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VMware Cloud Foundation pros and cons

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PROS

VMware Cloud Foundation offers flexibility in network structures and disaster recovery.
It significantly reduces installation and setup time from weeks to hours.
It centralizes management of virtual interactions using SDDC manager, simplifying lifecycle management and infrastructure automation.
VMware Cloud Foundation provides seamless migration from on-premises infrastructure and features a scalable platform.
It enables extensive customization and comprehensive management of network, virtualization, and storage from a single console.

CONS

VMware Cloud Foundation needs to improve Mac support.
Users would like the ability to write to both sites synchronously.
There are complaints about the high pricing of VMware Cloud Foundation, especially after the Broadcom acquisition.
The complexity of deployment and upgrading processes requires simplification.
The interconnected nature of components raises concerns about stability if one component fails.
 

VMware Cloud Foundation Pros review quotes

NiteshKumar1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 28, 2024
VMware Cloud Foundation provides us with the vSphere dashboard through which we can manage, monitor, schedule, and spin up your virtual machines. We can manage, monitor, and get reports of your infrastructure.
JF
Jul 1, 2024
The main features are the separation between the management plane and the workload. You can use NSX to provision between the different areas of the network, like west-east or north-south.
SK
Apr 11, 2022
VMware Cloud Foundation's most valuable features are password and certificate management. The SDDC manager tool is the front tool we are using to manage the entire VCF stack. In the SDDC manager, we can able to rotate, and update the passwords of all users. Anything in the VMware portfolio, we can manage from a single dashboard and we have various data centers. We have connected everything into one Federation. From one single place, we are managing our entire virtual interactions.
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Al Vasek - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 28, 2022
The stability is good.
reviewer1144278 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 6, 2023
We are using it for infrastructure automation.
SA
Oct 24, 2019
The most valuable feature of this solution is the disaster recovery software.
Ololade Olotu - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 5, 2022
Technical support is helpful.
MS
Jan 30, 2020
The ability to auto-scale is the most valuable feature.
UG
Nov 20, 2024
We use VMware Cloud Foundation mainly for the virtualization part, and because it's a suite where everything is combined, we have vSphere and vCenter.
MH
Mar 26, 2025
VMware Cloud Foundation allows for extensive customization, aligning with our customer requirements.
 

VMware Cloud Foundation Cons review quotes

NiteshKumar1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 28, 2024
Cost is a challenge when convincing clients, especially for large deals.
JF
Jul 1, 2024
There is room for improvement in customer service and support.
SK
Apr 11, 2022
In the early adoption of VMware Cloud Foundation, we have seen minor problems. For example, in our Federation, I see the single pane of glass where we need to manage everything, which is good. However, internally, we have a Kafka database that is distributed by the database used by the SDDC manager. During the distribution and synchronization, there is some issue and we need to stop the process.
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Al Vasek - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 28, 2022
The solution is quite expensive.
reviewer1144278 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 6, 2023
From a stability perspective, there may be some issues.
SA
Oct 24, 2019
We would like the ability to write to both sites at the same time, in a synchronous fashion.
Ololade Olotu - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 5, 2022
The pricing could be a bit less expensive.
MS
Jan 30, 2020
The deployment is clumsy and complex. There are too many things that need to be done in order to deploy.
UG
Nov 20, 2024
After the acquisition, prices have been going up.
MH
Mar 26, 2025
The maintenance cost has increased significantly, especially after Broadcom acquired VMware, with a shift from socket-based licensing to core-based licensing.