VMware Cloud Director Reviews

We use it to deliver secure cloud environments to customers.

vCloud Director greatly improves our organization by seamlessly integrating with the entire VMware stack, simplifying operations, and making it easy to provide comprehensive cloud services.

The most valuable feature of vCloud Director for me is its user-friendly UI, which is much easier compared to other platforms. It enables users to do more with their virtual machines and disks, making it a simpler and more versatile solution.

There is some room for improvement in vCloud Director, particularly with its integration with various VMware components for automation. It would be beneficial if some features were built into the platform rather than requiring integration with multiple products, reducing complexity and licensing concerns. Specifically, having native automation capabilities within vCloud Director would be a great enhancement.

I have been using vCloud Director for three years.

I would rate the stability of the solution as a nine out of ten.

I would rate the scalability of the solution as a nine out of ten.

I would rate the technical support as an eight out of ten.

Positive

I previously used Morpheus, but I switched to vCloud Director due to integration issues after upgrading. Specifically, Morpheus had challenges integrating with another solution we were using, prompting the switch.

The initial setup was quite simple.

I think vCloud Director is worth the price.

I would recommend vCloud Director as a solid solution for cloud providers. It offers comprehensive features and is easy to integrate with other VMware components, making it well-suited for diverse needs. Overall, I would rate it as a ten out of ten.

Our company uses the solution as a cloud service provider for our virtual data center that serves 100 customers. 

We create demands and assign them to customers who run the workloads, access virtual machines, and perform network operations. 

The solution has more capabilities than OpenStack and integrates well with NSX and vCenter. 

Multiple events can be managed in the solution's environment.

It is easy to leverage the capabilities for server and network virtualization. 

The solution should integrate with other cloud systems such as Azure ARC and OpenStack. 

I have been using the solution for six months. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is scalable. 

Technical support is good and I rate them a ten out of ten. 

Positive

Our company previously used OpenStack. 

The setup and deployment are rather complex because all networking and storage components need to be included. 

We partnered with the vendor for initial deployment. Our internal team of four included server, network, and VMware administrators. 

The solution provides us with the capability to offer managed services where we realize ROI. 

I recommend using the Enterprise or Enterprise Plus licenses because they unlock all of the solution's capabilities from the operational, networking, and log-in sides. A mid-high or high license will allow you to deliver all of the features available.

We evaluated the solution against OpenStack and decided to switch. 

I rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

We have a partnership with vCloud Director, and we are a customer. We run one of the largest private clouds globally.

The most valuable feature of vCloud Director is the scaling architecture that they have built.

vCloud Director should focus on helping customers sustain their private clouds and scale out when necessary.

The solution has some basic functionalities and a few functional services. They are working to orchestrate between public and private clouds. While this is good, I think they need to enable private clouds to ensure that they are competing in the market of public clouds. For us, the cost of a public cloud is seven times more expensive than what we build and consume. 

They also should consider bringing in significant upgrades like SNS features. Database services need to go beyond what they are currently doing.

I have been using vCloud Director for seven years.

Once configured, vCloud Director is stable.

vCloud Director needs to be more scalable for private clouds.

I would rate technical support a seven out of ten. Personally, I have a network at VMware that I can connect with when I have a challenge, I can depend on it more than calling their support desk.

Neutral

The initial setup of this solution is not easy. You need to use professional services to be effective. Unfortunately, the skill set for vCloud Director is not easily available, and it cannot be consumed straight out of the box. 

Once deployed, we only require one person to spend twenty minutes a day on maintaining the product.

vCloud Director is an expensive solution. Our organization selects the top tier of the product options, which ensures that we get every feature we want.

The decision to use this solution depends on the size of the organization. A small organization that has less than one hundred servers deploying vCloud Director will find that the cost of running is much cheaper than the product itself. I would not recommend anything above one hundred. However, if you have to constantly change, and you have a dynamic environment, then it would make sense.

I rate this solution an eight out of ten overall.

What I found most valuable in vCloud Director is the multi-tenancy.

What could be improved in vCloud Director, particularly from the networking side, is its integration with other network devices. Currently, it is not connected with the core network devices, for example, Palo Alto or any firewall used in the company. Though there is good integration with NSX, some of the customers don't use NSX. There should be a good amount of integration between vCloud Director and the other network providers, because if there's search integration, then things will become more automated and it'll be more tightly integrated with everything.

