sangfor HCI at a five, as it is thirty to thirty-five percent more efficient than other solutions in terms of total cost of ownership.
What needs improvement with Sangfor HCI?
I would like Sangfor to have a presence on some public cloud offerings, such as Azure or AWS, to build disaster recovery sites. This functionality is currently missing in the Pakistani market.
What is your primary use case for Sangfor HCI?
The primary use case for Sangfor HCI involves running all workloads that were not for SAP on conventional servers using Hyper-V. We migrated all of these instances from Hyper-V to Sangfor HCI. We a...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Sony, AOL, Thomson Reuters, Pearson
TOSHIBA TEC Singapore, J&T Express Indonesia, Crowne Plaza Vietnam, Hermina Hospital Indonesia
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