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VMware Aria Operations vs VMware Aria Suite comparison

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Categories and Ranking

VMware Aria Operations
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
376
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (2nd), Virtualization Management Tools (1st)
VMware Aria Suite
Average Rating
9.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

AldoDomini - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa
Have faced limitations due to high costs but have maintained reliability over time
The primary issue is the pricing, which is very expensive for my company's budget. We cannot afford to pay such a large fee. We are not Microsoft or BMW; we are a small company. As a small company, I have no power to negotiate directly with VMware. Perhaps larger companies have more opportunity to contract directly with VMware, but I do not have that leverage. The only path I can follow is to change solutions. Net.spA is a company working in the field of waste management. We are not a technological company, so we do not have a large margin to justify purchasing and maintaining the VMware infrastructure at current costs.
it_user224100 - PeerSpot reviewer
SSIO Infrastructure Engineer at Wyndham Destination Network - RCI Europe
Key benefits include the ability to identify resource usage and hot spots.
I have been using Operations Manager for the last few months since reviewing my licence structure and procuring the Enterprise Plus, management bundle. Having a number of distributed vSphere environments spread across the UK and Europe has presented a number of challenges in terms of centralised alerting and reporting. With my collections all configured I am now able to receive invaluable information quickly - reducing the labour that was previously causing issues. Key benefits:- * Ability to identify resource usage and hot spots * Understand where I can reclaim resources * Trend and forecast my virtual landscape by adding projects

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"One of the most valuable features is the ability to compare between AWS/Azure and the local cloud. When customers deploy something on the local cloud, with the same configuration that would apply to AWS or Azure, we can calculate the estimated cost difference between the local cloud and the public cloud. We do this kind of analysis for optimization and it is one of the best features of vROps."
"The resource reclamation is the most valuable feature."
"In the long run, our hardware and software costs are reduced."
"It has helped my organization by running analytics on use cases, performance, and by running clusters."
"The number one, most valuable feature is the simplicity of deployment."
"If you use the vCenter stuff, it's okay... but vROps actually gives you more realistic numbers."
"The ability to monitor our trending and growth in our environment gives us an idea of when we're running out of capacity, how quick our growth is occurring, and where it's occurring."
"As a VMware engineer, the visibility of the infrastructure that it provides is something that I am really impressed with."
"Thanks guys – you managed to turn around an extremely frustrating experience into something more positive."
"I found the ease of use with Operations Manager Dashboard and providing complete visibility of your infrastructure most valuable."
"This is our lifeblood, our ability to be pro-active instead of retroactive, and without it, it hurts our bottom line."
"With my collections all configured I am now able to receive invaluable information quickly, reducing the labour that was previously causing issues."
 

Cons

"I think I made a mistake in choosing VMware."
"I'd like to see more granular reporting; the ability to simplify the reporting and being able to create the reports."
"I would like to see more integration between vRealize Operations, Log Insight, and Network Insight. It would be nice if they worked a bit better together."
"They should show the processes that are consuming the CPU/memory usage rather than taking the RDP of the server."
"We have had some issues with the vROps server not really responding real quickly at times and we've actually had to rebuild it a few times."
"Some of the areas that we have run into issues with are the upgrades, sometimes."
"When I worked at a previous company, we had a really large environment and we routinely ran our disk space."
"Some of the earlier upgrades were a bit more involved."
"I would like the reporting function to be made more complete."
"It has color coding to an extent, but it needs more colors to tag more diversely."
"I would like to see the vrealize Suite support the Mcrosoft Azure"
"It’s hardly the most streamlined deployment experience is it? It’s ironic that an application designed to orchestrate operations can’t orchestrate its installation a bit better!"
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There's a smaller category that stands out due to its affordability, especially for recent versions, which I rate as four or five in terms of value. However, if you're looking for a vCenter with older, more advanced features, it comes at a significantly higher cost, and I would rate it around ten. They provide us with a choice between a recent version and one integrated, and I lean towards the former."
"Pricing is good for us. We're non-profit so we get a break on that."
"The price of the solution is expensive."
"The licensing model is annual. Compared to the price of other products, VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) is a bit on the high side. If it could be cheaper, it would be good."
"The licensing is not clear at the moment if the on-premises pricing is the same as on the cloud. I am checking on the pricing. However, you can save a lot of money with the cloud solution because you need to spend time installing, upgrading, and connecting with the on-premises solution. Also, you don't need to spend time scheduling the maintenance and maintaining the solution when using the cloud version."
"Don't overallocate! This means that you don't have to buy many hosts. You can save money that way."
"The solution is costly."
"The initial costs are a bit on the higher side but the licensing is flexible."
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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
13%
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business66
Midsize Enterprise61
Large Enterprise281
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
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 VMware Aria Operations a user friendly solution?
In terms of user-friendliness, VMware Aria Operations is one of the best solutions out there. It is not overly complex to set up and you can rely on the technical support to provide you with assis...
What is the most useful new feature of VMware Aria Operations?
For me, the alerts features are the most unique part of this product, no matter the current name it uses. When they introduced the new version of VMware Aria Operations, they also introduced more a...
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Also Known As

VMware vRealize Operations (vROps), vCenter Operations Manager (VCOPS)
vRealize suite
 

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Science Applications International Corporation, Tribune Media, Heartland Payment Systems, Telkom Indonesia, Columbia Sportswear, iGATE, CSS Corp, Angel Broking, Adira Finance, Hipskind, Beiersdorf Shared Services, Innovate Mas Indonesia, Adobe, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi , Join Experience S.A, Borusan Holdings, Department of Transport - Abu Dhabi
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