Cloud Management Platforms comparison & reviews

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3rd 9th 6th
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Pros
  • + Extensive out-of-the-box reporting and automation
  • + Among the best at Chargeback
  • + Resource planning and rightsizing analysis
  • + Strong Multi-Cloud Support
  • + A Gartner cool vendor
  • + Comprehensive DevOps Framework
  • + Valuable annual State of the Cloud report
  • + Good Multi-Cloud support
  • + Good DevOps capabilities
Cons
  • - Below average performance monitoring
  • - Below average 2nd tier public cloud support
  • - Low APAC market presense
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  • - Weakest User Self-Service capabilities
  • - Below average Security features
  • - Separate application for cost management
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Maturity
Company founded in 2006. Shipping product for multiple years. Many large customers.
Founded in 1999.
Founded in 2006, RightScale is one of the oldest CMP firms.
  Content  
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Content Creator
Embotics
Jamcracker
Community
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Overview
Cloud Management Platform that enables Infrastructure-as-a-Service automation by integrating seamlessly with private, public and hybrid clouds
Comprehensive CSB, Governance and Cloud Management Platform, enables organizations to create, deliver, and manage multi-cloud services and implement a cloud-enabled business model for offering, delivering, supporting and billing for multi-cloud services.
RightScale Cloud Portfolio Management enables enterprises to accelerate delivery of applications
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Website
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  Delivery  
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Installation
Single Virtual Machine or Multiple for HA
Can be deployed On-premise or on public cloud. Deployment models includes both Single server appliance and multi-server deployment.
SaaS
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Agentless or agentless operation
vCommander is agentless
It can operate without the agent. Using the agent allows greater monitoring capabilites.
RightLink 10 allows users to enable already-running instances using existing images as well as official OS images.
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Database support
MSSQL 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012 SP3
PostgreSQL or Oracle
RightScale uses a mix of relational databases — notably MySQL — and NoSQL technology, in particular Cassandra.
  Administration  
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Administrator accounts
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
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User accounts
Unlimited Active Directory and LDAP
Unlimited
Unlimited
  Pricing  
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Pricing model
Yearly subscription.
Flat rate or monthly subscription
RightScale is offered at flat rate based on total public cloud spend. Private cloud is free.
  Product Details  
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Vendor specific/agnostic
Vendor agnostic
Standalone platform
Vendor agnostic
  Services  
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24/7 support
Support included in base cost, Premium Support available
24x7 support
Silver Support including consultative support
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Professional services
Professional Services engagements are available.
Profesional services available.
Professional services support is available
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  Virtualization/Private Cloud Support  
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VMware vSphere
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Microsoft Hyper-V
Supported
Supported through scripts
Supported
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OpenStack
Not currently supported (preview available)
Supported
Supported
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other
Azure Stack, VMware vCloud Director
Apache CloudStack
  Public Cloud Support  
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Amazon Web Services
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Google Cloud Platform
Cost comparisons only
Supported
Supported
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IBM Bluemix Cloud
Support for VMware on IBM Cloud
Supported
Supported
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Microsoft Azure
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Oracle Cloud
not supported
Extendable framework to integrate with any Public or Private cloud provider.
not supported
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other
Cost modeling for Google Compute Engine, IBM SoftLayer and Rackspace
Extendable framework to integrate with any Public or Private cloud provider.
Centurylink cloud, Rackspace
  Containers  
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Docker
Scripted Support
Supported through scripts
Supported
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3rd Party container management
Supported
Not supported. Part of roadmap
Supported
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Other
Scripted Support
Not supported. Part of roadmap
Not fully compatible
  Legacy/Brownfield Environments  
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Automatic discovery of legacy VMs
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Management of legacy cloud VMs
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Management of legacy private VMs
Supported
Not supported. Part of roadmap
vSphere-only
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Import of OVA/OVF VM formats
Not supported (native tools can be used)
Using native tools to each platform
Through vSphere
  Migration  
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Cloud-to-cloud migration
Supported
Not supported
Created, but not migrated
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  Administration  
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Multi-tenant support
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Published API
API published : click on details (i) for link
Supported
Supported
  Configuration Management  
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Chef
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Puppet
Supported
Supported
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Ansible
Supported
Supported
Supported
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SaltStack
Supported
Framework supports introduction of new scripts
Compatible
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Ability to patch managed systems
Supported using scripting
Supported
Supported
  Networking  
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SDN Support
Network Fencing isolation (Vmware only)
Not supported
NSX Supported
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Public cloud networking
Supports operational views. Deployment limited to use of templates (eg cloudformations)
Supports cloud networks including VPC and ELB
Extensive AWS network support
  User-Defined Actions  
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Conditional Actions
Supported
Supported
Rightscale Alert system
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Pre- and Post-Install Actions
Supported
Supported
Supported through "rightscripts"
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Scheduled Actions
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Orchestration & Workflow  
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Native Workflow
Supported
Supported
Supported
