ExtremeCloud Orchestrator vs NVIDIA Unified Fabric Manager (UFM)

ExtremeCloud Orchestrator9.0Visit NUNVIDIA Unified Fabric Manager (UFM)8.5Visit

Higher score ExtremeCloud Orchestrator #3 in Data Center Fabric Software 9.0/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 4 features Contact Extreme

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NU NVIDIA Unified Fabric Manager (UFM) #8 in Data Center Fabric Software 8.5/10 Pricing on request · 60-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit NVIDIA UFM

• ExtremeCloud Orchestrator fits best

  Teams operating EVPN-VXLAN IP fabrics

• NVIDIA Unified Fabric Manager (UFM) fits best

  InfiniBand HPC fabric management

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Side by side

Feature	ExtremeCloud Orchestrator 9.0/10 Visit ↗	NUNVIDIA Unified Fabric Manager (UFM) 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.5
Ranking	#3 in Data Center Fabric Software	#8 in Data Center Fabric Software
Best for	Teams operating EVPN-VXLAN IP fabrics	InfiniBand HPC fabric management
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request · 60-day trial
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	60 days
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Support	Email, Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs	Docs, Live chat
Integrations	3 integrations	5 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features ExtremeCloud Orchestrator 3/4 · NVIDIA Unified Fabric Manager (UFM) 4/4
Fabric automation	✓	✓
Multi-vendor management	—	✓ (best)
Fabric assurance	✓	✓
API access	✓	✓
Specs
Supported fabrics	Small data-center (non-Clos), 3-stage IP Clos, 5-stage IP Clos; BGP underlay with BGP or EVPN overlay; EVPN-VXLAN	InfiniBand
Deployment model	On-premises	On-premises
Our review
Pros	Automates deployment and lifecycle management across several IP fabric designs Supports EVPN-VXLAN overlays and tenant VLAN, VRF, BGP, EVPN and VTEP services Integrates with VMware vCenter, OpenStack ML2 and Microsoft SCVMM	Automates discovery, provisioning, validation and software updates Streams telemetry with traffic and congestion monitoring Integrates job scheduling through Slurm and IBM Spectrum LSF
Cons	Management is limited to Extreme fabrics, not multi-vendor environments Licensing is an annual subscription, with pricing available through sales or partners Self-hosted deployment requires an on-premises server, OVA or TPVM instance	Supports InfiniBand fabrics only Purchase uses sales and licensing rather than published plan prices No perpetual free plan; the free offer is a 60-day trial
Our verdict	ExtremeCloud Orchestrator (XCO) gives teams a centralized interface and APIs for deploying, provisioning, configuring, monitoring and managing Extreme IP fabrics. It is aimed at mid-market and enterprise organizations operating data-center… Read the review →	NVIDIA Unified Fabric Manager (UFM) is a host-based platform for operating scale-out, InfiniBand-connected data centers. It is designed for research, industrial and other high-performance computing operators managing mid-market or… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• ExtremeCloud Orchestrator — where it wins

  • Automates deployment and lifecycle management across several IP fabric designs
  • Supports EVPN-VXLAN overlays and tenant VLAN, VRF, BGP, EVPN and VTEP services
  • Integrates with VMware vCenter, OpenStack ML2 and Microsoft SCVMM

  Where it doesn't

  • Management is limited to Extreme fabrics, not multi-vendor environments
  • Licensing is an annual subscription, with pricing available through sales or partners
  • Self-hosted deployment requires an on-premises server, OVA or TPVM instance

• NVIDIA Unified Fabric Manager (UFM) — where it wins

  • Automates discovery, provisioning, validation and software updates
  • Streams telemetry with traffic and congestion monitoring
  • Integrates job scheduling through Slurm and IBM Spectrum LSF

  Where it doesn't

  • Supports InfiniBand fabrics only
  • Purchase uses sales and licensing rather than published plan prices
  • No perpetual free plan; the free offer is a 60-day trial

• ExtremeCloud Orchestrator9.0/10 · Pricing on request

  A self-hosted control point for automating Extreme IP fabric deployment and operations.

  Contact ExtremeFull verdict →
• NUNVIDIA Unified Fabric Manager (UFM)8.5/10 · Pricing on request · 60-day trial

  InfiniBand fabric operations with automation, telemetry, validation and scheduler integrations.

  Visit NVIDIA UFMFull verdict →