AppFog (discontinued) vs. ConnectWise Cloud Backup

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AppFog (discontinued)
Score 6.6 out of 10
N/A
AppFog 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.
$0
ConnectWise Cloud Backup
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
SkyKick is a cloud migration solution, from ConnectWise since the late 2024 acquistion. It features cloud backup and cloud management features for control of customer access to cloud resources.
$200
per month for MSPs
Pricing
AppFog (discontinued)ConnectWise Cloud Backup
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppFog (discontinued)ConnectWise Cloud Backup
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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Community Pulse
AppFog (discontinued)ConnectWise Cloud Backup
Features
AppFog (discontinued)ConnectWise Cloud Backup
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
AppFog (discontinued)
6.5
2 Ratings
18% below category average
ConnectWise Cloud Backup
-
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
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User Ratings
AppFog (discontinued)ConnectWise Cloud Backup
Likelihood to Recommend
6.6
(2 ratings)
8.9
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AppFog (discontinued)ConnectWise Cloud Backup
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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ConnectWise
SkyKick does a great job on migrations to Office 365. Their technicians are very helpful in planning the whole process, and the tool itself is quite reliable and resilient. Their cloud backup works OK but it does not provide the most friendly or fastest recovery. It also sits on the expensive side as they charge separately for Exchange and Onedrive/Sharepoint backups.
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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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ConnectWise
  • Customer Interface for Backups
  • Migration support team
  • Comprehensive backup suite
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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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ConnectWise
  • Response time and [ease] to get hold of
  • Integration with 3rd party apps for billing
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Support Rating
Discontinued Products
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ConnectWise
Responsive, technically capable, and friendly. Ive always had a good experience working with SkyKick su[[ort.
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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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ConnectWise
For migration purposes, we have chosen SkyKick over and over again. Their tool just works and does a great job with multiple different sources. Their support team is awesome albeit could be somewhat faster sometimes. Regarding cloud backup, it seems like that space is quite commoditized as every vendor offers the same. SkyKick does have some good promotions on migration costs when signing up for cloud backups as well which makes them more competitive than other vendors.
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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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ConnectWise
  • Profitable migration business
  • Profitable backup solution
  • Delivers peace of mind to clients and improves our brand as trusted cloud vendor
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