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Bartek M.

Consulting Systems Engineer

6/18/2022

"Great but underestimated GCP IaC tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Google Cloud Deployment Manager?

Consistent and easy to use control structures. Creating multiple copies of a resource with complicated conditions is a breeze when using DM's jinja templates and probably even easier in python (compare it to terraform's "use count for condition" hack or 3 different for-loop syntaxes).

I also love the visualisation of resources and sub-templates in GUI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Deployment Manager?

Nobody uses it! In other words - Google teams actively advocate against Google's own product in favor of terraform. The consequence is a lack of development in DM and the general vibe of "we would kill that product if we didn't base Marketplace on it". Many advanced new features are not available or not officially supported (try adding an instance to an unmanaged group). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Deployment Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

Rapid deployment of infrastructure in Google Compute with great visualisation. I use it to demo cloud solutions and architectures to our customers. It's quick and reliable enough to deploy \*during\* meeting and not an hour before. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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