ServiceNow is a cloud-based task-management platform that specializes in IT operations management (ITOM), IT services management (ITSM), and IT business management (ITBM). ServiceNow allows users to manage their teams, projects, and customer interactions using a variety of different plugins and apps with which it easily integrates.
It has a higher cost compared to local/regional solutions.
It's sold as a less expensive solution, but it has to be highly modified. That's where you get into the cost.
It has a higher cost compared to local/regional solutions.
It's sold as a less expensive solution, but it has to be highly modified. That's where you get into the cost.
Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is a cloud security solution used for cloud security posture management, cloud workload protection, container security, and code security. It provides visibility, monitoring, and alerting for security issues in multi-cloud environments.
The purchasing process was easy and quick. It is a very economical solution.
Our licensing fees are $18,000 USD per year.
The purchasing process was easy and quick. It is a very economical solution.
Our licensing fees are $18,000 USD per year.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a comprehensive security solution that provides advanced threat protection for cloud workloads. It offers real-time visibility into the security posture of cloud environments, enabling organizations to quickly identify and respond to potential threats. With its advanced machine learning capabilities, Microsoft Defender for Cloud can detect and block sophisticated attacks, including zero-day exploits and fileless malware.
I'm not privy to that information, but I know it's probably close to a million dollars a year.
We are using the free version of the Azure Security Center.
I'm not privy to that information, but I know it's probably close to a million dollars a year.
We are using the free version of the Azure Security Center.
Control-M is used for enterprise workload automation, scheduling business-critical processes, file transfers, and managing database components in finance, retail, and pharmacy. It automates batch processes, ensuring SLAs, and provides job status visibility. Valuable features include integration capabilities, plugins, support communities, visibility, Managed File Transfer, and various automation tools.
Compare to other tools Pricing and licensing was more. It should be decrease.
BMC does NOT have a great licensing model from my perspective.
Compare to other tools Pricing and licensing was more. It should be decrease.
BMC does NOT have a great licensing model from my perspective.
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform excels in integration and ease of use, suitable for straightforward implementations. In comparison, VMware Aria Automation offers a comprehensive feature set for orchestrating complex workflows, making it ideal for complex environments. Buyers should choose based on deployment complexity, support, and feature needs.
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is a top-ranking HCI software, cloud management tool, and Software Defined Storage (SDS) tool that is marketed as the foundation for users' hybrid clouds. It offers a powerful and secure hyperconverged infrastructure to deliver all data and applications at any scale and on any cloud. The solution offers a complete software stack that allows users to unify their hybrid cloud infrastructure.
Able to grow with smaller, more linear increments of investment
The basic license that comes with the box allows basic virtualization features but advanced automation features would require an upgrade of licenses.
Able to grow with smaller, more linear increments of investment
The basic license that comes with the box allows basic virtualization features but advanced automation features would require an upgrade of licenses.
OpenShift is Red Hat's Kubernetes platform that provides a cloud environment for development, hosting, and scaling applications. The solution enables a cloud-like experience regardless of the location where it has been deployed, including in the cloud, on premises, or at the edge. It allows developers to select where to build, deploy, and run applications through a consistent experience, supported by full-stack automated operations, and self-service provisioning.
Pricing of OpenShift depends on the number of nodes and who is hosting it.
Depending on the extent of the product use, licenses are available for a range of time periods, and are renewable at the end of the period.
Pricing of OpenShift depends on the number of nodes and who is hosting it.
Depending on the extent of the product use, licenses are available for a range of time periods, and are renewable at the end of the period.
AWS Security Hub is a comprehensive security service that provides a centralized view of security alerts and compliance status across an AWS environment. It collects data from various AWS services, partner solutions, and AWS Marketplace products to provide a holistic view of security posture. With Security Hub, users can quickly identify and prioritize security issues, automate compliance checks, and streamline remediation efforts.
The price of the solution is not very competitive but it is reasonable.
The price of AWS Security Hub is average compared to other solutions.
The price of the solution is not very competitive but it is reasonable.
