AWS CloudFormation vs. vRealize Configuration Manager (discontinued)

AWS CloudFormation

vRealize Configuration Manager (discontinued)

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
AWS CloudFormation	Score 8.8 out of 10	N/A	AWS CloudFormation gives developers and systems administrators a way to create and manage a collection of related AWS resources, provisioning and updating them in a predictable fashion. Use AWS CloudFormation’s sample templates or create templates to describe the AWS resources, and any associated dependencies or runtime parameters, required to run an application. Users don’t need to figure out the order for provisioning AWS services or the subtleties of making those dependencies work.…	$0
vRealize Configuration Manager (discontinued)	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	VMware's vRealize Configuration Manager (formerly vCenter Configuration Manager) was a change and configuration management software solution. VMware announced the end of the product's availability in January, 2020.	N/A

Pricing

AWS CloudFormation

vRealize Configuration Manager (discontinued)

Editions & Modules

Free Tier - 1,000 Handler Operations per Month per Account: $0.00
Handler Operation: $0.0009
per handler operation

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
AWS CloudFormation	vRealize Configuration Manager (discontinued)
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

There is no additional charge for using AWS CloudFormation with resource providers in the following namespaces: AWS::*, Alexa::*, and Custom::*. In this case you pay for AWS resources (such as Amazon EC2 instances, Elastic Load Balancing load balancers, etc.) created using AWS CloudFormation as if you created them manually. You only pay for what you use, as you use it; there are no minimum fees and no required upfront commitments. When you use resource providers with AWS CloudFormation outside the namespaces mentioned above, you incur charges per handler operation. Handler operations are create, update, delete, read, or list actions on a resource.

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Community Pulse
	AWS CloudFormation	vRealize Configuration Manager (discontinued)
Considered Both Products	AWS CloudFormation Verified User Anonymous Chose AWS CloudFormation Since the product I'm involved is primarily hosted on AWS we use CloudFormation but in some other products where we have hybrid cloud deployments we prefer terraform which is opensource. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose AWS CloudFormation Cloning a virtual machine creates a virtual machine that is cloning a virtual machine creates a virtual machine that is a copy of the original. The new virtual machine is configured with the same virtual hardware, installed software, and other properties that were configured … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose AWS CloudFormation As we have our whole infrastructure on AWS, that is why we selected AWS CloudFormation. AWS CloudFormation is better integrated with AWS services than other available products and also provides visibility and tracking on AWS. AWS CloudFormation is free while Terraform … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose AWS CloudFormation We didn't look into anything else as Cloudformation was "built-in" for AWS, it just kind of made sense to go with that. Terraform was something that we briefly looked into Terraform but decides to stick with Cloudformation because our task was relatively "simple". Apparently if … Incentivized Helpful? Manuela Jacqueline Mercado Rodríguez Senior Full Stack Developer Chose AWS CloudFormation AWS CloudFormation has more features and robustness. It is suited for professional projects since it provides stability and a wide variety of options for configurations. These include not only dividing stacks by specific code changes, but also in regions. This allows more … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose AWS CloudFormation The only real comparison would be to Terraform, which is another IaC technology at the infra level. Terraform is cloud-agnostic, which means most popular cloud providers are supported. While AWS CloudFormation is AWS-only. Although, if you consider CDK, CDK for Terraform … Incentivized Helpful?	vRealize Configuration Manager (discontinued) Verified User Anonymous Chose vRealize Configuration Manager (discontinued) BMC TrueSight Server Automation VMware vCenter Configuration Manager has good reporting feature. The interface is very user-friendly and is simple to use. Incentivized Helpful? Carlos Daniel Casañas Bertolo ஃ Director Chose vRealize Configuration Manager (discontinued) Improve operational effectiveness by continuously auditing configurations of the VMware infrastructure and Windows, Linux and UNIX operating systems. Accelerate the adoption of virtualization and cloud computing for business-critical applications by addressing security and … Incentivized Helpful?

Best Alternatives
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User Ratings
	AWS CloudFormation	vRealize Configuration Manager (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	7.6 (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	AWS CloudFormation	vRealize Configuration Manager (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	Cloning a virtual machine creates a virtual machine that is a copy of the original. The new virtual machine is configured with the Cloning Cloning a virtual machine creates a virtual machine that is a copy of the original. The new virtual machine is configured with the same virtual hardware, installed software, and other properties that were configured for the original virtual machine. For information about persistent memory and PMem storage, see the vSphere Resource Management Guide. For information virtual machine creates a virtual machine that is a copy of the original. The new virtual machine is configured with the same virtual hardware, installed software, and other properties that were configured for the original virtual machine. For information about persistent memory and PMem storage, see the vSphere Resource. Management guide. For information virtual hardware, installed software cloning a virtual machine creates a virtual machine that is a copy of the original. The new virtual machine is configured with the same virtual hardware, installed software, and other properties that were configured for the original virtual machine. For information about persistent memory and PMem storage, see the vSphere Resource Management Guide. For information and other properties that were configured for the original virtual machine. For information about persistent memory and PMem storage, see the vSphere Resource Management Guide. For information. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	VMware vCenter Configuration Manager comes in very handy for engineers while providing the RCA of an issue or trying to do the troubleshooting, It allows to review the logs all in one place. Its change management feature allows pushing and reviewing the changes on several systems without the need of logging into individual systems. VMware vCenter Configuration Manager has provided a convenient way for the Patching and compliance of systems. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	IaC, transactional on top of that Support for "mainstream" general programming languages Sharable IaC "snippets" that can setup standardized environments for individuals quickly OOP techniques are available thanks to OOP languages Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Active monitoring of Syslog and notifications based upon the matching conditions. Change management- Changes can be pushed to several system from one place. It also keeps the record of what changes and who made the change even if the changes has not been made through VMware vCenter Configuration Manager. Robust reporting feature- Enhanced filters features and report generation in excel format presents the data in readable and to the point. Integration with ticketing tool further ensures that changes are approved before implementation. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Error Description upon Failure Needs to be Improved. Slow to create, delete or update. Need to delete resources manually. It can ask before starting deletion whether to skip those resources or delete them. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	It a little cumbersome to get all features up and running. Takes a bit of knowledge to get to all configured and thievery setup. It would be great if it had a monitoring tool internally, a tool like Nagios for example. Incentivized Carlos Daniel Casañas Bertolo ஃ Director Read full review
Usability	It's easy enough to get a shared template & apply it. You don't even have to download-then-upload or copy-and-paste, a publicly-accessible url works. Diving deeper, it has enough powerful capabilities to make the life of a platform / DevOps engineer bearable. However, you need equally deep knowledge to troubleshoot issues, when they inevitably pop up. This is the same for all IaC technologies, as they are additional abstraction layers on top of the native API provided by the cloud providers. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Since the product I'm involved is primarily hosted on AWS we use CloudFormation but in some other products where we have hybrid cloud deployments we prefer Terraform which is opensource. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Improve operational effectiveness by continuously auditing configurations of the VMware infrastructure and Windows, Linux and UNIX operating systems. Accelerate the adoption of virtualization and cloud computing for business-critical applications by addressing security and compliance concerns. Incentivized Carlos Daniel Casañas Bertolo ஃ Director Read full review
Return on Investment	+ We can standup a VPC in minutes - It took a lot of inital time to set up + With logging/rollback, made testing much easier. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Really good ROI!!! Every penny paid with a smile on my face!!! Ease of use, simplified GUI, evenhanded features, strong support behind it, compatibility with other products. Cuts time for configuration drastically. Incentivized Carlos Daniel Casañas Bertolo ஃ Director Read full review
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