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    Overview
    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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    F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AF5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect is a solution used to more easily and securely network across public clouds, hybrid clouds, and edge sites via an agile SaaS-based service. Users can rapidly connect instances deployed across multiple cloud regions and/or different cloud providers using Distributed Cloud Network Connect and its automated provisioning, integrated service stack, and end-to-end visibility. Cloud instances will be connected in minutes and always visible for rapid troubleshooting.N/A
    Pricing
    AppFog (discontinued)F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AppFog (discontinued)F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    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)F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    F5
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
    41 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    42 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    27 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    Features
    AppFog (discontinued)F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of AppFog (discontinued) and F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect
    Feature
    AppFog (discontinued)
    6.5
    2 Ratings
    17% below category average
    F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    AppFog (discontinued)F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Foundry (discontinued)
    Score8.6 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score8.7 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    AppFog (discontinued)F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (42 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (25 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AppFog (discontinued)F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect
    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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    F5
    I would recommend this if you have many cross-platform services across multiple cloud providers and don't want to manage and update them manually. For a simple setup, use a site-to-site VPN, but if you have multiple apps, this will reduce complexity. Moreover, they have their own fiber network worldwide to avoid latency.
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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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    • No manual VPN configuration, static routes, or BGP routing table is needed. You only need to install their Customer Edge tool.
    • If there is some security incident in one account, second account remains protected.
    • Environment level segregation like Production, Stagging, development.
    • Set up a secure, encrypted tunnel across multiple cloud platforms for communication between them.
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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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    F5
    • The support model needs a quite a bit of work. I personally have experienced an outage on the platform. due to mis-configureation Although the outage was due to engineer error it took over 2 hours before we were able to speak to an engineer
    • Proxy v2 protocol to allow our organization to capture and view the source IP address
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    Architectural change with a focus on multi-cloud
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
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    F5
    Make quick connections between instances that are spread across several cloud regions and/or providers by utilizing Distributed Cloud Network Connect, which offers end-to-end visibility, automatic provisioning, and an integrated service stack. Cloud instances are connected in minutes and always visible for rapid troubleshooting for all clients which makes it easy to manage.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    Comunidadesdade ativa, e suporte qualificado.
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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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    F5
    Aviatrix operates like a slightly different version of XC. Mostly it relies on routing, where cloud connect takes a whole stack into consideration. Not sure if XC can fully replace Aviatrix, but after a couple of implementations, it may become apparent. There are similar routing features in both. XC has more overall features.
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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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    F5
    • Remove VPN
    • Reduction of investment in operational support
    • Uptime availability
    • Access to specialized advice and support
    • Eliminar VPN
    • Reducción de inversión en soporte operativo
    • Disponibilidad uptime
    • Acceso a asesoría y soporte especializado
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