AWS Trusted Advisor vs. VMware Cloud Director vs. vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
AWS Trusted Advisor vs. VMware Cloud Director vs. vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
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AWS Trusted Advisor | N/A | AWS Trusted Advisor is an online tool that provides users real time guidance to help provision resources following AWS best practices. Trusted Advisor checks help optimize AWS infrastructure, increase security and performance, reduce overall costs, and monitor service limits. Whether establishing new workflows, developing applications, or as part of ongoing improvement, the recommendations provided by Trusted Advisor are designed to help keep solutions provisioned optimally. | N/A | |
VMware Cloud Director | N/A | VMware Cloud Director (formerly vCloud Director) is a cloud service-delivery platform used by cloud providers to operate and manage cloud-service businesses. The vendor states that by using VMware Cloud Director, cloud providers deliver secure, efficient, and elastic cloud resources to thousands of enterprises and IT teams across the world. | N/A | |
vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued) | N/A | vRealize Suite and vCloud Suite delivered a self-service consumption layer, an automation framework and self-driving Day 2 operations for VMware Cloud. The product is no longer available. | $10 per month per core |
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| Small Businesses | No answers on this topic | No answers on this topic | VMware Cloud Director Score 8.5 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | Turbonomic, now part of the Concert platform Score 8.8 out of 10 | No answers on this topic | Turbonomic, now part of the Concert platform Score 8.8 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | vRealize Operations (discontinued) Score 9.1 out of 10 | No answers on this topic | VMware Cloud Director Score 8.5 out of 10 |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.0 (1 ratings) | 10.0 (4 ratings) | 7.3 (1 ratings) |
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