Cisco CloudCenter [EOL] vs Cisco UCS Director comparison

Cisco CloudCenter [EOL] and Cisco UCS Director are both solutions in the Cloud Management category. Additionally, 87% of Cisco CloudCenter [EOL] users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 73% of Cisco UCS Director users who would recommend it.

Cisco CloudCenter [EOL]

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87% willing to recommend

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73% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco CloudCenter [EOL]

Average Rating

7.8

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Cisco UCS Director

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

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Zoom Tong

Director Of Technology at a non-profit with 11-50 employees

Useful features for configuring down to ports but extremely expensive

Our company uses the solution's GUI interface to configure and monitor ports. We look at usage and determine if there are any issues. Cisco is a very qualified company and has been in business for many, many years. The solution is useful because you can configure all the way down to ports. You…

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ErnieRumfield

Senior Telecommunications Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

Managing extensive VoIP services becomes efficient and seamless

We use Cisco UCS Director primarily for managing our VoIP service to maintain seamless service delivery. We operate in an enterprise government environment Cisco UCS Director is straightforward to use, which we greatly appreciate. It helps save time by making it quicker to roll out new call…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Upgrades are very simple as well because they've allowed us to get updates directly in the CloudCenter Suite manager. If you need to do an upgrade to your setup afterward, you just push a button and it rolls out the parts and retires the old ones. It's seamless and very simple compared to what we've done before."

"The tool is really at the center of our whole digital transformation."

"The solution is agile and it has APIs for integration."

"Cisco CloudCenter's scalability is good."

"You can scale it easily."

"Cisco has a lot of published information and documentation that helps users understand the product and its offering very well."

"The solution is very, very stable, it doesn't crash or freeze, and it's very reliable."

"The solution has a blueprint pattern where you can club multiple machines, define middleware components, define dependencies of components, and create an application pattern for a Java stack that can be consumed across all services using the same TOSCA patterns for CloudCenter, vRealize Automation, and ServiceNow."

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"UCS director enables us to be more productive and more agile, and also more self-sufficient because we don't have to depend on anybody else."

"I would recommend this solution to others because it simplifies a lot of tasks via orchestration."

"Without UCS Director it wouldn't be possible for us to go from receiving shipments at a data center to having systems live in production in a matter of days, or sometimes hours, instead of waiting weeks."

"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"Overall, I think that this is a very good product, although nothing is perfect."

"Feature-wise, the solution helps one to add multiple environments in one place...It is a scalable product."

"This is a user-friendly solution that is very good and easy to use."

"The main feature of this solution is the integration with all the Cisco solutions and other vendors."

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Cons

"Cisco can improve their product by being agnostic, not just specific to Cisco components but also supportive of other vendors."

"They can add some of those features to make the platform more usable for different backgrounds and developer skills."

"I'm not a big fan of CloudCenter. I don't have anything against it, however, the on-premise version has been so hard to upgrade and maintain."

"You don't get all the solution's benefits if you have older switches."

"I'm not a big fan of CloudCenter. I don't have anything against it, however, the on-premise version has been so hard to upgrade and maintain."

"The improvement I would like to see is not one thing particular to CloudCenter. I'd say it's more of a message that the system is still using a lot of the different products and if they would all just fit better together, they all could be faster together."

"The tool should improve its security on the XDR part."

"The product is very expensive."

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"There aren’t any areas of improvement that immediately come to mind."

"Simplifying the user interface would go a long way to making it more usable."

"I would like to see more flexibility when it comes to managing other stacks, like VMware virtualization."

"Currently, Cisco UCS Director is unable to integrate with another product or with a server from another brand."

"The product could allow more programmatic opportunities through better development of the API."

"Normally, UCS Director is used primarily for orchestration, but when we look at non-Cisco data infrastructure components, the UCS Director needs a bit more improvement in terms of integration with third-party systems and with existing older systems."

"We cannot depend on this solution to manage all of the data center's infrastructure."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's pricing is balanced with the market."

"The tool's pricing is expensive."

"The solution is extremely expensive and has additional fees for things like monitoring."

"The budget doesn’t work for the state and local governments."

"Cisco UCS Director is expensive...I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing around five to six out of ten."

"I would rate the product's pricing an eight out of ten."

"I rate Cisco UCS Director's price a three out of ten. Cisco UCS Director is not an affordable product. With Cisco UCS Director, there is a need to pay an overall price, which consists of the product, software, and support."

"The cost of this solution is significant."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

19%

Construction Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

19%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Marketing Services Firm

11%

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Large Enterprise	5

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS Director?

While the pricing might be seen as expensive, it provides value for money due to reliable service and excellent technical support.

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What needs improvement with Cisco UCS Director?

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Also Known As

CliQr, CliQr CloudCenter

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Overview

Cisco CloudCenter [EOL] is utilized for tenant creation, VM management, hybrid deployment, cloud management, and port configuration.

Primary users include DevOps teams, telecom companies, and service providers. It integrates well with ACI and ASX-T, offering stability, initial setup ease, and extensive documentation. Known for high trust in Latin America, it excels in workflow automation through Action Orchestrator and supports detailed configuration down to ports. However, improvements are required in DevOps alignment, upgrades, automation, and cost management.

What are the most important features of Cisco CloudCenter [EOL]?

Stability: Provides a robust platform with minimal downtime.
Ease of Setup: Simplifies the initial setup process to get users started quickly.
Documentation: Extensive guides and resources available for user support.
Workflow Automation: Action Orchestrator enables cross-infrastructure automation.
Blueprint Pattern: Defines middleware and dependencies effectively.
API Integration: Offers agility and flexibility with API support.

What benefits or ROI should users look for in reviews?

High Trust Level: Recognized reliability, especially in Latin America.
Configuration Support: Capability to configure down to individual ports.
Integration: Seamless integration with ACI and ASX-T.
Agility: Enhanced flexibility and adaptability to changes.

Among its features, Cisco CloudCenter [EOL] serves industries like telecom and service providers needing hybrid deployment and cloud management. DevOps teams utilize it for tenant creation and VM management. Known for stability and initial setup ease, it supports Latin American regions highly. Action Orchestrator aids in workflow automation, benefitting user workflows. Improvements in DevOps alignment, UI, multi-tenancy, YAML abstraction, and cost management are desirable. It requires better security for XDR and comprehensive cloud offerings, including architecture and network security features.

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Cisco UCS Director enables automated delivery of physical and virtual data center resources, empowering data centers to move at the speed of business.

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NTT, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), CollabNet, Pratt & Miller, PZFlex

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