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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.

    $0

    Lightning Tools Actions

    Score10 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Lightning Tools Actions is a complement to Lightning Forms, but can also be used independently of Lightning Forms. Rather than opening individual items to update fields such as Approval Status, Resetting field values such as holiday entitlement, or sending emails to notify creators of items that a request has been approved, Lightning Tools Actions provides the ability to create new command bar buttons with actions that can be performed against multiple selected items.

    $1,200

    per year per installation

    OpenText Operations Orchestration

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AOpenText™ Operations Orchestration automates, integrates, and orchestrates any IT process, on cloud or off. Automations use low-code/no-code workflow authoring options. Integrations are done with an API-rich, extensible platform. Centrally orchestrates workflows.N/A
    Pricing
    AppFog (discontinued)Lightning Tools ActionsOpenText Operations Orchestration
    Editions & Modules
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    List Actions
    From $1200
    per year per installation
    List Actions Enterprise Edition
    POA
    per year per installation
    List Actions Plus (with Document Generator)
    From $1800
    per year per installation
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AppFog (discontinued)Lightning Tools ActionsOpenText Operations Orchestration
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices stated are minimum per installation for "stock" products. $1.20 per user on top of annual fee. Enterprise editions can be amended to suit business needs if deemed necessary, additional costs incurred and TBD. All packages include free technical support. Free upgrades available to latest versions of tool as they are released. (online version)Prices stated are minimum per installation for "stock" products. Not available for SharePoint OnPremises (2007 - 2019)
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    Features
    AppFog (discontinued)Lightning Tools ActionsOpenText Operations Orchestration
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of AppFog (discontinued) and Lightning Tools Actions and OpenText Operations Orchestration
    Feature
    AppFog (discontinued)
    6.5
    2 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Lightning Tools Actions
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Operations Orchestration
    -
    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
    Workload Automation
    Comparison of Workload Automation features of AppFog (discontinued) and Lightning Tools Actions and OpenText Operations Orchestration
    Feature
    AppFog (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Lightning Tools Actions
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    19% above category average
    OpenText Operations Orchestration
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Alerts and notifications00 Ratings10.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Multi-platform scheduling00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Central monitoring00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Logging00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Analysis and visualization00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Application integration00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    AppFog (discontinued)Lightning Tools ActionsOpenText Operations Orchestration
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AppFog (discontinued)Lightning Tools ActionsOpenText Operations Orchestration
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AppFog (discontinued)Lightning Tools ActionsOpenText Operations Orchestration
    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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    Lightning Tools
    We use SharePoint to manage over 100 legal litigation cases. We also use SharePoint for all of our internal billing and time keeping. There is great need for different SharePoint sites to be able to have access to other lists and data sources. List Actions provides an easy-to-use interface that we use to implement file copies between sites, workflow tracking of medical records through our medical collections department, send out medical record requests using the enhanced SendMail options. We have automated many tasks that used to take up considerable time and were error-prone. Having the logic of a workflow with all the steps carried out with a click of a button is great. Plus it is very fast.
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    OpenText
    The products are being paired by the company with different software to specifically fit multiple scenarios. As a standalone platform, it can answer any task with its build-in content or the ability to create your own content and solution.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Lightning Tools
    • Allow for workflow actions to be executed at the view level.
    • Has a full range of available tools. It's not just email for an approval.
    • Super easy to use and configure.
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    OpenText
    • Allows for the quick disconnection of accounts that break our terms of service
    • Seamless integration with our billing system
    • Has the ability to house all member/client account information in one single location
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    OpenText
    • The product build in portal need to be more flexible
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Lightning Tools
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    OpenText
    Most product works well enough, but none of them combine the non-agent/client approach to automation with an easy to develop mechanism (the drag&drop development approach) This alone put this solution on top of our preferred implantation product list
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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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    Lightning Tools
    • I have looked at every competitor out there and this tool plus the Forms designer is very affordable. It has become an integral part of our business.
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    OpenText
    • If time is money, the time saved by using this all-in-one product has certainly saved time AND money.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Lightning Tools Actions Screenshots

    Screenshot of SHAREPOINT LIST ACTION BUTTONS
Action buttons can be added to SharePoint lists, like this Expense Approval button. The button performs multiple actions on the SharePoint list items such as modifying the Approved field to Yes, Sending an email notification to the Expense Claimant, and Reloading the page. The Line Manager can select multiple items and approve them all in one click, rather than visit each item individually.Screenshot of ADDING SHAREPOINT LIST ACTION BUTTONS
SharePoint List Action buttons can be created quickly, with no coding experience required, and List Owners or Designers can create the buttons and actions within the context of the list itself.  Action buttons can also be configured to display only to the user with the rights to perform the action.Screenshot of BUILDING A SERIES OF LIST ACTIONS
Actions that can be configured include Updating field values with simple or complex expressions, sending emails, adding list items, creating list items or folders, running custom script, and calling other workflows.