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"My favorite component of IBM's solution is Node-RED, which greatly shortens the amount of time required to develop, test, and deploy new applications.""IBM is the only vendor to offer integration with blockchain for smart contract development.""Cloud Foundry builds the runtime environment directly without requiring dependency management from the user."

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"It is simple to use. It is much simpler than AWS. It is also very powerful.""Seurity features - unauthorized individuals are unable to access certain applications.""The product's setup and deployment phases are easy.""Its ability to integrate with most devices helps users who have different or old devices.""Administering App Engine is simple; it has intuitive UIs and a very scalable app engine.""I've found that all of the features are valuable, especially the shared drive and the ability for multiple people to use their documents at the same time.""The initial setup is okay. It's not too complex. Deployment took about one day.""The WhatApp feature is the most valuable."

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Cons
"In IBM Cloud, the product has been deprecated in favor of Kubernetes, which is a more complicated infrastructure to manage.""After the initial excitement period with Node-RED is over, you crave the need of additional integrations to third-party services."

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"Some features of runtime don't work well in App Engine.""Difficult to assess how pricing is managed.""The support for the Indian region is not as good as compared to the support that is offered to the regions in Europe.""The only concern is that there is a number of the offerings which are built on their own proprietary technologies. With some of the offerings in Google Cloud, it's difficult to have a path to migrate to other cloud providers.""I am limited to sending a photo to five people. I want to be able to send a photo to many people, not just five.""The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required.""I would like a simpler deployment tool on laptops. It is a bit complicated at the moment. We know how to do it, but it could be easier to deploy it on laptops.""I think there's still a lot that can be done with Google Meet and the video conferencing part of it. It could be more dynamic in terms of what can be done with it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "IBM has a free tier and payment option depending on the products selected."
  • "You are allocated a minimum amount of resources in the free tier. This seems fair and highly scalable, as you pay per usage as per cloud pricing schemes."
  • "The pricing models should be reworked to the needs of a wider range of companies. Some customers will not be able to afford it until quite a few years into production, even after good PoC results and a successful launch."
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  • "I would like to have more free application with it. Some of the applications, I am paying more for them. I think that they must be free."
  • "We pay the license yearly. It's about $6 a month, which is $72 a year per person, so it's about $500."
  • "If we don't know how to work with the tool, we might have some spikes in price."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Cloud Foundry builds the runtime environment directly without requiring dependency management from the user.
    Top Answer:Use autoscaling to define the right number of instances. Usually, the cloud providers define a default size for memory or the number of instances. Try to see if you can decrease these numbers so that… more »
    Top Answer:In IBM Cloud, the product has been deprecated in favor of Kubernetes, which is a more complicated infrastructure to manage. CF should be merged with the Kubernetes project. This could benefit both… more »
    Top Answer:The product's initial setup phase was straightforward, considering that there is good documentation explaining the implementation part of it.
    Top Answer:If we don't know how to work with the tool, we might have some spikes in price. It will increase a lot of our bill. I rate the pricing a six out of ten.
    Top Answer:The support for the Indian region is not as good as compared to the support that is offered to the regions in Europe. My company faces a lot of problems with the support team, especially when Google's… more »
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    Overview

    Cloud Foundry, home of the open source application development technologies CF Application Runtime and CF Container Runtime, is more than a platform. It’s a flexible way of embracing digital transformation that helps businesses evolve in the face of constant change. To put it another way, with Cloud Foundry, companies can rest assured they will have the right tool for the right job.

    Google App Engine is a Platform-as-a-Service (Paas) provider that equips web application developers with all the resources and tools that they need to develop, test, and run their applications on Google's infrastructure. Everything is built into the kit, so with one download of the SDK, you'll be well on your way to first-rate apps.

    Sample Customers
    Grape Up, c-Com, KONE, TITAN, CSAA, Bosch, Allstate, Verizon, West Corp., Telstra
    Khan Academy, Best Buy, Gigya, MetOffice, Getaround, Mimiboard, NewsLimited, WebFilings, and CloudLock.
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Manufacturing Company12%
    Marketing Services Firm9%
    REVIEWERS
    Media Company25%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Non Profit13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization16%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Media Company9%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise61%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business58%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise61%
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    Cloud Foundry is ranked 21st in PaaS Clouds with 2 reviews while Google App Engine is ranked 13th in PaaS Clouds with 23 reviews. Cloud Foundry is rated 5.0, while Google App Engine is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cloud Foundry writes "Quick to deploy but being deprecated by IBM and should be merged with Kubernetes ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google App Engine writes "Simplifies app development process for businesses". Cloud Foundry is most compared with Pivotal Cloud Foundry, VMware Tanzu Application Service, Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and OpenShift, whereas Google App Engine is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Heroku, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Google Compute Engine.

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