IBM Cloud Foundry vs. Tanzu Application Catalog

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Cloud Foundry
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
IBM Cloud Foundry is an IBM version of the open-source platform designed for building, testing, deploying, and scaling applications. Enterprises can run Cloud Foundry in a public isolated environment, while natively integrating with other IBM Cloud services, such as AI, Blockchain, and IoT.
$0.07
Per GBH
Tanzu Application Catalog
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
The Tanzu Application Catalog (or Bitnami) provides packaged applications for any platform. The platform delivers and maintains a catalog of 130+ ready-to-run server applications and development environments in partnership with cloud providers including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle, driving over 1.5 million deployments per month. Bitnami was acquired by VMware in 2019.
$0.50
per month
Pricing
IBM Cloud FoundryTanzu Application Catalog
Editions & Modules
Community Runtimes
$0.07
Per GBH
10GB
$0.50
per month
T3A Nano
$3.38
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Cloud FoundryTanzu Application Catalog
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
IBM Cloud FoundryTanzu Application Catalog
Top Pros

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Features
IBM Cloud FoundryTanzu Application Catalog
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cloud Foundry
7.6
24 Ratings
7% below category average
Tanzu Application Catalog
8.1
5 Ratings
1% below category average
Ease of building user interfaces7.010 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Scalability8.524 Ratings8.45 Ratings
Platform management overhead8.512 Ratings7.45 Ratings
Workflow engine capability8.020 Ratings8.45 Ratings
Platform access control10.01 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Services-enabled integration7.523 Ratings8.45 Ratings
Development environment creation7.722 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Development environment replication6.49 Ratings8.85 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification4.711 Ratings7.45 Ratings
Issue recovery7.520 Ratings7.24 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes7.522 Ratings7.25 Ratings
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
IBM Cloud FoundryTanzu Application Catalog
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(32 ratings)
8.8
(6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Cloud FoundryTanzu Application Catalog
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
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.
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Broadcom
The best way to take advantage of VMware Application Catalog (Bitnami) is as in the case I mentioned, that you constantly implement these free software, where any time saved is important in terms of installation, configuration and testing environment, it really is a very useful solution, also if you need a good community and support; however the cloud and VMs solutions is not designed for huge products, these can be slow or remain insufficient if the use of these grows a lot, even though it is an easy-to-use product, you need to have enough knowledge in terms of installation and management of cloud solutions, a beginner can find himself in trouble
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Pros
IBM
  • 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.
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Broadcom
  • pre-packaged templates they provide.
  • ease of cloud-deployment of your projects.
  • The development community page always has useful information and there is a lot of support.
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Cons
IBM
  • 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.
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Broadcom
  • Possibility to configure the implementation through mobile devices
  • Sometimes the performance of the VMs is slower than expected
  • A best way to do the upgrades, you have reinstall and reconfigure in this process
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Usability
IBM
No answers on this topic
Broadcom
Most of it is intuitive. I think some of the awkwardness is found by new users who are unfamiliar with other software applications.
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Support Rating
IBM
No answers on this topic
Broadcom
They have an expert team, not just a frontline team that has learned the FAQs but a team that knows the product.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
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.
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Broadcom
VMware Application Catalog (Bitnami) offers better tools to complete the task faster and more efficiently. The customer support and knowledge base is also well presented and trained
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • 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!
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Broadcom
  • We save a lot of time implementing the apps, less engineers working on this phase
  • The upgrade process of the apps can be a pain and a waste valuable time
  • The mains options of the VMware Application Catalog (Bitnami) are free so is important for save money in our organization
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