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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Engine Yard

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AEngine 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

    Microsoft Application Server (deprecated)

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AApplication Server is an expanded server role in the Windows Server® 2008 operating system. It provided an integrated environment for deploying and running custom, server-based business applications. These applications respond to requests that arrive over the network from remote client computers or from other applications. Application Server is deprecated.N/A
    Pricing
    Engine YardMicrosoft Application Server (deprecated)
    Editions & Modules
    Platform
    $800.00
    Per Month Per Cluster
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Engine Yard
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of Engine Yard and Microsoft Application Server (deprecated)
    Feature
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    Ratings
    Microsoft Application Server (deprecated)
    8.0
    9 Ratings
    1% above category average
    IDE support00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Security management00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Administration and management00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Application server performance00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Installation00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
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    Engine YardMicrosoft Application Server (deprecated)
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    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score8.6 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Engine YardMicrosoft Application Server (deprecated)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Engine YardMicrosoft Application Server (deprecated)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Engine Yard
    It is best for rapidly getting your application to the cloud without worrying about standing up cloud infrastructure
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Microsoft Application Server has been incredible this past year during COVID. Previously I would have said that we could go without it, but after this past season, I’m glad we have utilized it. Without having this software set up prior to COVID, we would have been in a tough situation. I mention COVID a lot because we were able to continue our work almost seamlessly this entire year.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Microsoft Application Server has proven to be highly reliable and effective at deploying to all of its clients.
    • Application performance is surprisingly good and responsive even in bandwidth-constrained environments and generally very reliable.
    • All software programs are manageable from a single location, even when bandwidth is limited.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Some security hotfixes and general release updates require restarts.
    • We wish it supported more applications out of the box.
    • Thin client support would be great for MS Application Server.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Engine Yard
    Ease of use
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    Usability
    Engine Yard
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    I have found Microsoft Application Server to be incredibly easy to use. I have used dozens of similar programs and have always struggled to navigate through all the functions. So far I have been able to adapt and learn this software with ease. I rarely run into a problem that I wasn’t easily able to move forward on with a few tips.
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    Support Rating
    Engine Yard
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Stability is one of the first things we consider when evaluating software. MS Application Server has been rock solid and has reduced the time that our IT staff dedicates to maintaining our legacy applications.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Engine Yard
    More closely aligns to native AWS
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    It has a similar feature to what Microsoft Application Server has but at a greater cost and also having to deal with another vendor when we could use a full Microsoft Stack for better training and support.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Engine Yard
    • Positive in the sense that we can deploy new applications quickly for MVP
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Our ROI has been great since it has enabled our IT staff to have a central location to perform application updates which enables us to save time and money.
    • Deployment is very easy since the internal applications that required constant updating are now updated in one central location.
    • It's a lot easier to be within compliance protocols requirements.
    Incentivized
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