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CloudStack pros and cons

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4.0 out of 5
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PROS

CloudStack is simple to scale out and requires minimal personnel for infrastructure management due to its monolithic design.
It supports multiple hypervisors and operating systems, offering flexibility and compatibility.
CloudStack provides reliable and enterprise-level features, including multi-tenant interfaces.
The platform is customizable and integrates well with APIs, enabling users to build private clouds efficiently.
There are continuous improvements and feature enhancements with each new version release, contributing to its stability and performance.

CONS

CloudStack lacks a feature to deploy an instance from a snapshot, which is a significant disadvantage in the current market.
Dependency on secondary storage causes instability, and issues arise when there is network disruption between CloudStack and secondary storage.
CloudStack is complicated to manage without highly skilled engineers due to its sensitivity and lack of proper documentation for procedures like deleting zones, clusters, and datacenters.
CloudStack has limited support for third-party software vendors, restricting comprehensive backup and disaster recovery options.
The functionality of virtual routers in CloudStack is cumbersome and unstable, needing improvements.
 

CloudStack Pros review quotes

Marco Sinhoreli - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 6, 2022
I have been impressed by CloudStack's most recent updates around Kubernetes. In particular, they have worked with Kubernetes to support the Cluster API, and you can now easily integrate Kubernetes into CloudStack and get access to a lot of good features.
GV
May 10, 2019
You can use a single API to get things done, rather than multiple APIs on multiple modules.
Wido Den Hollander - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 17, 2023
Over the years, we have valued CloudStack for its stability.
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Arun S . - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 14, 2023
When compared to OpenStack, CloudStack is also an open-source platform that is continuously improving its features and capabilities with each new version release. Having worked with CloudStack 4.7, 4.14, and most recently, 4.17, I have noticed significant enhancements in the platform's features and customer experience, such as the introduction of a new user interface in the latest release. Notably, the latest versions have made major improvements to VM live migrations, making them more efficient and effective.
OR
Mar 14, 2018
Killer features for me were: support for many hypervisors, ability to match business logic, "everything in one box," available APIs.
PT
Mar 20, 2018
It has become easy to deploy new devices with no or minimal hardware changes. Now, a user can be ready to use a firewall within a few minutes, as compared to the traditional physical model which involved purchase, shipping, hardware configuration, cabling, power, etc.
Saiful Islam - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 25, 2023
We like the virtualization capabilities.
it_user153084 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 19, 2018
It works, and pretty much always has. Reliability and support for enterprise features, with a multi-tenant interface, makes CloudStack a very compelling solution.
Sibin John - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 20, 2018
Multiple types of hypervisor support, multi-zone support, and VPC are great valuable features.
OK
Mar 20, 2018
Valuable features include that it is a user-friendly portal, VPN P2S and S2S possibilities, and it's easy to manage accounts and limits.
 

CloudStack Cons review quotes

Marco Sinhoreli - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 6, 2022
We recognize that CloudStack is an easy-to-use cloud management platform and, in my opinion, there has been a large number of improvements in the past few years, particular when it comes to the modern UI and overall ease of management. However, I believe that CloudStack needs to grow their marketing in the commercial side. They don't have a great piece of market share right now.
GV
May 10, 2019
I would like to see support for native VLAN, and fault-tolerance.
Wido Den Hollander - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 17, 2023
I think that container technology in CloudStack is an area that needs to be improved.
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Arun S . - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 14, 2023
The number of contributors to this solution is relatively small compared to other solutions. However, if more frequent users of CloudStack contribute to the open-source community, it will significantly enhance the overall community experience and make it more useful for everyone involved.
OR
Mar 14, 2018
The main reason why we started looking for another solution: backups, replication, HA, and dependency on secondary storage. CS is quite sensitive for infrastructure, and any kind of network disruption between CS and secondary storage leads to VM hanging.
PT
Mar 20, 2018
This product needs a lot improvement on the development side. Every new version introduces new bugs. It lacks many features needed for NFV like DPDK, SR-IOV support, etc.
Saiful Islam - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 25, 2023
Companies need to be knowledgeable about cloud technology. It's not for novice users.
it_user153084 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 19, 2018
Lack of support for third-party software vendors such as Veeam and Zerto creates limitations on comprehensive offerings which would include backup and disaster recovery.
Sibin John - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 20, 2018
For time consuming operations like storage migrations, volume Snapshot restore and the like, we faced issues like MySQL operations timing out and status update failures. Those areas needs improvement.
OK
Mar 20, 2018
VPN P2S is cutting all connections except the CloudStack environment for the user when he is connected. I would like to have VPN like Cisco's AnyConnect.