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VMware Aria Automation vs vRealize Business for Cloud [EOL] comparison

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Categories and Ranking

VMware Aria Automation
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
172
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (3rd), Configuration Management (10th), Network Automation (7th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (28th), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) (7th)
vRealize Business for Cloud...
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

VasilisGiannitsiotis - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT at ITSolutions
Automation has streamlined complex financial workflows but still needs more intuitive orchestration
Something to improve in VMware Aria Automation would be related to VCF 9, as I do not know what it is trying to bring because they exposed it as the solution of everything. So VCF 9 will bring VCF Automation and VCF Operations, the new product line of VMware. I have not seen what this brings or what else it includes. Maybe in the area of vRealize Orchestrator, this would be beneficial because VRO can do everything. Perhaps a more user-friendly way to use that tool would be helpful because the possibilities there are endless. I am looking for more user-friendly navigation in VMware Aria Automation.
TM
Solutions Architect and project manager at MIB leipzig
Complete solution for automation, orchestration, and end-to-end lifecycle management
The most valuable feature is automation. With the automation, you can easily and quickly implement it by deploying gnashing on virtual environments. It doesn't take long to develop an automation blueprint. You need about half an hour, and then you can install or deploy it on several systems. That was our first great advantage in the project because we urgently needed to deploy across many different systems. So automation helps us to do our work quickly and easily. VMware vRealize has standardized systems for doing work after the deployment. First, you have to set up the language on the system itself. Then there are vRealize's orchestration features. You can implement code in your deployment script to do this configuration automatically. So the orchestrator is a beneficial component. With this, you can implement automatic language selection and automated integration. In other systems, you can implement a multi-blueprint or multi-system environment to deploy the entire database environment and applications on this database with one click. The lifecycle manager is also essential. In version 7.5, you must provide a dir example username and password to access the Citrix server and controller. What's more, you have to include this in your script or your code. But in version 8, you can provide the username and password or store them in the lifecycle manager. So then you can pick it up from there. And that's the only location where you have to change the password. You don't have to change it in every script. That's a massive improvement in version 8.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product is really excellent, VMware provides a complete ecosystem, and it covers multi-cloud, which is where the market is going."
"The self-service capabilities are by far the best that we've seen in terms of features."
"Before, it took us two days to provision new machines, and today the whole process is done in about two hours."
"All the feedback that I have received so far from our administrators is very positive; the solution is user-friendly and intuitive."
"For ours, it's a match that I wish we would have had immediately; it has paid dividends."
"The setup was straightforward. We upgraded to a newer version seamlessly. It worked really well."
"Using the VMware vRealize self-service portal, the user can request a server, and we can better manage the lifecycle."
"We were able to reduce the delivery time of requesting a VM from three weeks to under 10 minutes using the vRealize Automation Suite."
"Overall, this is a good solution and we have not had any problems, but I can't say that it is perfect because of the issues with the documentation and knowledge base."
"The flexibility of the solution is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the metering capability."
"I like the openness of the solution."
"The product provides excellent daily reports."
"The solution's cost management is very good."
"The most valuable feature is that it has a very easy and adaptive look and feel, compared with some other cloud solutions."
"The features I find most valuable about this solution is it helps us to automate all the provisioning activities on the platform."
 

Cons

"Upgrades are always a pain."
"Automation or scripting should be simplified so that administrators who are not experts can have a better grasp of automation."
"The stability needs a lot of work. The troubleshooting component of vRealize is a pain. The administration and the upgrades are not up to the mark. If they were able to improve on that, that would be the best thing and would make it much easier to run it in the enterprise."
"Now, it's pretty stable, as long as you do not touch it. However, upgrades are always a pain."
"I give it a six out of 10 because we still haven't met what we intended it for."
"Not as good, but there are some components in vRA that you can scale out a lot more quickly than other pieces."
"I would like them to improve the product training."
"I would like to see more automation, more ways to automate automation tasks."
"At the moment, in the POC, we have a very huge issue because you definitely have to implement a vSphere cluster."
"The problem with VMware is the price."
"The pricing model is complicated and would be more predictable if it were simplified."
"I would like to have an easy way of modifying the reference data that is used for the purposes of estimating the total billing."
"The product needs some investment in configuration. I would like to see better and more optimized configuration in the tool's future releases."
"It's not always easy to find the information you need."
"The solution's private cloud is much too expensive."
"I would like it if they could provide their customers with more qualified support, like some training videos."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an expensive product. After VMware's acquisition by Broadcom, there was a rise in the price of VMware Aria Automation."
"There is confusion between licensing levels. There are three different licensed versions of vRealize Automation, and there are different things which can happen in each of them."
"We do plan to see ROI with any new implementation of new technologies being implemented within our environment."
"vRealize automation really should be a front door to the whole VMware suite of products."
"The cost of the solution is reasonable for us. Although it is relatively high, we prioritize stability and integration over cost."
"The solution has helped to increase infrastructure, agility, speed, and provisioning in the time to market."
"I'm very interested in the integration with Puppet. However, my organization doesn't have the funding for something like Puppet right now. If VMware would integrate that feature set (Puppet) into vRA. That would be very awesome."
"The pricing is very high."
"The pricing model is complicated."
"It's expensive, which is one of the problems with this solution."
"The product is a cost-effective solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
22%
Construction Company
19%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
13%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise131
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What's the difference between VMware vRA (automation) and vROps (operations)?
vROP is a virtualization management solution from VMWare. It is efficient and easy to manage. You can find anything you need from the software interface. It provides complete visibility over applic...
Is there any way to try VMware Aria Automation for free?
When it comes to VMware Aria Automation, you have three choices for free runs: Hands-on Lab (HOL) Advanced lab A free trial I cannot describe in detail the second and third options as my company ...
Which sectors can benefit the most from VMware Aria Automation?
I was looking at VMware Aria Automation case studies recently and I got the impression that three main kinds of companies were using it most often: Social organizations Financial institutions and ...
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Also Known As

VMware vRealize Automation, vRA, VMware DynamicOps Cloud Suite, SaltStack
VMware IT Business Management Suite, VMware ITBM, IT Business Management Suite, Digital Fuel
 

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