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Feature Set Ratings
Cloud Management
9.0
CloudCheckr
90%

VMware Cloud Director
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
CloudCheckr ranks higher in 7/7 features
CloudCheckr ranks higher in 7/7 features
Cloud Management Security
9.0
90%
1 Rating

N/A
0 Ratings
Automation and Orchestration
8.0
80%
1 Rating

N/A
0 Ratings
Cost Management
10.0
100%
1 Rating

N/A
0 Ratings
Cloud Management Performance Monitoring
9.0
90%
1 Rating

N/A
0 Ratings
Governance and Compliance
9.0
90%
1 Rating

N/A
0 Ratings
Resource Management
10.0
100%
1 Rating

N/A
0 Ratings
Systems Integration
8.0
80%
1 Rating

N/A
0 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- CloudCheckr is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
CloudCheckr
91%
3 Ratings

8.0
VMware Cloud Director
80%
4 Ratings
Usability
9.0
CloudCheckr
90%
1 Rating

VMware Cloud Director
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating
10.0
CloudCheckr
100%
2 Ratings

3.0
VMware Cloud Director
30%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
CloudCheckr
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.
Cloud Security Architect/SQL Server DBA
BLUE MOTOR FINANCE LIMITEDFinancial Services, 201-500 employees
VMware Cloud Director
For a CSP it's the best choice. For internal uses, even in presence of different business units, it's not so easy and flexible to manage. It assures a high level of multitenancy, often not needed for internal purposes. But it could be used in this case, just not created for these purposes. Network management is great.
Cloud Solutions Architect
Clouditalia TelecomunicazioniTelecommunications, 201-500 employees
Pros
CloudCheckr
- 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.
DevOps Engineer
AviziaHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees
VMware Cloud Director
- The advantage to using vCloud Director is it a cloud based application allowing access anywhere. I have the ability to make changes to our virtual environment without being in the office or using a vpn.
- The vCloud Director provides a lot of the same features as vSphere.
Director of Information Technology
International Food Protection Training InstituteNon-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees
Cons
CloudCheckr
- 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.

Verified User
Engineer in Professional Services
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employeesVMware Cloud Director
- It is not good for end users or customers to use. The UI is geared more towards VMware admins.
- There is somewhat of a learning curve to it, you have to think through and plan out how you want to set your OVDC and PVDCs up. It takes a lot of architecture experience.
- Once you built workloads in vCloud director, it's real difficult to take them out or manage them directly in vSphere. This is a huge pain.
Cloud Technical Lead
DatalinkInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Pricing Details
CloudCheckr
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—VMware Cloud Director
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Usability
CloudCheckr
CloudCheckr 9.0
Based on 1 answer
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.
Cloud Security Architect/SQL Server DBA
BLUE MOTOR FINANCE LIMITEDFinancial Services, 201-500 employees
VMware Cloud Director
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
CloudCheckr
CloudCheckr 10.0
Based on 2 answers
Fantastic Support team who are responsive and address question and concerns promptly with a thorough explanation and fast resolution.
Cloud Security Architect/SQL Server DBA
BLUE MOTOR FINANCE LIMITEDFinancial Services, 201-500 employees
VMware Cloud Director
VMware Cloud Director 3.0
Based on 2 answers
Like most VMware, the vCloud Director support is not the best.
Socio / Director
On CloudComputer & Network Security, 11-50 employees
Alternatives Considered
CloudCheckr
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.
DevOps Engineer
AviziaHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees
VMware Cloud Director
Hyper-V is built on a Windows platform that includes services not needed for the virtual environment adding overhead. With vCloud I'm not required to maintain a host OS or it's updates. The requirement to maintain storage devices is no longer needed with vCloud as well.
Director of Information Technology
International Food Protection Training InstituteNon-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees
Return on Investment
CloudCheckr
- 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.

Verified User
Engineer in Professional Services
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employeesVMware Cloud Director
- Time to market = 0 means profits almost immediate after investment
- Customers trust the VMware brand more than any other
- Elasticity: allowing the company to choose the best HW in the lower layer
Cloud Solutions Architect
Clouditalia TelecomunicazioniTelecommunications, 201-500 employees