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Todd P.

Cloud Architect

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/12/2016

"Apache CloudStack"

5/5

What do you like best about Apache CloudStack?

The simplicity of the product. Literally, depending on your skills at automation, in under 2 hours you can have a fully functional cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache CloudStack?

Not Much. A very solid product. I run production on Citrix CloudPlatform powered by Apache CloudStack and test/dev on Apache CloudStack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Madan Ganesh V.

Founder & CEO

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/13/2016

"CloudStack just works! The immediate response from Customers!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Apache CloudStack?

Single Product that includes Management, Performance Metrics; Easy to setup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache CloudStack?

Lack of capability to detailed triaging and Monolithic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache CloudStack:

If your need is IaaS, Private Cloud, you search ends here. Cloudstack is the answer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache CloudStack solving and how is that benefiting you?

Bringing up a private cloud with CloudStack is pretty straight forward, well-documented. Apart from rending private-cloud, the faster time to market is one of the key benefit in business sense. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Suresh Kumar A.

Contributor (Developer)

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/14/2016

"Cloud orchestration made easy using CloudStack"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Apache CloudStack?

The installation/setup of CloudStack is clear, quicker and easy. Easy to administer and create the VMs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache CloudStack?

Lack of flexibility and has to improve in the baremetal stuff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache CloudStack:

I strongly recommend to use the CloudStack to manage your cloud services. It provides good Web interface and APIs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache CloudStack solving and how is that benefiting you?

Create VMs for testing purposes as and when required. Efficient use of resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/14/2016

"Learning process"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Apache CloudStack?

The platform has lot of flexibility and is very rich in features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache CloudStack?

Some of the features are not very intuitive. Also found many bugs since we started implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache CloudStack:

Be aware that there is a learning curve from basic deployment in order to get where you want to get regarding service offering. Cloud Portal Business Manager not necessarily will support all the features available in Cloud Stack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache CloudStack solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are providing public cloud services using the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Computer Networking

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/12/2016

"used it mainly to set up proof of concepts for different use cases"

4/5

What do you like best about Apache CloudStack?

The simplicity and the the robustness of the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache CloudStack?

I would like to integrate it with containers lxc wise but until today I didn't found many documentation about it. Same for different network use cases it's not that easy to integrate the networking part in already existing setups. But that goes for every private cloud imo. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Felippe d.

Middle Software Engineer

Internet

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/7/2016

"It has some limitations but is good."

3/5

What do you like best about Apache CloudStack?

Beeing able to deploy apps accross zones. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache CloudStack?

The part I dislike the is that, as far as I am concerned, there is a lack of billing tools for it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/13/2016

"platform as a service"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Apache CloudStack?

open source and collaborative development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache CloudStack?

updates were slow but this has improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache CloudStack:

The ACS is being led by a smart group of committed developers. The level of cloud expertise within the ACS community is breathtaking. Would recommend the CloudStack platform for public, private, and hybrid solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache CloudStack solving and how is that benefiting you?

deploying platform as a service for customers on the cloudstack platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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