Spot by NetApp vs. Quali CloudShell

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Spot by NetApp
Score 6.4 out of 10
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Spot by NetApp, now including CloudCheckr, helps companies to run their cloud investments. The Spot product suite uses machine learning and analytics to automate and optimize cloud infrastructure, to ensure that workloads and applications always have the best possible infrastructure that is available, scalable and available at the lowest possible cost. Spot’s technology provides insights into cloud costs, recommendations for how to optimize utilization and costs, and automation to implement…N/A
Quali CloudShell
Score 9.1 out of 10
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CloudShell, from Quali headquartered in Austin, is an infrastructure automation solution for cloud, on-premise, or hybrid environments.N/A
Pricing
Spot by NetAppQuali CloudShell
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Spot by NetAppQuali CloudShell
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Top Pros
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Features
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Cloud Management
Comparison of Cloud Management features of Product A and Product B
Spot by NetApp
9.0
1 Ratings
4% above category average
Quali CloudShell
-
Ratings
Cloud Management Security9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automation and Orchestration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Management Performance Monitoring9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Governance and Compliance9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Systems Integration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Spot by NetAppQuali CloudShell
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(3 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Spot by NetAppQuali CloudShell
Likelihood to Recommend
NetApp
CloudCheckr is fantastic for those that are purely in the Cloud as it provides everything you need under one roof for a comprehensive configuration and usage monitoring tool. It has SysLog capabilities though so you can farm out the alerts into a SIEM or other log management system, so hybrid environments could also benefit from its use.
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Quali (QualiSystems Ltd)
  • LaaS
  • IaaS
  • PaaS
  • CRaaS
  • Training
  • DevOps
  • DevSecOps
  • Demo Portals
  • TaaS
Almost any workflow and any infrastructure are supported.
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Pros
NetApp
  • Detailed Best Practices. It's important to align your cloud to industry best practices for security and cost—it just performs better if it's used the way it's meant to be used. AWS is very flexible, and that's great when you have special requirements, but you've got to at least know when you're using something in a non-standard way so you can think through the implications.
  • Cost Reduction. Some recommendations are almost impossible to make at least for our setup, but many, many others are easy. We only have to log into CloudCheckr every few months and make a few changes for it to more than pay for itself.
  • Right-Sizing. This is related to the other points, but for some reason is separate from their cost module. The metrics it's able to pull only tell half the story, so it's good to verify it's sizing recommendations before making changes. But it does show you what instances to focus on first, and even if you choose a slightly different size to move it to, it does clearly indicate it's current size isn't appropriate. And this works both ways, if the size is too big, you can save some cash by making it smaller, but if it's too small, you want to be sure to scale up before you run into performance problems.
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Quali (QualiSystems Ltd)
  • Self service single pane of glass for any workflow and infrastructure
  • Complete lifecycle management of your workflow and infrastructure
  • Vendor agnostic cloud, service, application, appliance support
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Cons
NetApp
  • CloudCheckr features have a tendency to break without warning. Functionality in place for months could suddenly stop working.
  • CloudCheckr support often delays work on support tickets for fixing broken application functionality.
  • The CloudCheckr platform and documentation website often crash or experience performance degradation.
  • CloudCheckr cost reporting is often impacted by faulty code or broken report functionality. This can contribute to a low level of confidence in CloudCheckr's ability to deliver accurate cost reporting.
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Quali (QualiSystems Ltd)
  • Requires SME to get the full ROI first year
  • Requires a culture change for Agile Automation
  • Price could be less (not cheap)
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Usability
NetApp
Overall, CloudCheckr covers all our AWS monitoring needs and great integration through SysLog into our SIEM to capture alerts for investigation. The reports are great and allow for an easy daily review. Small improvements could be made to the interface and better filtering in places would be good. Great product and the price is fair.
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Quali (QualiSystems Ltd)
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Support Rating
NetApp
Fantastic Support team who are responsive and address question and concerns promptly with a thorough explanation and fast resolution.
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Quali (QualiSystems Ltd)
The tool can automate almost any workflow and infrastructure consumption. It has state of the art develop and support with great online training, online full manual set, and a comprehensive support team and network of SIs/VARS that are very qualified.
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Alternatives Considered
NetApp
There are a few products out there that'll do an aspect or two of what CloudCheckr does, but I honestly couldn't find anything nearly as comprehensive as CloudCheckr.
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Quali (QualiSystems Ltd)
VMware is too hard to use, too expensive to support, and not a full lifecycle tool for workflows and Infrastructure (no support of physical either). AWS or Azure or Google solutions are good if you are only in the cloud and only using their tools. Not good if you have on-prem or non-Cloud based tools/infrastructure. Build it yourself automation frameworks can be good for people with unlimited funds, but they are not the best way to go and missing many capabilities typically.
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Return on Investment
NetApp
  • CloudCheckr has allowed us to increase resell margins as an MSP.
  • CloudCheckr has made us aware of cost savings opportunities that exceed the price of the platform itself.
  • CloudCheckr has given us additional visibility that has allowed us to manage and understand cloud computing costs.
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Quali (QualiSystems Ltd)
  • Our customers have an average ROI of less than 6 months.
  • Our customers renew their maintenance almost 100% of the time.
  • It has allowed us to build specific solutions across many use cases enabling us to profit.
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ScreenShots

Quali CloudShell Screenshots

Screenshot of MODEL INFRASTRUCTURE AND APPLICATIONS |
Model complex infrastructure and application
environments. Users drag and drop modules to
combine physical and virtual infrastructure, network
connectivity, applications, and cloud interfacesScreenshot of SELF-SERVICE DEPLOYMENT |
One click deployment into sandbox environments.
Publish environment blueprints to a shared self-service
catalog for on-demand access by all your teams
wherever they are.Screenshot of LAB AUTOMATION AS A SERVICE (LAAS) |
Use built-in lab automation and management features like
inventory, reservations, scheduling, role-based access control, conflict resolution, and business intelligence. Easily automate
multiple labs and share them among hundreds or thousands of engineers.