We performed a comparison between OpenText Cloud Service Automation and vCloud Director 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."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."
"This is the go-to tool for anyone looking for standard out-of-the-box capabilities in a fully multitenant public cloud software that they can leverage to offer services to their customers."
"There are various options for scaling and that flexibility is a good option."
"The tool is very stable."
"The solution has more capabilities than OpenStack and integrates well with NSX and vCenter."
"The most valuable feature of vCloud Director is virtualization."
"The orchestration and automation are very valuable."
"So far, we have had no problems at all, as it has been very stable. It is working well."
"We use the solution to connect clouds to different clouds."
"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."
"In the next release, we would like to see improvements with the pricing. It could be reduced."
"There didn't seem to be any type of integrated path on how to do the initial setup. There seemed to be different bits of paperwork or instructions available from various places. We always had to go looking for what to do next."
"vCloud Director isn't cheap."
"This is very simple in OpenShift. We are happy with vCloud in terms of the virtualization but not for redundancy and distribution."
"Sometimes, there is a disconnection that happens between vCloud Director and its underlying VMware vCenter, where the actions are supposed to be taking place, making it an area where improvements are required."
"It would be nice to see some new features in respect of the GUI."
"It could be more stable. We have had issues with multiple different versions."
"If you use it for a lot of customers, it is too heavy for this solution."
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OpenText Cloud Service Automation is ranked 27th in Cloud Management with 6 reviews while vCloud Director is ranked 5th in Cloud Management with 61 reviews. OpenText Cloud Service Automation is rated 9.0, while vCloud Director is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of OpenText Cloud Service Automation writes "Comes with life cycle management features but needs improvement in installation ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vCloud Director writes "Offers flexibility of handling workloads and good scalability". OpenText Cloud Service Automation is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, whereas vCloud Director is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), Morpheus, VMware Aria Operations and CloudStack. See our OpenText Cloud Service Automation vs. vCloud Director report.
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