CloudStack vs Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control comparison

Apache and Oracle are both solutions in the Cloud Management category. Apache is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.2, while Oracle is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.1. Apache holds a 4.3% mindshare in CM, compared to Oracle’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Apache users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

CloudStack and Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control compete in the cloud management solutions category. CloudStack has an upper hand in pricing and support, while Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is regarded superior for its robust features.

Features: CloudStack supports diverse hypervisors and provides zone-based setups, easing the management of geographically distributed data centers. It prides itself on offering customizable solutions due to its open-source nature, and flexibility in networking, building virtual private clouds. Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control excels with integrated management for Oracle databases, middleware, and offers extensive monitoring features. The product's comprehensive environment suits Oracle-centric ecosystems.

Room for Improvement: CloudStack can enhance API support and documentation to appeal to a broader developer community. Additional native integration with advanced automated tools could also complement its existing features. Improved graphical interfaces for ease of use might heighten its appeal. Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control could benefit from reducing initial setup complexity. Enhancing non-Oracle compatibility would make it more versatile. Improving customer feedback mechanisms could further shape its robust infrastructure for client needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CloudStack boasts quick and straightforward deployment processes, making it appealing for businesses desiring rapid implementation. Its accessible customer support also eases troubleshooting. Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control requires more thorough planning due to its array of integrated tools, despite well-detailed documentation and specialized support enhancing the deployment quality for those willing to invest in it.

Pricing and ROI: CloudStack offers cost savings through its open-source framework with lower initial expenses, guaranteeing a solid ROI for smaller scale cloud deployments. Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control comes with a higher upfront cost, yet promises substantial ROI from its advanced feature set for enterprises heavily invested in Oracle infrastructure, where its toolsets offer unparalleled management capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

CloudStack

Ranking in Cloud Management

7th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Enterprise Manager C...

Ranking in Cloud Management

12th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of CloudStack is 4.3%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is 0.8%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
CloudStack	4.3%
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control	0.8%
Other	94.9%

Cloud Management

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Tharun Kumar Reddy Thamatam

Senior Infrastructure Consultant at Infosys

Achieving seamless infrastructure management with optimized network and user access controls

I believe enhancements could be made in CloudStack, particularly in the management servers. I had the opportunity to collaborate with one of the Apache CloudStack developers, leading to the installation of additional agents for better information retrieval from hypervisors. We implemented configurations, ensuring consistency across hosts and VMs. We also utilized Ansible or YAML files to automate password upgrades during patching activities and database management, showcasing our customization efforts for improvement. For future releases, it would be beneficial if Apache enhanced CloudStack by integrating alerting systems directly. We've had instances where hypervisors experienced overloads without prior alerts, so proactive alerts within the tool would better prepare us for addressing issues swiftly, preventing disruption in business operations. A portal summarizing system metrics alongside alert capabilities would greatly enhance our operational efficiency.

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Gyanesh Rahatekar

Back office at Reliance Industries Ltd

A robust product to deal with application performance enhancemen

It is a highly scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten. There are no issues once you install the application, and it works smoothly, meaning there are no issues related to onboarding the application according to a user's chosen profile. I have done the onboarding for more than 1,500 middleware products. There are different kinds of users of the product in our company, but the application itself has 1,500 middleware products. The solution is used on a daily basis, meaning it is used twenty-four hours and seven days a week. There are no plans to increase the use of the solution in our company.

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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

"You can manage infrastructure with a few people, since product is monolithic. We had three engineers (storage, virtual, Linux admins) only. Also, CS supports different flavours of hypervisors."

"The APIs for automation in CloudStack are excellent; everything is API-driven, and while the API is very rich and hard to learn, you can do everything you would want to do, including everything in the user interface and more."

"The platform is very simple to scale-out."

"CloudStack supports every operating system that supports hypervisors, which makes the product more attractive, compared to vCloud Director or Azure."

"The API with CloudStack made integration into various external facing web applications simple enough."

"CloudStack, by default, gives us a zone-based setup which makes it easier to manage datacenters located in different geographical areas."

"The back-end database design is simple and straight forward. The user interface is designed with external users in mind. Billing is relatively straightforward with this product. Not being restricted to just one hypervisor was nice."

"It has become easy to deploy new devices with no or minimal hardware changes. Now, a user can be ready to use a firewall within a few minutes, as compared to the traditional physical model which involved purchase, shipping, hardware configuration, cabling, power, etc."

