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Tulip
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
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Ubuntu 18.04 (Ubuntu 18.04 ...
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
512th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Prathamesh Kakde - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Digital workflows have replaced paper on the shop floor and speed up regulated manufacturing
Definitely, AI in a regulated industry is something that is a concern of the clients. However, Tulip can stick to 21 CFR Part 11 strictly when it comes to Tulip's AI capabilities. Tulip has already started to look forward to compliance-related things. For example, Tulip's AI widget offers data reading throughout the site. It does not allow any AI to interact with external systems when we apply firewalls on it. In this regard, if Tulip continues in that way, they can definitely stick to the governance and security. As of now, I didn't face any issue related to their AI capabilities. It is working fine but not accurate, which is a red flag in a GXP regulated system. This is my feedback on their AI capabilities. This has been introduced into the latest LTS version and needs more hands-on experience. Before that, I cannot give a direct justification or feedback on their AI capabilities being reliable and accurate. However, at the extent that I have used them, they are accurate and reliable as of now. Tulip is an emerging platform and being a cloud-native MES, it has a lot to improve. According to me, traditional MES like FactoryTalk PharmaSuite has more complex features and user-oriented use cases and complexities that the application itself handles. However, when it comes to Tulip, all the things that matter are in the hands of a developer. That is something that Tulip can improve on. Tulip can switch to a traditional way of delivering in the pharmaceutical industry while keeping the cloud-native impact intact. One improvement that I can give an example of is that Tulip has application templates. Instead of templates, they can offer concrete applications to their pharmaceutical or any specific industrial client for their specific needs, such as a recipe designer and production management for a pharmaceutical client. Then production or material tracking or BOM tracking for a discrete client. In that way, I can see an improvement where Tulip can perform well.
reviewer2920476 - PeerSpot reviewer
Development Engineer at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Containerization with automation has improved deployment speed and supports efficient DevOps work
One area for improvement would be longer security support and more frequent updates. Ubuntu 18.04 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) | Support by SupportedImages is stable, but as technology evolves, compatibility with newer versions of Docker, Kubernetes, and other DevOps tools can become a challenge. I would also want to see more lightweight and optimized official Docker images to reduce image size, improve build times, and minimize security vulnerabilities. Better documentation and smoother dependency management could also be more helpful. I would like Canonical to focus more on security updates, vulnerability scanning, and compatibility with modern DevOps tools. For example, smaller or more optimized Docker images would help reduce build time and improve container startup performance. It would also be helpful to have regular updates for commonly used packages and better compatibility with newer Docker and Kubernetes versions. Another important area is clear documentation for upgrading older Ubuntu versions to newer LTS releases without disrupting existing applications. These improvements would make Ubuntu 18.04 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) | Support by SupportedImages more secure, efficient, and easier to maintain in production. The main areas of improvement that kept my rating at eight instead of a nine or ten would be that there are some newer technologies and dependencies that might have compatibility issues with older packages. Additionally, security maintenance and upgrading to newer LTS versions require additional effort. Overall, it is a good platform, but there is room for improvement in modern tool compatibility, security, and container optimization. A small improvement would be better built-in monitoring and diagnostic tools, making it easier to identify performance issues, memory usage, and resource bottlenecks. It would also be helpful to have similar security patch management, clear upgrade notifications, and more detailed documentation for Docker and Kubernetes compatibility. These small improvements could significantly ease day-to-day system administration and reduce troubleshooting efforts.

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Pros

"Organizations should start using Tulip as soon as possible."
"This flexibility and ability to adjust things have led to measurable improvements in our projects, particularly in terms of time saved and user satisfaction."
"Before, we needed many resources to monitor the production control area, but now, with Tulip, we can fulfill requirements and accomplish business objectives with a minimal amount of resources."
"We have achieved significant profit in our organization, building around one hundred apps in the last three years using Tulip that are all in production and running successfully, with huge accolades and appreciations from clients."
"Tulip is really about empowering people to build applications, and those people who build the applications are not necessarily only technical experts or developers."
"What has really improved is the time taken to develop and deploy applications, as we save many work weeks in the development phase and have shortened the process compared to the conventional way of programming, while also saving time for operators and improving data accuracy."
"Implementing Tulip has positively impacted our organization as we have transitioned from paper MBR and EBR to Tulip's online MBR, significantly reducing the time operators spent manually documenting activities, which also made audit trials easier to manage."
"The best features Tulip offers are the low or no code features that enable users with no programming background to work on and build applications."
"What I like about the product is the license cost and security, as there is no license cost for Ubuntu 18.04 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) | Support by SupportedImages."
"Ubuntu 18.04 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) | Support by SupportedImages provides a reliable and flexible environment for our day-to-day activities."
 

Cons

"Regarding the needed improvements for Tulip, regarding integration that you mentioned, because you have a bunch of features of third-party connections, it is not enough."
"In terms of integration and analytics, I do not see any other special features that Tulip provides that other modern market solutions do not provide, such as Ignition, Siemens Opcenter, and many other applications."
"As of now, I didn't face any issue related to their AI capabilities. It is working fine but not accurate, which is a red flag in a GXP regulated system."
"Tulip can do a lot better in user interface."
"Customer support receives a rating of two in my experience because they are very difficult to contact."
"I believe it is still at the beginning and not really advanced for the part I was using, so it could be improved."
"For complex applications, Tulip is not equipped well as of now."
"Tulip can improve by providing additional features developers can use in the application."
"Using open-source, Excel-based tools is not very user-friendly."
"The main areas of improvement that kept my rating at eight instead of a nine or ten would be that there are some newer technologies and dependencies that might have compatibility issues with older packages."
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Construction Company
19%
Healthcare Company
15%
Outsourcing Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
12%
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Tulip?
Tulip can be improved by offering better design and better functionalities. While making the application workable is really good, we should also focus on being great and user-friendly. Tulip is alr...
What is your primary use case for Tulip?
My main use case for Tulip is to fill up all the data which will be available from backend for the use of a warehouse. In a warehouse environment, I use Tulip by recording all the data, which made ...
What advice do you have for others considering Tulip?
Regarding Tulip's AI capabilities, I believe its accuracy and reliability of output is good. Whatever data we provide from the data perspective is displayed, and whatever UI is created is there...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Ubuntu 18.04 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) | Support by SupportedImages?
What I like about the product is the license cost and security, as there is no license cost for Ubuntu 18.04 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) | Support by SupportedImages.
What needs improvement with Ubuntu 18.04 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) | Support by SupportedImages?
Using open-source, Excel-based tools is not very user-friendly. The complexity comes from using full access Microsoft Excel. I believe that I have not found it very friendly to use Microsoft Excel....
What is your primary use case for Ubuntu 18.04 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) | Support by SupportedImages?
Our major use case for Ubuntu 18.04 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) | Support by SupportedImages is that our ERP is on Ubuntu 18.04 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) | Support by SupportedImages.
 

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