VMware Cloud Foundation vs. Vulcan Cyber (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
VMware Cloud Foundation
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
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
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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Features
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Threat Intelligence
Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Product A and Product B
VMware Cloud Foundation
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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 Ratings7.311 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 Foundation
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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
VMware Cloud FoundationVulcan Cyber (discontinued)
Small Businesses
StarWind HCA
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Action1
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
StarWind HCA
StarWind HCA
Score 9.2 out of 10
Action1
Action1
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure
Score 8.9 out of 10
CrowdStrike Falcon
CrowdStrike Falcon
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
VMware Cloud FoundationVulcan Cyber (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
7.4
(12 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
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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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
  • Cloud enabled Solution.
  • Support Container based Apps.
  • Cost efficient.
  • Supports both Public and Private Environments.
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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 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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  • 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
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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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
  • 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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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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