Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server vs. IBM CICS Transaction Server

Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server

IBM CICS Transaction Server

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server provides one-click application deployment and supports all-in-one services such as domain name resolution, website publishing, security, O&M, and application management.	N/A
IBM CICS Transaction Server	Score 8.7 out of 10	N/A	IBM CICS (Customer Information Control System) is mixed-language application server that runs on IBM z/OS. CICS® Transaction Server, often called CICS, is used for hosting transactional enterprise applications in a hybrid architecture.	N/A

Pricing

Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server

IBM CICS Transaction Server

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server	IBM CICS Transaction Server
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server	IBM CICS Transaction Server
Considered Both Products	Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server No answer on this topic	IBM CICS Transaction Server Verified User Anonymous Chose IBM CICS Transaction Server Even if IMS is able to handle more activity/workload. CICS is kless difficult to manage and administer. The big problem on IMS is tha lack of people knowing the product. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose IBM CICS Transaction Server IBM CICS Transaction Server product works well in conjunction with IBM DB2 and they go together very well. Both are equally scalable and reliable products to use. They both can handle very large numbers of transactions and have been around for decades and stood for times and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose IBM CICS Transaction Server There is no comparison, in practice, the possibility of using the latest programming languages but, above all, the databases can be different and more modern than DL1. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server

IBM CICS Transaction Server

Application Servers

Comparison of Application Servers features of Product A and Product B
	Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server - Ratings	IBM CICS Transaction Server 8.2 Ratings 2% above category average
IDE support	00 Ratings	7.90 Ratings
Security management	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Administration and management	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Application server performance	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Installation	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Open-source standards compliance	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server	IBM CICS Transaction Server
Small Businesses	NGINX Score 9.1 out of 10	NGINX Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	NGINX Score 9.1 out of 10	NGINX Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises	NGINX Score 9.1 out of 10	NGINX Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server	IBM CICS Transaction Server
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server	IBM CICS Transaction Server
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	The strengths of CICS are certainly the scalability. The multilevel architecture of the CICS regions, security, and performance, manages to manage large volumes of transactions with efficient performances. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	De facto standard in the legacy enterprise Multiplatform connection Native connection with DB2 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	Would like to see the transaction response matrix on the average transaction response among all requests. Would like to see GUI tool to be able to see currently running transactions Would like to be able to get the details of where the cics transaction was triggered from Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	Need a good knowledge of mainframe and z/OS capability. May be difficult to understand for a beginner (specially CPSM). In a complex architecture, need a high skill to do problem determination Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	IBM CICS Transaction Server product works well in conjunction with IBM Db2 and they go together very well. Both are equally scalable and reliable products to use. They both can handle very large numbers of transactions and have been around for decades and stood for times and have great experience by those who have used it. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	It has allowed us to use our decades old code and still continue to support the business Allows us to have faster time to market and modernize our systems We can still continue to use our legacy resources for modern systems Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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