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3rd Party Orchestration
Supported via scripting framework
Supports Heat orchestration
Supported through plugins
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Webhooks
Supported
Not Supported
  Third-Party Automation  
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ServiceNow
Supported
Supported
Supported
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3rd Party Automation
Supported via scripting framework
No
Supported through plugins
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CMDB integration
Supported
Not Supported
Supported
  User-Defined Properties  
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Automatic hostname creation
Supported
Not Supported
Supported
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Configuration tags
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Placement  
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Best Execution Venue - Performance
Supported
Cost-only
Through scripting or workflow
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Best Execution Venue - Security
Supported
Cost-only
Through scripting or workflow
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Best Execution Venue - Cost
Supported
Supported through cost comparator
Supported
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Runtime policies
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Provisioning  
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Bare-metal provisioning
Supported with use of 3rd party PXE boot solutions
Supported
Manage but not provision
  Reconfiguration & Expiration  
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Ability to change VM configuration
Supported
Supported
Supported throught scripting or integration with other tools
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Live change VM resources
Supported
Supported
VM resources can be changed on demand where it makes sense and is supported by the OS and underlying hypervisor / cloud platform
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Scheduled expiration
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Uptime Management  
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Continuous Infrastructure Testing
Supported
Supported
Contains built in monitoring for VM health. Specific testing can be built into workflow
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HA/DR features
Supported
Supported
Supported
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  Service Portal  
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End-User Self-Service
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Service Catalog
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Localization  
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Support for multiple languages
English Only
Supported
  Built-In Features  
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Application-centric deployment
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Approval workflow
Supported
Supported
Can be supported via ServiceNow integration
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Auto-scaling
Supported in AWS
Partially supported
Supported
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Bursting to public cloud
Partially supported
Not Supported
Supported via blueprints
  Quotas  
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Quotas
Supported
Supported
Supported
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  Cost Management/Chargeback  
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Cloud expense reporting
Supported
Supported
3-year usage reporting
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Consumption-based billing
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Cost allocation
Supported
Supported
Supported
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User-defined rates
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Multiple currency support
Supported
Supported
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with financial mgmt tools
Supported via API
Supported
Contains an Analytics tool and can integration with other tools via API
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  Inventory  
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Real-time environment inventory
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Automatic Updates  
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Discover & update changed systems
Supported
Product will monitor the changes, no update
vSphere-only
  Job reporting  
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Detailed job status reporting
Supported
Configurable
Supported
  Multi-Tenancy  
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Reporting by customer
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Uptime Management  
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SLA reporting
Supported
Supported
RightScale has no built in concept of Service Management, but can be integrated into Service Management tools via API
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  Group management  
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Multi-level support
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Role-based access controls
Supported
Supported
Supported
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User-defined groups
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Identity Management  
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Active Directory support
Supported
Supported
Supported
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LDAP support
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Security Features  
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Credential management
Supported
Supported
Managed SSH Login
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Key vaulting
Supported
Through vendors
Stores user API and SSH keys
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Support for single signon
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Logging/auditing of administrative access
Supported
Supported
Partially supported
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with enterprise security tools
Supported via script
Not Supported
Requires custom programming
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  Third-Party Integration  
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Jenkins integration
Supported
Not Supported
Supported
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GitHub integration
Custom integration scripting
Not Supported
Supported for Chef cookbooks
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other
Supported
Not Supported
  PaaS Capabilities  
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Cloud Foundry support
Support for PKS
Not Supported
Supported
  Usability Features  
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Diagramming
Not Supported
Only designing feature
RightScale follows an infrastructure as code paradigm
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Reusable service blueprints
Supported
Supported
Templates and images
  VM management  
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Out of band console
Supported
All VM access is in band
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Built-in SSH access to VMs
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Snapshotting
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Community Support  
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User Contribution Site
Forum Only
Yes
RightScale "Cloud Gems" Git repositories

Matrix Score

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  • Hypergrid
  • Jamcracker
  • RightScale
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  • 9 th
  • 6 th
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