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VMware Cloud Foundation Automation

byBroadcom (VMware)
in
4.4
Market Presence: Cloud Management Tooling (Transitioning to Cloud Financial Management Tools), Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms

Overview

Overall experience with VMware Cloud Foundation Automation

IT Manager
<50M USD, Healthcare and Biotech
FAVORABLE

“Complex to the Simple: Transforming System Management”

5.0
May 31, 2024
Simplifies and streamlines the management of multiple environments.
VMWARE / CLOUD ADMIN
3B - 10B USD, Media
CRITICAL

“Nice automation tool but tough to setup & manage”

3.0
Jul 3, 2022
I have a very average experience with VRA.Provisioning vm's in a faster way by auto deployments using template is a useful feature in our environment. Since our environment drastically changes we keep on provisioning & deleting vm's regularly. In that way we consider very useful. But it's not a user-friendly tool & not ease of setup and managing.

About Company

Company Details

Updated 4th February 2026
Year Founded
1998
Head office location
California, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Website
https://www.vmware.com/

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Reviewer Insights for: VMware Cloud Foundation Automation
Deciding Factors: VMware Cloud Foundation Automation Vs. Market Average
Performance of VMware Cloud Foundation Automation Across Market Features

VMware Cloud Foundation Automation Likes & Dislikes

Like

Provides drag and drop functionality for managing the automation of administration. Very intuitive and user friendly interface. Have had excellent support for the product.

Like

Creating templates for each component , whenever multiple vm's required we will deploy in shorter time. applying vulnerability vix for multiple vm's at a time. multi cloud support is one of the best feature of VRA.

Like

1. Ease setup and use 2.Cloud integration 3.DevOps platform

Dislike

Complex initial setup. Time consuming setup. Had to consult VMware experts for setup in our environment.

Dislike

oh , it's very tough to setup & configure. Vmware should consider this. We struggled a lot for migration from VRA 7 to version 8.Actually these kind of diffculties make the customer to feel bad about the product. My personal opinion is which ever the product is not easy to deply/manage/migrate will fail in market , exactly the same with VRA.

Dislike

1.Licensing Costing 2.Post Installation support 3.Product Troubleshooting logs

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VMware Cloud Foundation Automation Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 72 ratings and reviews for Cloud Management Tooling (Transitioning to Cloud Financial Management Tools) market. View all 95 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.4

(72 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
47%
4 Star
47%
3 Star
4%
2 Star
1%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.3

Integration & Deployment

4.3

Service & Support

4.5

Product Capabilities

4.5

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  • IT Manager
    <50M USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Complex to the Simple: Transforming System Management

    5.0
    May 31, 2024
    Simplifies and streamlines the management of multiple environments.
  • SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Ease setup and self-service provision with vRealize Automation.

    4.0
    Apr 18, 2023
    Outstanding experience with the product because of ease setup and use.
  • LEAD VMWARE ADMIN
    1B-10B USD
    Media
    Review Source

    Good automation tool but not user friendly

    4.0
    Jul 28, 2022
    Amazing experience , can automate the entire process for vm provisioning like the way we want.Saves lot of time in provisioning infra.
  • VMWARE / CLOUD ADMIN
    1B-10B USD
    Media
    Review Source

    Nice automation tool but tough to setup & manage

    3.0
    Jul 3, 2022
    I have a very average experience with VRA.Provisioning vm's in a faster way by auto deployments using template is a useful feature in our environment. Since our environment drastically changes we keep on provisioning & deleting vm's regularly. In that way we consider very useful. But it's not a user-friendly tool & not ease of setup and managing.
  • Associated
    50M-1B USD
    Telecommunication
    Review Source

    Vrealize is a good tool for multicloud automation

    4.0
    Jul 5, 2022
    vRealize Automation help us managing our Data Center and Cloud infrastructure, reducing the time top configure Multicloud environment for our application deployments.
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