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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud Foundry

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AIBM 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

    Vercel

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/A​Vercel (made by the creators of Next.js) is a cloud platform for static sites and Serverless Functions for a workflow. It enables developers to host websites and web services that deploy instantly, scale automatically, and requires no supervision, all with no configuration. The platform aims to enable frontend teams to work while combining the best developer experience with a focus on end-user performance.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Cloud FoundryVercel
    Editions & Modules
    Community Runtimes
    $0.07
    Per GBH
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    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud FoundryVercel
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    IBM Cloud FoundryVercel
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of IBM Cloud Foundry and Vercel
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    7.6
    24 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Vercel
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Ease of building user interfaces7.010 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Scalability8.524 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Platform management overhead8.512 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability8.020 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Platform access control10.01 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration7.523 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Development environment creation7.722 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Development environment replication6.49 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification4.711 Ratings7.83 Ratings
    Issue recovery7.520 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes7.522 Ratings7.73 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Vercel
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score8.6 out of 10
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud FoundryVercel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (32 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Usability
    -
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud FoundryVercel
    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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    VERCEL
    I've had nothing but positive experiences with Vercel, and while their business offering is great, it's also worth touching on their free plan. Their free plan allows me to tinker with web development in my free time without having to worry about paying for a costly linux box. I just link a GitHub repository and it's done!
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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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    VERCEL
    • Deploy Site
    • Integrate Giithub
    • Functions to use at scale and free
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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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    VERCEL
    • Interface Revamp
    • Cost reduction
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    Usability
    IBM
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    VERCEL
    Vercel's good usability and developer experience make me happy to visit their website when I need to configure my deployments. It's very easy to navigate, configure, and manage my projects, and the developer experience is so seamless that I don't have to think much when I push changes to git.
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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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    VERCEL
    Vercel beats Heroku and DigitalOcean by a mile with pricing. Since Vercel uses serverless infrastructure, we don't pay for servers that don't get used, which is great for smaller platforms. Vercel Support is also very quick to respond, unlike DigitalOcean who took a while to get back to me after they didn't honor platform credits they sent me.
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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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    VERCEL
    • Reduced amount of staff time required to deploy applications and websites
    • Improved staging environments by automatically deploying changes on pull requests
    • Allowed for collaboration from members of the open source community with strong git integrations
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