HashiCorp Vagrant vs. Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HashiCorp Vagrant
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Vagrant is a tool designed to create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable development environments. It leverages a declarative configuration file which describes all software requirements, packages, operating system configuration, and users.N/A
Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces uses Kubernetes and containers to provide any member of the development or IT team with a consistent, secure, and zero-configuration development environment. It is the next stage of the former Codenvy.io, owned and supported by Red Hat since the May 2017 acquisition, which was presented as a customizable containerized developer workspace that handles provisioning, scaling, and stopping.N/A
Pricing
HashiCorp VagrantRed Hat CodeReady Workspaces
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HashiCorp VagrantRed Hat CodeReady Workspaces
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
HashiCorp VagrantRed Hat CodeReady Workspaces
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(14 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
5.5
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
HashiCorp VagrantRed Hat CodeReady Workspaces
Likelihood to Recommend
HashiCorp
I would recommend this tool to a colleague looking to create a repeatably deployable local dev environment based on their staging and production environments. I would recommend this mostly for individuals or teams requiring environments with server-side software such as php, et al. There are likely less processor-heavy and smaller tools for simpler projects.
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Red Hat
We have a team of 500 people so it's most reliable and scalable if any new joinees. That way user's can directly create their own workspace and start working and share the work stack throughout development teams securely, to update and modify any upcoming events. The best thing about Red Hat Workspace is it's simple, with all Runtime libraries pre-installed, so no need to request a platform from Azure or any other platform provider just log in and start creating a workspace. It has version control so can easily import GIT projects can start work without worrying we don't have Java, Python or any other platform not installed just select the platform needed and start working.
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Pros
HashiCorp
  • Vagrant is decentralized so anyone can make a container package to get a project started. you aren't limited to wordpress, or even one style of wordpress install (you can make a sage.io wordpress environment).
  • Vagrant easily lets you set ports and URLs for local development.
  • I have yet to have a problem with Vagrant, as opposed to MAMP and DesktopServer, which both gave me SQL or other issues.
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Red Hat
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Cons
HashiCorp
  • Because Vagrant is a low-level tool with many ways to configure it, there is a steep learning curve. You don't just have to learn (or install) Vagrant, but also Virtualbox, Ansible and possibly some Vagrant plugins to keep boxes up to date.
  • Support on Windows doesn't seem great. I'm a Mac guy, so it's been very difficult getting things to work as expected when a developer wants to work on Windows.
  • Perhaps I didn't configure it correctly, but the default shared folders are not the best for performance. There are also frequently weird issues regarding file permissions.
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Red Hat
  • Can improve UI like Visual studio so that VS user's can switch without any difficulty.
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Likelihood to Renew
HashiCorp
Vagrant is fast, versatile and does exactly what we need it to do: spin up virtual servers for local development fast and without trouble.
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Red Hat
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Usability
HashiCorp
A GUI would be nice for entry level users.
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Red Hat
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Alternatives Considered
HashiCorp
I liked lando better because lando seemed extremely easy to setup compared to other VM's and it seemed faster though that project was simpler. Virtualbox I ran on windows and it has a gui and has often been slow. The vagrant boxes I used did well but had slightly more problems than lando.
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Red Hat
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Return on Investment
HashiCorp
  • Vagrant is free - It requires a bit of extra technical knowledge in terms of setup, but since it costs nothing it's an excellent resource
  • It can be time consuming to learn, but once you get a good handle on it you're in good shape.
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Red Hat
  • No need to request for any platform again and again.
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