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Firecracker vs. VMware ThinApp

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Firecracker
Score 4.0 out of 10
N/A
Firecracker is an open source virtualization technology that is purpose-built for creating and managing secure, multi-tenant container and function-based services. Firecracker enables users to deploy workloads in lightweight virtual machines, called microVMs that may provide security and workload isolation over traditional VMs, while enabling the speed and resource efficiency of containers. Firecracker was developed at Amazon Web Services with the goal of improving services like AWS Lambda…N/A
VMware ThinApp
Score 6.4 out of 10
N/A
VMware ThinApp is application virtualization software allowing legacy web applications to run on newer OSs, post-migration, also for running apps across a variety of devices (e.g. flash drives, locked-down computers, etc.) for accessibility and security.N/A
Pricing
FirecrackerVMware ThinApp
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FirecrackerVMware ThinApp
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
FirecrackerVMware ThinApp
Top Pros
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Features
FirecrackerVMware ThinApp
Server Virtualization
Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Product A and Product B
Firecracker
6.4
1 Ratings
26% below category average
VMware ThinApp
-
Ratings
Virtual machine automated provisioning6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Management console8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Live virtual machine backup6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Live virtual machine migration7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Hypervisor-level security5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Virtualization
Comparison of Application Virtualization features of Product A and Product B
Firecracker
-
Ratings
VMware ThinApp
7.6
2 Ratings
2% above category average
Application support00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Device support00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Ease of deployment00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Application packaging00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Security00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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FirecrackerVMware ThinApp
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
FirecrackerVMware ThinApp
Likelihood to Recommend
4.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
FirecrackerVMware ThinApp
Likelihood to Recommend
Open Source
While deploying workloads in lightweight microVMs presents a couple of perks, Firecracker may not be the best software to handle this. Startup times are slow and scalability is quite limited because of the jailer and virtualization barriers. We have had security breaches on isolated EC2 instances while using Firecracker. It however has a silver lining by improving how serverless functions in container ecosystems are run with their VMMs.
Verified User
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VMware by Broadcom
VMware ThinApp is really great for simple packaging projects, standalone apps, or older apps that needs specific runtimes or environment which are not available on target operating systems. Integration with VMware Horizon is simple, and deployment is easy by using shares for storing captured apps, or MSI packages for deploying by group strategies.
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Pros
Open Source
  • It makes it easy to secure virtual machines as they are segmented into microvms with a minimal attack surface area
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VMware by Broadcom
  • Virtualizes applications for easy deployment
  • Allows you to run two versions of the same software at the same time.
  • Outstanding customer support
Michael Timms | TrustRadius Reviewer
Michael Timms
Network Administrator II
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Cons
Open Source
  • Excludes devices unnecessarily
  • Has a slow startup time the basis being to improve security which is quite irrelevant.
  • It has limited functionalities on monitoring VMs despite being an open source.
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VMware by Broadcom
  • VMware seems to have abandoned the product (no functionality evolutions, only security patches).
  • VMware ThinApp is really difficult to buy standalone, it comes packaged with other products.
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Alternatives Considered
Open Source
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VMware by Broadcom
The only application that I have ever used that does exactly what VMware ThinApp does is Cameyo, and VMware is light years ahead of them in terms of usability. VMWare is the industry standard for application virtualization, and they do this by making a powerful product that is remarkably simple to use and top it off with A1 customer support.
Michael Timms | TrustRadius Reviewer
Michael Timms
Network Administrator II
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Return on Investment
Open Source
  • Low memory overhead on each microVM
  • We can run workloads from different customers on the same machine.
Verified User
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VMware by Broadcom
  • VMware ThinApp allowed us to maintain older apps, avoiding refactoring costs.
  • ThinApp used with VMware Horizon is great to separate desktop and app management, allowing to fine-tune desktop delivery to end users.
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Anonymous
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