Ivanti Automation vs vCenter Orchestrator comparison

Ivanti and VMware are both solutions in the Process Automation category. Ivanti is ranked #28 with an average rating of 8.0, while VMware is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.1. Ivanti holds a 0.4% mindshare in PA, compared to VMware’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Ivanti users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of VMware users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

vCenter Orchestrator and Ivanti Automation compete in the automation category. While vCenter Orchestrator is favored for support and cost-effectiveness, Ivanti Automation is noted for its feature richness, which can justify its higher price.

Features: vCenter Orchestrator provides advanced automation capabilities, integration across VMware environments, and efficient workflow management. Ivanti Automation is recognized for its extensive integration capabilities, scalability, and efficiency in simplifying complex automation tasks, potentially appealing to larger, mixed IT environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: vCenter Orchestrator is praised for smooth deployment within VMware settings, coupled with comprehensive support. Ivanti Automation also provides a straightforward deployment process and is known for resolving a wide range of automation needs, offering deployment flexibility outside VMware.

Pricing and ROI: vCenter Orchestrator presents an attractive setup cost for VMware users, achieving ROI through streamlined operations. While Ivanti Automation may require a higher initial setup cost, it delivers significant ROI by reducing operational complexities and saving time, justifying its pricing for businesses requiring robust automation.

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Categories and Ranking

Ivanti Automation

Ranking in Process Automation

28th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

vCenter Orchestrator

Ranking in Process Automation

10th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of Ivanti Automation is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vCenter Orchestrator is 0.2%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Ahmed-Ragab

Senior DevOps & Release Management Engineer at EBC

Facilitates task management with effective approval processes and modern integration capabilities

It facilitates processes by sending notifications to relevant individuals who need to take action regarding requests. There is a very good approval hierarchy in place. Ivanti Automation significantly simplifies IT infrastructure processes, handling access requests and facilitating various employee requests. It is also easy to integrate with many other tools, like Nintex and Azure DevOps, using APIs.

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David Villota

EMEA Hosting Engineer at Yanfeng Automotive

Provides automatic monitoring capabilities that save time for users

In my company's IT environment, we use the tool to deploy production environments for products, including live manufacturing systems. The product improves my company's IT automation processes since we can use fewer resources currently. In my company, we need to spend less time considering that vCenter Orchestrator monitors everything. In general, we don't have to be present in our company to do active monitoring. Automatic monitoring is available for everything with vCenter Orchestrator, so we have proactive alerts in our company. The most valuable feature of the product in streamlining our company's workflow stems from the fact that we need to spend fewer resources and less time in general. Our company can spend time on more effective tasks like working with the plans to improve processes and so on, instead of taking care of the systems. The benefits of the product's integration capabilities were useful for HPE. My company has HPE infrastructure, and we are keen to integrate everything into the host, VMware ESXi. It is really important to have an easy integration method that allows for everything to be installed easily in a matter of minutes. I was not involved in the product's setup process. My colleague took care of the product's setup process. From what I know, I can say that the product's setup phase was straightforward. Some custom setups were to be done manually in the tool, but everything was well documented. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. One of the benefits of the product is that it is a low-cost and stable solution that offers a lot of resources. I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

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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

"The most valuable feature of Ivanti Automation is the opportunity to use more or less any kind of scripting software."

"Ivanti Automation significantly simplifies IT infrastructure processes, handling access requests and facilitating various employee requests."

"It's easy for the IT admins at the company to use. It isn't hard to understand and there are lots of features you can use out of the box. If a feature isn't available in Ivanti Automation, you can always script it."

"There is a very good approval hierarchy in place."

"The most valuable feature is workflow automation."

"I find that managing all my vCenters from one console is the most valuable feature."

"The most valuable feature is that it's simple and very ergonomic to use the product compared to other virtualizing product. Out of Microsoft, Red Hat, and IBM, we found VMware to be the best one."

"Because of the central management, the scripting engine and workflow engine are integrated with VMware without any burden to integrate different products."

"If I need to do DR, VMware can enable me to use vMotion, which requires use of vCenter. You cannot do vMotion without vCenter. We do a lot of automation, orchestration, and simplification for that purpose."

"The most crucial feature of vCenter is its scalability. We can use it to expand our network, so we don't have to report our client devices. The network configuration features are also helpful because we can migrate entire networks."

"The storage motion is a good feature. It is a very good tool."

"The most valuable feature for us is the performance stability of vCenter Orchestrator, especially in complex situations, making it excellent for managing virtual machines."

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Cons

"Ivanti Automation should deliver more fixed templates for standard use cases or standard procedures."

"Their cloud relay feature needs to improve to compete with other products in cloud solutions like Azure and AWS. It should be easier to deploy or provision images in the cloud with Ivanti Automation. Better Azure integration would also help."

"The user interface could be more futuristic and modernized in terms of styling and colors."

"The only point for improvement is the price, which has increased by 135%, making it very expensive."

"The custom workflows are very difficult and confusing."

"A feature to review and setup tasks should be added."

"Many times, customers' licenses are not used because the client is not aware of the features and the product benefits. When somebody is buying a product, they just do a default configuration."

"Storage has room for improvement. It's a big problem for our solution. The interface also needs improvement, it should be simplified."

"It is too expensive. One of the main issues is the price."

"We would like more flexibility in sizing data storage and virtual machines, as the current options aren't very adaptable."

"The response time of vCenter Orchestrator's support could be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"My customers do direct sales with Ivanti, and they complain that Ivanti Automation is more expensive than other solutions."

"We provide the VMware solution to our clients, for which they pay a perpetual license."

"The solution is a bit expensive."

"My company needs to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product."

"vCenter Orchestrator is an expensive solution."

"This solution is expensive and the licensing is more attractive for Haveri."

"The licensing module is somewhat complex. Calculating the cost is complicated. Many of our clients are unclear about the billing system and the traffic metering."

"The product is expensive."

"vCenter Orchestrator is a very expensive solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

17%

Government

16%

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

23%

Financial Services Firm

18%

Government

12%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Ivanti Automation?

The most valuable feature of Ivanti Automation is the opportunity to use more or less any kind of scripting software.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Ivanti Automation?

My customers do direct sales with Ivanti, and they complain that Ivanti Automation is more expensive than other solutions. On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I ra...

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What needs improvement with Ivanti Automation?

The user interface could be more futuristic and modernized in terms of styling and colors.

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What do you like most about vCenter Orchestrator?

The stability of the product is very good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vCenter Orchestrator?

We're running a low-profile budget. This is not our main focus on investment technology, so we're trying to reduce costs due to the change from perpetual to subscription licenses.

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What needs improvement with vCenter Orchestrator?

After the change from perpetual licensing to subscriptions, the cost model changed. We are considering alternatives since we lost the perpetual aspect, and support is changing.

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Also Known As

Ivanti IT Automation, RES Suite

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Overview

Routine manual tasks consume IT and service desk resources and limit its ability to move ahead with higher-impact strategic projects. Ivanti Automation, powered by RES streamlines the management of complex hybrid environments by automating infrastructure, cloud, and workspace automation processes required to support the business.

Ivanti

VMware vCenter Orchestrator simplifies the automation of complex IT tasks and integrates with VMware vCloud Suite components to adapt and extend service delivery and operational management, effectively working with existing infrastructure, tools and processes.

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