AppFog (discontinued) vs. Nutanix Cloud Manager vs. Scale Computing Platform

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
Nutanix Cloud Manager
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
Nutanix Cloud Manager is a solution for providing intelligent operations, self-service and orchestration, security compliance and visibility, and control of cloud costs. It is used to optimize capacity, proactively detect performance anomalies, and automate operational tasks.N/A
Scale Computing Platform
Score 8.8 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Scale Computing offers edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions for customers around the globe. Scale Computing HyperCore software promises to eliminate traditional virtualization software, disaster recovery software, servers, and shared storage, replacing these with a fully integrated, highly available system for running applications. The vendor says that, using patented HyperCore™ technology, the SC//HyperCore self-healing platform automatically identifies, mitigates, and…
$249
per year per core
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Standard
$249
per year per core
Professional
$312
per year per core
Professional Essentials
$5,600
one-time fee
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsPricing shown in U.S. Dollar. Pricing for other regions available on request.
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Community Pulse
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Features
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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
Nutanix Cloud Manager
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Ratings
Scale Computing Platform
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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
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Small Businesses
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Score 8.3 out of 10
VMware Cloud Director
VMware Cloud Director
Score 8.5 out of 10
StarWind HCA
StarWind HCA
Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10
IBM Turbonomic
IBM Turbonomic
Score 8.8 out of 10
StarWind HCA
StarWind HCA
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
Score 9.1 out of 10
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure
Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
AppFog (discontinued)Nutanix Cloud ManagerScale Computing Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
6.6
(2 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
9.9
(245 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
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9.4
(22 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
7.5
(40 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
-
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
9.2
(245 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
-
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
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(0 ratings)
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
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9.1
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Vendor pre-sale
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9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AppFog (discontinued)Nutanix Cloud ManagerScale Computing Platform
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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Nutanix
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Scale Computing
Scale is best suited to environments that do not have excessive external or proprietary peripherals. Integrating with tape drive backups or robot tape libraries can be problematic. The most effective use of Scale systems is for companies running multiple instances of the same operating system. The hypervisor's code/file-sharing nature does an excellent job managing new instances while keeping the increase in storage to a minimum.
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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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Nutanix
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Scale Computing
  • Simplicity - I do not have to create storage buckets or micromanage anything.
  • Efficiency - Lower power use since moving to a hyperconverged environment.
  • Scalability - Adding additional hardware is easy, and increasing things like the amount of RAM or number of cores is easy.
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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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Nutanix
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Scale Computing
  • Dedicated Lights-Out Solution for low-end systems
  • Ability to replace smaller storage drives with larger ones, rather than requiring the addition of an entire node for storage increases
  • Different UI views for VMs: ability to minimize certain groups and have that persist through log-ins
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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
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Nutanix
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Scale Computing
Since I have had no issues with downtime; easier management of my cluster and the ability to lower the number of devices in my Infrastructure, I will gladly renew my support contract with Scale Computing HC3 and upgrade my equipment with them when it comes time for it.
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Usability
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Nutanix
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Scale Computing
Everything you need to do is point-and-click easy. If you are the kind of admin who wants to edit every config file and endlessly customize your environment, then Scale may not be for you. On the other hand, if you just want it to work really well, and do what they told you it will do, then Scale is the ideal system.
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Reliability and Availability
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Nutanix
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Scale Computing
Never had an outage or an error. Once a hard drive failed, but Scale kept on working flawlessly without interruption.
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Performance
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Nutanix
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Scale Computing
Performance has been just as outstanding as reliability. I have never experienced delays in any aspect of usage.
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Support Rating
Discontinued Products
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Nutanix
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Scale Computing
They are very knowledgeable about their own products and hardware addressing my concerns or issues very quickly and on the first contact. Calls concerning VMware migrations and Acronis backup took a little more time for more complicated issues, but the Scale Computing Platform techs were diligent to stay on top of issues until they were resolved. Most of my issues have been with the initial setup/migration.
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In-Person Training
Discontinued Products
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Nutanix
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Scale Computing
I did not do in-person training.
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Online Training
Discontinued Products
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Nutanix
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Scale Computing
Because Scale is so simple, the training is just as quick and easy.
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Implementation Rating
Discontinued Products
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Nutanix
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Scale Computing
The implementation was very easy. We had Scale support on standby and they were ready and eager to help if needed. The process went so fast the employees in the organization did not even know it was done.
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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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Nutanix
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Scale Computing
We previously used Microsoft Hyper V and VMWare and, before that, a room for single-purpose servers. My satisfaction with Scale is because it is a more straightforward product to install and use; it has incredible speed and reliability. In the past, getting support from Microsoft was labor intensive, and with VMWare, there was a language accent barrier.
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Scalability
Discontinued Products
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Nutanix
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Scale Computing
HC3 is one of the best products I have purchased for our district. It is unbelievably reliable to the point that they shoot themselves in the foot on support contracts.
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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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Nutanix
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Scale Computing
  • With the high cost of the leading competitor the savings starts day one and saves every year after.
  • Scale can be administered by a tier one technician so cost of labor is reduced.
  • If there is a problem like a cyber attack, the savings kick in with the least amount of downtime.
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ScreenShots

Nutanix Cloud Manager Screenshots

Screenshot of AWS cloud infrastructure auditScreenshot of Cost analytics dashbaordScreenshot of AWS DevOps automation and single click fix for audit violationsScreenshot of DevOps Automation Cron JobsScreenshot of AWS Security AuditScreenshot of AWS cost audit

Scale Computing Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of Scale Computing Fleet Management Dashboard - 
At-a-glance summary of the health of the fleet upon login.Screenshot of Cluster Details -
Details of a particular cluster, including health, fleet manager connectivity, nodes, and VMsScreenshot of Scale Computing Fleet Manager -
Manages an organization’s fleet of Clusters.Screenshot of Hypercore UI -
Simple Web Interface for Local Management of the Cluster and its Workloads