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Google Cloud Run vs. Microsoft Application Server (deprecated)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Cloud Run

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Cloud Run enables users to build and deploy scalable containerized apps written in any language (including Go, Python, Java, Node.js, .NET, and Ruby) on a fully managed platform. Cloud Run can be paired with other container ecosystem tools, including Google's Cloud Build, Cloud Code, Artifact Registry, and Docker. And it features out-of-the-box integration with Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Cloud Trace, and Error Reporting to ensure the health of an application.N/A

    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
    Google Cloud RunMicrosoft Application Server (deprecated)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Cloud RunMicrosoft Application Server (deprecated)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Google Cloud RunMicrosoft Application Server (deprecated)
    Considered Both Products
    Google
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    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    Google Cloud RunMicrosoft Application Server (deprecated)
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Google Cloud Run and Microsoft Application Server (deprecated)
    Feature
    Google Cloud Run
    7.3
    17 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Microsoft Application Server (deprecated)
    -
    Ratings
    Security and Isolation8.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Container Orchestration7.616 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cluster Management6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Management2.71 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization8.517 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discovery Tools7.313 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks8.216 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery8.614 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging8.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of Google Cloud Run and Microsoft Application Server (deprecated)
    Feature
    Google Cloud Run
    -
    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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    Google Cloud RunMicrosoft Application Server (deprecated)
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    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
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    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SUSE Rancher
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google Cloud RunMicrosoft Application Server (deprecated)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (17 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Cloud RunMicrosoft Application Server (deprecated)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Microservices and RestFul API application as it is fast and reliant. Seamless integration with event triggers such as pubsub or event arc, so you can easily integrate that with usecases with file uploads, database changes, etc. Basically great with short-lived tasks, if however, you have long-running processses, Cloud Run might not be idle for this. For example if you have a long running data processing task, other solutions such as kubeflow pipelines or dataflow are more suited for this kind of tasks. Cloud Run is also stateless, so if you need memory, you will have to connect an external database.
    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
    Google
    • Auto scaling is the best one
    • provide direct VPC connectivity and rigid network
    • Cloud SQL and Pub/Sub services
    • Handling latency issues
    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
    Google
    • The UI can be made simpler. Currently the UI is bloated and it takes time to find out what you want
    • More integrations with container registry providers (ECR, dockerhub)
    • Better permissions UX. Currently GCP requires service accounts to be used with cloud products, the experience adding/removing permissions is difficult to navigate
    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
    Google
    We definitely need to renew it because we dont own our own infrastructure and storage and we are happy with Cloud Run features
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Google
    The UI/console is great... the documentation is top-notch for developers, but the CLI itself when you have to script around it is very complex and easy to forget some options... the downside of a generic command line client.
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    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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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    Not seen any major issues when we run applications its good
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Google
    Initially we felt slow but slowly it picked up and easy to manage
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Google
    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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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    I was involved in the initial implementation setup, Its easy with the given documentaiton we can do ourself. Not that critical
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    AWS Lambda supports code zip package, enabling lower cold start time. Also, AWS Lambda pricing is much simpler, easier to understand.
    Other than that, the 2 products are very similar, including the Docker image support: the image must be built based on proprietary base image.
    Obviously, if your other services are running in GCP, then Google Cloud Run is your only choice for tight integration, & private networking.
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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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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Google
    Not part of purchase.
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Google
    It has good auto scale feature and reliable also
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    Professional Services
    Google
    We have very good support when needed
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    Discontinued Products
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • Built in support for auto scaling helps reduce operational overhead
    • Any application performance issues can be addressed quickly by allocating more resources while a proper fix can be planned and rolled out later
    • Using Google Cloud Run enables development of microservices which provides granular control for scaling critical services in the platform
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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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