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VMware Cloud Foundation pros and cons

Vendor: VMware
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PROS

VMware Cloud Foundation enables flexibility in network structures and supports extensive network and storage management.
It significantly reduces installation and setup time, transforming processes that once took weeks into hours.
The platform allows easy integration and management of multiple cloud providers like AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle, and Azure.
VMware Cloud Foundation supports password and certificate management through the SDDC manager, facilitating single-dashboard management of virtual interactions.
Its automation capabilities streamline manual processes involved in new environment builds and lifecycle management.

CONS

VMware Cloud Foundation lacks sufficient support for Mac and requires improved support for integrations and components.
Pricing for VMware Cloud Foundation is considered high, making it challenging to convince clients, especially for large deals, and maintenance costs have risen significantly.
There are complexities in deployment, lifecycle management, and upgrading processes, leading to the perception that VMware Cloud Foundation is clumsy and complex.
VMware Cloud Foundation could improve its log management as logs do not provide adequate information, complicating troubleshooting efforts.
After Broadcom's acquisition of VMware, concerns have been raised about increased prices and a need for improvement in resource allocation, including auto resource allocation at VM levels.
 

VMware Cloud Foundation Pros review quotes

NiteshKumar1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 28, 2024
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 infrastructure.
Narasimha Reddy Illuri - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 4, 2025
VMware Cloud Foundation's best features include its advanced capabilities, security purposes, and performance levels.
JF
Jul 1, 2024
The main features are the separation between the management plane and the workload. You can use NSX to provision between the different areas of the network, like west-east or north-south.
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SK
Apr 11, 2022
VMware Cloud Foundation's most valuable features are password and certificate management. The SDDC manager tool is the front tool we are using to manage the entire VCF stack. In the SDDC manager, we can able to rotate, and update the passwords of all users. Anything in the VMware portfolio, we can manage from a single dashboard and we have various data centers. We have connected everything into one Federation. From one single place, we are managing our entire virtual interactions.
Al Vasek - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 28, 2022
The stability is good.
reviewer1144278 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 6, 2023
We are using it for infrastructure automation.
SA
Oct 24, 2019
The most valuable feature of this solution is the disaster recovery software.
Ololade Olotu - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 5, 2022
Technical support is helpful.
MS
Jan 30, 2020
The ability to auto-scale is the most valuable feature.
PM
Apr 25, 2025
Overall, I rate VMware Cloud Foundation a nine out of ten.
 

VMware Cloud Foundation Cons review quotes

NiteshKumar1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 28, 2024
Cost is a challenge when convincing clients, especially for large deals.
Narasimha Reddy Illuri - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 4, 2025
Compared to Nutanix, which many people consider a better option due to its single platform approach, VMware Cloud Foundation operates on different platforms.
JF
Jul 1, 2024
There is room for improvement in customer service and support.
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SK
Apr 11, 2022
In the early adoption of VMware Cloud Foundation, we have seen minor problems. For example, in our Federation, I see the single pane of glass where we need to manage everything, which is good. However, internally, we have a Kafka database that is distributed by the database used by the SDDC manager. During the distribution and synchronization, there is some issue and we need to stop the process.
Al Vasek - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 28, 2022
The solution is quite expensive.
reviewer1144278 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 6, 2023
From a stability perspective, there may be some issues.
SA
Oct 24, 2019
We would like the ability to write to both sites at the same time, in a synchronous fashion.
Ololade Olotu - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 5, 2022
The pricing could be a bit less expensive.
MS
Jan 30, 2020
The deployment is clumsy and complex. There are too many things that need to be done in order to deploy.
PM
Apr 25, 2025
VMware Cloud Foundation is complex, and there are always updates regarding security features, accessibility, and the user interface. Making changes isn't simple because there are a lot of tables to update. People in the field may not feel confident about managing it.