VMware Aria Operations vs vRealize Business for Cloud [EOL] comparison

The compared VMware Aria Operations and vRealize Business for Cloud [EOL] solutions aren't in the same category. VMware Aria Operations is ranked #1 in VM , with an average rating of 8.6, and holds a 24.1% mindshare in the category. Additionally, 94% of VMware Aria Operations users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of vRealize Business for Cloud [EOL] users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

VMware Aria Operations

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

376

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Management (2nd), Virtualization Management Tools (1st)

vRealize Business for Cloud...

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

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Featured Reviews

AldoDomini

Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa

Have faced limitations due to high costs but have maintained reliability over time

The primary issue is the pricing, which is very expensive for my company's budget. We cannot afford to pay such a large fee. We are not Microsoft or BMW; we are a small company. As a small company, I have no power to negotiate directly with VMware. Perhaps larger companies have more opportunity to contract directly with VMware, but I do not have that leverage. The only path I can follow is to change solutions. Net.spA is a company working in the field of waste management. We are not a technological company, so we do not have a large margin to justify purchasing and maintaining the VMware infrastructure at current costs.

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ThomasMeyer

Solutions Architect and project manager at MIB leipzig

Complete solution for automation, orchestration, and end-to-end lifecycle management

The most valuable feature is automation. With the automation, you can easily and quickly implement it by deploying gnashing on virtual environments. It doesn't take long to develop an automation blueprint. You need about half an hour, and then you can install or deploy it on several systems. That was our first great advantage in the project because we urgently needed to deploy across many different systems. So automation helps us to do our work quickly and easily. VMware vRealize has standardized systems for doing work after the deployment. First, you have to set up the language on the system itself. Then there are vRealize's orchestration features. You can implement code in your deployment script to do this configuration automatically. So the orchestrator is a beneficial component. With this, you can implement automatic language selection and automated integration. In other systems, you can implement a multi-blueprint or multi-system environment to deploy the entire database environment and applications on this database with one click. The lifecycle manager is also essential. In version 7.5, you must provide a dir example username and password to access the Citrix server and controller. What's more, you have to include this in your script or your code. But in version 8, you can provide the username and password or store them in the lifecycle manager. So then you can pick it up from there. And that's the only location where you have to change the password. You don't have to change it in every script. That's a massive improvement in version 8.

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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

"We are in a better position from an IT point of view; we can actually show management our plan based on growth, whatever growth they're looking for within the environment, as well as be proactive."

"It has enhanced our ability to troubleshoot and effectively manage our solutions to understand what clusters are having issues and diagnose those problems right away, so we can be proactive."

"The reports: Print any kind of reports or generate them, and send them to somebody if they say my VM is going very slow."

"We like that we are able to combine all infrastructure monitoring using this solution, meaning we receive analytics from across our whole network."

"It has improved our organization with respect to allowing us to size our environments correctly, giving us metrics about what our stuff is actually using, how we can scope for future projects, and where we can save some resources."

"After using vROps, in the second year we were able to offer our customers a new SLA at 99.97 percent."

"As a VMware engineer, the visibility of the infrastructure that it provides is something that I am really impressed with."

"The latest incarnation of it is intuitive and user-friendly; the previous versions, not so much."

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"The most valuable feature is the metering capability."

"The product provides excellent daily reports."

"It doesn't take long to develop an automation blueprint. You need about half an hour, and then you can install or deploy it on several systems. That was our first great advantage in the project because we urgently needed to deploy across many different systems."

"Overall, this is a good solution and we have not had any problems, but I can't say that it is perfect because of the issues with the documentation and knowledge base."

"The way the dashboard works with the main orchestrator to combine different types of cloud providers is helpful."

"The solution's cost management is very good."

"The most valuable feature is automation, because you can develop an automation blueprint in about half an hour and then deploy it on several systems, which was a great advantage for us as we urgently needed to deploy across many different systems."

"The most valuable feature is that it has a very easy and adaptive look and feel, compared with some other cloud solutions."

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Cons

"We integrated vROps with vRealize Log Insight, but it was not helpful to me. It was not giving me any good data."

"It would be nice if it could tell me more about my hardware, if there were any updates on the network that should be deployed, if some firmware needs to be deployed on the server, etc."

"For me, the technical support is the biggest problem. I've been working with them since 2016 and in the first years their response was faster than it is today. That is a problem. Also, I need to put together and send them a lot of information. And then I wait one day, two days. The support has been getting worse over the last few years. They need to improve it."

"I'd probably like to see a little bit more detail when you go through the drill-down menus, in regards to stats, and maybe the way the data is arranged could be a little bit more cosmetically appealing."

"The interface can be slow sometimes."

"One of the features I would like them to bring in is more application monitoring and more visibly into applications. Instead of the actual hardware and the environment, they need to go one step further and bring in application availability and application performance. I don't really care if the hardware's overloaded, as long as the application is performing correctly. That's all the users care about and that's all I really care about."

"If the cost of the license could be cheaper, it would be good."

