We performed a comparison between OpenNebula and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The ability to use it almost like a public cloud for an organization is a big asset, as it will create a value proposition and can control costs in a great way."
"The live migration feature has been great and is something we use very often."
"With a single click, we could set things up and initiate them."
"For the entire data center, as a private cloud, I believe that user management, expert management, and the virtual data center is completely magic for the users."
"It is quite easy to deploy."
"OpenNebula has very good integration with SAP Storage."
"OpenNebula is lightweight, stable, and easy to customize."
"OpenNebula is easy to deploy and manage compared to other solutions like OpenStack."
"Very user-friendly and simple."
"I would rate the user-friendliness an eight out of ten."
"The solution provides a single management console."
"You can get almost all the features of the tool at a low cost. The tool also has built-in backup mechanisms. It also has a physical firewall for internet management which other competitors lack."
"We find the topology feature of Sangfor HCI particularly valuable."
"I am impressed with the product's firewall and virtualization."
"The initial setup isn't hard."
"Sangfor has many solutions, and you can easily manage their machine servers with just one management. They're always striving for greatness, and they continuously update their products. For example, they have now built endpoint security within the firewall. They are continuously improving not only the security but also all other products."
"There are small things that are hard. For example, making sure that it is going to be installable on public clouds."
"They should add more features like object storage."
"An area for improvement in OpenNebula is the number of features it has. The solution doesn't have that many cloud features compared to other solutions. You'd say, "Okay, simplicity over a rich feature list?" Some say, "No, I need a big machine or a cloud interface for my customers to manage resources. I don't have to go and do it for them." Some people do it that way, and it works, but I'd like to improve the limited features in OpenNebula."
"Most of the competitors are offering some sort of billing software to transform their installation to work as a small-sized public cloud, but those offerings from OpenNebula are still missing."
"The protocol for clusterization is rough and doesn't work well."
"It should have a simple REST API like most other tools. It's the industry standard format. An XML-RPC API gives you an XML document that you have to convert and then do something with that. REST API endpoint provides outputs in a JSON document. I would also like to see support for user data or heat templates, which OpenStack offers, but OpenNebula doesn't have this yet."
"As with all enterprise software licensing, the pricing is not intuitive and must be negotiated; grandfathered contracts are better than anything offered today."
"The front-facing API can be improved to support lots of requests when the platform is huge with lots of virtual resources."
"The interface could be a little bit better."
"We have had issues while integrating VMware with Sangfor HCI. The tool should be also faster in terms of customization."
"Its virtual machine tools can be improved. These tools should be enhanced for use in other applications and operating systems, such as Linux."
"Sangfor could improve its built-in CAP system. Right now, we need to use an external tool for CAP."
"Support may be an issue for customers in some industries. For example, financial institutions may require 24/7 support."
"The cost must be improved."
"Sangfor HCI has room for improvement in terms of integration. So, the integration with Sangfor HCI is not as extensive as in Nutanix."
"I would want the product to include Continuous Data Protection (CDP) which can help to easily retrieve the data."
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OpenNebula is ranked 5th in Cloud Management with 14 reviews while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is ranked 17th in Cloud Management with 28 reviews. OpenNebula is rated 8.2, while Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of OpenNebula writes "Reliable, simple to manage, and offers great technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure writes "The solution offers straightforward setup, scalability, and manageability". OpenNebula is most compared with CloudStack, VMware Aria Automation, Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), vCloud Director and HPE Eucalyptus, whereas Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, HPE SimpliVity and Dell vSAN Ready Nodes. See our OpenNebula vs. Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure report.
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