Azure Arc vs. VMware Cloud Director

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Arc
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Azure Arc is a set of technologies that brings Azure security and cloud-native services to hybrid and multicloud environments. It enables the user to secure and govern infrastructure and apps anywhere, build cloud-native apps faster with familiar tools and services to run them on any Kubernetes platform, and modernize the data estate with Azure data and machine-learning services.N/A
VMware Cloud Director
Score 8.5 out of 10
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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
Pricing
Azure ArcVMware Cloud Director
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure ArcVMware Cloud Director
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Azure ArcVMware Cloud Director
Features
Azure ArcVMware Cloud Director
Cloud Management
Comparison of Cloud Management features of Product A and Product B
Azure Arc
9.1
2 Ratings
4% above category average
VMware Cloud Director
-
Ratings
Cloud Management Security9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Automation and Orchestration9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Management Performance Monitoring9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Governance and Compliance9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Management9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Systems Integration9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Azure ArcVMware Cloud Director
Small Businesses
VMware Cloud Director
VMware Cloud Director
Score 8.6 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
IBM Turbonomic
IBM Turbonomic
Score 9.0 out of 10

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Enterprises
VMware Cloud Director
VMware Cloud Director
Score 8.6 out of 10

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User Ratings
Azure ArcVMware Cloud Director
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(2 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure ArcVMware Cloud Director
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
It is best asset management & centralized monitoring across multi cloud environments. It can be used to access those assets, update them when necessary, implement Azure monitor to get insights. We can also onboard thsese assets to Microsoft Defender for Cloud to provide the cloud security. Azure Arc is not suitable for the client device management or use as a MDM.
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VMware by Broadcom
If you have a lot of customers that all need to have a separate place to work in, without the possibility of getting in each other way, and you want to safe yourself a lot of work. Than I strongly recommend you Cloud director. Ofcourse, only if you have a VMware environment as your working environment. If you just have a small group of customers and you can easily handle the work that's coming from it, then it is overkill to add cloud director to your environment. In a later station, you can always introduce cloud director (so tis never to late if you still want to use it)
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Azure Monitor metrics
  • Event logs aggregation
  • Integration with Windows Admin Center
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VMware by Broadcom
  • Building virtual racks
  • Managing the customers' network and security
  • Simplicity but the completeness of IaaS solution
  • Integration with major software providers
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Licensing benefits could use some improvement
  • Update management pricing
  • Security optimization and pricing
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VMware by Broadcom
  • The add-on/extension required on the internet browser sometimes are difficult to get working at first. We've experience instances where the add-on/extension latest versions will not work and have to downgrade to an older version.
  • The server console lacks features and tools. For example it would be useful to have a copy and paste tool or a file upload tool.
  • The vCloud Director management site uses Adobe Flash, which makes it impossible to use on a mobile device.
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Usability
Microsoft
Azure Arc monitoring is based on a unified procedure which includes the installation and configuration of the Arc agent on any computer/server which is to be onboaded to Arc. The solution is very usable especially when combined with the usage of Windows Admin Center, the HTML5-based unified management console for all our hybrid infrastructure. Many of the best of breed Azure tools and services are available via Azure Arc, when deployed to on-premise servers.
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VMware by Broadcom
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Azure Arc uses the underlying power of Microsoft Azure, which allows assets across multicloud to be onboarded to Arc platform. It provides monitoring, security, updates in one click in one single platform. It also provides licensing benefits for Windows Server licenses, which offers premium features like Windows server admin center to manage your windows servers more effectively.
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VMware by Broadcom
vCloud Director is definitely my favorite as far as cloud managers. The only thing that compares is Cisco UCS Director, but it has slightly different functionality and purpose. I understand why a lot of clients still go with vCloud Director even though VMware intends to sunset it
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • After configuring Azure Arc-enabled services on premise for SQL Server, we saw a drastic decrease in our Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by 30%
  • After working with Azure Arc monitoring agents installed in our on-prem Windows and Linux users, we documented a 20% increase in overall IT operations efficiency, due to the unified monitoring solution.
  • The Azure Arc-enabled servers security baseline provides procedural guidance and resources for implementing security recommendations and best practices. This has increased operational efficiency and decreased security incidents by 15%.
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VMware by Broadcom
  • Saves a lot of time, and time is money
  • Stable, so little to non downtime
  • With P1 , good support
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