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Cloud Foundry vs Netlify Platform comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 7, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Cloud Foundry
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
19th
Average Rating
5.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Netlify Platform
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Cloud Foundry is 1.9%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Netlify Platform is 0.4%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
PaaS Clouds Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Netlify Platform0.4%
Cloud Foundry1.9%
Other97.7%
PaaS Clouds
 

Featured Reviews

Carlos Bittrich - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Advisor at Fabrik
Quick to deploy but being deprecated by IBM and should be merged with Kubernetes
We enjoy the fast deployment. Cloud Foundry builds the runtime environment directly without requiring dependency management from the developer or administrator. The autoscaling is great. It is just a switch that needs to be turned on, and autoscaling starts working. At this moment, you begin to see different meters about usage that helps you in updating the scaling limits, which help you tune the running instances. Besides this, autoscaling can be scheduled, so in times of low activity, you can have lower limits or increase in advance for special dates. It has good logging. CF has logging events that help identify when a transaction runs and its response time which helps in monitoring execution.
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Tech Lead at a marketing services firm with 1-10 employees
Rapid prototypes have accelerated my web app demos and streamlined real-time feature testing
There could be a simple interface where I can turn on and off CI/CD in a single place on Netlify Platform. Right now I have to go to each and every instance that I'm using and get into the settings and turn on and off that auto-deployment mode or all of that becomes a little time-taking. Since I know the user interface, it's easy for me, but for newcomers, going into that granular level of control might be on the higher side. It will take a lot of time. If there could have a kind of dashboard where I can pause the CI/CD for each product or for each project instance, that will be better. The free tier of Netlify Platform itself is enough for most of the users. If at all they want to do more, they could increase the free tier limit. Currently it's around 300 minutes per month. If they could increase it or set a daily limit, that will be better instead of setting a monthly limit. Most of the times I lose track of how much I have used this.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Cloud Foundry builds the runtime environment directly without requiring dependency management from the user."
"IBM is the only vendor to offer integration with blockchain for smart contract development."
"By moving to IBM Cloud Foundry, we reduced our project time by a factor of two and decreased costs by a factor of four because it was a PoC."
"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."
"Netlify Platform is a great cloud computing platform designed to simplify the development, deployment, and scaling of modern applications, so it is very good for beginners, especially."
"Netlify Platform has positively impacted my organization and personal projects by making it easy for me to deploy my personal portfolio website without doing all the DevOps and CI/CD pipeline myself."
"Netlify Platform has positively impacted my organization by cleaning up our workflows when I was working at Phazero, increasing the quality of our products so the designer and testers would immediately see a feature as soon as it's ready, making our workflows more relaxed, reducing bugs significantly throughout the sprint, and making both the client and the team much happier due to faster deployments and higher-quality releases."
"I appreciate Netlify Platform for its UI and UX, and security protocols, which are the best features of Netlify Platform."
"The feature I appreciate most is that I can host anything for free there and it doesn't have any cost up to a certain point."
"Netlify Platform saved me a significant amount of time; manual deployment would have taken me around three to four hours, but Netlify Platform helped me do it in around twenty minutes."
"If others are looking into using Netlify Platform, I would advise that if you do not have crazy technical requirements, it is a very good option."
"The best thing Netlify Platform has done for me is that it gives me velocity, taking away all the burden and time-consuming processes so I can move fast."
 

Cons

"After the initial excitement period with Node-RED is over, you crave the need of additional integrations to third-party services."
"In IBM Cloud, the product has been deprecated in favor of Kubernetes, which is a more complicated infrastructure to manage."
"When deploying my applications on Netlify Platform, I face some problems like environment variables, especially when I connect my web-based project to my database, and when I have to deploy a full stack web application, then I face a lot of issues regarding those variables, but for front-end, it runs smoothly."
"Netlify Web Development Cloud does have limitations as it is not suitable for back-end heavy or long-running server applications, and its free tier imposes usage limits on bandwidth, build minutes, and functions, with advanced features such as analytics and background functions being paid features while offering limited infrastructure-level customization compared to container-based platforms which can be more restrictive for large-scale or enterprise applications."
"As I have been deploying my current project, I noticed I have reached 75% of my free allocation, and I am unsure if that can be improved."
"I have not seen a return on investment with Netlify Platform."
"One area that could be improved in Netlify Platform is pricing for advanced features and bandwidth, which can be expensive for small projects or startups."
"Nothing was missing, but the one point missing for it to reach a perfect score is more about the expectation that every day companies, especially technology companies, bring new updates and new improvements."
"Upon preliminary review, the pricing appeared somewhat higher. However, corporations may not hesitate to purchase at that price point, and some personal creators who are emerging might find the pricing somewhat higher than expected."
"Connecting the back-end to the front-end is sometimes difficult."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Educational Organization
16%
Computer Software Company
14%
University
12%
Outsourcing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise16
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with Netlify Platform?
Please increase the limit for free users and college and school students using Netlify Platform, as they have many projects but not the correct platform for posting free or open source projects. Ma...
What is your primary use case for Netlify Platform?
I use Netlify Platform for hosting my projects and my client projects, and testing the entire projects and how hosting works. Everything is functioning well regarding my main use case and projects ...
What advice do you have for others considering Netlify Platform?
I would rate Netlify Platform a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10. My advice to others looking into using Netlify Platform is that it is a great option.
 

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Sample Customers

Grape Up, c-Com, KONE, TITAN, CSAA, Bosch, Allstate, Verizon, West Corp., Telstra
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