AppFog (discontinued) vs. LabLINK vs. vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)

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
LabLINK
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
LabLINK is a laboratory information management system (LIMS) enabling labs to streamline testing, create test requests, schedule resources, monitor asset utilization, and data mine in real time. LabLINK actively monitors the status of connected equipment and provides dynamic scheduling updates based on actual equipment run-time. This functionality is further enhanced through an integrated notification and alert system. If users are conducting testing in a laboratory environment, the vendor…N/A
vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
vRealize Suite and vCloud Suite delivered a self-service consumption layer, an automation framework and self-driving Day 2 operations for VMware Cloud. The product is no longer available.
$10
per month per core
Pricing
AppFog (discontinued)LabLINKvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
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FCO Hosting Edition
$10
per month per core
FCO Hosting Edition
$10
per Cluster & Hypervisor Combination/Annual
FCO Single Cluster Edition
$16
per month per core
FCO Hosting Edition
$128
per month Max Core Limit
FCO Single Cluster Edition
$1500
per Cluster & Hypervisor Combination/Annual
FCO Single Cluster Edition
Unlimited
per month Max Core Limit
FCO Multiple Cluster Edition
Unlimited
per month Max Core Limit
FCO Multiple Cluster Edition
Contact Sales
per month per core
FCO Multiple Cluster Edition
Contact Sales
per Cluster & Hypervisor Combination/Annual
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppFog (discontinued)LabLINKvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AppFog (discontinued)LabLINKvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Features
AppFog (discontinued)LabLINKvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
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
LabLINK
-
Ratings
vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
-
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
Cloud Management
Comparison of Cloud Management features of Product A and Product B
AppFog (discontinued)
-
Ratings
LabLINK
-
Ratings
vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
8.1
1 Ratings
8% below category average
Cloud Management Security00 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Automation and Orchestration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Cost Management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Cloud Management Performance Monitoring00 Ratings00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Governance and Compliance00 Ratings00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Systems Integration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Best Alternatives
AppFog (discontinued)LabLINKvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Small Businesses
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Score 8.3 out of 10

No answers on this topic

VMware Cloud Director
VMware Cloud Director
Score 8.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10

No answers on this topic

IBM Turbonomic
IBM Turbonomic
Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10

No answers on this topic

vRealize Operations (discontinued)
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
AppFog (discontinued)LabLINKvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
6.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AppFog (discontinued)LabLINKvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
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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Link Engineering Company
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Discontinued Products
It is most suited where there multi cloud platform as VCloud suite provides most 2 important licences i.e. Vsphere 9India's leading hypervisor) and Vrealize Suite which helps to automate and also simplies IT management by making the solution most agile, efficient and easy to use. If there is a simple environment with just few servers where there is need for only 2-3 VMs, i will not recommend this.
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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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Link Engineering Company
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Discontinued Products
  • One management platform for all the VMs across datacenters
  • Automation of IT management
  • Makes IT or Cloud management more agile and efficient.
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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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Link Engineering Company
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
  • There is nothing exactly like cons but one must should check all the features, it can be confusing at the times.
  • It can be expensive as compared to some other products available in the market.
  • Implementation can be little tricky, should done by Vmware engineer
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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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Link Engineering Company
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
VCloud mostly provides cloud management platform, all others also provide the same plus some other features so, Vcloud can be little less expensive in comparison to other solutions available in market. Also, it's very easy to use and deploy and manage your cloud platform. It is widely used by mid scale as well as large scale companies.
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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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Link Engineering Company
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
  • Positive only- Vrealize suite helps is IT automation by making it cost-effective and efficient.
  • Less time is consumed by our IT administrators because of Automating process and they can do better monitoring
  • It can be really cost effective for if any company wants to make private cloud. It did the same with us as through vCloud we get all the VMware software required.
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ScreenShots

LabLINK Screenshots

Screenshot of Monitor your laboratory utilization at a glance.Screenshot of Access LabLINK anywhere from any device!Screenshot of LabLINK HomepageScreenshot of Easily view the current status of your equipment.