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"I use the solution for troubleshooting."

"The solution is reliable."

"The solution helps database tuning through query ID and SQL ID; we can fine-tune skill parameters and gather information to enhance operational analysis and performance."

"Advisors provide quick access to Insight and best practice information for performance tuning and configuration."

"The most valuable feature of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is the reporting."

"Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control gives us diverse monitoring capability that can be extremely powerful."

"The dashboard and reporting help us to do preventative AI and analytics to detect performance bottlenecks."

"If you're using Oracle products, you should definitely use Oracle Enterprise Manager because it is central to product management."

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Cons

"I would like to see support for native VLAN, and fault-tolerance."

"The numerous, multi-layered drill-down menus make it difficult to find one simple knob to turn."

"It would be a good to have more specific error messages within administration processes (e.g. problem with creating new instance)."

"The product does not have an easily implementable payment gateway."

"It is not widely used so Google does not help very much when you are troubleshooting, and the CloudStack forum is not very active."

"A technology upgrade is one item which could be improved upon a lot."

"This product needs a lot improvement on the development side. Every new version introduces new bugs. It lacks many features needed for NFV like DPDK, SR-IOV support, etc."

"I think that container technology in CloudStack is an area that needs to be improved."

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"Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control manages the monitoring and the graphs. Other tools complement the base monitoring. Zabbix is efficient with space pressure."

"I am not satisfied with the technical support from Oracle, as they often take a lot of time to respond to requests, and I find myself looking for solutions independently."

"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."

"The only negative thing about this product is that it doesn't support all environments or all applications."

"Adding new databases is difficult in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control."

"Oracle Data Guard monitoring: There are no alerts for redo log transport failure."

"Because all our banking infrastructure is based on Oracle, I’ve tried to register Enterprise Manager on the middleware level, let's say, WebLogic applications. But I cannot say that I can do all the administration from Enterprise Manager, that I can do from the WebLogic Admin Console. So, I think here it needs some improvement: Things that you can do on the WebLogic Admin Console, you should be able to do them on the Enterprise Manager, so you don’t have to log into the Admin Console."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"CloudStack is an open source solution, so you don't need to pay anything for it. When our company develops something specially for CloudStack, it is donated to the Apache Software Foundation and provided to anyone that wants to use it."

"There is no license, so the product is free unless you are buying professional technical support services."

"It is a 100% open-source solution needing just an Apache license. Also, there are no hidden fees to be paid."

"The Apache CloudStack is open source, so you do not have licenses to purchase."

"The solution is open-source and free."

"CloudStack is an open-source product."

"Give an effort to planning. If possible, contract a specialized consultant company for the initial setup and knowledge transfer."

"As far as I know, CS is still free of charge. If you want to pay some money, Citrix Cloud Platform is based on CS, I think. As for hypervisors – everything as usual, you need to pay for VMware and vCenter. As for XenServer, recently they changed the free feature list, so you may need to pay some money to get useful features like XenMotion."

"One has to pay for the enterprise version."

"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."

"Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is a pretty expensive solution but worth the money."

"Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is a little expensive."

"The solution's pricing is fine."

"Our customer uses Oracle Universal Credits to pay for their license on an annual basis. The price is definitely affordable."

"it's neither expensive nor cheap."

"The licensing costs are largely too high."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Educational Organization

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	12

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	15

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about CloudStack?

The initial implementation process was quite good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudStack?

CloudStack is open-source, so there is no cost apart from learning. Billing solutions, if outsourced, come at a moderate cost.

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What needs improvement with CloudStack?

Enhancements for CloudStack can focus on integrating more hypervisors, as mentioned regarding current features. We're working on a new feature that will allow for certain limited functions, but ove...

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What do you like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control?

The valuable feature is job scheduling. It manages the database's scheduling, history, and growth, helping monitor CPU and space usage across the entire data center. It provides a comprehensive vie...

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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...

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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...

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Overview

Apache CloudStack is open source software designed to deploy and manage large networks of virtual machines, as a highly available, highly scalable Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing platform.

Apache

Oracle Enterprise Manager is Oracle's integrated enterprise information technology (IT) management product line, which provides the industry's only complete, integrated, and business-driven enterprise cloud management solution. Oracle Enterprise Manager creates business value for IT by leveraging the built-in management capabilities of the Oracle stack for traditional and cloud environments, enabling customers to achieve unprecedented efficiency gains while dramatically increasing service levels.

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