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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Spanning Backup

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/ASpanning, a Kaseya company, is a provider of backup and recovery for SaaS applications including G Suite, Salesforce and Office 365.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
    Spanning BackupVMware Cloud Director
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Spanning BackupVMware Cloud Director
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Spanning BackupVMware Cloud Director
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Spanning Backup and VMware Cloud Director
    Feature
    Spanning Backup
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    VMware Cloud Director
    -
    Ratings
    Management dashboard8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Spanning Backup and VMware Cloud Director
    Feature
    Spanning Backup
    9.7
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    VMware Cloud Director
    -
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    Operational reporting and analytics9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    SaaS Backup
    Comparison of SaaS Backup features of Spanning Backup and VMware Cloud Director
    Feature
    Spanning Backup
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    VMware Cloud Director
    -
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    SaaS Product Integration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Data Restoration Options10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Auditing and Search10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Spanning BackupVMware Cloud Director
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Spanning BackupVMware Cloud Director
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kaseya
    The only issue we have is when we remove the user from the integrated AD group we need to manually go back and remove the licensing, but there is the option to have archived accounts as well for temporary holds in case we want to disable the account in 365/AD, but need to hold on to the backups for a little longer.
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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
    Kaseya
    • Set it and forget it. Easy set up and it runs daily behind the scenes.
    • Restore holds record relationships.
    • Restore can merge records easily.
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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
    Kaseya
    • Better support/phone support
    • The ability to checkmark JUST a single OU and then any new members in just THAT OU would be automatically backed up. Currently, you can just auto add new members but not per OU.
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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
    Kaseya
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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
    Kaseya
    It was hands down, one of the easiest solutions to implement overall and has some of the best features also compared to other similar products from many SaaS backup companies. We also integrated the Dark Web monitoring too and it has helped us secure accounts we didn't know had issues, so has improved our security posture too.
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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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    Support Rating
    Kaseya
    I would like a retention option on the data, but since this feature does not currently exist, I give it a 9. Everything has met our standards and needs and we are now freed up from the manual efforts it was taking for backing up Salesforce using the out-of-the-box features of Salesforce.
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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
    Kaseya
    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
    Kaseya
    Spanning is superior to Veritas Backup Exec. Often Backup Exec would fail due to the software itself or the premise-based backup media or drive. Veritas Tech Support/Knowledgebase was not helpful in troubleshooting the failures. Also, Veritas was unable to back up our then Microsoft Exchange Server without an additional add-on cost. Barracuda was more reliable, but also required additional expenses for backing up Exchange and Microsoft SQL.
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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
    Kaseya
    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
    Kaseya
    • Allowed us to restore our data various times with minimal costs
    • Gives us great piece of mind with the regular scheduled backing up
    • Pretty simple to set up and configure. Easy integration with SFDC
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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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