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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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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    Azure Arc

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAzure Arc is a set of technologies that brings Azure security and cloud-native services to hybrid and multicloud environments. It enables the user to secure and govern infrastructure and apps anywhere, build cloud-native apps faster with familiar tools and services to run them on any Kubernetes platform, and modernize the data estate with Azure data and machine-learning services.N/A
    Pricing
    AppFog (discontinued)Azure Arc
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AppFog (discontinued)Azure Arc
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Features
    AppFog (discontinued)Azure Arc
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of AppFog (discontinued) and Azure Arc
    Feature
    AppFog (discontinued)
    6.5
    2 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Azure Arc
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability5.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration6.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation7.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery6.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Management
    Comparison of Cloud Management features of AppFog (discontinued) and Azure Arc
    Feature
    AppFog (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Azure Arc
    9.1
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Cloud Management Security00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Automation and Orchestration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Cost Management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Cloud Management Performance Monitoring00 Ratings9.32 Ratings
    Governance and Compliance00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings9.32 Ratings
    Systems Integration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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    AppFog (discontinued)Azure Arc
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Rackspace Fabric
    Score6.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    IBM Turbonomic
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score8.6 out of 10
    IBM Turbonomic
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AppFog (discontinued)Azure Arc
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    9.3
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AppFog (discontinued)Azure Arc
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    It is best asset management & centralized monitoring across multi cloud environments. It can be used to access those assets, update them when necessary, implement Azure monitor to get insights. We can also onboard thsese assets to Microsoft Defender for Cloud to provide the cloud security. Azure Arc is not suitable for the client device management or use as a MDM.
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    Pros
    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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    Microsoft
    • Azure Monitor metrics
    • Event logs aggregation
    • Integration with Windows Admin Center
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    Cons
    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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    Microsoft
    • Licensing benefits could use some improvement
    • Update management pricing
    • Security optimization and pricing
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
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    Microsoft
    Azure Arc monitoring is based on a unified procedure which includes the installation and configuration of the Arc agent on any computer/server which is to be onboaded to Arc. The solution is very usable especially when combined with the usage of Windows Admin Center, the HTML5-based unified management console for all our hybrid infrastructure. Many of the best of breed Azure tools and services are available via Azure Arc, when deployed to on-premise servers.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Microsoft
    Azure Arc uses the underlying power of Microsoft Azure, which allows assets across multicloud to be onboarded to Arc platform. It provides monitoring, security, updates in one click in one single platform. It also provides licensing benefits for Windows Server licenses, which offers premium features like Windows server admin center to manage your windows servers more effectively.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Microsoft
    • After configuring Azure Arc-enabled services on premise for SQL Server, we saw a drastic decrease in our Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by 30%
    • After working with Azure Arc monitoring agents installed in our on-prem Windows and Linux users, we documented a 20% increase in overall IT operations efficiency, due to the unified monitoring solution.
    • The Azure Arc-enabled servers security baseline provides procedural guidance and resources for implementing security recommendations and best practices. This has increased operational efficiency and decreased security incidents by 15%.
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