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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CloudPortal Business Manager

    Score6 out of 10
    N/ACloudPortal Business Manager is a unified cloud services delivery and business management platform that enables cloud services automation for provisioning, billing, metering and user management. It was aquired by Accelerite from Citrix in 2016.N/A

    AppFog (discontinued)

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/AAppFog was a cloud-agnostic application and infrastructure management platform used to manage workloads across on-premises and third-party cloud environments. It has been discontinued.

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    Spot by NetApp

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASpot by NetApp, now including CloudCheckr, helps companies to run their cloud investments. The Spot product suite uses machine learning and analytics to automate and optimize cloud infrastructure, to ensure that workloads and applications always have the best possible infrastructure that is available, scalable and available at the lowest possible cost. Spot’s technology provides insights into cloud costs, recommendations for how to optimize utilization and costs, and automation to implement…N/A
    Pricing
    CloudPortal Business ManagerAppFog (discontinued)Spot by NetApp
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CloudPortal Business ManagerAppFog (discontinued)Spot by NetApp
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    CloudPortal Business ManagerAppFog (discontinued)Spot by NetApp
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Accelerite CloudPortal Business Manager and AppFog (discontinued) and Spot by NetApp
    Feature
    Accelerite CloudPortal Business Manager
    -
    Ratings
    AppFog (discontinued)
    6.5
    2 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Spot by NetApp
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings5.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings6.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings7.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings6.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Management
    Comparison of Cloud Management features of Accelerite CloudPortal Business Manager and AppFog (discontinued) and Spot by NetApp
    Feature
    Accelerite CloudPortal Business Manager
    -
    Ratings
    AppFog (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Spot by NetApp
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Cloud Management Security00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Automation and Orchestration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Cost Management00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Cloud Management Performance Monitoring00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Governance and Compliance00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Systems Integration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    CloudPortal Business ManagerAppFog (discontinued)Spot by NetApp
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    Enterprises
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CloudPortal Business ManagerAppFog (discontinued)Spot by NetApp
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CloudPortal Business ManagerAppFog (discontinued)Spot by NetApp
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Accelerite
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    Discontinued Products
    It was very good to use in small scale projects. Considering the high end projects with many instances and multi-platform architectures, it is better to test before the application is deployed. I think few of the questions can be general - who are the system users and what size is the application focussing on? How much resources are required? Will the application require any additional services?
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    NetApp
    CloudCheckr is fantastic for those that are purely in the Cloud as it provides everything you need under one roof for a comprehensive configuration and usage monitoring tool. It has SysLog capabilities though so you can farm out the alerts into a SIEM or other log management system, so hybrid environments could also benefit from its use.
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    Pros
    Accelerite
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    Discontinued Products
    • Quick deployment of pre-built virtual machines
    • Some of the virtual machines also are readily available with a pack of softwares
    • Good Stability. Using it as a student, I have never experienced any downtime issues with the projects deployed on AppFog.
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    NetApp
    • Detailed Best Practices. It's important to align your cloud to industry best practices for security and cost—it just performs better if it's used the way it's meant to be used. AWS is very flexible, and that's great when you have special requirements, but you've got to at least know when you're using something in a non-standard way so you can think through the implications.
    • Cost Reduction. Some recommendations are almost impossible to make at least for our setup, but many, many others are easy. We only have to log into CloudCheckr every few months and make a few changes for it to more than pay for itself.
    • Right-Sizing. This is related to the other points, but for some reason is separate from their cost module. The metrics it's able to pull only tell half the story, so it's good to verify it's sizing recommendations before making changes. But it does show you what instances to focus on first, and even if you choose a slightly different size to move it to, it does clearly indicate it's current size isn't appropriate. And this works both ways, if the size is too big, you can save some cash by making it smaller, but if it's too small, you want to be sure to scale up before you run into performance problems.
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    Cons
    Accelerite
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    Discontinued Products
    • Though it is good and easy for developers, it lacks operational activities and monitoring tools.
    • It is easy to deploy WAR on AppFog with its console but sometimes it can lack on the performance and feasibility.
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    NetApp
    • CloudCheckr features have a tendency to break without warning. Functionality in place for months could suddenly stop working.
    • CloudCheckr support often delays work on support tickets for fixing broken application functionality.
    • The CloudCheckr platform and documentation website often crash or experience performance degradation.
    • CloudCheckr cost reporting is often impacted by faulty code or broken report functionality. This can contribute to a low level of confidence in CloudCheckr's ability to deliver accurate cost reporting.
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    Usability
    Accelerite
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    Discontinued Products
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    NetApp
    Overall, CloudCheckr covers all our AWS monitoring needs and great integration through SysLog into our SIEM to capture alerts for investigation. The reports are great and allow for an easy daily review. Small improvements could be made to the interface and better filtering in places would be good. Great product and the price is fair.
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    Support Rating
    Accelerite
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    Discontinued Products
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    NetApp
    Fantastic Support team who are responsive and address question and concerns promptly with a thorough explanation and fast resolution.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Accelerite
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Primarily because it used to have a good free tier earlier, which it does not anymore. It's simple, and things are available to use. Compared to it's competitors, it does has less features, but that kind of acts in its favor. That adds to the simplicity, and ease of use for a new user.
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    NetApp
    There are a few products out there that'll do an aspect or two of what CloudCheckr does, but I honestly couldn't find anything nearly as comprehensive as CloudCheckr.
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    Return on Investment
    Accelerite
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    Discontinued Products
    • Our project was deployed with good efficiency and easily accessible.
    • The platform was much recommeded across the groups and peers.
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    NetApp
    • CloudCheckr has allowed us to increase resell margins as an MSP.
    • CloudCheckr has made us aware of cost savings opportunities that exceed the price of the platform itself.
    • CloudCheckr has given us additional visibility that has allowed us to manage and understand cloud computing costs.
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