| Novell Cloud Manager |
LabManager with Self-Service Portal |
CloudStack |
OpenNebula |
Enterprise Edition |
| Novell |
Citrix |
Cloud.com |
OpenNebula.org |
Eucalyptus |
| Starts at $20,000 for perpetual license, $10,000 for annual subscription plus support |
$1,795 (includes XenServer Platinum license) |
$10,000 and up |
Free |
$199 per CPU core |
| Very comprehensive set of tools for managing, provisioning and accounting for cloud resources. |
Molecular-grained control; solid infrastructure. |
Smooth sailing after configuration. |
Spartan and fast; developer-focused; links with other Open Cloud tools. |
Familiar tools for openEucalyptus users. |
| Considerable prep work required. |
No costing/billing features; XenServer
only. |
Not very flexible; documentation had flaws. |
Captive to Linux; command-line interface only, with no dashboard. |
Documentation is lacking; should be installed only by Eucalyptus personnel. |
| Installations (25%) |
4.5 |
4 |
2.5 |
3 |
2 |
| Features (25%) |
4.5 |
4 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3 |
| Security (25%) |
4.5 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3 |
| Administration (25%) |
4.25 |
4 |
3.5 |
3 |
3 |
| Total |
4.4 |
4.1 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
2.8 |
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Scoring key: 5: Exceptional; 4: Very good; 3: Average; 2: Below average; 1: Subpar or not available.
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