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VMware Aria Operations vs vCenter Orchestrator comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.0
vCenter Orchestrator enhances ROI in large environments, offering compatibility and licensing benefits, though ROI varies by scenario.
Sentiment score
7.3
VMware Aria Operations enhances efficiency by doubling consolidation, reducing costs, and optimizing infrastructure with predictive maintenance.
 

Customer Service

No sentiment score available
Sentiment score
6.7
VMware Aria Operations support is praised for knowledge but faces criticism for inconsistency and challenges in reaching the right level.
I rate the customer service and support for VMware very highly, at nine out of ten.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
vCenter Orchestrator is praised for scalability and adaptability across diverse environments, despite some complexity and hardware limitations.
Sentiment score
7.4
VMware Aria Operations efficiently manages diverse environments, scaling well from small to large deployments, particularly in enterprise settings.
I consider VMware Aria Operations to be very scalable, earning a high rating of nine out of ten.
 

Stability Issues

No sentiment score available
Sentiment score
7.8
VMware Aria Operations is stable, reliable, occasionally experiencing minor issues due to environment, with high ratings for proper configuration.
I find the stability of VMware Aria Operations to be impressive, rated as a stable nine out of ten.
 

Room For Improvement

VMware Aria Operations is criticized for a complex interface, integration issues, and a high learning curve, needing better automation.
One area that needs improvement is the solution's connectivity and integration with other products, such as IBM and Huawei servers and storage.
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers consider vCenter Orchestrator versatile but expensive, with complex licensing and various editions to suit different needs.
Many users find VMware Aria Operations pricing expensive, particularly with bundled licensing, escalating costs, and budget challenges.
This makes the cost complex to determine individually.
 

Valuable Features

VMware Aria Operations offers VM monitoring, analytics, dashboards, and integration, aiding capacity planning and resource optimization with intuitive automation.
It allows me to perform deep monitoring and logging of the entire environment, providing a quick alarm and warning system through email.
 

Categories and Ranking

vCenter Orchestrator
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (10th)
VMware Aria Operations
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
372
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (3rd), Virtualization Management Tools (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

vCenter Orchestrator and VMware Aria Operations aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. vCenter Orchestrator is designed for Process Automation and holds a mindshare of 0.2%, down 0.7% compared to last year.
VMware Aria Operations, on the other hand, focuses on Virtualization Management Tools, holds 36.0% mindshare, down 40.0% since last year.
Process Automation
Virtualization Management Tools
 

Featured Reviews

David Villota - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Edward Hore - PeerSpot reviewer
Effortless configuration management with cost concerns and an easy installation
We use Aria Operations for hosting our retail environment at remote locations, and for hosting our internal systems We have an established environment with VMware solutions, which has been very robust and reliable. Ease of use and the ability to do what I need to do is very easy. I know where to…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
23%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about vCenter Orchestrator?
The stability of the product is very good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vCenter Orchestrator?
Currently, if it is included in the VMware license, it is basically free to use. However, if you had to buy it separately, the price is too high.
What needs improvement with vCenter Orchestrator?
The solution has a limited count of parallel executions, which can be a bottleneck for larger environments. The PowerShell interface could be improved since it currently does not run directly, whic...
What's the difference between VMware vRA (automation) and vROps (operations)?
vROP is a virtualization management solution from VMWare. It is efficient and easy to manage. You can find anything you need from the software interface. It provides complete visibility over applic...
Is VMware Aria Operations a user friendly solution?
In terms of user-friendliness, VMware Aria Operations is one of the best solutions out there. It is not overly complex to set up and you can rely on the technical support to provide you with assis...
What is the most useful new feature of VMware Aria Operations?
For me, the alerts features are the most unique part of this product, no matter the current name it uses. When they introduced the new version of VMware Aria Operations, they also introduced more a...
 

Also Known As

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VMware vRealize Operations (vROps), vCenter Operations Manager, VCOPS, vRealize Operations
 

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Sample Customers

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Science Applications International Corporation, Tribune Media, Heartland Payment Systems, Telkom Indonesia, Columbia Sportswear, iGATE, CSS Corp, Angel Broking, Adira Finance, Hipskind, Beiersdorf Shared Services, Innovate Mas Indonesia, Adobe, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi , Join Experience S.A, Borusan Holdings, Department of Transport - Abu Dhabi
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