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Feature Set Ratings
Platform-as-a-Service
7.9
IBM Cloud Foundry
79%
Kubernetes
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
IBM Cloud Foundry ranks higher in 11/11 features
IBM Cloud Foundry ranks higher in 11/11 features
Ease of building user interfaces
7.4
74%
10 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Scalability
8.9
89%
21 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Platform management overhead
8.7
87%
12 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Workflow engine capability
7.7
77%
17 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Platform access control
10.0
100%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings
Services-enabled integration
7.8
78%
20 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Development environment creation
8.4
84%
19 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Development environment replication
7.0
70%
6 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification
5.0
50%
8 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Issue recovery
8.0
80%
17 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes
8.2
82%
19 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- IBM Cloud Foundry is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
IBM Cloud Foundry
89%
29 Ratings
8.8
Kubernetes
88%
16 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
IBM Cloud Foundry
70%
1 Rating
Kubernetes
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cloud Foundry
As it is an open-source platform as a service, it is very easy to operate, scale, and deploy regardless of what programming language and framework it's written in. However, it could be improved in terms of scalability. There should be proper documentation for easier and clearer understanding to make the process smooth.
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Nextbridge Ltd.Information Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is ideally when container orchestration is required, allowing to scale an application up or down depending on the workload of the application/service.Portability of the Helm chart definition makes it possible to change the hosting platform easily without rewriting the whole application stack or depending on another configuration management tool (e.g. Ansible).
IT Project Manager and Software Integrator
Pictet & CieFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees
Pros
IBM Cloud Foundry
- Simplicity - the command line tool provided can get you up and running within minutes.
- Resourceful - IBM Cloud Foundry is built on top of the open source Cloud Foundry technology, so any resources you find online about Cloud Foundry generally can be applied.
- Feature rich - provides all the necessary features for a cloud based platform, such as auto-scaling, 0 downtime deployment.

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employeesKubernetes
- Makes sure that the workload remains UP & running by maintaining the desired state.
- Gives a lot of flexibility in choosing the networking, storage, monitoring, etc solutions of your choice.
- The biggest advantage is to upgrade the application with a new version without any downtime.
- Portability of the code is possible up to a great extent.
Technical CARE Specialist
NokiaTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees
Cons
IBM Cloud Foundry
- Need: VISUALIZATION CAPABILITIES! Particularly with the Conversation Service.
- Need: Annotation capabilities for dialog nodes in Conversation Service.
- Need: Search/querying capabilities in Conversation Service
- Need: Clearer documentation of the S2T service. I had to use a third party website for an understanding of how to use this.
Solution Analyst — Machine Assisted Service Enagagement
AutodeskComputer Software, 5001-10,000 employees
Kubernetes
- We had several problems with its NFS, which is responsible for syncing the code across the cluster
- On several instances the pods go into UNKNOWN state in which case restarting the entire node is the only solution
- As a user of the existing setup given to me, I wasn't able to allocate only some CPU cores on a single host. It was either all or zero making cluster utilization sub-optimal
Web & Network Performance
LinkedInInternet, 5001-10,000 employees
Pricing Details
IBM Cloud Foundry
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0.07 Per GBH
IBM Cloud Foundry Editions & Modules
Edition
Community Runtimes | $0.071 |
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- Per GBH
Additional Pricing Details
—Kubernetes
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Kubernetes Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Alternatives Considered
IBM Cloud Foundry
CF is what we initially went with to establish a development pipeline and start our cloud journey, now we are expanding this and although we are now pulling in many other tools and functions around CF, it is not being replaced. It stands out as having a key place working ‘with’ git, Kubernetes, IBM cloud etc, not against or segregated from it.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employeesKubernetes
Most of the required features for any orchestration tool or framework, which is provided by Kubernetes. After understanding all modules and features of the K8S, it is the best fit for us as compared with others out there.

Verified User
Engineer in Research & Development
Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 employeesReturn on Investment
IBM Cloud Foundry
- IBM Bluemix is mainly a foundation enabler at this stage, although our business plan does look promising.
- The low cost of development on Bluemix for a start-up like us is so helpful......we had no spare cash for this project besides what we could save or borrow at first, and that wasn't much. We are still trying to attract venture capital to cover the main Cordova Coding effort plus the launch "Cash Burn".
- Features like push notifications, mobile-back end, and world-beating security help us to sell our SaaS products/services.
- The pure (usually!) functionality of IBM products and services is very rewarding to work with.They are so insightful and thoughtful, to say naught of clever!
Director
IT Cloud Solutions AustraliaInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Kubernetes
- Because of microservices, Kubernetes makes it easy to find the cost of each application easily.
- Like every new technology, initially, it took more resources to educate ourselves but over a period of time, I believe it's going to be worth it.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Entertainment Company, 1001-5000 employees