Flexera vs VMware

Unbiased reviews from our professional community. A complete perspective on vendors based on user input.
Flexera
Based on 11 reviews.
VMware
Based on 2270 reviews.
Overview
Flexera Software is an American computer software company based in Itasca, Illinois. The company used to be the Rovi Corporation's software division. On 1 April 2008, Macrovision sold its software division to the Thoma Cressey Bravo investment fund. In October 2009, Acresso Software, Inc. became Flexera Software. On July 19, 2011 Thoma Cressey Bravo sold a majority stake in Flexera Software LLC to Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment department of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. The transaction was finalized on October 3, 2011.
VMware, Inc. is a US software company that provides cloud and virtualization software and services, VMware's desktop software runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, while its enterprise software hypervisors for servers, VMware ESX and VMware ESXi, are bare-metal hypervisors that run directly on server hardware without requiring an additional underlying operating system. In 1998, VMware was founded by Diane Greene, Mendel Rosenblum, Scott Devine, Edward Wang and Edouard Bugnion. Greene and Rosenblum, who are married, first met while at the University of California, Berkeley.
Sample Customers
RightScale Cloud Management Platform
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Rackspace, Softlayer, Cloudstack, OpenStack, Vmware
FlexNet Manager
Foray Technologies, BMC
RightScale Optima
Telstra
vCloud Director
MicroStrategy, National Democratic Institute, and NYSE Euronext.
VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth
Pinterest, Dow Jones, RhythmOne, Ziff Davis, Acquia, Mentor Graphics, Lookout, Veracode, SwiftKey, Amtrak, Shi, Imgur, SumoLogic, NewsUK, Cloudera, Canvas
VMware Aria Automation
Rent-a-Center, Amway, Vistra Energy, Liberty Mutual
VMware Aria Operations
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
VMware Service Manager
Seventy Seven Energy Inc., Symantec, KBC, Vodafone, Region Hovedstaden, Bank Audi, Hewlett-Packard, BT Global Services, Edogawa City Council, HDFC Bank Limited, Bank Al Bilad, ABN AMRO N.V. Singapore, Savvis, Abu Dhabi Ports Company, SAP AG, Fundaments, T-Systems
vRealize Business for Cloud
Rent-A-Center, SAIC - (Science Applications International Corporation), Tribune Media, iGATE, EMC, Deutsche Telekom, GEFCO, Banca Ifis
Popular Solutions
Top Industries
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Educational Organization
13%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Quotes From Member Reviews
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Most Helpful Reviews
Review 1 of 3
Review 1 of 5
Customer Service
Review 1 of 10
Review 1 of 30
Technical Support
No Data Available
No Data Available
We monitor all reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.