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Upbound Crossplane
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
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Windows Server 2025 (Window...
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
537th
Average Rating
7.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Jörg Köhler - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at AvalisNT AG
Modern desktop delivery has become smoother and integration with current clients works reliably
In Switzerland, my clients, particularly in the banking sector, are cautious about moving data to the cloud due to legal concerns about US access. Therefore, some companies prefer keeping their data on premises to avoid compromising security.Currently, I primarily work on-premises, operating exclusively within shared hardware data centers and not utilizing cloud services such as Azure or AWS. We have experimented with Azure for some testing installations, but the overall costs associated with cloud services raise concerns. While we employ cloud solutions for backup, our infrastructure remains on-premises. For the product itself, Windows Server 2025 (Windows Server 2025) | Support by SupportedImages earns a solid rating of seven or eight from me because it is user-friendly to work with. My main frustration lies in the mandatory updates and newly introduced security features that complicate third-party software operations.

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

Pros

"Upbound Crossplane impacts my organization positively because, from our perspective, we need to rely on fewer resources."
"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 time required to complete an environment setup was reduced from about one or two weeks to forty to fifty minutes."
"Before choosing Upbound Crossplane, I evaluated various options, but I only found Upbound Crossplane to be the best choice."
"When I provisioned PostgreSQL and S3 buckets through Crossplane, I noticed improvements in deployment speed, reliability, and team collaboration."
"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."
"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 biggest advantage I find in Windows Server 2025 is that it is very user-friendly."
"A significant benefit of Windows Server 2025 is its smoother integration with Windows 11, particularly in network environments."
"What I appreciate about Windows Server 2025 (Windows Server 2025) | Support by SupportedImages is the full solution Microsoft provides, especially when it comes to the cloud part and security, with their Microsoft total solutions."
 

Cons

"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."
"Upbound Crossplane can be improved if they can add more AI agentic workflows."
"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."
"This was the only thing that we took as a disadvantage at the time of implementing, since we did not have any way to see what the Upbound Crossplane composition or what the Upbound Crossplane resource will do to the actual infrastructure."
"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."
"However, one area of improvement is the learning curve, as Upbound Crossplane concepts such as providers, compositions, and claims can be difficult for beginners."
"Regarding security, I do not agree with Windows Server 2025 (Windows Server 2025) | Support by SupportedImages because I believe Linux is the best for securing servers."
"The changes that Microsoft made with the introduction of Windows Server 2025 (Windows Server 2025) | Support by SupportedImages did not enhance our security; rather, they made it harder due to uncommunicated security features being activated."
"The main disadvantage of Windows Server 2025 (Windows Server 2025) | Support by SupportedImages is pricing, as customers choose some Linux versions, which are open-source editions."
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Construction Company
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12%
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Questions from the Community

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 ...
What needs improvement with Windows Server 2025 (Windows Server 2025) | Support by SupportedImages?
The main disadvantage of Windows Server 2025 (Windows Server 2025) | Support by SupportedImages is pricing, as customers choose some Linux versions, which are open-source editions. There are some c...
What is your primary use case for Windows Server 2025 (Windows Server 2025) | Support by SupportedImages?
Windows Server 2025 (Windows Server 2025) | Support by SupportedImages is mainly used by our client for application hosting. I don't work extensively with the identity management part, but I do...
What advice do you have for others considering Windows Server 2025 (Windows Server 2025) | Support by SupportedImages?
We are working as a partner with Microsoft. We have different customers with various deployment styles, but our focus is mainly on the cloud. We work in majority with enterprise customers as well a...
 

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