IBM Turbonomic is a performance and cost optimization platform for public, private, and hybrid clouds used by cloud, infrastructure operations, and architecture to assure application performance while eliminating inefficiencies by dynamically resourcing applications through automated actions. IBM states that Turbonomic customers report an average 33% reduction in cloud and infrastructure waste without impacting application performance, and return-on-investment of 471% over three years over…
$3,333
per month per installation
VMware vCenter
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
VMware vCenter is an advanced server management software that provides a centralized platform for controlling vSphere environments for visibility across hybrid clouds. VMware vCenter is no longer sold as a standalone product and is now available as a part of VMware Cloud Foundation.
$6,044
per year
Pricing
IBM Turbonomic
VMware vCenter
Editions & Modules
IBM® Turbonomic Cloud Optimization Essentials
$3,333
per month per installation
IBM® Turbonomic Hybrid Standard (Software)
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per month Advanced hybrid cloud optimization capabilities for customers with 200 managed virtual servers (MVS) or more
IBM® Turbonomic Cloud Standard
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per month For customers with more than $2 million USD annual cloud spend
IBM® Turbonomic Hybrid Standard
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per month Advanced hybrid cloud optimization capabilities for customers with 200 managed virtual servers (MVS) or more
Basic
6,044
per year
Production
6,244
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Turbonomic
VMware vCenter
Free Trial
Yes
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
Optional
No setup fee
Additional Details
* Estimated prices do not include tax and are for new Turbonomic customers, initial purchase only. Volume discounting available.
We tried the vRealize Suite but found it complicated and not very intuitive for first-time users. Meaning we could log into Turbonomic and click around to figure out what we needed, whereas vRealize was not as user-friendly in its UI. Ultimately that was why we choose to go …
Turbonomic is a very good product. It is much more than a tool for monitoring and optimization for the VMware environment. Specifically, it can also have insights into the Cisco UCS world and can optimize that too! So it is not operating only on the VM level.
With Turbonomic you can have an aggregator instance. In this instance you add as a Turbonomic target another Turbonomic server that you have in your environment. With an aggregator instance you can manage several Turbonomic servers from a central location.
While vCenter Server from VMware is a great product, it is designed to be more of an informational and warning system, rather than a proactive take action automatically when needed system. That is the core difference. Also, pricing wise it is more expensive than Turbonomic.
We looked at the old vCOPS suite from VMware. Turbonomic, at the time, had a lot more capability and functionality so we went with it. This was two years ago so I am unsure how the two products stack up now.
Verified User
Director
Chose IBM Turbonomic
We used VROPS from VMWare and found that VMTurbo Operations Manager was just a better product. It did things more fundamentally and was much easier to manage. I could have a lower end person managing VMTurbo Operations Manger than VROPS and I get more functionality also at a …
We found that the ease of implementation with VMTurbo was superior. We also found that it was incredibly simple to update and upgrade. Finally we found that it was incredibly lightweight in resources in comparison to its competitors.
International Paper reviewed vKernel and VMware Operations Manager (now vRealize).
We found that vKernel didn't provide the in depth analytics provided by Turbonomic across all the nodes of the cluster. It did not consolidate the information into easy to understand metrics.
VMTurbo has a smaller computing and storage footprint than the other tools tested. It was very easy to set up and within 2 hours it was already highlighting areas of interest. There was no requirement to get any professional services involved, and no other products are required …
At the time of purchase we didn't see anything that was on the same level as VMTurbo for VM management and application placement. VMware's native product is significantly lacking unless you can afford the higher level licensing model.
Honestly it made no sense to look elsewhere since vCenter is an integral component of VMware and designed and supported but he same team. We need to ensure business operational continuity and did not want to end up in a finger pointing contest with a 3rd party product.