TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

HashiCorp Vagrant vs. NVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC)

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HashiCorp Vagrant

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AVagrant is a tool designed to create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable development environments. It leverages a declarative configuration file which describes all software requirements, packages, operating system configuration, and users.N/A

    NVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ANVIDIA Virtual PC software & NVIDIA GPUs, including NVIDIA A16, accelerate productivity apps to deliver an incredible user experience — so today’s worker can seamlessly access the tools they need from anywhere.

    $50

    Per CCU Subscription

    Pricing
    HashiCorp VagrantNVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Subscription
    $50.00
    Per CCU Subscription
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HashiCorp VagrantNVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Best Alternatives
    HashiCorp VagrantNVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC)
    Small Businesses
    IBM Terraform
    Score8.7 out of 10
    VMware Fusion
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Terraform
    Score8.7 out of 10
    VMware Fusion
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Terraform
    Score8.7 out of 10
    VMware Workstation Player
    Score9.9 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    HashiCorp VagrantNVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (14 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HashiCorp VagrantNVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    I would recommend this tool to a colleague looking to create a repeatably deployable local dev environment based on their staging and production environments. I would recommend this mostly for individuals or teams requiring environments with server-side software such as php, et al. There are likely less processor-heavy and smaller tools for simpler projects.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    NVIDIA
    Nvidia GRID is the only real ready-made hardware solution available for streaming game services, 3D graphics acceleration in Virtual Desktop Infrastructures, and 3D enhanced streaming apps. Grid is also great for processing large quantities of small data-sets, such as financial, trading, science, astronomy, and much more. Grid is also well known for digital currency mining, such as Bitcoin.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    IBM
    • Vagrant is decentralized so anyone can make a container package to get a project started. you aren't limited to wordpress, or even one style of wordpress install (you can make a sage.io wordpress environment).
    • Vagrant easily lets you set ports and URLs for local development.
    • I have yet to have a problem with Vagrant, as opposed to MAMP and DesktopServer, which both gave me SQL or other issues.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    NVIDIA
    • Streaming Game Services.
    • Dedicated graphics processing form virtual desktop infrastructures, allowing the use of Photoshop, CAD, Video Editing, and more.
    • Enhanced computing & processing of data thay consists of large amounts of smaller data sets.
    • Financial based calculations.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    IBM
    • Because Vagrant is a low-level tool with many ways to configure it, there is a steep learning curve. You don't just have to learn (or install) Vagrant, but also Virtualbox, Ansible and possibly some Vagrant plugins to keep boxes up to date.
    • Support on Windows doesn't seem great. I'm a Mac guy, so it's been very difficult getting things to work as expected when a developer wants to work on Windows.
    • Perhaps I didn't configure it correctly, but the default shared folders are not the best for performance. There are also frequently weird issues regarding file permissions.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    NVIDIA
    • The cost for Nvidia GRID capable hardware is still very high, but is & has been dropping fairly rapidly.
    • Latency is a large problem for "interaction" based systems (Gaming, remote desktop use) and requires high-speed data, and hosting close to the client.
    • No real solutions for smaller businesses, but cloud hosting providers like SoftLayer are beginning to offer affordable hosted grid-capable environments.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    Vagrant is fast, versatile and does exactly what we need it to do: spin up virtual servers for local development fast and without trouble.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    NVIDIA
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    IBM
    A GUI would be nice for entry level users.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    NVIDIA
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    I liked lando better because lando seemed extremely easy to setup compared to other VM's and it seemed faster though that project was simpler. Virtualbox I ran on windows and it has a gui and has often been slow. The vagrant boxes I used did well but had slightly more problems than lando.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    NVIDIA
    Nvidia invented the graphics processor, and continues to provide high quality products, even in a new industry
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Vagrant is free - It requires a bit of extra technical knowledge in terms of setup, but since it costs nothing it's an excellent resource
    • It can be time consuming to learn, but once you get a good handle on it you're in good shape.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    NVIDIA
    • Allows us to simplify all of our VDI designs, as power users can be managed like all other cloud users, instead of requiring individual systems.
    • Provides a way of offering a substantial processing increase for computing/calculations over and above what additional CPUs could offers.
    • Offers the only "ready-made" solution for on-demand gaming services, after Sony purchased OnLive, and provides an affordable method for startups to enter the Industry.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots