HashiCorp Packer vs. Red Hat OpenStack Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HashiCorp Packer
Score 8.8 out of 10
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HashiCorp Packer automates the creation of machine images, coming out of the box with support to build images for Amazon EC2, CloudStack, DigitalOcean, Docker, Google Compute Engine, Microsoft Azure, QEMU, VirtualBox, and VMware.N/A
Red Hat OpenStack Platform
Score 7.5 out of 10
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Red Hat OpenStack Platform is a cloud computing platform that virtualizes resources from industry-standard hardware, organizes those resources into clouds, and manages them so users can access what they need—when they need it.N/A
Pricing
HashiCorp PackerRed Hat OpenStack Platform
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HashiCorp PackerRed Hat OpenStack Platform
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
HashiCorp PackerRed Hat OpenStack Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Usability
10.0
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Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Implementation Rating
10.0
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User Testimonials
HashiCorp PackerRed Hat OpenStack Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
HashiCorp
We use packer to generate new machine images for multiple platforms on every change to our Configuration Management tools like Chef/Puppet/Ansible It's act single tool for Image building for Multi-provider like AWS/Azure/GCP Helps to achieve Dev/Prod Parity Packer itself doesn't have a state like Terraform. You can't do packer output AMI ID. If you have a scenario where you want to maintain the state for images it would be tough to manage via Packer.
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Red Hat
Best suited for - any organization where you have people who already have expertise on OpenStack, Linux & IP networking. Otherwise, the maintenance & operations will be difficult. When the number of deployed VMs reaches its capacity, it becomes very difficult to manage Red Hat OpenStack because there are no in-built fault management & performance management tools available within Red Hat OpenStack. Not suited for - Organizations where people have a culture of working on automated GUI-based tools. Here VMware wins over Red Hat OpenStack. Also where you have mission-critical applications where downtime cannot be tolerated.
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Pros
HashiCorp
  • Multi-provider portability
  • Greater testability
  • Super fast infrastructure deployment
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Red Hat
  • Scaling of application components (VMs).
  • Managing the networking between virtual machines.
  • Management of VNFs & the underlying infrastructure.
  • Availability & uptime of VMs because of features like VM migration & evacuation.
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Cons
HashiCorp
  • Manageability
  • Manageability
  • Manageability
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Red Hat
  • User management really needs improvement - when compared to AWS or GCP.
  • Security of the overall platform needs to be improved.
  • The whole architecture needs to be modular which is not. Ex - Upgrading any particular component (nova, neutron, cinder) should be possible without upgrading the whole Red Hat OpenStack version.
  • The creation of HEAT templates for complex applications is still a challenge & has a dependency on external tools.
  • Stack creation still requires parameters modification at controllers & compute because of the complex nova-scheduler algorithm.
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Likelihood to Renew
HashiCorp
We are happy with the use of Packer in our organization. Apart from manageability, I don't find any other drawback with Packer.
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Red Hat
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Usability
HashiCorp
It's best for building Image with many features and benefits.
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Red Hat
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Support Rating
HashiCorp
I only once required support and it was very smooth.
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Red Hat
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Implementation Rating
HashiCorp
I haven't found any issue in Implementation that itself describes how well this tool is built.
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Red Hat
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Alternatives Considered
HashiCorp
There are lot of tools in market which does the job for Image creation but all of them are not complete Machine/Image as a code. All other alternatives can create Image partially. Main reason for selecting Packer are Packer is lightweight, portable, and command-line driven Packer helps keep development, staging, and production as similar as possible. Packer automates the creation of any type of machine image Multi-provider portability is the feature to die for
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Red Hat
Only because of low cost & zero licensing of Red Hat OpenStack
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Return on Investment
HashiCorp
  • Super fast infrastructure deployment
  • Quick turnaround of infrastructure in multiple cloud using single tool.
  • Increase productivity by reducing time in infrastructure building.
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Red Hat
  • Saved CAPEX for sure (I can't quote a figure).
  • Saved Opex also - because a large support community is already available.
  • Increased complexity of system setup though.
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