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WorkflowGen vs vCenter Orchestrator comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

vCenter Orchestrator
Ranking in Process Automation
10th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
WorkflowGen
Ranking in Process Automation
40th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (29th), Business Process Management (BPM) (54th), Rapid Application Development Software (37th), Low-Code Development Platforms (33rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of vCenter Orchestrator is 0.2%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WorkflowGen is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Automation
 

Featured Reviews

David Villota - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides automatic monitoring capabilities that save time for users
In my company's IT environment, we use the tool to deploy production environments for products, including live manufacturing systems. The product improves my company's IT automation processes since we can use fewer resources currently. In my company, we need to spend less time considering that vCenter Orchestrator monitors everything. In general, we don't have to be present in our company to do active monitoring. Automatic monitoring is available for everything with vCenter Orchestrator, so we have proactive alerts in our company. The most valuable feature of the product in streamlining our company's workflow stems from the fact that we need to spend fewer resources and less time in general. Our company can spend time on more effective tasks like working with the plans to improve processes and so on, instead of taking care of the systems. The benefits of the product's integration capabilities were useful for HPE. My company has HPE infrastructure, and we are keen to integrate everything into the host, VMware ESXi. It is really important to have an easy integration method that allows for everything to be installed easily in a matter of minutes. I was not involved in the product's setup process. My colleague took care of the product's setup process. From what I know, I can say that the product's setup phase was straightforward. Some custom setups were to be done manually in the tool, but everything was well documented. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. One of the benefits of the product is that it is a low-cost and stable solution that offers a lot of resources. I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.
CO
Good for automatically triggering workflows, but needs to be more customizable
We use this product for many different reasons related to our business We use it a lot for creating workflows to transfer materials between plants, which is a signature part of what we do. The most valuable feature is the ability to automatically trigger the workflow. This solution needs to be…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product's integration is good, it works well with other programs and solutions."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is availability."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"vCenter Orchestrator's best features are the workflows, integration with third-party applications, and the workflow library."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its good automation features."
"The most valuable feature is affinity rules."
"The most valuable feature is how easy it makes it to manage the VM."
"We use it a lot for creating workflows to transfer materials between plants, which is a signature part of what we do."
 

Cons

"This is an expensive solution."
"Its technical support team takes a long time to escalate the issues."
"There can be compatibility issues."
"vCenter Orchestrator's debugging capacity could be improved."
"The response time of vCenter Orchestrator's support could be improved."
"When the SSO certificate needs to be renewed, the upgrading and testing are quite complicated."
"Using this solution requires a lot of experience."
"The only problem with the product is that it is very expensive, making it an area where improvements are required."
"This solution needs to be more customizable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the product price a seven to eight out of ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."
"The product is expensive."
"My company needs to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product."
"vCenter Orchestrator is an expensive solution."
"The licensing cost is manageable because they have different versions available, standard, essential, and advanced."
"vCenter Orchestrator could be more affordable."
"This solution is expensive and the licensing is more attractive for Haveri."
"vCenter Orchestrator is a very expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
23%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Government
12%
Manufacturing Company
6%
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about vCenter Orchestrator?
The stability of the product is very good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vCenter Orchestrator?
We're running a low-profile budget. This is not our main focus on investment technology, so we're trying to reduce costs due to the change from perpetual to subscription licenses.
What needs improvement with vCenter Orchestrator?
After the change from perpetual licensing to subscriptions, the cost model changed. We are considering alternatives since we lost the perpetual aspect, and support is changing.
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Sample Customers

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Comcast, Deloitte, Mitsui & Co Ltd, Sanofi Pasteur, Textron, XL Group. WorkflowGen accelerates business process adaptability in 70 countries for 500+ organizations and 1,000,000 users.
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