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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AThe Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise, acquired by Mirantis in November 2019)aims to let users ship code faster. Mirantis Kubernetes Engine gives users one set of APIs and tools to deploy, manage, and observe secure-by-default, certified, batteries-included Kubernetes clusters on any infrastructure: public cloud, private cloud, or bare metal.

    $500

    per year per node

    Oracle WebLogic Server

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AOracle WebLogic Server is a unified and extensible platform for developing, deploying and running enterprise applications, such as Java, for on-premises and in the cloud. WebLogic Server offers a scalable implementation of Java Enterprise Edition (EE) and Jakarta EE.N/A

    Proxmox VE

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AProxmox Virtual Environment is an open source server virtualization management solution based on QEMU/KVM and LXC. Users can manage virtual machines, containers, highly available clusters, storage and networks via a web interface or CLI. Proxmox VE code is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3. The project is developed and maintained by Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH.

    $7.50

    per month

    Pricing
    Mirantis Kubernetes EngineOracle WebLogic ServerProxmox VE
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0.00
    per year
    Basic
    $500.00
    per year
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    Community
    € 90
    year & CPU socket
    Basic
    € 280
    year & CPU socket
    Standard
    € 420
    year & CPU socket
    Premium
    € 840
    year & CPU socket
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Mirantis Kubernetes EngineOracle WebLogic ServerProxmox VE
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThese pricing options are compatible with Linux or Windows Server and are per year, per node. The basic version requires maximum online purchase not to exceed 50 nodes. Support/professional services are not included.—Proxmox Virtual Environment's source code is published under the free software license GNU AGPL, v3 and thus is freely available for download, use and share. A Proxmox VE Subscription is an additional service program that helps IT professionals and businesses keep Proxmox VE deployments up-to-date. A subscription provides access to the stable Proxmox VE Enterprise Repository delivering software updates and security enhancements, technical help and support.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    Mirantis Kubernetes EngineOracle WebLogic ServerProxmox VE
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of Mirantis Kubernetes Engine and Oracle WebLogic Server and Proxmox VE
    Feature
    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    7.1
    37 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Proxmox VE
    -
    Ratings
    IDE support00 Ratings9.133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security management00 Ratings8.435 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administration and management00 Ratings5.737 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application server performance00 Ratings8.836 Ratings00 Ratings
    Installation00 Ratings5.437 Ratings00 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings5.425 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Mirantis Kubernetes Engine and Oracle WebLogic Server and Proxmox VE
    Feature
    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    -
    Ratings
    Proxmox VE
    7.3
    12 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Virtual machine automated provisioning00 Ratings00 Ratings7.112 Ratings
    Management console00 Ratings00 Ratings7.112 Ratings
    Live virtual machine backup00 Ratings00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration00 Ratings00 Ratings6.112 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security00 Ratings00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Mirantis Kubernetes EngineOracle WebLogic ServerProxmox VE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (37 ratings)
    7.2
    (44 ratings)
    8.3
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    9.0
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    Product Scalability
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Mirantis Kubernetes EngineOracle WebLogic ServerProxmox VE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Mirantis
    [Mirantis Cloud Native Suite (Docker Enterprise)] is the most advanced tool till now, which works as a VMs
    and separates any single application from the dependencies. Also, this tool is
    helping me in the agile development of the processes. It is strongly recommended to
    almost all major organizations.
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    Oracle
    If you need to have complex options in place you can count on Weblogic to be a robust Applicational Server you can rely on. But you would need to keep an eye on maintaining the framework updated quite frequently to avoid security breaches and subsequent severe situations. If you don't have other infrastructure for test purposes, I wouldn't advise you on having devs and QA installing this heavy application in their local machines, there are other lightweight solutions that would be a better fit for that.
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    Proxmox Server Solutions
    We used Proxmox to implement private cloud services, for clusters
    of a small number of servers, from 3 to 11 with and without high
    availability. Allways with ZFS file systems, and we used to install the
    root pool in SSDs mirrored and use other pools with RAID 10 in groups of
    four, for the virtual machines and containers, for the backups and snapshots, we used magnetic disks with RAID 10, in groups of four. Do
    not use an even number of servers because does not facilitates the
    implementation of High Availability, because the corosync service must
    have an odd number of servers to detect a failed server for the quorum
    system. We used a variety of servers, from clone PCs with AMD Ryzen with 6 cores and 12 threads with 64 GB of RAM no ECC, to high end servers with 64 cores and 128 threads per cpu and 2 cpus per server, with AMD EPYC Rome or Milan, 2 terabytes of RAM ECC.
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    Pros
    Mirantis
    • Containers - Docker is the go-to when using Containers, which are super useful if you need an environment that works both for Windows and Linux
    • Efficiency - Docker is very lightweight and doesn't demand too much from your CPU or server
    • CI/CD - Docker is excellent for plumbing into your build pipeline. It integrates nicely, is reliable, and has an easy set up.
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    Oracle
    • The brand relation between Java and WebLogic Application Server usually provides a quicker access to programming features and their availability for the applications deployed.
    • The access to centralized configuration both from console and command line WLST eases the implementation of changes major or not in an organized and expedite way.
    • The maturity of the product is also visible in the available tools provided by the product itself, for both monitoring of resources and alerting for availability and thresholds
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    Proxmox Server Solutions
    • BackUp System, provides extensive propiertes and verifications. An exclusive server for BackUp Administration (PBS)
    • Hardware Customization. You can select several properties to adapt the hardware to your needs
    • Easy administration. You will be able to manage the server with easily accessible tools such as the web console and usage statistics.
