F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect vs. vRealize Operations (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect
Score 8.6 out of 10
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F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect is a solution used to more easily and securely network across public clouds, hybrid clouds, and edge sites via an agile SaaS-based service. Users can rapidly connect instances deployed across multiple cloud regions and/or different cloud providers using Distributed Cloud Network Connect and its automated provisioning, integrated service stack, and end-to-end visibility. Cloud instances will be connected in minutes and always visible for rapid troubleshooting.N/A
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
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vRealize Operations, or Aria Operations, provided simplified and automated IT Operations Management across private, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments, and visibility into the entire tech stack, including all physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure components. The product is no longer available for sale.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Cloud Management
Comparison of Cloud Management features of Product A and Product B
F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect
8.1
Ratings
6% below category average
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Ratings
Cloud Management Security7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Automation and Orchestration8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Management7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Management Performance Monitoring8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Governance and Compliance8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Management8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Systems Integration7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
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10.0
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Usability
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8.0
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Performance
7.9
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Support Rating
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8.0
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Ease of integration
7.2
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect Would be incredibly useful when having to juggle multiple cloud providers. Also XC would be fantastic for standardization and consistency of the whole networking stack. It may be less useful for incredibly specialized cases where very specific traffic manipulation is needed. Any use-cases with heavy APM usage would have to be carefully considered as those features didn’t make it into XC yet.
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With the introduction of API-based event alerts, there is no need for a proxy, which is a good option. Its ability to manage infra on a real-time basis is a good option that helps monitor, administer and troubleshoot virtual machines.
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Pros
  • Centralized Hybrid ingress for our cloud workloads
  • Centralized ingress for our existing on-prem BIG-IP devices
  • Application visibility to address end-to-end visibility into the end-user experience
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  • Troubleshooting Workbench to work on multiple data at one place.
  • Datacenter Resources/ Cost Optimization Suggestions.
  • Centralized Management between on-premises and cloud resources.
  • Customized management packs.
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Cons
  • The support model needs a quite a bit of work. I personally have experienced an outage on the platform. due to mis-configureation Although the outage was due to engineer error it took over 2 hours before we were able to speak to an engineer
  • Proxy v2 protocol to allow our organization to capture and view the source IP address
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  • If we can integrate it with other products, then it will be quite useful. Integration with some network devices and storage devices would be useful.
  • It basically supports the system with big-size VM disks; it should be made available to support other devices and hardware as well.
  • They may also need to improve on complex configuration.
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Likelihood to Renew
Architectural change with a focus on multi-cloud
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Usability
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It has a good GUI to monitor real-time logs for cloud applications. This is quite a useful tool and preferred over most of the competitive applications in the market.
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Performance
F5 Distributed Cloud Network additionally interconnects our cloud improving our security and creating secure IPsec SSL tunnels between our clouds, improving the page load of the application published in the Load balancer in Distributed cloud, and additionally adding a security layer easy to implement with the WAF for all web applications in our company
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Support Rating
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The support is pretty good however some of the KB articles still reference different versions of the product so it can be hard to find answers to common questions
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Alternatives Considered
This software as a service (SaaS) links, divides, and protects network traffic over one or more edge sites, data centers, and public clouds. It offers the adaptability needed to operate across many transit choices, such as the F5 Global Network, private corporate networks, and cloud provider linkages. Additionally, faster time to resolution and more effective issue management are achieved by end-to-end monitoring and troubleshooting.
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We are a VMware shop and need monitoring from VMware. Also, I am not the decision maker here. I believe because of being a VMware shop we choose VRO and also may be my company got a great deal. I like this product although there is a lot of stuff to improve
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Return on Investment
  • Remove VPN
  • Reduction of investment in operational support
  • Uptime availability
  • Access to specialized advice and support
  • Eliminar VPN
  • Reducción de inversión en soporte operativo
  • Disponibilidad uptime
  • Acceso a asesoría y soporte especializado
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  • We believe that the ability to preplan deployments with vRealize has proven its return on investments.
  • Our troubleshooting time has been reduced with vrealize because its constantly collecting performance data. typically vrealize will tell us cause of fault before we can determine it ourselves.
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