What vCloud Director needs is a more simplified installation, because the process is a little bit complicated, compared to installing vRealize Automation or the set of vRealize solutions. They're much easier to deploy than vCloud Director.

Making the installation automated is an additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of the solution. Now that VMware VCF is there, they have the automation layer ready. If any company or organization is planning to deploy vCloud Director, they will start from scratch. They will start from the hardware level itself. If they a tie-up with Dell or HP and from the server level itself, if they can start deploying with vCloud Director by following the best practices and verified architecture, then it makes sense.

I used version 10.2 of vCloud Director for the past twelve months, and the total number of years I used it was from four to five years.

vCloud Director is quite stable. It has good stability.

vCloud Director, in terms of scalability, can be improved.

The initial setup for vCloud Director was simple when we started, but then it became complex, particularly when we started growing. When we had multiple tenants, and a unique set of tenant organizations within vCloud Director, setting it up started to get complex.

I'm a team leader of a set of consultants in one company in UAE, so I downloaded reports, for example, about vCloud Director for reference. It helped me in designing a solution. I used to work for VMware as a post-sale consultant based in India, but then I quit and joined a different company. I have a personal experience with the vCloud Director.

In terms of maintaining vCloud Director, if you have a good amount of footprint of VMware staff, it would still depend on the number of objects you are controlling through the solution. If you have just one or two organizations created, it's fine, meaning one person can do the maintenance. In my scenario, however, I was supporting a customer who is one of the largest clients in VMware, who is using vCloud Director, so it was almost a team of six to seven people who were involved in maintaining the solution.

My advice to people looking into implementing vCloud Director would depend on their use case. vCloud Director has a very limited use case because most needs can be taken care of by vRealize Automation. If you're not a VCPP (VMware certified partner) and providing the VMware services to the external organization, you don't need the vCloud Director. You can have your private cloud based on open shift, open stack, vRealize, and a bunch of other solutions. vCloud Director is predominantly only for the VCPPs who are authorized to sell the VMware cloud to external customers, which they manage on behalf of VMware.

I'm rating vCloud Director seven out of ten.

We use the solution to manage and onboard permission and access on the laptop.

We have limitations on the capabilities of its sender. We send our prospect to speak with the administration through the administrator on their phone. It's very easy for the user but quite tricky for the administration.

They can do any provisioning for the virtual machines. For instance, they will only see those resources if we allocate 10 Ghz database storage. The limitation is due to our setup: we need to ensure customer isolation, as vCloud Director supports multi-tenancy.

We can access vCloud Director from the Internet. Once we access it, somebody else can do the same.

The data probability is advanced for the monitoring surface and the application. We need to improve the physical data for monitoring and understanding scalability with automation for autoscaling.

I have been using vCloud Director since 2015. We are using the V10 of the solution.

We need to verify compatibility, which is crucial to ensuring stability.

I rate the solution’s stability a seven out of ten.

Two hundred users are using the solution. We plan to increase the use of the vCloud director in the future.

I rate the solution’s scalability a six out of ten.

Sometimes, we encounter challenges with support. When we open a support case, it is handled by representatives from various locations, such as the US or England. The initial response might come from India or elsewhere. Occasionally, we have to reiterate our issue from scratch, which can be frustrating. Ideally, we should get support personnel with historical data to avoid repeating explanations every time we reach out for assistance.

Neutral

The initial setup is very difficult and takes two weeks to complete. Separate coding is very difficult. Ten people are required for the solution's deployment.

We have to prepare, it may only take one or two days. However, we must ensure thorough preparation from the bottom up, starting with the server and setting up a vSphere server. Additionally, we need to prepare some data for vCenter. We can proceed with the installation of the vCloud Director.

I rate the initial setup as three out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.

The licensing model is fair. The company management is happy because we pay for the services, and they become available. However, it's too expensive. We are considering changing our solution.

I rate the product’s pricing a six out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.

When scanning thoroughly, we integrate automation. It would be easier if VMware improved its capabilities. Then, we can implement autoscaling through the web interface.

