VMware Cloud Director vs. Vulcan Cyber (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
VMware Cloud Director
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
VMware 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
Vulcan Cyber (discontinued)
Score 7.7 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Vulcan Cyber was an exposure and vulnerability risk mitigation platform, acquired by Tenable in early 2025. The product is no longer available for sale, and functionality has been integrated into the Tenable One Exposure Management platform's vulnerability solution.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Threat Intelligence
Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Product A and Product B
VMware Cloud Director
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Ratings
Vulcan Cyber (discontinued)
7.8
11 Ratings
3% below category average
Network Analytics00 Ratings7.77 Ratings
Vulnerability Classification00 Ratings8.210 Ratings
Automated Alerts and Reporting00 Ratings7.411 Ratings
Threat Analysis00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Automated Threat Identification00 Ratings7.911 Ratings
Vulnerability Management Tools
Comparison of Vulnerability Management Tools features of Product A and Product B
VMware Cloud Director
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Ratings
Vulcan Cyber (discontinued)
7.3
11 Ratings
13% below category average
IT Asset Realization00 Ratings8.18 Ratings
Configuration Monitoring00 Ratings6.43 Ratings
Vulnerability Intelligence00 Ratings7.511 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses

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Action1
Action1
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies

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Action1
Action1
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises

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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
VMware Cloud DirectorVulcan Cyber (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(4 ratings)
7.4
(12 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
VMware Cloud DirectorVulcan Cyber (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Discontinued Products
It's really challenging at times to contend with multiple vulnerabilities on a daily basis, and having a way to make sense of what actually needs to be prioritized and what can be shifted further down the task list is extremely helpful. Because the solution suggests what your next step should be in mitigating a specific vulnerability, it helps us save time and research by enabling us to immediately take action after being informed about an issue.
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Pros
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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Discontinued Products
  • Identifies vulnerabilities and they are easily understood.
  • Easy to identify remedies in an instant.
  • Campaign feature is a true time saver
  • Our CSM, Nino, is the best I have ever worked with!
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Cons
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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Discontinued Products
  • Deduping of assets could be better.
  • The weighting of vulnerabilities is hard to describe to non technical executives.
  • The Business Groups and Tagging needs improvement. Or at least allow tags to be removed if not needed. Now they are static from the API feed.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Discontinued Products
I wasn't here at the time when the company compared different vulnerability management platforms so I'm not sure on the reasoning and difference between the 2. It could be that the team went through different choices and found Vulcan to be the best fit. It's hard for me to say why Vulcan was specifically chosen
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Return on Investment
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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Discontinued Products
  • Allows much better prioritizing of which assets are most vulnerable
  • Allow a better understanding of what assets are actually under real threat vs. what is assumed to be vulnerable, but the real world fact is the system would be hard to reach internally, so it's not as vulnerable.
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