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vSphere vs Google Cloud: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 16th, 2025
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Summary
Features in Big Data
4
39
22
Best performer
39
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • API
User satisfaction
4.7
User reviews428
Ease of use
4.4
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.2
Customer support
4.3
4.7
User reviews2,083
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.3
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Cloud-based data virtualization platform that helps manage and install virtual machines through hypervisor.

Developers, ITDMs, customers and businesses of all sizes.

User reviews
pros & cons
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Video reviews
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Evan G
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5.0

Evan: Hi, my name is Evan. I'm a cloud engineer. I'm reviewing VMware vSphere, I would rate it a five out of five. And for more reviews like this click below. So before VMware vSphere, we used a lot of Redhat OpenStack, and OpenStack was a lot more difficult to manage because professional support isn't widely available. Whereas, VMware support is just a phone call away. So we chose VMware vSphere for its wide community support. The licensing cost was good when we purchased multiple products from VMware. There's a great monitoring capability. There's just the ability to see your entire environment from a single pane of glass. And it was cost-effective for us. It was very easy to get started with VMware vSphere. There's a number of labs available directly from VMware, so if you don't really understand the product there's a lot of hands-on labs that will teach you the product. So I found it very easy. If I were to recommend VMware vSphere to someone looking to purchase the product, I would say that they should consider all of the available products from VMware, other than just vSphere. There's a number of monitoring, logging and visibility applications that you can purchase. It could be expensive to purchase VMware vSphere on its own but if you look at the total package, you might see that there's a tremendous amount of value.

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Lyiana A
Cashier
4.0

Lyiana: My name is Lyiana. My job title is self-cleaning. I rate Google Cloud a four. I use Google Cloud for pictures, saving documents and everything, important papers, pretty much just pictures. Thing I like about Google Cloud is I like how it saves stuff and doesn't share your security or anything. Sometimes I don't like sometimes it doesn't save everything that needs to be saved and you have to redo it half the time. But, yeah.

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vSphere

4/39
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Ad hoc Analysis
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • API
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Customizable Reports
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Database Support
  • Data Blending
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Extraction
  • Data Security
  • Data Synchronization
  • Data Transformation
  • Data Visualization
  • Data Warehousing
  • Drag & Drop
  • Forecasting
  • Multiple Data Sources
  • No-Code
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Search/Filter
  • SSL Security
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Templates
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Trend Analysis
  • Visual Analytics
  • What-if Analysis
  • Data Cleansing
  • Data Discovery
  • Data Migration
  • High Volume Processing
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Google Cloud

Top Features
22/39
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vSphere
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Google Cloud
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
vSphere
  • By VMware
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1989
Google Cloud
  • By Google
  • Located in United States
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