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
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  • + Leader in IT Automation
  • + Strong Multi-Cloud support
  • + Among the best at User Self-Service
Cons
  • - Below average performance monitoring
  • - Below average 2nd tier public cloud support
  • - Low APAC market presense
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  • - Below average Chargeback support
  • - Average Governance support
  • - Average Security support
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Maturity
Company founded in 2006. Shipping product for multiple years. Many large customers.
Incorporated in 2011 and deployed in multiple large enterprise production envrionments.
Product is in production for > 2 years with multiple large deployments
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Content Creator
Embotics
Director of Marketing - Ron Harnik
WhatMatrix - Rick Kilcoyne
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Overview
Cloud Management Platform that enables Infrastructure-as-a-Service automation by integrating seamlessly with private, public and hybrid clouds
The Scalr Hybrid Cloud Management Platform takes a fundamentally different approach to cloud management. Scalr applies policies at the organization level, rather than at the application level. For an enterprise with multiple departments or lines of business, the central IT unit can establish levels of policy-based guardrails for each department. Those departments can then operate with greater autonomy and establish any unique policy requirements on their own for their respective teams._x000D_
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Hybrid cloud management platform designed for user self-service
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Website
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  Delivery  
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Installation
Single Virtual Machine or Multiple for HA
Scalr can be run on-premise on a private or public cloud, or delivered as SaaS.
Single virtual machine
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Agentless or agentless operation
vCommander is agentless
Scalr can operate with or without the Scalrizr Agent. Using the agent allows for greater orchestration and monitoring capabilites.
CloudBolt is agentless
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Database support
MSSQL 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012 SP3
Scalr supports a variety of out-of-box database automation options as well cloud services
Built-in MySQL; can be integrated with most RDBMS platforms
  Administration  
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Administrator accounts
Unlimited
Unlimited. Admins can be divided across levels of trust and resposibilites.
Unlimited
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User accounts
Unlimited Active Directory and LDAP
Unlimited.
Unlimited
  Pricing  
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Pricing model
Yearly subscription.
Licensed by amount of managed end-points.
Licensed by number of VMs managed
  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 - additional support levels are available.
Support Included in base cost
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Professional services
Professional Services engagements are available.
Proffesional services, kick-starts, and trainings available.
Professional services are available
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  Virtualization/Private Cloud Support  
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VMware vSphere
Supported
vSphere 5.0 & above supported
Supported
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Microsoft Hyper-V
Supported
Supported via OpenStack
Supported ( via nix SSH/SCP or Windows WinRM)
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OpenStack
Not currently supported (preview available)
Supported on Icehouse, Juno, Kilo, Liberty, Mitaka
Supported
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other
KVM and Xen Supported
Supports
  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 (as private implementation)
Supported
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Microsoft Azure
Supported
Supported
Supported
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Oracle Cloud
not supported
Not Supported
Supported
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other
Cost modeling for Google Compute Engine, IBM SoftLayer and Rackspace
Rackspace, HP helion
HP Helion, Verizon Terremark, Centurylink cloud
  Containers  
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Docker
Scripted Support
Supports Docker
Supports
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3rd Party container management
Supported
Supports Kubernetes
Supported
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Other
Scripted Support
Orchestration options available for CoreOS, Swarm and Mesos.
Supported
  Legacy/Brownfield Environments  
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Automatic discovery of legacy VMs
Supported
Yes
Supported
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Management of legacy cloud VMs
Supported
Yes
Supported
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Management of legacy private VMs
Supported
Yes
Supported
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Import of OVA/OVF VM formats
Not supported (native tools can be used)
Yes
Supported
(added blueprint to content library
  Migration  
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Cloud-to-cloud migration
Supported
Supported
Supported
(via CloudEndure)
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  Administration  
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Multi-tenant support
Supported
Yes. Users can be managed locally or authenticated through LDAP/SAML.