The price of AWS Security Hub is average compared to other solutions.
IBM Turbonomic is a performance and cost optimization platform for public, private, and hybrid clouds used by companies to assure application performance while eliminating inefficiencies by dynamically resourcing applications through automated actions.
Price is a big one. VMTurbo was very competitively priced.
We felt the pricing was very fair for the product. It is in no way prohibitive for larger deployments, unlike other similar product on the market.
Price is a big one. VMTurbo was very competitively priced.
We felt the pricing was very fair for the product. It is in no way prohibitive for larger deployments, unlike other similar product on the market.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management (ITOM) is a cloud management and infrastructure tool that facilitates the administrative and development process of creating, planning, and operating digital services, technology, application requirements, and components for organizations. Service Now ensures effectiveness, performance, and availability throughout an organization's processes and services.
The pricing is high and may be excluding the small to medium-sized enterprise businesses.
It has different subscription models.
The pricing is high and may be excluding the small to medium-sized enterprise businesses.
It has different subscription models.
Cisco Intersight is Cisco’s systems management platform that delivers intuitive computing through cloud-powered intelligence. This platform offers a more intelligent level of management that enables IT organizations to analyze, simplify, and automate their environments in ways that were not possible with prior generations of tools. This capability empowers organizations to achieve significant savings in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and to deliver applications faster, so they can support new business initiates. The advantages of the model-based management of the Cisco UCS platform plus Cisco Intersight are extended to Cisco UCS servers and Cisco HyperFlex and Cisco HyperFlex Edge systems. Cisco HyperFlex Edge is optimized for remote sites, branch offices, and edge environments.
Cisco Intersight is not cheap, but it's not the most expensive product either.
It's just the standard licensing cost. There are no additional fees.
Cisco Intersight is not cheap, but it's not the most expensive product either.
It's just the standard licensing cost. There are no additional fees.
Sangfor HCI is an IT infrastructure platform built on converged architecture. It integrates server virtualization, distributed storage, and networking. Sangfor HCI provides a unified management platform that converges compute, storage, networking, and security on a single software stack. This approach delivers a simplified architecture, ease of use, and reliability for business-critical applications.
The price of Sangfor is cheaper than other competing products.
The pricing of Sangfor is very competitive.
The price of Sangfor is cheaper than other competing products.
The pricing of Sangfor is very competitive.
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is a cloud management tool that drives consistent governance across private and public clouds for its users. The solution brings simplicity and ease of use to managing and building cloud deployments by providing a unified multicloud management that addresses common cloud adoption challenges.
Nutanix Cloud Manager offers four key value drivers:
I think it can be more cost-effective.
The pricing was quite competitive and a lot lower compared to other solutions. It wasn't cheap, but it was not as expensive.
I think it can be more cost-effective.
The pricing was quite competitive and a lot lower compared to other solutions. It wasn't cheap, but it was not as expensive.
Automic Automation is used for workload automation, migrating clients from other systems, automating financial services, ERP batch jobs, SAP tasks, telecom workloads, and ITSM integration. Its strengths include robust scheduling, object-oriented workflows, centralized source code, scripting, scalability, stability, web access, and cost management despite needing better support, documentation, and enhanced cloud compatibility.
Certain licenses can be a bit expensive. The PeopleSoft agents, in particular, are a bit pricey.
You do not need any humans to start jobs, so you can save a lot of money.
Certain licenses can be a bit expensive. The PeopleSoft agents, in particular, are a bit pricey.
You do not need any humans to start jobs, so you can save a lot of money.
Freshservice is an intelligent, cloud-native service management solution. It provides efficiency and agility through AI to create a contextual and intelligent experience. The solution also empowers employees to work whenever and wherever they need to work. Freshservice powers integrations and workflows at the enterprise scale, building upon an open platform and marketplace with connectors and APIs that you can extend and customize.
The pricing information is on their website. It's my understanding that their Pro Plan, for example, is around $89/month.
Its price is great. Its pricing is supposedly a lot less than ServiceNow and other alternatives.
