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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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    IBM Cloudability

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloudability is a cloud cost management and optimization (FinOps) tool that enables IT, finance, and business teams to optimize their cloud spend across all cost sources, all maturity levels, and for all stakeholders.N/A

    Zayo DDoS Protection

    N/AN/AZayo offers an in-line, network-based DDoS Protection software that can protect every Zayo IP address from attack with a single subscription.N/A
    Pricing
    AppFog (discontinued)IBM CloudabilityZayo DDoS Protection
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AppFog (discontinued)IBM CloudabilityZayo DDoS Protection
    Considered Multiple Products
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    Apptio an IBM Company
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    Zayo Group
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    139 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
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    90%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of AppFog (discontinued) and IBM Cloudability and Zayo DDoS Protection
    Feature
    AppFog (discontinued)
    6.5
    2 Ratings
    17% below category average
    IBM Cloudability
    -
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    Zayo DDoS Protection
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    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
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    Cloudflare
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Cloudflare
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AppFog (discontinued)IBM CloudabilityZayo DDoS Protection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (147 ratings)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    6.4
    (6 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    -
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    7.8
    (147 ratings)
    -
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    Availability
    -
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    6.4
    (1 ratings)
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    Performance
    -
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    5.5
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    -
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    2.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    In-Person Training
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Online Training
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Configurability
    -
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    6.4
    (1 ratings)
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
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    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    -
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    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Professional Services
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    AppFog (discontinued)IBM CloudabilityZayo DDoS Protection
    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?
    Incentivized
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    I don't have much exposure to the tool. I mean, I'm relatively new to using it as a platform, but I haven't really seen the benefit, especially with the actual renewal talks at the company. I'm not seeing what AWS native solutions are, how probability improves on that as opposed to just using AWS and just, I don't know. I'm not seeing the benefit, at least in my eyes.
    Incentivized
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    Zayo Group
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Apptio an IBM Company
    • We are able to integrate multiple sources of data to have a comprehensive view of our spend.
    • We are able to get more detailed insights via container dashboard for kubernetes spend
    • A unified platform to manage overall cloud spend along with related FinOps spend
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    Zayo Group
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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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    Apptio an IBM Company
    • For me, it is a lot of anomaly detection and I think there's a lot of improvement that can be made to show anomalies that happen over time because if it's just day to day or week to week, you may not see the change. But if you see the trend over a period of time, show me something that has grown 40%, 50% over the past three months and maybe you can do those things and we just haven't figured them out yet. So we are very new to the product, but I think anomaly detection for me is one of the bigger things.
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    Zayo Group
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Cloudability has been one solution for almost all of our FinOps needs. Except for Data transfer costs, we have covered all use cases and have made significant savings across our cloud infrastructure. Reporting has provided management a deeper analysis into their spending and helped them forecast their budgets for next year
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    Zayo Group
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    Usability
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    I gave the IBM Cloudability a 7/10 because it is good, but it could improve in some places. It is easy to get data uploaded and ready to view, but it is only up to a certain point in time, and not live data. As for how it looks, the interface is good for viewing, however navigation could be a little better, maybe supported with a roadmap.
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    Zayo Group
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    Reliability and Availability
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Only been 1 or 2 occaisions when not available, in 3 years
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    Zayo Group
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    Performance
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Afternoons tend to be a little slower, due to US traffic I assume
    Incentivized
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    Zayo Group
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    While there have been few support cases where the experience was good. But in multiple support cases it's firstly delayed and even after weeks or months of time, team is not able to provide us with the RCA of the issue. All they are claiming is the issue is now fixed which I still see coming back after few days or weeks as we've never identified and addressed the root cause.
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    Zayo Group
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    Online Training
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Training was adequate, but the real learning begins when you start using the product, like most things. All major functions were covered so as an entry point, was a good introduction to the product. The training pace was good as well, the areas were covered in decent depth, without being too much of an information overload.
    Incentivized
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    Zayo Group
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    Implementation Rating
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Within months
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    Zayo Group
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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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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Before Apptio we extensively used the cloud native and in house automated and developed cost optimization tool using python , powershell and leveraging the various cloud native services like AWS systems manager , Azure Functions and Azure automation run books.
    Incentivized
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    Zayo Group
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    I wasn't personally involved, but all dealings with Apptio have been easy
    Incentivized
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    Zayo Group
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    Scalability
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Works as designed
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    Zayo Group
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    • Apptio Cloudability has enabled us to charge back 100% of our cloud spend to our business users and on an automated basis through the use of ApptioOne
    • Apptio Cloudability's transparency and metrics have enabled us to save millions of dollars in cloud spend across our user base.
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    Zayo Group
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    ScreenShots

    IBM Cloudability Screenshots

    Screenshot of ML backed rightsizing recommendations surfacing multiple scenarios with tools to help sort those that can me realistically actioned on, with Jira and ServiceNowScreenshot of an allocation of cloud viewed through the enterprise grade tools to tailor data for chargeback/showback across an organizationScreenshot of intelligent forecasting including seasonality, cost drivers and net new spendScreenshot of anomaly detection capabilities to stop issues in their tracks via the right people for the job