Cloud Management Platforms comparison & reviews

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Pros
  • + Extensive out-of-the-box reporting and automation
  • + Among the best at Chargeback
  • + Resource planning and rightsizing analysis
  • + Broad OpenSource community of contributors
  • + Strong Governance support
  • + Good IT Automation capabilities
  • + 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
  • - Below average DevOps features
  • - Scattered documentation
  • - Website content is out-of-date
  • - Weakest User Self-Service capabilities
  • - Below average Security features
  • - Separate application for cost management
  Assessment  
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Maturity
Company founded in 2006. Shipping product for multiple years. Many large customers.
Based on ManageIQ, founded in 2006
Founded in 2006, RightScale is one of the oldest CMP firms.
  Content  
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Content Creator
Embotics
WhatMatrix / ManageIQ Community
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
Red Hat CloudForms simplifies IT, providing unified management and operations in a hybrid environment.
RightScale Cloud Portfolio Management enables enterprises to accelerate delivery of applications
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Website
Click on details (i) for more info
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  Delivery  
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Installation
Single Virtual Machine or Multiple for HA
Scale-out VM. You can scale the infrastructure based on the size of your environment
SaaS
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Agentless or agentless operation
vCommander is agentless
agentless
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
Built-in database is PostgreSQL
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.
Subscription: Per Managed Node / Per Public Cloud Instance
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
Vendor-agnostic
Vendor agnostic
  Services  
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24/7 support
Support included in base cost, Premium Support available
Multiple support options available
Silver Support including consultative support
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Professional services
Professional Services engagements are available.
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
Supported
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OpenStack
Not currently supported (preview available)
Supported
Supported
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other
which ones?
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
NEW
Supported
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IBM Bluemix Cloud
Support for VMware on IBM Cloud
Not supported
Supported
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Microsoft Azure
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Oracle Cloud
not supported
not supported
not supported
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other
Cost modeling for Google Compute Engine, IBM SoftLayer and Rackspace
which ones (examples)
Centurylink cloud, Rackspace
  Containers  
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Docker
Scripted Support
Supported through Red Hat Openshift integration
Supported
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3rd Party container management
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Other
Scripted Support
which ones (examples)
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
Supported
vSphere-only
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Import of OVA/OVF VM formats
Not supported (native tools can be used)
Platform-dependent
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
Not supported
Supported
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Puppet
Supported
Supported through Red Hat Satellite integration
Supported
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Ansible
Supported
Supported
NEW
Supported
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SaltStack
Supported
Not supported
Compatible
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Ability to patch managed systems
Supported using scripting
Supported through Red Hat Satellite and Red Hat Ansible Tower integration
NEW
Supported
  Networking  
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SDN Support
Network Fencing isolation (Vmware only)
Supported and can also leverage Ansible
NEW
NSX Supported
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Public cloud networking
Supports operational views. Deployment limited to use of templates (eg cloudformations)
Supported
NEW
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
Achievable through APIs or dedicated connector
Supported through plugins
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Webhooks
Supported
Achievable through APIs or dedicated connector
  Third-Party Automation  
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ServiceNow
Supported
Supported
Supported
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3rd Party Automation
Supported via scripting framework
Achievable through APIs or dedicated connector
Supported through plugins
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CMDB integration
Supported
Has native CMDB; third-party support requires integration
Supported
  User-Defined Properties  
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Automatic hostname creation
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Configuration tags
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Placement  
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Best Execution Venue - Performance
Supported
Possible using analysis methods
Through scripting or workflow
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Best Execution Venue - Security
Supported
Possible using analysis methods
Through scripting or workflow
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Best Execution Venue - Cost
Supported
Possible using analysis methods
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 with Red Hat Satellite (Foreman)
Manage but not provision
  Reconfiguration & Expiration  
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Ability to change VM configuration
Supported
Supported
NEW
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
Can be configured
Contains built in monitoring for VM health. Specific testing can be built into workflow
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HA/DR features
Supported
Offloaded to the underlying provider
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
Dependent on underlying provider
Supported
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Bursting to public cloud
Partially 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
Achievable through APIs or dedicated connector
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
Supported
vSphere-only
  Job reporting  
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Detailed job status reporting
Supported
Supported
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
In conjunction with other tools
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
Requires custom programming
Requires custom programming
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  Third-Party Integration  
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Jenkins integration
Supported
Possible
Supported
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GitHub integration
Custom integration scripting
Requires external scripting
Supported for Chef cookbooks
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other
Supported
which ones?
  PaaS Capabilities  
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Cloud Foundry support
Support for PKS
Not supported, but supporting Openshift Container Platform
Supported
  Usability Features  
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Diagramming
Not Supported
Topology visualization but not to design
RightScale follows an infrastructure as code paradigm
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Reusable service blueprints
Supported
Possible
Templates and images
  VM management  
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Out of band console
Supported
VNC and SPICE HTML5 Console Support
All VM access is in band
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Built-in SSH access to VMs
Supported
Not SSH but VNC and SPICE HTML5
Supported
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Snapshotting
Supported
Supported
Supported
  Community Support  
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User Contribution Site
Forum Only
Available through ManageIQ
RightScale "Cloud Gems" Git repositories

Matrix Score

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  • Embotics
  • RedHat
  • RightScale
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  • 4 th
  • 7 th
  • 6 th
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