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We performed a comparison between OpenNebula and OpenText Cloud Service Automation 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.
To learn more, read our detailed OpenNebula vs. OpenText Cloud Service Automation Report (Updated: May 2024).
771,170 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"With a single click, we could set things up and initiate them.""It makes maintenance very easy and stress-free for our teams.""The live migration feature has been great and is something we use very often.""OpenNebula is lightweight, stable, and easy to customize.""The most valuable feature of OpenNebula is that it scales very well.""For the entire data center, as a private cloud, I believe that user management, expert management, and the virtual data center is completely magic for the users.""I also like the ability to build custom functions. I can define a function where I have two types of views and configure the dependencies. The virtual data centers concept allows me to define users. If a user wants to join certain kinds of machines, the host and the other user won't see them. It gives me the flexibility to define multiple views and data centers in one place.""What's best about OpenNebula that people like is that it's easy to deploy. It's also easy to manage. It's interesting because people choose OpenNebula over other solutions because of the ease of management."

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"The most valuable feature of Micro Focus Cloud Service is how user friendly the solution is.""The tool's most valuable feature is life cycle management."

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Cons
"The storage feature that they have is a bit confusing.""Most of the competitors are offering some sort of billing software to transform their installation to work as a small-sized public cloud, but those offerings from OpenNebula are still missing.""They should add more features like object storage.""The front-facing API can be improved to support lots of requests when the platform is huge with lots of virtual resources.""Hosting platforms are limited so the deployment process needs improvement.""There are small things that are hard. For example, making sure that it is going to be installable on public clouds.""There are no payment gateways in OpenNebula.""They have been saying for the past two and a half years that they would develop a feature to hot-add RAM and CPU, but it does not work."

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"OpenText Cloud Service Automation needs to incorporate easier installation. It should improve skills and quality of support.""I would like fewer restrictions as a software tester."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "VRA is very expensive but OpenNebula is free."
  • "We use the Community Edition, rather than the Enterprise Edition."
  • "OpenNebuoa has recently come up with a new subscription model that is economical and a lot of new customers are choosing this as it is an easy subscription model."
  • "The solution is open source so is free."
  • "The licensing for OpenNebula used to be free, but now it's no longer free. A customer contacted me asking to move to another provider because of the changes in the licensing terms for OpenNebula. I have no information on how much the OpenNebula license is because the customer pays for it, and I only do the integration."
  • "OpenNebula gives good value for money."
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  • "OpenText Cloud Service Automation's pricing is average."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The live migration feature has been great and is something we use very often.
    Top Answer:I've found OpenNebula upgrades to be more complex than those of some of the competitors and the support to be mediocre. I would also like to see more and better ancillary tools related to OpenNebula… more »
    Top Answer:The tool's most valuable feature is life cycle management.
    Top Answer:OpenText Cloud Service Automation needs to incorporate easier installation. It should improve skills and quality of support.
    Top Answer:My organization uses the enterprise server solution, Micro Focus, on Azure. We are working on a project to migrate a mainframe code to the micro-enterprise developer on Azure, submitting our JCL jobs… more »
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    Average Words per Review
    580
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    8.2
    27th
    out of 75 in Cloud Management
    Views
    272
    Comparisons
    199
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    390
    Rating
    9.0
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    Also Known As
    Micro Focus Cloud Service Automation, Cloud Service Automation Manager, HPE Cloud Service Automation
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    OpenNebula
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    Overview

    OpenNebula provides the most simple but feature-rich and flexible solution for the comprehensive management of virtualized data centers to enable private, public and hybrid IaaS clouds. OpenNebula interoperability makes cloud an evolution by leveraging existing IT assets, protecting your investments, and avoiding vendor lock-in.

    OpenNebula is a turnkey enterprise-ready solution that includes all the features needed to provide an on-premises (private) cloud offering, and to offer public cloud services.

    OpenText Cloud Service Automation provides open, heterogeneous, extensible enterprise-grade cloud service lifecycle management to design and orchestrate full stack services. CSA embraces existing automation assets with an enhanced orchestration engine, which provides IT with an informed, transparent delivery of secure compliant services for the hybrid cloud.

    Sample Customers
    Akamai, BBC, Fermilab, Terradue, Surf Sara, Produban, Netways, ESA, China Mobile, BlackBerry, Deloitte, Fuze, Telefonica, Trivago
    China Merchants Bank, Osiatis
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company25%
    University9%
    Educational Organization7%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Manufacturing Company16%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Recreational Facilities/Services Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business40%
    Midsize Enterprise40%
    Large Enterprise20%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise50%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business14%
    Large Enterprise86%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise64%
    Buyer's Guide
    OpenNebula vs. OpenText Cloud Service Automation
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about OpenNebula vs. OpenText Cloud Service Automation and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    771,170 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    OpenNebula is ranked 5th in Cloud Management with 14 reviews while OpenText Cloud Service Automation is ranked 27th in Cloud Management with 6 reviews. OpenNebula is rated 8.2, while OpenText Cloud Service Automation is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of OpenNebula writes "Reliable, simple to manage, and offers great technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Cloud Service Automation writes "Comes with life cycle management features but needs improvement in installation ". OpenNebula is most compared with CloudStack, VMware Aria Automation, Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), vCloud Director and VMware Aria Operations, whereas OpenText Cloud Service Automation is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. See our OpenNebula vs. OpenText Cloud Service Automation report.

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