Amazon Web Services vs OpenShift | TrustRadius

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Amazon Web Services

OpenShift

Amazon Web Services

Score 8.7 out of 10

Based on 310 reviews and ratings

OpenShift

Score 8.6 out of 10

Based on 40 reviews and ratings

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Feature Rating Comparison

Amazon Web Services

8.4

OpenShift

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Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime

8.7

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Dynamic scaling

8.9

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Elastic load balancing

9.0

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Pre-configured templates

7.7

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Monitoring tools

7.9

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Pre-defined machine images

7.9

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Operating system support

8.5

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Security controls

8.2

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Amazon Web Services

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OpenShift

9.1

Ease of building user interfaces

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9.9

Scalability

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9.6

Platform management overhead

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7.4

Workflow engine capability

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8.9

Platform access control

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9.6

Services-enabled integration

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9.2

Development environment creation

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9.7

Development environment replication

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9.7

Issue monitoring and notification

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8.9

Issue recovery

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8.0

Upgrades and platform fixes

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8.9

Pros

The ability to scale vertically and horizontally easily.
The ability to get server notifications
Ease of use within the AWS GUI

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Engineer in Engineering

Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 11-50 employees

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OpenShift is really designed well particularly from a developers perspective. I think as a developer myself I just want to pick my target app-server runtime and choose the cartridges I need using OpenShift and I can just deploy. If you are a newbie or want to try it out you can use the OpenShift public cloud and start from there.
OpenShift Integration with Git makes it a attractive point. You can also use OpenShift marker files to control when to build and when to deploy after each check-in makes it convenient to customize the build and deploy behavior per environment.
OpenShift and Docker integration makes it a very appealing choice.

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Sonam Samdupkhangsar

Senior (Consultant) Software Engineer

Intermountain HealthcareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Some resources parameters needed and prerequisites are difficult to understand, even with services that have well-known solutions that are easy to understand. For example, IAM and SSO solutions are more complicated and confusing than other services.
Generally, the User Experience is lacking WITHIN services is poor compared to other comparable platforms, however high-level access to the many services in AWS is good - as compared to other platforms.
Some services seem fragmented - as interrelated functions withing services don't seem to provide detail weel without some work. The billing area is an example of where getting and reviewing information is difficult.

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Consultant in Information Technology

Staffing and Recruiting Company, 11-50 employees

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If my site doesn't get much traffic it goes offline sometimes, so I had to set up a service to ping my site frequently.
Sometimes my site just goes offline randomly and I have to go restart my app.

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Senior Web Developer

FabusoInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Amazon Web Services9.4

Based on 10 answers

I would gladly rely on AWS for any large-scale application deployment. For prototyping and small-scale applications, a more heavily managed environment on top of the 'bare metal' virtual infrastructure, such as Heroku or Elastic Bean Stalk, is probably a more productive approach in most cases

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Anonymous

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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OpenShift8.7

Based on 3 answers

Leverage OpenShift Online constantly at both the free and paid tiers. While AWS is convenient, it often brings more administration than I want to deal with for a quick application (i.e. Drupal or Wordpress blog). OpenShift also simplifies the DNS registration and ability to share application environments with team members

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Isaac Christoffersen

Architect, Infrastructure Services

VizuriInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Usability

Amazon Web Services9.0

Based on 3 answers

The management console is the weak part of the service in my experience. It is adequate but slow.

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Anonymous

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Reliability and Availability

Amazon Web Services9.0

Based on 1 answer

Availability is very good, with the exception of occasional spectacular outages.

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Anonymous

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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OpenShift5.5

Based on 1 answer

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Performance

AWS does not provide the raw performance that you can get by building your own custom infrastructure. However, it is often the case that the benefits of specialized, high-performance hardware do not necessarily outweigh the significant extra cost and risk. Performance as perceived by the user is very different from raw throughput.

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Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Support

Amazon Web Services3.0

Based on 3 answers

unless you paid the premium, no support at all

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Verified User

Account Manager in Professional Services

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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Implementation

Amazon Web Services10.0

Based on 3 answers

The API's were very well documented and was Janova's main point of entry into the services.

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Vice President Marketing and Product Management

SPIDA SoftwareInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We looked at Microsoft 365 Business because it's so popular. It's ease of use seemed attractive but it didn't have the agility or scalability we found in AWS. IBM Analytics Engine was far more complex than we needed and very expensive. AWS is an operations tool for us so the reporting we get for the quality of service we wanted, is perfect as is.

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NEJM Insights Council

NEJM GroupHospital & Health Care, 11-50 employees

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OpenShift is a CAAS (container as a service platform). This is a virtualization technology that can compare with traditionnal VAAS (VM as a service) technologies but Openshift is lightweight and fast. Everybody in the IT world is now going to Containers. This is a disruptive technology that is now mature

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Architecture & Planning Company, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Excellent value for money.
Wonderful education experience.
Intelligent customer feedback tools.

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Cloud Services

General ContractorComputer Networking, 1-10 employees

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ROI was positive because of far better operational costs.
New clients have been attracted because of the container technology that allows them to deploy easily their own apps.
OpenShift helps to create a DevOps culture.

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Employee in Information Technology

Architecture & Planning Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

Amazon Web Services

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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OpenShift

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Additional Pricing Details

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