Google Container Registry vs. IBM Cloud Managed Istio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Container Registry
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Google Cloud Container Registry is a place to manage Docker images, perform vulnerability analysis, and decide who can access what with fine-grained access control. Existing CI/CD integrations let users set up fully automated Docker pipelines.N/A
IBM Cloud Managed Istio
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
The IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides the Managed Istio installation add on, designed to provide additonal control over clusters and the microservices they comprise via automatic updates and lifecycle management of control plane components, and integration with platform logging and monitoring tools.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google Container RegistryIBM Cloud Managed Istio
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Google Container RegistryIBM Cloud Managed Istio
Container Management
Comparison of Container Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Container Registry
8.5
1 Ratings
5% above category average
IBM Cloud Managed Istio
-
Ratings
Security and Isolation9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Container Orchestration6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Update Rollouts and Rollbacks9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Healing and Recovery9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Google Container Registry
-
Ratings
IBM Cloud Managed Istio
8.0
5 Ratings
3% above category average
Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
Scalability00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
Platform management overhead00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Platform access control00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
Services-enabled integration00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
Development environment creation00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Development environment replication00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Issue recovery00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings7.25 Ratings
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google Container RegistryIBM Cloud Managed Istio
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google Container RegistryIBM Cloud Managed Istio
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
As a Cloud Engineer while working on a migration project we used GCR and my experience of using it is actually good the reason behind this is: 1: GCR uses industry-standard encryption to protect your data.2: GCR offers data loss prevention features to help you prevent sensitive data from being leaked or exposed and last but not the least is GCR provides audit logging so you can track who has accessed your data and when, because of these reasons its my go to tool.
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IBM
Clearly, the [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] tool is very useful when you have multiple services and each service is connecting with other services through APIs in different networks. To manage this type of complex network, [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] is very useful. It comes with a license that can increase the billing of your project so make sure if your application network mesh, monitoring cannot be managed on your own then you can use it. If your application is not very complex then you have many tools available like Grafana, Prometheus, Sumo Logic, which you can integrate individually with your cluster and implement. In this type of scenario, it is better to not use [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] and it will serve your purpose as well.
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Pros
Google
  • Object Immutability feature allows us to protect our code and backups from accidental or malicious changes.
  • Data loss prevention feature helps us to prevent sensitive data from being leaked or exposed.
  • GCR has support for machine learning which is in my opinion is best .
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IBM
  • Layers transparently onto existing applications
  • Allows control of access and rules to be developed
  • Creates metrics for usage
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Cons
Google
  • The one area which i think GCR lacks is that it currently supports a limited number of file types
  • The major flaw a felt while working on it is it does not have feature of object versioning and object locking
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IBM
  • Some more functionalities added could improve it better.
  • Better technical user guidance.
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Support Rating
Google
No answers on this topic
IBM
Training and usage support available
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Alternatives Considered
Google
It is very easy to integrate GCR with other services and I integrated GCR with GKE and Cloud Build. 1: While working on one project I created one pipeline pulls the app's Docker image from GCR and builds the app's Docker image. Deployed that apps image in GKE. 2: Ive stored the data in GCR and that data was being used by cloud Run applications
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IBM
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Return on Investment
Google
  • As a DevOps Engineer , GCR has made a important contribution to my organisation because GCR can be used to store code and assets, which can help to reduce the development time for new projects.
  • Using GCR has bee­n a cost-effective solution for us since­ we only pay for the storage we­ actually utilise. This has resulted in significant savings on our cloud storage­ expenses.
  • We trust GCR be­cause they prioritise the­ security of our data by utilising industry-standard encryption. This assurance brings us pe­ace of mind, as we know our information is protecte­d.
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IBM
  • It reduced the complexity of network mesh (ingress/egress services).
  • One tool with many solutions. No need to integrate monitoring tools or notification tools.
  • It reduced the number of lines of YAML code.
  • It reduced the number of labor hours.
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