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VMware Cloud Foundation Automation

Composite Score

7.4 /10

CX Score

7.1 /10

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What is VMware Cloud Foundation Automation?

VMware Cloud Foundation Automation (formerly VMware Aria Automation) - Empower users with self-service consumption of Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure resources “as a Service,” while maintaining control, security, and compliance.

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VMware Cloud Foundation Automation Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

97 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

68 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+83 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love VMware Cloud Foundation Automation?

0% Negative

3% Neutral

97% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Transparent
Reliable

Cons

Vendor Friendly Policies

Feature Ratings

Average 87

Systems Administration

Workflow Support

Scripting Support

Multi Tenancy

Agent or Agentless

Configuration Management

Task Process Automation

Dynamic Scalability

Resource Definition

Resource Availability

Service Templates

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

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VMware Cloud Foundation Automation Reviews

Umran M.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted May 2025

A complete game-changer empowering Devops

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates VMware Cloud Foundation Automation from other similar products?

Integration with existing product stack, workflow adoption across industry products, including open source

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Customisation capability via Ansible and other workflow tools

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is not super-intuitive. It does require some skills to understand how to use it

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Enables you to flex up or flex down the environment quickly; makes DevOps processes more consistent

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Security Protects
Enables Productivity

Cons

Vendor Friendly Policies

RaviShankar S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2026

Private Cloud Automation Soution Global Enterprise

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates VMware Cloud Foundation Automation from other similar products?

Instead of relying on Opensource Automation solutions , VMware Cloud Foundation Automation is a Complete End to End Automation Solution for Private Cloud Infrastructure

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to Deploy, integrate, maintain the Product Suite

What do you dislike most about this product?

Initial Purchase Cost of the product and renewal costs every year is really difficult for the Mid size customers who wants a complete end to end Private Cloud Automation solution.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If your organization is using thousands of onpremise virtual servers in vmware, you should consider moving into VMware Automation Solution to meet the demand

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Sandip P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Communications
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2026

VMware automation

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates VMware Cloud Foundation Automation from other similar products?

It's best Aplication for Automation of VMware vcenter.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Best product for automation of the vms and infrastructure.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Still accessing the uses of VMware automation tool.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Best automation tool used for VMware vcenter automation

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

VMware Cloud Foundation Automation

What is VMware Cloud Foundation Automation?

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VMware Cloud Foundation Automation Ratings

97 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

68 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+83 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love VMware Cloud Foundation Automation?

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Cons

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Systems Administration Tools allowing the systems administration of multiple servers through a single tool, to reduce repetitive task execution.

Workflow Support The ability to incorporate pre-defined workflows into provisioned servers.

Scripting Support Support for systems scripting languages such as Python and Java to further automate operating systems level tasks.

Multi Tenancy Software works in tandem with hosting system and the management of the multiple systems running in the same environment with appropriate levels of segregation.

Agent or Agentless The orchestration, provisioning, deployment and management of servers being done with or without a software agent.

Configuration Management Tracking of server configuration and configuration changes.

Task Process Automation Automation of tasks and processes of the Orchestration/Provisioning software without systems administration intervention.

Dynamic Scalability Ability to scale servers up or down, depending on resource requirements. This activity may be automated, triggered by conditions, or be completely manual.

Resource Definition The systems administrator defines resources needed for the new server definition, which is processed and deployed by the Orchestration/Provisioning software.

Resource Availability Orchestration/Provisioning software must be able to allocate resources for new server requests so that compute, memory and storage is not over-provisioned.

Service Templates Templates for standard server configurations, to allow for expedited provisioning and deployment of standard server types.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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VMware Cloud Foundation Automation Reviews

Umran M.

A complete game-changer empowering Devops

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

RaviShankar S.

Private Cloud Automation Soution Global Enterprise

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sandip P.

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Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Systems Administration

Workflow Support

Scripting Support

Multi Tenancy

Agent or Agentless

Configuration Management

Task Process Automation

Dynamic Scalability

Resource Definition

Resource Availability

Service Templates

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support