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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AF5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect is a solution used to more easily and securely network across public clouds, hybrid clouds, and edge sites via an agile SaaS-based service. Users can rapidly connect instances deployed across multiple cloud regions and/or different cloud providers using Distributed Cloud Network Connect and its automated provisioning, integrated service stack, and end-to-end visibility. Cloud instances will be connected in minutes and always visible for rapid troubleshooting.N/A

    VMware Cloud Director

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AVMware 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
    F5 Distributed Cloud Network ConnectVMware Cloud Director
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    F5 Distributed Cloud Network ConnectVMware Cloud Director
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    F5 Distributed Cloud Network ConnectVMware Cloud Director
    Considered Both Products
    F5
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    VMware by Broadcom
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    41 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    90%
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    User Ratings
    F5 Distributed Cloud Network ConnectVMware Cloud Director
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (42 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    7.0
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    Performance
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
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    In-Person Training
    -
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    10.0
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    Configurability
    -
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    10.0
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    Ease of integration
    8.7
    (25 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
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    User Testimonials
    F5 Distributed Cloud Network ConnectVMware Cloud Director
    Likelihood to Recommend
    F5
    I would recommend this if you have many cross-platform services across multiple cloud providers and don't want to manage and update them manually. For a simple setup, use a site-to-site VPN, but if you have multiple apps, this will reduce complexity. Moreover, they have their own fiber network worldwide to avoid latency.
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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
    F5
    • No manual VPN configuration, static routes, or BGP routing table is needed. You only need to install their Customer Edge tool.
    • If there is some security incident in one account, second account remains protected.
    • Environment level segregation like Production, Stagging, development.
    • Set up a secure, encrypted tunnel across multiple cloud platforms for communication between them.
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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
    F5
    • The support model needs a quite a bit of work. I personally have experienced an outage on the platform. due to mis-configureation Although the outage was due to engineer error it took over 2 hours before we were able to speak to an engineer
    • Proxy v2 protocol to allow our organization to capture and view the source IP address
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
    F5
    Architectural change with a focus on multi-cloud
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    VMware by Broadcom
    i give 10 for technically vCloud Director nearby with use case hyperscaller dashboard, but need improvement for billing need improve for integration with AVI Load balancer, NSX T, Surrounding 3rd party example for backyup as services purposes, can be create flavor for selective Operating System and also for specific sizing and
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    Usability
    F5
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    VMware by Broadcom
    vCloud Director don't have any new feature, my feeling says that vCloud Director not become primary product of VMware, if this happen vCloud Director will be terminated. VMware should provide cloud management platform with agnostic with another virtualization technology example openstack, hyperv also with hyperscaller that will be have good feature
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    Performance
    F5
    Make quick connections between instances that are spread across several cloud regions and/or providers by utilizing Distributed Cloud Network Connect, which offers end-to-end visibility, automatic provisioning, and an integrated service stack. Cloud instances are connected in minutes and always visible for rapid troubleshooting for all clients which makes it easy to manage.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    F5
    Comunidadesdade ativa, e suporte qualificado.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    Suppor Excellent with global support, also collaborate with Global Support, Easy to open case from desktop, Easy to maintenance support, Reachable support with a broadcom, but sadly we suffer for positioning vcloud director right now that we have to collaborate with management. We contact support and also create ticket for that icon
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    In-Person Training
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    VMware by Broadcom
    So far good when i get course vcloud director but with limit country for offline class at that time not included with exam so we can't claim any certfication for that (vCloud Director). Its good if this course also available online version so we can join from any place and any time
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    Alternatives Considered
    F5
    Aviatrix operates like a slightly different version of XC. Mostly it relies on routing, where cloud connect takes a whole stack into consideration. Not sure if XC can fully replace Aviatrix, but after a couple of implementations, it may become apparent. There are similar routing features in both. XC has more overall features.
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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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    Scalability
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    VMware by Broadcom
    vcloud director have ui ux user friendy not complex and also can do many task exampe for providing copmpute allocation vcpu , ram and storage, Can Segregation Departement with ala carte virtual machine spesification. Can do dedicated portal for each organization this things to avoid mis provisioning workload virtual machine to another organization
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    Return on Investment
    F5
    • Remove VPN
    • Reduction of investment in operational support
    • Uptime availability
    • Access to specialized advice and support
    • Eliminar VPN
    • Reducción de inversión en soporte operativo
    • Disponibilidad uptime
    • Acceso a asesoría y soporte especializado
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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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