Engine Yard vs. IBM Cloud Foundry

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Engine Yard
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Engine Yard is a platform-as-a-service solution allowing developers to plan, build, deploy, and manage applications in the cloud. Engine Yard also provides services for deployment, managing AWS, supporting databases, and microservices & container development.
$800
Per Month Per Cluster
IBM Cloud Foundry
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
IBM Cloud Foundry is an IBM version of the open-source platform designed for building, testing, deploying, and scaling applications. Enterprises can run Cloud Foundry in a public isolated environment, while natively integrating with other IBM Cloud services, such as AI, Blockchain, and IoT.
$0.07
Per GBH
Pricing
Engine YardIBM Cloud Foundry
Editions & Modules
Platform
$800.00
Per Month Per Cluster
Community Runtimes
$0.07
Per GBH
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Engine YardIBM Cloud Foundry
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Engine YardIBM Cloud Foundry
Features
Engine YardIBM Cloud Foundry
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Engine Yard
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Ratings
IBM Cloud Foundry
7.6
24 Ratings
2% below category average
Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
Scalability00 Ratings8.524 Ratings
Platform management overhead00 Ratings8.512 Ratings
Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.020 Ratings
Platform access control00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Services-enabled integration00 Ratings7.523 Ratings
Development environment creation00 Ratings7.722 Ratings
Development environment replication00 Ratings6.49 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings4.711 Ratings
Issue recovery00 Ratings7.520 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings7.522 Ratings
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User Ratings
Engine YardIBM Cloud Foundry
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(32 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Engine YardIBM Cloud Foundry
Likelihood to Recommend
Engine Yard
It is best for rapidly getting your application to the cloud without worrying about standing up cloud infrastructure
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IBM
As it is an open-source platform as a service, it is very easy to operate, scale, and deploy regardless of what programming language and framework it's written in. However, it could be improved in terms of scalability. There should be proper documentation for easier and clearer understanding to make the process smooth.
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Pros
Engine Yard
  • Quick deployments
  • Easily integrate your code from GitHub
  • Ability to recover site quickly to different zone when AWS has a widespread outage
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IBM
  • Simplicity - the command line tool provided can get you up and running within minutes.
  • Resourceful - IBM Cloud Foundry is built on top of the open source Cloud Foundry technology, so any resources you find online about Cloud Foundry generally can be applied.
  • Feature rich - provides all the necessary features for a cloud based platform, such as auto-scaling, 0 downtime deployment.
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Cons
Engine Yard
  • Embracing new Amazon Web Servicess(AWS) features
  • Security groups need more granularity
  • Audit trails of what happens by who in environment, especially when VM is deleted
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IBM
  • Need: VISUALIZATION CAPABILITIES! Particularly with the Conversation Service.
  • Need: Annotation capabilities for dialog nodes in Conversation Service.
  • Need: Search/querying capabilities in Conversation Service
  • Need: Clearer documentation of the S2T service. I had to use a third party website for an understanding of how to use this.
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Likelihood to Renew
Engine Yard
Ease of use
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IBM
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Engine Yard
More closely aligns to native AWS
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IBM
CF is what we initially went with to establish a development pipeline and start our cloud journey, now we are expanding this and although we are now pulling in many other tools and functions around CF, it is not being replaced. It stands out as having a key place working ‘with’ git, Kubernetes, IBM cloud etc, not against or segregated from it.
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Return on Investment
Engine Yard
  • Positive in the sense that we can deploy new applications quickly for MVP
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IBM
  • IBM Bluemix is mainly a foundation enabler at this stage, although our business plan does look promising.
  • The low cost of development on Bluemix for a start-up like us is so helpful......we had no spare cash for this project besides what we could save or borrow at first, and that wasn't much. We are still trying to attract venture capital to cover the main Cordova Coding effort plus the launch "Cash Burn".
  • Features like push notifications, mobile-back end, and world-beating security help us to sell our SaaS products/services.
  • The pure (usually!) functionality of IBM products and services is very rewarding to work with.They are so insightful and thoughtful, to say naught of clever!
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