HashiCorp Packer vs. VMware Cloud Foundation

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HashiCorp Packer
Score 8.6 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
VMware Cloud Foundation
Score 9.0 out of 10
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VMware Cloud Foundation is a hybrid cloud platform for managing VMs and orchestrating containers, built on full-stack hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) technology. With a single architecture that is desribed by the vendor as easy to deploy, VMware Cloud Foundation aims to enable consistent, secure infrastructure and operations across private and public cloud.N/A
Pricing
HashiCorp PackerVMware Cloud Foundation
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HashiCorp PackerVMware Cloud Foundation
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
HashiCorp PackerVMware Cloud Foundation
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
HashiCorp PackerVMware Cloud Foundation
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
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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VMware by Broadcom
It is best suited for an on-premise cloud solution where customer can shift their entire production environment. Also, the customer has a preference for a Homogenous Infrastructure Environment where budget is not a challenge. It is not at all suited for a Heterogenous Environment, e.g., a Public cloud where integration becomes a huge issue, also in SMB sections where budget is challenging.
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Pros
IBM
  • Multi-provider portability
  • Greater testability
  • Super fast infrastructure deployment
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VMware by Broadcom
  • Cloud enabled Solution.
  • Support Container based Apps.
  • Cost efficient.
  • Supports both Public and Private Environments.
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Cons
IBM
  • Manageability
  • Manageability
  • Manageability
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VMware by Broadcom
  • The Deployment is complex.
  • Recommended Number of Physical Nodes is three or more; with less than 3 Nodes, it becomes difficult to install V-SAN.
  • Need for better integration. If we go on the public cloud, it is a huge challenge while integrate with an open source platform.
  • Cost can be marginally reduced. SMB segments still prefer a separate license instead of VCF, or they postpone their purchase plans.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
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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VMware by Broadcom
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Usability
IBM
It's best for building Image with many features and benefits.
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VMware by Broadcom
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Support Rating
IBM
I only once required support and it was very smooth.
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VMware by Broadcom
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Implementation Rating
IBM
I haven't found any issue in Implementation that itself describes how well this tool is built.
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VMware by Broadcom
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
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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VMware by Broadcom
Although the public Cloud Model follows Opex Costing Model, it actually leads to very high costs also, the infra model in my organization is not suited for a Public Cloud Model. Hence We decided on an On-Premise Model, and the best suited was VMware Cloud Foundation, which is a complete Software-Defined Scale-Out Architecture. I also prefer a Homogenous environment; i.e, support and services from a Single OEM, so that I Can get faster resolutions to my tickets raised.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • 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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VMware by Broadcom
  • My organization has a size of 1300+ employees, using multiple applications and an exchange mail server that is hosted on On-Premise Cloud, hence scalability has not been a challenge.
  • Having hosted my Production environment and Mail exchange Server on VCF, there has been optimum resource utilization with very little scope downtime. Hence have been able to save a lot of funds on Hardware resources.
  • Due to the size of my organization and due the data load, I have been able to save on Resource Utilization and Organization Funds
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