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AppFog (discontinued) vs. Firefly vs. IBM Cloud Automation Manager

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
Firefly
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Firefly is a Cloud Asset Management solution that enables DevOps, SRE, and Cloud Platform teams to rediscover their entire cloud footprint, understand which parts of it are codified vs unmanaged, detect drifts to prevent service failures, classify assets using Policy-as-Code, and manage a single inventory of all their cloud resources across Multi-Cloud, and Kubernetes clusters.
$699
per month cloud account connected
IBM Cloud Automation Manager
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
IBM Cloud Automation Manager is a multi-cloud, self-service management platform running on IBM Cloud Private that empowers developers and administrators to meet business demands. This platform allows you to efficiently manage and deliver services through end-to-end automation while enabling developers to build applications aligned with enterprise policies.N/A
Pricing
AppFog (discontinued)FireflyIBM Cloud Automation Manager
Editions & Modules
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Free
$0
per month one cloud account
Startup
$699
per month
Pro
$2,899
per month
Custom Plan
Custom Pricing
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppFog (discontinued)FireflyIBM Cloud Automation Manager
Free Trial
NoYesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
AppFog (discontinued)FireflyIBM Cloud Automation Manager
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
Firefly
-
Ratings
IBM Cloud Automation Manager
-
Ratings
Ease of building user interfaces7.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Scalability5.32 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform management overhead6.02 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow engine capability6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform access control6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Services-enabled integration6.62 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment creation7.42 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment replication8.42 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue recovery6.42 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes7.02 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
AppFog (discontinued)FireflyIBM Cloud Automation Manager
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.5 out of 10
VMware Cloud Director
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Score 8.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Red Hat OpenShift
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Score 8.8 out of 10
IBM Turbonomic
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
VMware Cloud Director
VMware Cloud Director
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
AppFog (discontinued)FireflyIBM Cloud Automation Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
6.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AppFog (discontinued)FireflyIBM Cloud Automation Manager
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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Firefly
No answers on this topic
IBM
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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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Firefly
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IBM
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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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Firefly
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IBM
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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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Firefly
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IBM
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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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Firefly
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IBM
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ScreenShots

Firefly Screenshots

Screenshot of Dashboard of cloud inventoryScreenshot of Inventory detailsScreenshot of Dark mode. Remediation code provided as a pull request keeps the user in control of changes.Screenshot of Codifies Terraform, including dependencies and modules