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At a Glance
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Star Rating
(238)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.1% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation
Star Rating
(426)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.8% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about VMware Cloud Foundation

Red Hat OpenShift vs VMware Cloud Foundation

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found VMware Cloud Foundation easier to use, administer, and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of set up with Red Hat OpenShift.

  • Reviewers felt that VMware Cloud Foundation meets the needs of their business better than Red Hat OpenShift.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that VMware Cloud Foundation is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Red Hat OpenShift over VMware Cloud Foundation.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Red Hat OpenShift
No pricing available
VMware Cloud Foundation
No pricing available
Free Trial
Red Hat OpenShift
No trial information available
VMware Cloud Foundation
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
78
9.1
297
Ease of Use
8.4
167
8.5
323
Ease of Setup
8.1
137
8.0
246
Ease of Admin
8.5
54
8.7
223
Quality of Support
8.4
69
8.5
279
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
50
8.8
216
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
75
8.7
294
Features by Category
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Hide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
Not enough data
8.8
120
Infrastructure Provision
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
9.3
10
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
9.0
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Management
Not enough data
7.8
10
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
9.0
10
Functionality
Not enough data
9.0
10
Not enough data
Not enough data
Alerts management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)Hide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.7
226
Not enough data
Development
9.2
20
Not enough data
8.3
14
Not enough data
9.0
14
Not enough data
9.0
15
Not enough data
9.1
13
Not enough data
Database
8.1
18
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
8.6
19
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
8.4
19
Not enough data
Infrastructure
8.6
20
Not enough data
9.0
17
Not enough data
9.1
21
Not enough data
8.6
267
Not enough data
Management
8.4
29
Not enough data
8.3
28
Not enough data
8.0
27
Not enough data
Organization
8.4
29
Not enough data
8.9
30
Not enough data
9.0
28
Not enough data
Development
8.5
24
Not enough data
8.8
27
Not enough data
8.5
22
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation
Red Hat OpenShift and VMware Cloud Foundation share no categories
Unique Categories
VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation is categorized as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
27.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
27.7%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
45.1%
VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
14.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
40.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
44.8%
Reviewers' Industry
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Information Technology and Services
15.6%
Financial Services
12.1%
Banking
10.7%
Computer Software
9.8%
Telecommunications
5.4%
Other
46.4%
VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation
Information Technology and Services
24.2%
Computer Software
6.7%
Financial Services
4.9%
Hospital & Health Care
4.4%
Telecommunications
3.9%
Other
55.9%
Most Helpful Reviews
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Luis Felipe B.
LB
Luis Felipe B.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

What I like most is the support having to deploy applications in different programming languages. Besides having different database handlers and additional tools like cron

Most Helpful Critical Review
AJ
Aman J.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Nothing as of now as we have just migrated

VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Greg G.
GG
Greg G.
Verified User in Textiles

For me, it's ease of use. I'm not the primary administrator, but 6.0 and the included web client provides me all of the resources I need to do my job without headaches. I'm the company DB/BI manager so I have a small subset of VMs that I manage, but I...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Sean G.
SG
Sean G.
Verified User in Financial Services

The product overcommits to its actual capabilities. Our system blocks all the cloud capabilities of INSIGHT. The support promised this wouldn’t be an issue and we have yet to find a solution. Frustrating to say the least!

Alternatives
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift Alternatives
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Add Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)
Mirantis
Add Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Kubernetes Engine
Add Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Add Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation Alternatives
Google Compute Engine
Google Compute Engine
Add Google Compute Engine
Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2
Add Amazon EC2
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
Add Azure Virtual Machines
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean
Add DigitalOcean
Discussions
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift Discussions
What is included in Red Hat OpenShift container platform?
1 comment
Narayanaswamy G.
NG
you can deploy your applications and have UI which is more superior to Kubernetes. operator development, etc.. all features of k8s are present in OCP.Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
Red Hat OpenShift has no more discussions with answers
VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation Discussions
What are the software suite available in the vRealize suite?
1 comment
chakresh b.
CB
vRealize Automation vRealize Orchestration for Extensibility vRealize Operations Manager for monitoring and capacity management vRealize Log Insight...Read more
What can be integrated into vRealize automation?
1 comment
chakresh b.
CB
It support wide range of products to integrate. Some of the products listed...Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
VMware Cloud Foundation has no more discussions with answers