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AWS Application Migration Service vs VMware Cloud Director 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:
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Application Migration S...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.6
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Migration (9th)
VMware Cloud Director
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
68
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Infrastructure and Tools solutions, they serve different purposes. AWS Application Migration Service is designed for Cloud Migration and holds a mindshare of 4.0%, up 3.9% compared to last year.
VMware Cloud Director, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Management, holds 6.3% mindshare, down 7.3% since last year.
Cloud Migration
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

Dieudonné-Nsabimana - PeerSpot reviewer
Integration with other services has improved migration efficiency
A valuable feature is the schema conversion tool, which allows me to migrate databases, for example, from Oracle to Postgres. The service is fully managed by AWS, which makes it better to use the migration services. It is beneficial to enable phased migration, and the service offers easy integration with other AWS services. The integration of AWS Application Migration Service with AWS makes it a good tool for working with AWS services.
NiteshKumar1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides crystal clear dashboarding and allows you to manage and monitor your infrastructure
The overall dashboarding is very crystal clear. The ability to switch from one infrastructure to another infrastructure and get into detailed information, whether it is compute, storage network, or whatever. That helps you get a holistic view of the overall infrastructure running in your landscape. This also helps the leadership and management be aware of the right potential investment strategy by looking at the potential utilization. vCloud Director also provides ways and means through which you can make a prediction or a forecast of the infrastructure that would be needed in the future, depending on what you are currently running. That does not take away the fact that we have to be completely aware of our pipeline projects in our schedule so that you can plan your infrastructure requirements accordingly. vCloud Director provides multifold features that have been beneficial to the end users.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the live, block-to-block replication."
"Live Migration's best feature is that it's free."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...I rate the solution's support a ten out of ten."
"I rate AWS Application Migration Service a nine out of ten overall."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"The CloudEndure feature is most valuable because it is user friendly and very simple."
"AWS Application Migration Service allows us to perform migrations with minimal downtime, which is crucial for our operations."
"We use the solution to connect clouds to different clouds."
"The orchestration and automation are very valuable."
"Their technical support is great. We had some difficult cases and they were able to solve them in a timely manner."
"The tool has a self-provisioning feature, which helps us manage projects easily. The solution is easy to use, secure, and reliable."
"VMware Cloud Director is quite scalable; I would rate it nine out of ten."
"vCloud Director has improved our organization in so far as it is an easy solution to sell. I believe this is the case due to the fact that it is an easy tool to manage and to configure."
"The tool is very stable."
"The most valuable feature of vCloud Director is its ability to host customers on their own cloud."
 

Cons

"One drawback to using CloudEndure is that the default is to give one small, lightweight server, which is created in the cloud."
"The schema conversion is not included in the document management services itself. Complex formations require additional steps."
"I do not see any improvements required for the CloudEndure."
"There are some features in the Migration Factory that could be integrated directly into AWS Application Migration Service."
"We would like to have a disaster recovery feature included in this solution."
"Live Migration has some issues with target setups."
"I think it is important to have more logs, and more details would be great because we have just logged on the client's side, but there weren't many details on the cloud."
"It would be beneficial to have enhanced integration capabilities with third-party solutions within vCloud Director, especially in networking and data security."
"Lacking additional services reduces the level of cloud integration companies just love with Amazon and Azure."
"I had issues with the support, but I also learned from the support. There is room for improvement in the response time."
"The solution should integrate with other cloud systems such as Azure ARC and OpenStack."
"There are some shortcomings. There are bugs with opening support."
"The solution should add other hypervisors so things like hover wizards can be automated."
"It would be great if Microsoft and VMware come together and become a common tool."
"It would be beneficial if some features were built into the platform rather than requiring integration with multiple products, reducing complexity and licensing concerns."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For me, the price of the tool is cheap and very good. It is flexible pricing since you pay just for what you use."
"Live Migration's price is good."
"The solution is expensive so pricing is rated a four out of ten."
"vCloud Director is an expensive solution."
"We are able to provision new clients faster. Every month, we take on more customers."
"If one means a very bad price, and ten means a very good price, I rate the price as a five on a scale of one to ten."
"It's a costly product. The licenses may not be costly, but with every new development in their product, we need to purchase deployment services, and the deployment services are quite costly."
"vCloud Director is a very expensive solution."
"I recommend using the Enterprise or Enterprise Plus licenses because they unlock all of the solution's capabilities."
"The license could be less expensive and we are on a perpetual license."
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Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with CloudEndure Live Migration?
The schema conversion is not included in the document management services itself. Complex formations require additional steps. Furthermore, I noticed that performance can vary with the source and t...
What is your primary use case for CloudEndure Live Migration?
For the moment, I am using AWS Application Migration Service for database migration. The first use case involves moving from on-premise to EC2 hosts. Additionally, I have worked with multi-region r...
What advice do you have for others considering CloudEndure Live Migration?
The service is not complicated; I find it easy to use. For those considering AWS Application Migration Service, the advice depends on their specific needs. If it involves database migration, especi...
Would you change anything about VMware vCloud Director if you could?
VMware vCloud Director works very well and there are not many things that I would like to see changed. However, a single thing comes to mind when I think of improvements and that is integration. In...
What is the biggest improvement you saw at your company after you started using VMware vCloud Director?
For my company, VMware vCloud Director noticeably increased operational efficiency. When I started working here a few years ago, my organization was using another cloud management tool. We switched...
Is vCloud Director convenient for building applications?
When it comes to building applications, vCloud Director offers you various methods to create cloud-ready ones. For example: Your DevOps team is supported through Infrastructure as Code services w...
 

Also Known As

CloudEndure Live Migration
vCloud Director
 

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Sample Customers

Agio, Cloud Nation, Limelight Networks
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