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Saurabh Chandratre
With the VPC, you can run your workloads in an active state, use it for development work and for hosting SQL/Exchange...
The projects that I have delivered on vCloud Air have definitely helped clients in having a full DR solution in cloud, for their head office as... Read more →
Paul Bryant
Automates a lot of manual processes, and provides a centralized interface for expanding environments
You literally have a centralized user interface that allows you to expand environments and create new workload domains with proven configurations,... Read more →
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  • "This solutuion can be expensive for small and medium-sized companies."
  • "The pricing can be more competitive."
  • "The licensing is expensive compared with Hyper V and Unitech's platform."
  • "If our customer has the option to buy a server for $4,000 or $5,000, but VMware asks for two-person licensing $7,000 to $8,000, which is more than the hardware price. So sometimes, the customer cannot pay for it because it's too expensive."
  • "There is an annual license required to use the solution."
  • "VMware Cloud Foundation is overpriced, but I think we get what we pay for."
  • "The price of VMware Cloud Foundation is a bit high. However, it comes with a lot of useful features and can handle a lot of operational complexity. Overall the price can be seen as being fair for what it offers."
  • "The pricing of VMware Cloud Foundation could improve, it is expensive."

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    What do you like most about VMware Cloud Foundation?
    Top Answer:VMware Cloud Foundation provides us with the vSphere dashboard through which we can manage, monitor, schedule, and spin up your virtual machines. We can manage, monitor, and get reports of your… more »
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Cloud Foun...
    Top Answer:I rate the tool's pricing a seven out of ten.
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    What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Foundation?
    Top Answer:Cost is a big factor. Clients want a reduced price. Ease of use is definitely there – the VMware interface is user-friendly. But cost is a challenge when convincing clients, especially for large… more »
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    21st
    out of 68 in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
    Views
    280
    Comparisons
    246
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    10th
    out of 68 in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
    Views
    421
    Comparisons
    283
    Reviews
    11
    Average Words per Review
    502
    Rating
    8.3
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    Overview
    vCloud Air is a public cloud platform built on the trusted foundation of vSphere, compatible with your on-premises data center, that includes infrastructure, disaster recovery, and various applications as service offerings. vCloud Air allows you to extend your workloads into the cloud with ease. You can migrate existing onsite virtual machines (VMs) to the public cloud or start up new application VMs directly in the cloud.

    VMware Cloud Foundation makes it easy to deploy and run a hybrid cloud. VMware Cloud Foundation provides integrated cloud infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, and security) and cloud management services to run enterprise applications in both private and public environments.

    Sample Customers
    Lumeta, LifeSite, Clear Tec Solutions, National Physician Services, Queens University of Charlotte, California Natural Resources Agency, Pacific Disaster Center, Seventy Seven Energy Inc., Columbia Sportswear , CSS Corp
    ricoh, dell technologies, sky
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    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider33%
    Computer Software Company33%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Retailer8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Financial Services Firm7%
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise4%
    Large Enterprise70%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise67%
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    vCloud Air is ranked 21st in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) while VMware Cloud Foundation is ranked 10th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 23 reviews. vCloud Air is rated 8.0, while VMware Cloud Foundation is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of vCloud Air writes "With the VPC, you can run your workloads in an active state, use it for development work and for hosting SQL/Exchange Servers in IaaS; RaaS/DaaS for DR activities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Cloud Foundation writes "Offers automated deployment features that enhances operational efficiency and simplifying complex tasks ". vCloud Air is most compared with Microsoft Azure, SQL Azure and Amazon AWS, whereas VMware Cloud Foundation is most compared with Azure Stack, Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2), AWS Outposts, Google Anthos and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI).

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