"As they're able to add in more vendors for hardware to be able to pull information from different firewalls, switches, or other vendors, I would like to see where we can get more of a complete view of what's going on in the network."

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"I think that the service could be improved by simplifying the pricing model."

"At the moment, in the POC, we have a very huge issue because you definitely have to implement a vSphere cluster."

"There are some kinks to resolve with the Web GUI user interface, as it freezes at times."

"I would like to have an easy way of modifying the reference data that is used for the purposes of estimating the total billing."

"It's not always easy to find the information you need. You must have a lot of technical experience to find the right location for what you're implementing within the program."

"I would like to have an easy way of modifying the reference data that is used for the purposes of estimating the total billing."

"The pricing model is complicated and would be more predictable if it were simplified."

"If you haven't established a vSphere cluster and you only have a single server to integrate, you can't deploy any service."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There's a smaller category that stands out due to its affordability, especially for recent versions, which I rate as four or five in terms of value. However, if you're looking for a vCenter with older, more advanced features, it comes at a significantly higher cost, and I would rate it around ten. They provide us with a choice between a recent version and one integrated, and I lean towards the former."

"As we continue to implement it across multiple environments, it reduces costs as well."

"The solution is costly."

"Don't overallocate! This means that you don't have to buy many hosts. You can save money that way."

"If you compare the prices of VMware and the cloud solutions along with the components that you may use, I feel that it may be costly."

"The solution is slightly expensive."

"Cost is an issue on vROps. The Standard edition, for an organization our size, is just not useful at all. However, I like the price point of vROps Standard. But as a company, the Advanced is the minimum version that we can use, because we need the customization, we need a lot of the features that Advanced brings. But the price is substantially higher than Standard. It's always been a challenge to try to go in to my leadership and say, "Here's what I want." I've always got to go back and super-justify it and it's not an easy win. Whereas, if the pricing were closer to the Standard model, or maybe even a little bit above that, it's an easier conversation with leadership. But because it really feels like more than double the price, I'm not sure the value, double the money, is there, as an easy-sell to my leadership."

"When we last did a comparison of solutions, the pricing was equal or similar."

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"The product is a cost-effective solution."

"The pricing model is complicated."

"It's expensive, which is one of the problems with this solution."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

10%

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Company Size

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	65
Midsize Enterprise	62
Large Enterprise	278

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	3

Questions from the Community

What's the difference between VMware vRA (automation) and vROps (operations)?

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Is VMware Aria Operations a user friendly solution?

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What is the most useful new feature of VMware Aria Operations?

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Also Known As

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

VMware IT Business Management Suite, VMware ITBM, IT Business Management Suite, Digital Fuel

Overview

VMware Aria Operations provides detailed metrics, graphing capabilities, and historical data for proactive infrastructure management, offering a single pane of glass for comprehensive views, alert notifications, and seamless integration with VMware tools.

VMware Aria Operations is designed for monitoring and optimizing virtual environments, empowering businesses to enhance infrastructure efficiency and manage workloads. With stress ratings and capacity planning, it facilitates troubleshooting performance issues while forecasting resource needs. Automation and integration with VMware tools streamline operations, making it indispensable for maintaining system health and enabling data-driven decisions. Users appreciate its comprehensive infrastructure views, though they note the interface complexity and high pricing as key considerations. Improved automation, third-party integration, and usability are desired enhancements.

What are the key features of VMware Aria Operations?

Single Pane of Glass: Provides comprehensive views of infrastructure for easy management.
Performance Monitoring: Tracks performance with detailed metrics and trend analysis.
Capacity Planning: Offers insights into stress ratings and future resource needs.
Alert Notifications: Effectively notifies users of potential system issues.
Automation and Integration: Streamlines operations with VMware tools.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

Infrastructure Efficiency: Ensures optimal use of virtual environments for effective workload management.
Operational Visibility: Improves decision-making with detailed insights and analytics.
Resource Optimization: Helps forecast and allocate resources efficiently.
Proactive Management: Facilitates early detection of issues to maintain system health.

VMware Aria Operations' implementation across industries like finance, healthcare, and education showcases its utility in maintaining operational efficiency. It aids in tracking usage metrics and integrating workflows, benefiting sectors with critical performance and resource management needs.

Broadcom

VMware IT Business Management Suite offers in three editions: Standard, Advanced, and Enterprise. VMware IT Business Management Suite provides transparency and control over the cost and quality of IT services. By providing a business context to the services IT offers, IT Business Management helps IT organizations shift from a technology orientation to a service broker orientation, delivering a portfolio of IT services that align with the needs of line of business stakeholders. With benchmarks providing objective evidence, IT Business Management also provides the fact-based approach needed to minimize the cost of IT while maximizing the value IT delivers to its customers. Greater transparency and alignment, and the continuous improvement of IT services they enable, support IT as it seeks to develop competitive advantage through major IT transformation initiatives such as cloud, mobility and data center modernization.

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Sample Customers

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

Rent-A-Center, SAIC - (Science Applications International Corporation), Tribune Media, iGATE, EMC, Deutsche Telekom, GEFCO, Banca Ifis

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