There is multi-channel support, yet Net Depot is used for security and monitoring. This is crucial if we expose profiles to the Internet for security reasons. We need to enhance security, especially in protecting vCloud Director. If anyone pushes or plugs in something, it could compromise customer access. VMware may be better prepared for security reasons.

Two persons are required to maintain the solution.

If we only have a small amount of resources, we'll opt for the public vCloud but if we have a large amount of resources like 100s, 1000s then vCloud Director might be a better solution.

Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

I use the solution in my company for our customers' cloud environments.

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that VMware Cloud Director 10.5 has a feature known as IP space.

The product's UI has certain shortcomings that require improvement. The mouse pointer displays some pop-ups instead of covering the content I want to click and actually see.

I have been using vCloud Director for two years.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

It is an easily scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

In my company's customers' environments, almost 1,000 people use the tool.

I had to communicate with the solution's technical support team many times, especially in the past, before Broadcom took over VMware. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.

Positive

The product's initial setup phase is easy.

The product's installation phase can be completed in minutes, but the configuration and integration with other infrastructure, including areas like load balancers or backup, can take a couple of hours.

The solution is deployed on the cloud. It is good for those users using the on-premises model who want to migrate to the cloud version.

If one means a very bad price, and ten means a very good price, I rate the price as a five on a scale of one to ten.

The tool's networking enhances our cloud operations in an okay manner for every customer.

I don't know if there has been a cost reduction in my company from the tool's usage.

With the tool, the speed of operations has neither been too bad nor too good.

Only for some special customers, my company implements the tool, and GPU is required.

My company recommends the tool for customers using on-premises data centers or hosting services.

My company offers support to our customers who use vCloud Director.

It is not just our company but another corporation with whom we deploy the system or the cloud. Our company has around 50 engineers on the technical team.

I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

The primary use case for vCloud Director is deploying a cloud infrastructure in collaboration with partners to provide a data center environment for clients.

The platform's most valuable feature is security.

The product installation process could be easier for new users as well. 

I rate the platform's stability a ten out of ten.

I rate the platform's scalability a nine out of ten.

The technical support team always responds with a resolution in case of queries.

Positive

I previously used Azure and AWS databases for cloud management. The main reason I switched to VMware, particularly vCloud Director, was the need for better flexibility and stability in managing my infrastructure.The product is inexpensive compared to AWS, Azure, and GCP.

The initial setup is easy. However, it requires essential work experience and information to understand the platform.

The product is inexpensive compared to AWS, Azure, and GCP.

VMware's vCloud Director solution has been instrumental in addressing multi-tenancy needs within my organization. By leveraging the product alongside VMware's vSphere BitLocker Center, my clients can securely utilize their dedicated data centers while benefiting from scalability. Additionally, it helps ensure security across our cloud environments.

It primarily caters to public cloud environments. I rate it a ten out of ten.

We use VMware Cloud Director on our big service providers that allow different tenants to coexist from the same operational infrastructure. Each of our customers has their own tenant, so we can manage their workloads separately.

Offloading workloads to such large platforms allows for better economies of scale, facilitating management from a customer perspective that does not need to maintain their own infrastructure.

The reliability and flexibility of networking are valuable. You can do a lot with NSX, which is the VMware component that manages all networking. It integrates well with enterprise-level backup solutions, like Veeam or Vault.

VMware should simplify the whole solution as it comprises many different components, making management hard. Reducing the number of components would make it easier to manage.

Currently, it's more or less a year.

It is really reliable and works well.

As a technician, it's easier to work on VMware because there are many online sources for support, and it has more maturity on the market. At Nutanix, you need a lot of support from a partner, whereas the engagement with a partner for VMware is much less.

Positive

I'm considering that it might be worth looking into Nutanix since they are new in the market.

We work hand in hand with our customers to work on primarily Big Cloud Director platforms.

Since Broadcom's acquisition, the prices of VMware solutions have changed a lot. I'm mostly technical and don't deal much with budgeting and billing, so I can't really judge them.

I did evaluate other solutions like Nutanix.

Starting from scratch, it could be worth looking into Nutanix. The VMware acquisition by Broadcom has left some uncertainty, and Broadcom did a terrible PR job following the acquisition.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.