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VMware Cloud Foundation

byBroadcom (VMware)
in
4.0
Market Presence: Infrastructure Monitoring Tools, Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure

Overview

Overall experience with VMware Cloud Foundation

IT SERVICES ASSOCIATE
<50M USD, IT Services
FAVORABLE

“Strong Platform, Steep Learning Curve”

4.0
Aug 5, 2025
A powerful platform that brings true hybrid cloud capabilities. VMware Cloud Foundation helped us streamline infrastructure management, improve scalability, and accelerate our digital transformation journey.
SENIOR LICENSE MANAGER
1B - 3B USD, Insurance (except health)
CRITICAL

“Customer Experience Declines for VMware After Acquisition and Licensing Changes”

2.0
Jun 17, 2025
The VMware platform is as always class-leading within it's field. But since its acquisition, the customer experience has dropped significant. The transition from perpetual licenses to subscription based has led to huge price increases.

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
Deciding Factors: VMware Cloud Foundation Vs. Market Average

VMware Cloud Foundation Likes & Dislikes

Like

Comprehensive performance and capacity analytics, seamless integration with VMware ecosystem. It just makes managing our private and hybrid cloud environments much more efficient.

Like

The product is great - it works as expected and allows us to utilize our hardware investments in the best possible way. The customer experience/service isn't. That being said having our own datacenters VMware is still the go-to-solution for optimal hardware usage as the ease of use within the product is better than the competitors.

Like

A solid virtualization platform with enterprise grade support and excellent third party integrations. Software Defined Storage and Software Defined Networking permits to automate the entire lifecycle of all infrastructure and workloads deployed with integrated tools or third party tools. Security embedded with the solution, permits management of compliance and the different security requests about CVEs and other recommendations in a quick and simple way.

Dislike

The licensing model and hardware compatibility requirements can be limiting. It demands certified hardware and the overall cost of implementation and support is relatively high compared to other solutions.

Dislike

The TCO has increased way to much. The local representation from Broadcom is not present.

Dislike

Learning curve is greater than other solutions to adopt all the included technologies. Adoption of all aspects of the solution requires some knowledge from different areas, like servers, storage, networking, security, automation, etc. Support for third party automation solutions is not allowed and the user is responsible for these common tools.

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VMware Cloud Foundation Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 28 ratings and reviews for Network Management Tools market. View all 307 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.0

(28 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
32%
4 Star
46%
3 Star
11%
2 Star
11%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

3.9

Integration & Deployment

4.3

Service & Support

4.1

Product Capabilities

4.4

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  • IT SERVICES ASSOCIATE
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Strong Platform, Steep Learning Curve

    4.0
    Aug 5, 2025
    A powerful platform that brings true hybrid cloud capabilities. VMware Cloud Foundation helped us streamline infrastructure management, improve scalability, and accelerate our digital transformation journey.
  • SENIOR LICENSE MANAGER
    1B-10B USD
    Insurance (except health)
    Review Source

    Customer Experience Declines for VMware After Acquisition and Licensing Changes

    2.0
    Jun 17, 2025
    The VMware platform is as always class-leading within it's field. But since its acquisition, the customer experience has dropped significant. The transition from perpetual licenses to subscription based has led to huge price increases.
  • PRODUCT OWNER
    10B+ USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Discover the Innovative VCF: A Private Cloud Powerhouse

    3.0
    Apr 23, 2025
    It is a private cloud component of our VMware hybrid cloud. VCF provides a cloud-compatible hosting experience within our data centres. VCF replaces on-prem legacy platforms, ensuring full control and responsibility while leveraging cloud-like features such as self service, rapid development and deployment and efficient resource management
  • SERVER ADMIN SR
    <50M USD
    Retail
    Review Source

    Tackling Time-to-Market with a Comprehensive Service Solution

    4.0
    Apr 21, 2025
    This solution is a perfect all-in-one environment to meet the time-to-market to deliver our services. Includes tools to consolidate all workloads and automate aspects like storage and networking. Integrated security in the solution is very powerful against a wide variety of threats. The learning curve and adoption time is a little bit larger than other solutions and involves some technical and knowledge skill sets in the assigned team.
  • SENIOR CLOUD SPECIALIST
    50M-1B USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    Understanding the Basics: Assessing the Integration and Usability of VCF

    5.0
    May 8, 2025
    Need to have some basic and knowledge about this product. Must be an existing user of some of the products, otherwise it would be overkill to onboard the full suite.
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