The pricing information is on their website. It's my understanding that their Pro Plan, for example, is around $89/month.
Its price is great. Its pricing is supposedly a lot less than ServiceNow and other alternatives.
Morpheus is a 100% agnostic cloud management platform (CMP) designed from the ground up to unify management of multi-cloud and hybrid IT while empowering DevOps teams with self-service provisioning of bare metal, VM, and container-based application services.
The license is based on the number of virtual machines that Morpheus is managing. So, it is a pay-as-you-grow model.
Initially, the license may seem like a good deal, but as we grow, it becomes costly.
The license is based on the number of virtual machines that Morpheus is managing. So, it is a pay-as-you-grow model.
Initially, the license may seem like a good deal, but as we grow, it becomes costly.
OpenNebula provides the most simple but feature-rich and flexible solution for the comprehensive management of virtualized data centers to enable private, public and hybrid IaaS clouds. OpenNebula interoperability makes cloud an evolution by leveraging existing IT assets, protecting your investments, and avoiding vendor lock-in.
VRA is very expensive but OpenNebula is free.
We use the Community Edition, rather than the Enterprise Edition.
VRA is very expensive but OpenNebula is free.
We use the Community Edition, rather than the Enterprise Edition.
The Apache CloudStack is open source, so you do not have licenses to purchase.
Give an effort to planning. If possible, contract a specialized consultant company for the initial setup and knowledge transfer.
The Apache CloudStack is open source, so you do not have licenses to purchase.
Give an effort to planning. If possible, contract a specialized consultant company for the initial setup and knowledge transfer.
Cradlepoint’s NetCloud is an integrated platform that connects modern enterprises from the Edge to the cloud to ensure pervasive connectivity and greater availability. It combines advanced Enterprise Software-Defined Network (SDN) and Software-Defined Perimeter (SD-P) technologies that enable dynamic connectivity and network management of fixed branch locations, vehicles, and M2M/IoT deployments within one pane of glass platform.
Cradlepoint's prices are on par with similar solutions.
The annual cost is less than $200,000 yet more than $150,000.00.
Cradlepoint's prices are on par with similar solutions.
The annual cost is less than $200,000 yet more than $150,000.00.
Puppet Data Center Automation helps sysadmins automate configuration and management of machines and the software running on them. With our software, businesses can make rapid, repeatable changes and automatically enforce the consistency of systems and devices, across physical and virtual machines, on prem or in the cloud.
Puppet Enterprise’s pricing is competitive.
Puppet Enterprise can be an expensive solution for smaller businesses.
Puppet Enterprise’s pricing is competitive.
Puppet Enterprise can be an expensive solution for smaller businesses.
Cloudify is an open-source orchestration-first cloud management platform. The solution allows applications to efficiently run across multiple cloud or data center platforms for premium multi-cloud infrastructure automation and orchestration. It provides infrastructure automation using environment as a service (EaaS) technology to deploy and continuously manage any cloud, private data center, or Kubernetes service from one central point while leveraging existing toolchains.
CloudBolt supports a variety of cloud technologies, from on-premises virtualization and private cloud to a wide range public and hybrid cloud configurations.
The system is cheaper if a customer has fewer servers since you pay by the node.
The solution is reasonably priced.
The system is cheaper if a customer has fewer servers since you pay by the node.
The solution is reasonably priced.
The solution is reasonably priced.
The cost is on par with other providers.
The solution is reasonably priced.
The cost is on par with other providers.
Densify is a hybrid cloud and container resource management platform that makes workloads self-aware of their precise resource requirements and automates the resource management and selection process. This solution helps you control your cloud spend and also helps your apps perform and scale better. Densify enables you to match your cloud requirements with the optimal cloud supply. Additionally, Densify is the only technology that leverages patented, predictive machine learning-powered analytics to perform advanced modeling of workload patterns, and provide precise optimization directives. It is ideal for cloud engineers, container platform owners, and IT finance.
Setup cost is negligible, as it scales fairly well.
