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    DigitalOcean

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ADigitalOcean is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform from the company of the same name headquartered in New York. It is known for its support of managed Kubernetes clusters and “droplets” feature.

    $5

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    Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ARed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud is a comprehensive service that offers fully managed OpenShift clusters, on IBM Cloud platform. It is directly integrated into the same Kubernetes service that maintains 25 billion on-demand forecasts daily at The Weather Company.N/A
    Pricing
    DigitalOceanRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    1GB-16GB
    $5.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    8GB-160GB
    $60.00
    Starting Price Per Month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DigitalOceanRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    DigitalOceanRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
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    DigitalOcean
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    DigitalOceanRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of DigitalOcean and Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Feature
    DigitalOcean
    9.2
    36 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.931 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.932 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.723 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates10.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools9.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images9.733 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support9.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls8.632 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation6.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of DigitalOcean and Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Feature
    DigitalOcean
    -
    Ratings
    Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    7.4
    7 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Security and Isolation00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
    Container Orchestration00 Ratings8.27 Ratings
    Cluster Management00 Ratings7.17 Ratings
    Storage Management00 Ratings6.97 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization00 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Discovery Tools00 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks00 Ratings7.46 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery00 Ratings7.57 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging00 Ratings6.77 Ratings
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DigitalOceanRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (36 ratings)
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    DigitalOceanRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean is perfect for hosting client websites, running marketing tools, and managing media storage with Spaces and CDN. The use of Droplets to quickly launch landing pages or WordPress sites for campaigns is a Godsend. It’s great for fast, cheap, and scalable solutions. But for complex microservices or projects needing strict compliance (like HIPAA), DigitalOcean may not always be the best fit, but that depends heavily on your project.
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    IBM
    RedHat OpenShift is not only suited for IBM Cloud but can run in ANY cloud. We installed in Azure Cloud, for example. It can also run on Linux servers or a Power 9 machine. It is built for multi-cloud or on-prem environments. IBM support provides such excellent guidance in the installation and configuration that no other product on the market can beat it.
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    Pros
    DigitalOcean
    • DigitalOcean provides some of the best cost-to-value services available
    • The DigitalOcean cloud console is very intuitive and easy to navigate
    • DigitalOcean has great support for Docker and other dev ops tools like Terraform.
    • DigitalOcean iterates quickly and provides cutting edge features for organizations that want to keep up with the latest and greatest dev ops tooling
    • DigitalOcean has a great developer community and numerous support docs/tutorials
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    IBM
    • Multiclick provisioning of resources makes it super easy to manage pods and deployments. We don't have to maintain code for the same
    • In built security features and customizability ensures that organization wide standards are integrated well into the containers
    • Automated backups, scale ups and fail recovery makes sure of minimal down time
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    Cons
    DigitalOcean
    • Some products/services available on other Cloud providers aren't available, but they seem to be catching up as they add new products like Managed SQL DBs.
    • While they have FreeBSD droplets (VMs), support for *BSD OSs is limited. I.e. the new monitoring agent only works on Linux.
    • There are no regions available on South America.
    • They don't seem to offer enterprise-level products, even basic ones as Windows Server, MS SQL Server, Oracle products, etc.
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    IBM
    • I wish it had better compatibility with docker file syntax. We had issues when it couldn't build standard docker files
    • Wish it had better documentation
    • Wish they offered fully supported client libraries for the Openshift API rather than dumping it on a 3rd party
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    Likelihood to Renew
    DigitalOcean
    I've been very happy with it for my purposes and I plan to continue to use DigitalOcean for the foreseeable future!
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    IBM
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    Usability
    DigitalOcean
    I honestly can't think of an easier way to set up and maintain your own server. Being able to set up a server in minutes and have fully control is awesome. The UX is incredibly intuitive for first-time users as well so there's no reason to be intimidated when it comes to giving DigitalOcean a shot.
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    IBM
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    Reliability and Availability
    DigitalOcean
    Have not found a single second of down time myself. Superior availability.
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    DigitalOcean
    Very quick response and high performance, you have to fine tune configurations on your machines though.
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    DigitalOcean
    They have always been fast, and the process has been straight-forward. I haven't had to use it enough to be frustrated with it, to be honest, and when I have an issue they fix it. As with all support, I wish it felt more human, but they are doing aces.
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    IBM
    I think response time for IBM Cloud support should be improved.
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    Alternatives Considered
    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean is an inexpensive product as compared to other products available in the market. The UI is easy and the beginner can also understand the UI with the step by step guide. It provides a lot of custom features and the user needs to pay only for what they are using. Amazon has a complex UI and is on the expensive side. DigitalOcean is simple to use and is easily manageable and the servers can easily be set up without additional cost and such.
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    IBM
    We evaluated a number of potential solutions and ultimately chose Red Hat OpenShift because it was compatible with our existing technology. Time and costs savings have been realized throughout the company since we implemented Red Hat OpenShift, and the IT department has been freed up to focus on activities that are more valuable.
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    Scalability
    DigitalOcean
    Great scalability, you can start with small plans and move up to premium features at a very good price.
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    DigitalOcean
    • Positive - Elastic computer instances make it possible to pay for only for what you need.
    • Positive - Competitive pricing - some of the products that DigitalOcean offers are much cheaper than those offered by competitors.
    • Negative - Having to go to other cloud computing platforms for more specific, advanced services like Computer Vision optimized services, GPU cloud compute instances, etc...
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    IBM
    • Our customer satisfaction and NPS score has had positive outcomes based on new architecture
    • We are focused on business outcomes vs running the service and maintenance
    • OpenShift on IBM Cloud has had a direct, positive impact on TCO, ROI, and payback period
    • Our staff is more focused on higher-level business activities, i.e. acquiring & customer retention
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