vCloud Director was the commercial operating system above VMware. Broadcom's acquisition changed everything. CSPs that have moved to OpenShift Virtualization still need what vCD gave them — Cloud Orchestrator is that layer, rebuilt for Kubernetes.
Since Broadcom's acquisition of VMware, the vCloud Director roadmap has been disrupted. Many CSPs are actively migrating off the VMware stack. The infrastructure problem is solved with OpenShift Virtualization — the commercial layer above it is not.
Side by Side
vCloud Director
Cloud Orchestrator
Why CSPs are choosing Cloud Orchestrator
vCloud Director was designed for VMware's proprietary stack. Cloud Orchestrator is built Kubernetes-native from the ground up — isolation, policy enforcement, and metering work with how Kubernetes actually works, not against it.
vCloud Director handled VMs. Your tenants also run containerised workloads. Cloud Orchestrator manages both through the same portal, the same catalog, and the same billing layer.
vCD's catalog was what it was. Cloud Orchestrator's XaaS SDK lets you define any managed service — VMaaS, GPUaaS, DBaaS, or anything specific to your business — as a first-class catalog item.
Cloud Orchestrator is under active development by Stakater, with a clear roadmap driven by customer demand. No acquisition uncertainty. No questions about whether the platform will exist in three years.
Migration Path
Cloud Orchestrator installs on your existing OCP environment. No changes to the infrastructure below.
Configure your VM sizes, storage tiers, and networking. The catalog mirrors what tenants had in vCD.
Onboard a small set of tenants first. Test metering, billing, and the portal experience before full cutover.
Migrate remaining tenants, connect billing, and shut down vCD. Your cloud product runs on modern infrastructure.
We've done this migration before. Book a demo and we'll show you exactly how your current vCD setup maps to Cloud Orchestrator.
Book a demoStart with a complimentary 2-hour design workshop. We design your service catalog, tenant model, and 90-day pilot scope — with your team, on your infrastructure.