There was some sticker shock, as this is not just another software product to spit out graphs.
Setup cost is negligible, as it scales fairly well.
There was some sticker shock, as this is not just another software product to spit out graphs.
AWS Control Tower offers the easiest way to set up and govern a new, secure, multi-account AWS environment. It establishes a landing zone that is based on best-practices blueprints, and enables governance using guardrails you can choose from a pre-packaged list.
The solution is free.
On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing an eight.
The solution is free.
On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing an eight.
FortiPortal gives MSPs a comprehensive set of hosted Wi-Fi and security management features for FortiGate, FortiWiFi, and FortiAP products. With multitenancy, you can securely manage your customers through a centralized management console. This lets you respond quickly to customer requests and easily monitor customer networks. Our virtual appliance can be deployed on a hosted services infrastructure, allowing you to build highly-customized private-cloud services for customers.
I am satisfied with the pricing for this solution.
Fortinet FortiPortal is relatively expensive, but being an industry-leading firewall, it does come with a cost.
I am satisfied with the pricing for this solution.
Fortinet FortiPortal is relatively expensive, but being an industry-leading firewall, it does come with a cost.
Manage container, virtual, private, and public cloud infrastructures
It is definitely cheaper than VMware. Everything is included. There is no challenge there.
Red Hat CloudForms has a subscript-based pricing model. The cost is approximately $20,000 annually which allows you to use as many users as you want.
It is definitely cheaper than VMware. Everything is included. There is no challenge there.
Red Hat CloudForms has a subscript-based pricing model. The cost is approximately $20,000 annually which allows you to use as many users as you want.
BMC Helix Cloud Security is a SaaS tool designed to help organizations reduce compliance and security lapses resulting from next-gen container and cloud technologies. The solution offers a fully transparent, user-friendly view of all compliance data gathered throughout container resources, cloud, and data centers. BMC Helix Cloud Security can be used to insert compliance inquiries precisely in DevOps workflows for immediate assessment in relation to critical “go, no-go” conclusions throughout the entire workflow.
Cisco UCS Director enables automated delivery of physical and virtual data center resources, empowering data centers to move at the speed of business.
The cost of this solution is significant.
Cisco UCS Director is expensive...I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten.
The cost of this solution is significant.
Cisco UCS Director is expensive...I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten.
IT process automation can significantly lower the cost of IT delivery and reduce the risk associated with manual interactions. BMC Atrium Orchestrator automates common, repeatable tasks to improve quality of service across the board.
Licensing is per lot, or per agent — one agent is one license.
There is a huge cost saving with BMC TrueSight compared to other solutions.
Licensing is per lot, or per agent — one agent is one license.
There is a huge cost saving with BMC TrueSight compared to other solutions.
Oracle Enterprise Manager is Oracle's integrated enterprise information technology (IT) management product line, which provides the industry's only complete, integrated, and business-driven enterprise cloud management solution. Oracle Enterprise Manager creates business value for IT by leveraging the built-in management capabilities of the Oracle stack for traditional and cloud environments, enabling customers to achieve unprecedented efficiency gains while dramatically increasing service levels.
The licensing costs are largely too high.
Our customer uses Oracle Universal Credits to pay for their license on an annual basis. The price is definitely affordable.
The licensing costs are largely too high.
Our customer uses Oracle Universal Credits to pay for their license on an annual basis. The price is definitely affordable.
OpenText Cloud Service Automation provides open, heterogeneous, extensible enterprise-grade cloud service lifecycle management to design and orchestrate full stack services. CSA embraces existing automation assets with an enhanced orchestration engine, which provides IT with an informed, transparent delivery of secure compliant services for the hybrid cloud.
OpenText Cloud Service Automation's pricing is average.
OpenText Cloud Service Automation's pricing is average.
Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise/UCP) provides enterprises with the easiest and fastest way to deploy cloud native applications at scale in any environment.
CFEngine is a configuration management and automation framework that lets you securely manage your mission critical IT infrastructure.
