Cloud Foundry vs Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud comparison

Cloud Foundry and IBM are both solutions in the PaaS Clouds category. Cloud Foundry is ranked #22, while IBM is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.3. Cloud Foundry holds a 1.6% mindshare in PSP, compared to IBM’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 33% of Cloud Foundry users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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85% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

Cloud Foundry and Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud are competing in cloud computing platforms. Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive ecosystem integration and enhanced features that justify its higher investment.

Features: Cloud Foundry offers platform independence, microservices architecture support, and auto-scaling capabilities. Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud provides robust Kubernetes integration, a wide array of developer tools, and strong security features, with seamless Kubernetes management as its main differentiator.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Cloud Foundry provides a straightforward deployment process with strong documentation and quick scale-up options. Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud offers a more guided deployment experience with comprehensive customer service, though more complex initially, assisting clients through the process.

Pricing and ROI: Cloud Foundry's lower setup cost makes it appealing for smaller enterprises seeking a cost-effective solution with good ROI due to its scalability. In contrast, Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud entails a higher initial cost but presents significant long-term ROI, backed by its extensive features and integration capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Cloud Foundry

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

22nd

Average Rating

5.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

17th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Cloud Foundry is 1.6%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud is 0.3%, down from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Carlos Bittrich

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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Adrian Bilauca

Chief Software Engineer at Totalsoft

Handles security setups independently for a more secure environment

OpenShift does have more secure features. Azure also has equivalent services. For my client, it was good enough to switch to Azure. For development, there wasn't any significant change in effort, however, for the DevOps team, it was a relief since Azure has managed services. We used elasticity and scalability all over.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."

"The initial setup is easy."

"For the DevOps team, it was a relief since Azure has managed services."

"I've used the elasticity and scalability all over."

"In general, customers appreciate its ability to run different workloads, manage applications through CI/CD pipelines like Jenkins, and leverage tools like Helm charts and Kako."

"The solution offers the most robust Kubernetes orchestration available."

"The deployment mechanism has become more dynamic with the use of the product."

"Our pipeline integrates various monitoring tools like Fortify for security checks. Once the pipeline processes the code, the finished product is deployed on Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud. We ensure application setup and recovery by utilizing two separate clusters on OpenShift."

"The portability, moving from one platform to another, is easy."

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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."

"The service mesh integrations could improve the solution."

"Many of the managed services are not accessible."

"Making it even more cost-effective could be explored."

"The effectiveness is satisfactory, and there haven't been any additional fees due to meeting demands. However, there's room for improvement in pricing, performance, and stability. Regarding the UI, it could be more user-friendly and integrated with various platforms. Currently, the UI lacks user-friendliness, especially for developers unfamiliar with container technology. Expecting them to create YAML files for security purposes is unrealistic without proper guidance or experience. This aspect needs improvement."

"Technical support could be a bit better."

"The general purpose solution tries to cater to too many customers so it is heavy."

"There is more work and effort needed for when many of the managed services are not accessible, especially in the security area. You have to do your own security setups as opposed to using a managed firewall."

"The installation and configuration procedure should be simplified."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"IBM has a free tier and payment option depending on the products selected."

"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."

"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 is a little high in China."

"This product is not costly when compared to other vendors."

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Financial Services Firm

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Manufacturing Company

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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.

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Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud™ is a fully managed OpenShift service that leverages the enterprise scale and security of IBM Cloud, so you can focus on developing and managing your applications.

Deploy highly available, OpenShift clusters as-a-service with the click of a button on IBM Cloud. Move and build OpenShift-based workloads on a managed public cloud service to gain increased responsiveness, scalability, and reliability.

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