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Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS vs Upbound Crossplane comparison

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Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
448th
Average Rating
9.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Upbound Crossplane
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Arkajyoti Misra - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Director at Husk Power Systems
Containerization has accelerated testing cycles and consistently reduced time to market
Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is a very mature product, and I don't think there is a lot of improvement that they need to do on their end. The Docker team is coming up with new features, and integration with the IDE, for example, would be amazing. Support on Windows is not so great from Docker, so that is something that they could examine. I chose nine out of ten for Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS because I think they could improve a little more on optimization. It sometimes demands a lot of RAM and computing power, so that is one area that the Docker team could improve upon.
Diego Paradeda - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Philips
Automated infrastructure deployment has reduced our backend release time from days to hours
I found an issue with features that was difficult for me when we needed to retrieve some tags or IDs of a resource that we deployed using Upbound Crossplane, for example, the RDS. We encountered a problem where we needed to use the ID of the RDS in another document that we have, making it difficult to return this information using Upbound Crossplane deployment. I believe Upbound Crossplane could be improved by possibly having a feature that can return tags, IDs, or resources that were deployed inside AWS, such as needing to return the ID of the VPC that we create when using Upbound Crossplane. I think the current state of Upbound Crossplane is already good enough.

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

Pros

"Fast deployment is the main benefit."
"Ease of use from the developer's point of view is the best feature."
"Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS positively impacts my organization because we have sped up our development very quickly, and our team has grown quickly, not only because of Docker but also due to Docker."
"Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS makes both managing and deploying that service easier for me."
"Upbound Crossplane has impacted our organization positively as it has been a transformative experience because the main thing about transformation is how we were able to make our lives easier as engineers."
"The best features Upbound Crossplane offers are infrastructure as Kubernetes APIs and self-service infrastructure, where developers can provision resources without cloud credentials, and its strong multi-cloud support that makes it useful in managing AWS, Azure, and GCP from a single control plane with valuable GitOps integration."
"The time required to complete an environment setup was reduced from about one or two weeks to forty to fifty minutes."
"We went from having a 28-member troubleshooting team down to four to five members of the platform engineering team."
"Upbound Crossplane has positively impacted our organization by reducing the pipeline time, saving time, and decreasing cost spending."
"Upbound Crossplane has positively impacted our organization by allowing us to reduce our deployment time from three days to three hours for the entire back-end and entire infrastructure."
"This CD-type integration has facilitated my operations by unifying the way of working so that I can use the same guardrails for both deployments, which makes the way I deploy much simpler."
"Upbound Crossplane impacts my organization positively because, from our perspective, we need to rely on fewer resources."
 

Cons

"Maybe the daemons need to be improved, as they consume a lot of resources for building and running images."
"Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is stable enough, but again, it is very old."
"Support on Windows is not so great from Docker, so that is something that they could examine."
"I have not seen a return on investment that I can quantify, and I do not have specific metrics to share regarding fewer employees needed, money saved, or time saved."
"In terms of how Upbound Crossplane could improve, the generation of providers that are not already covered via Terraform is acceptable, but it could be more user-friendly for people who may not have knowledge of how those custom providers are structured."
"I found an issue with features that was difficult for me when we needed to retrieve some tags or IDs of a resource that we deployed using Upbound Crossplane, for example, the RDS."
"Regarding Upbound Crossplane, I see room for enhancement in synchronizing the state file of Crossplane with Terraform, as 90% of organizations have generally implemented Terraform and have their own specific, environment-specific Terraform state files."
"However, one area of improvement is the learning curve, as Upbound Crossplane concepts such as providers, compositions, and claims can be difficult for beginners."
"One area where Upbound Crossplane can be improved is with API rate limiting."
"The documentation needs to be updated regarding the needed improvements for Upbound Crossplane. There is very little documentation online, and there are no tutorials for Upbound Crossplane."
"Upbound Crossplane can be improved if they can add more AI agentic workflows."
"Regarding Upbound Crossplane's capabilities, I feel the governance and security is something which is lacking."
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Construction Company
24%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is very good. I do not see a lot of challenges there, and it definitely provides value for money.
What needs improvement with Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is a very mature product, and I don't think there is a lot of improvement that they need to do on their end. The Docker team is coming up with new features, and integ...
What is your primary use case for Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
My main use case for Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is containerizing our applications so that we are able to test it before deployment. Even the developers do a lot of development level testing before...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Upbound Crossplane?
I find the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Upbound Crossplane very suitable for research and development.
What needs improvement with Upbound Crossplane?
One thing I have noticed about improving Upbound Crossplane is that, in Terraform, we can do a validation stage where people can say Terraform plan and see what changes it will do. It would be bett...
What is your primary use case for Upbound Crossplane?
Our main use case for Upbound Crossplane is that we are using Kubernetes as our main platform, and we have multiple clients who will be using this Kubernetes platform for deploying their container ...
 

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