Supported
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Published API
API published : click on details (i) for link
Extensive API support
Published API
  Configuration Management  
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Chef
Supported
Native support
Extensive Chef inegration
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Puppet
Supported
Supported
Supports both Puppet OpenSource and Enterprise
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Ansible
Supported
Support for Ansible Tower
Ansible open source is supported
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SaltStack
Supported
Some integration available
Partially Supported
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Ability to patch managed systems
Supported using scripting
Yes
Supported using scripting
  Networking  
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SDN Support
Network Fencing isolation (Vmware only)
Supports Cloud SDN eg AWS APCs and limited private eg VMware
Supports Vmware NSX
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Public cloud networking
Supports operational views. Deployment limited to use of templates (eg cloudformations)
Yes
Supports cloud networks including AWS VPC and ELB
  User-Defined Actions  
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Conditional Actions
Supported
Yes
Supports Rules based on Boolean tests
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Pre- and Post-Install Actions
Supported
Yes
Supports both pre- and post-install actions
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Scheduled Actions
Supported
Yes
Actions can be scheduled
  Orchestration & Workflow  
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Native Workflow
Supported
Yes
Supported
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3rd Party Orchestration
Supported via scripting framework
Supported
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Webhooks
Supported
Yes
Supported
  Third-Party Automation  
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ServiceNow
Supported
Yes
Supported through scripting
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3rd Party Automation
Supported via scripting framework
Integrates with HP Server Automation
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CMDB integration
Supported
Yes - Scalr integrates with tools such as ServiceNow and Remedy through the Webhook system
Supported
  User-Defined Properties  
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Automatic hostname creation
Supported
Yes
Multiple ways to auto-create hostnames
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Configuration tags
Supported
Yes
User-defined tags supported
  Placement  
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Best Execution Venue - Performance
Supported
Planned
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Best Execution Venue - Security
Supported
Planned
Supported
(via generic orchestration actions)
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Best Execution Venue - Cost
Supported
Planned
Supported
(via generic orchestration actions)
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Runtime policies
Supported
Yes
Supports runtime policies
  Provisioning  
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Bare-metal provisioning
Supported with use of 3rd party PXE boot solutions
Yes - via a connector such as OpenStack
Supports bare-metal provisioning using IPMI, Cobbler, and Razor
  Reconfiguration & Expiration  
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Ability to change VM configuration
Supported
Yes
Can increase CPU, memory, and disk
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Live change VM resources
Supported
Depends on the platform
Can increase CPU, memory, and disk without reboot
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Scheduled expiration
Supported
Yes
Expiration can be set at provisioning or by property
  Uptime Management  
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Continuous Infrastructure Testing
Supported
Limited
Product tests requested services on a scheduled basis
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HA/DR features
Supported
Hosted apps
Supported
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  Service Portal  
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End-User Self-Service
Supported
Yes
Allows self-service through user portal
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Service Catalog
Supported
Yes
Has Service Catalog for end-user ordering
  Localization  
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Support for multiple languages
English Only
Only via partners.
Text presented to end users can be localized
  Built-In Features  
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Application-centric deployment
Supported
Yes
Applications can be published to service catalog
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Approval workflow
Supported
Yes
Supports approval workflows
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Auto-scaling
Supported in AWS
Yes
Supported via scalable blueprints
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Bursting to public cloud
Partially supported
Yes
Supported via scalable blueprints
  Quotas  
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Quotas
Supported
Yes
Quotas by org, business unit, dept, team, or project
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  Cost Management/Chargeback  
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Cloud expense reporting
Supported
Yes
Product has several built-in reports as well as support for custom reports
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Consumption-based billing
Supported
You can view recent costs from AWS and Azure
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Cost allocation
Supported
Yes
Costs can be tracked by user and/or group
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User-defined rates
Supported
Yes
Rates defined by application administrator
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Multiple currency support
Supported
No
Switch Currency but not mulitple currency
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with financial mgmt tools
Supported via API
Through Webhooks and tagging.
Possible but not included in base product
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  Inventory  
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Real-time environment inventory
Supported
Yes
Provides real-time inventory and reporting
  Automatic Updates  
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Discover & update changed systems
Supported
On initial import
Discovers and syncs changes
  Job reporting  
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Detailed job status reporting
Supported
Yes, as part of general logging
Supported
  Multi-Tenancy  
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Reporting by customer
Supported
Yes
Supported
  Uptime Management  
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SLA reporting
Supported
Partially Supported
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  Group management  
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Multi-level support
Supported
Yes
Nested groups are supported
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Role-based access controls
Supported
Yes
Supported
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User-defined groups
Supported
Yes
Supported
  Identity Management  
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Active Directory support
Supported
Yes
Integrates with Active Directory
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LDAP support
Supported
Yes
Integrates with LDAP
  Security Features  
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Credential management
Supported
Yes
Supports credential management
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Key vaulting
Supported
Supported
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Support for single signon
Supported
Yes
Supported
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Logging/auditing of administrative access
Supported
General logging
All admin actions are logged in Server History
  Third-Party Integration  
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Integration with enterprise security tools
Supported via script
Integration available through Webhooks and orchestration engine
Integration is possible
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  Third-Party Integration  
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Jenkins integration
Supported
Yes
Jenkins is supported
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GitHub integration
Custom integration scripting
Supported
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other
Supported
Scalr can work with any code repo.
HipChat, Microsoft Systems Center, Acquia, Slack
  PaaS Capabilities  
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Cloud Foundry support
Support for PKS
Yes
Partially Supported
  Usability Features  
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Diagramming
Not Supported
No
Partially Supported
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Reusable service blueprints
Supported
Yes
Blueprints can be shared across environments
  VM management  
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Out of band console
Supported
Supported
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Built-in SSH access to VMs
Supported
Yes
Browser-based support for both RDP and SSH.
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Snapshotting
Supported
Yes, for DB and storage
Supported
  Community Support  
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User Contribution Site
Forum Only
Yes
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Matrix Score

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  • Embotics
  • Scalr
  • CloudBolt Software
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  • 4 th
  • 8 th
  • 2 nd
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