vCenter Orchestrator Reviews

We extensively use vCenter Orchestrator for automating tasks across environments, particularly in managing server deployments and network configurations.

The product's integration capabilities are outstanding, facilitating seamless connections with tools like CyberArk for security management and Infoblox for DNS automation.

Enhancing the platform's setup process intuitiveness and offering more flexible pricing options could further improve its accessibility across different company sizes.

I've been using it for several years, starting with earlier versions and now up to the latest updates, which have significantly improved automation capabilities.

The product is very stable, rarely encountering issues that impact operations.

The platform scales well for large enterprises, though initial setup complexity can present challenges.

VMware's support has been excellent, consistently providing timely assistance when required. 

Within the VMware ecosystem, it excels, particularly for organizations deeply integrated with VMware solutions.

We deploy based on client needs, typically utilizing a hybrid model integrating on-prem infrastructure with cloud services like CloudHealth for cost management.

The platform integration is straightforward, especially with recent updates, making connecting with various systems and streamlining workflows easier.

I would rate vCenter Orchestrator a nine. It's a robust tool offering extensive capabilities, ideal for organizations focused on strategic automation initiatives.

I like the tool's DNS feature. 

The solution's price could be cheaper. 

I have been using the solution for two years. 

The product is stable. 

vCenter Orchestrator is scalable. The server is located in four to five locations. 

vCenter Orchestrator's setup is very straightforward. If the setup is small, it can be completed in two days. 

I would rate vCenter Orchestrator a nine out of ten. 

vCenter Orchestrator is a user-friendly and straightforward product.

The product’s cost needs improvement. Not all organizations can spend huge amounts of money to orchestrate the operation. In comparison, KVM is less expensive and has similar functionality. It could be integrated with other products and technologies than VMware.

The product is stable.

It is a scalable product.

The technical support services are excellent.

Positive

I use Ansible to automate workload management for third-party products and heterogeneous environments. In comparison, vCenter Orchestrator can be used to manage only VMware infrastructure.

The initial setup process is easy if you follow the proper procedure with the correct steps and prerequisites.

I rate vCenter Orchestrator an eight out of ten. If you have only VMware cloud, then vCenter Orchestrator is the right fit for your business requirements. You should look for other compatible tools if you have a heterogeneous environment, including public clouds like OpenStack or OpenShift.

The most valuable feature is how easy it makes it to manage the VM. In our case, that is quite good.

The product is not quite easy to use and needs improvement in that regard.

When the SSO certificate needs to be renewed, the upgrading and testing are quite complicated. We faced this issue just three months ago.

I have been working with vCenter Orchestrator for between three and four years.

For what we use it for, it has been quite stable.

It is a scalable product and we have between 60 and 70 end-users. We do not plan to increase usage within the new few years.

Technical support is quite good and quite helpful.

Prior to vCenter Orchestrator, we did not work with a similar solution.

There are a lot of steps that have to be done using the command line and the documentation doesn't cover the entire process. The knowledge base was not open to the public so it was not easy to resolve the issue that we were having. We had to ask for support.

We had support from the vendor for our deployment.

Two people are in place to support this product and perform maintenance.

The price is reasonable, and one of the reasons that this product was selected.

We evaluated Microsoft System Center Orchestrator at the same time, but vCenter is the solution that was chosen. One of the reasons that we chose it was the price.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

Since we have a data center, we use vCenter Orchestrator for process automation.

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

The response time of vCenter Orchestrator's support could be improved. You're good when you get a knowledgeable person who knows things, but their response time is slow.

I have been working with vCenter Orchestrator for four or five years.

I rate vCenter Orchestrator a nine out of ten for stability.

I rate vCenter Orchestrator a nine out of ten for scalability. Around 10 people use the solution in our organization.

vCenter Orchestrator technical support is not bad, but they have to improve their response time.

Neutral

I rate vCenter Orchestrator an eight out of ten for the ease of its initial setup.

Since we have a big environment, vCenter Orchestrator's deployment took a few days. Three people were involved in the solution's deployment.

vCenter Orchestrator is an expensive solution. I rate vCenter Orchestrator an eight out of ten for pricing.

I use the latest version of vCenter Orchestrator.

I would recommend vCenter Orchestrator to other users. You have to understand beforehand what kind of processes you want to orchestrate and automate with it. If you think about what you'll do with it before you install it, you'll have a better view of how to implement it in the best way.

Overall, I rate vCenter Orchestrator an eight out of ten.

My primary use of vCenter is to orchestrate virtual machines in the customer environment.

vCenter modernizes the way that organizations use IT infrastructure and improves how resources are used.

The product's integration is good, it works well with other programs and solutions.

The price of this product is high and could be improved.

I've been familiar with this solution for a couple of years.

vCenter is scalable.

VMWare's technical support is good.

Positive

The initial setup was simple, and I'd say everyone was satisfied with it.

I used my in-house technical team to implement vCenter.

I would rate this product as ten out of ten.

I primarily use the solution to run my monitoring tools. For the universities I work with, the primary use is to run everything and anything.

The solution's ability to template and easily implement are the most valuable features. It offers good replication as well. 

The solution needs to integrate with Cloud facilities like AWS and Azure. Containerization, which I believe they are working on, needs to improve too.

The solution is pretty stable. As long as you look after the boxes it's running on, and ensure they're connected, then you're fine. We don't plan to increase usage at this time.

The scalability of the solution is pretty good. We have about 100 or so users on the solution currently.

I've never really had to use technical support, so I don't have any experience with them.

We didn't previously use a different solution.

Deployment took less than a day. However, I did not handle the implementation. We only require two people for maintenance.

We're using the on-premises deployment model.

I would rate the solution eight out of ten.

We are a software IT provider. I work with vCenter. We use it for our clients. It's for customers and our customers who use VMware products. We are the implementation engineers. Most of our clients work with the traditional data counter.

Our primary use case of this solution is for virtualization management, so virtualizing the infrastructure, and optimizing IT workload.

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.

It's a single pane of glass. We can manage all the sectors on vCenter.

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

I don't know if vCenter Orchestrator can automize the provisioning of other products and other virtualizing software besides for VMware. If it will develop the ability to be a multi-provider product it will be better for VMware.

I would it to become multi-platforming, like what vRealize does. 

It is stable. I didn't find any technical problems with any VMware products, including vCenter. They are stable products and the only problem is that they cost a lot of money. 

In Tunisia, we don't have very big data country like in the UK, Europe, and other countries. The biggest data center in my country has maybe around 500 virtual machines. We don't have the problem of scalability in Tunisia. We're a small country with a small data center. For big companies in Tunisia, it's compared to a middle-sized company in Europe.

We don't have this problem and I know vCenter it's very scalable with how much you can manage and how many customers you can manage. We don't have this problem with scalability.

We don't have a problem with VMware support. I would rate their support a nine out of ten. 

We compared vCenter to Microsoft SCCM and other tools and I think vCenter is the most dynamic and the easier one to use in any complex environment.

The initial setup is not complicated. The setup took around half a day. If we have all the requirement that we request it takes less than half a day.

We do both. We implement and we do the support and maintenance tasks. We only require one staff member for the deployment. 

The setup depends on how the company has organized it. We have people who are responsible for the implementation and people who are responsible for the maintenance and support desk. But if you have a problem then just one person can fix that problem. 

Our licensing is on a yearly basis. We pay for the license and then we pay the support every year.

I would rate it a nine out of ten. Not a ten because of the price.