    • Certificates Administration.
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    Cons
    Mirantis
    • Containers are often opaque - if a container doesn't work out of the box, it's messy to fix.
    • Logging is complexified by the multiple containers and logs are often not piped to places you expect them to be.
    • Networking is complexified due to internal port mapping between containers, etc.
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    Oracle
    • Debugging issues has been difficult sometimes, the documentation is too dense and finding the the root cause for an specific issue takes time.
    • The Oracle WebLogic Server console UI feels old and gives a sense of lack of innovation even though it provides so much functionality.
    • I'm not sure if Oracle WebLogic Server supports more modern frameworks, but it feels more like a Java EE specific, maybe there's an opportunity there to appeal to newer application platforms
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    Proxmox Server Solutions
    • The web UI does not work as well on mobile devices. It is useable, but a mobile optimised / responsive UI would be nice to have. There is a mobile app, so that may alleviate this issue, but I have not yet tried it.
    • Support in the community forums could be better. There are paid support plans, but new users trying out the software will not have access to this. Answers to questions can sometimes be terse, and I can imagine this may put some people off.
    • The wiki is a bit hit and miss with certain topics. I've often seen outdated or missing information, and the whole thing looks like it could do with some polish. I'd love to see it opened up for the community to add to.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Mirantis
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Proxmox Server Solutions
    Proxmox VE provides the most capable, yet stable virtualization platform in the market today. Licensing options are also competitive and cost-effective for support, and support is extremely fast and knowledgable of getting issues resolved as quickly and soundly as possible.
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    Usability
    Mirantis
    Docker's CLI has a lot of options, and they aren't all intuitive. And there are so many tools in the space (Docker Compose, Docker Swarm, etc) that have their own configuration as well. So while there is a lot to learn, most concepts transfer easily and can be learned once and applied across everything.
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    Oracle
    Oracle WebLogic Server has so many features that sometimes it's hard to find the right place to setup things, I think the dated user interface does not help with that either. This has a direct impact when deciding to use it as your application server, you'd need to have the right people and invest the time needed to master it. If you're application justifies it then it will definitely be a great choice in the long run.
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    Proxmox Server Solutions
    The interface is easy to use for most of it, but still lacks screens for some configurations. Also, a few of the screens are not as intuitive as they could be. This is specially true with disk and network configuration, where some graphic/visual representations of the configurations would be very useful
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    Reliability and Availability
    Mirantis
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Proxmox Server Solutions
    Proxmox VE's ha-cluster functionality is very much improved, though does have a not-very-often occurrence of failure. In a 2-node cluster of Proxmox VE, HA can fail causing an instance that is supposed to migrate between the two nodes stop and fail until manually recovered through the command-line tools provided. Other than this, the HA clustering capability of Proxmox VE has proven to be reliable in 3 or more clustered environments with much less chance of these failures to occur.
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    Performance
    Mirantis
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Oracle WebLogic Application Server is great at security, performance and features.
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    Proxmox Server Solutions
    Proxmox VE's interfacing is always fast to load, both the Web interface and the command-line tool interfaces. Reporting is practically real time almost all the time, and you can see everything in mere seconds, easily able to identify if something is wrong or it everything is in tip-top shape as always desired
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    Support Rating
    Mirantis
    The community support for Docker is fantastic. There is almost always an answer for any issue I might encounter day-to-day, either on Stack Overflow, a helpful blog post, or the community Slack workspace. I've never come across a problem that I was unable to solve via some searching around in the community.
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    Oracle
    The Oracle support is not great sometimes. They take a long time and need a lot of data over and over to resolve issues.
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    Proxmox Server Solutions
    They are fast, understanding, very intelligent, know their product very well, fast, responsive, and concise. Need I say more?
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    Implementation Rating
    Mirantis
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Proxmox Server Solutions
    It worked, was easy and super fast to deploy, and provided everything we needed in a matter of minutes
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    Alternatives Considered
    Mirantis
    We've used XAMPP, PHPmyAdmin and similar local environments (our app is on PHP). Because of how easy you can change the configuration of libraries on PHP and versions (which is SO painful on XAMPP or other friendly LAMP local servers) we are using Docker right now. Also, being sure that the environment is exactly the same makes things easier for developing.
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    Oracle
    I believe the Oracle WebLogic Suite is probably a better all encompassing suite of development tools for the IT department. [It] is probably a bit more expensive than other competitors like Apache Tomcat or NGINX, but is worth the investment if you consider the savings from time to get code into production.
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    Proxmox Server Solutions
    Proxmox VE is cheaper than VMware, especially upscaling an HA architecture. Compared with other free or less expensive solutions, Proxmox VE is high compatible with more types of hardware solutions and more VM types. From my point of view, Proxmox VE has no competitor at the same price level, it offers the most complete and production-ready HA solution.
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    Scalability
    Mirantis
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Proxmox Server Solutions
    Proxmox VE provides everything you need to quickly add new storage mediums, network and local, as well as networking interfaces, such as using Linux standard bridges and now Open-vSwitch bridges which can be even more scalable than before. Proxmox VE 4.0 dropped support for OpenVZ in favor of the more well supported and native LXC and made an upgrade path to it very simple.
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    Return on Investment
    Mirantis
    • Docker has made it possible for us to deploy code faster, increasing the productivity of our development teams.
    • Docker has made it possible for us to decentralize our build and release system. This means that teams can deploy on their own schedule and our dev ops team can concentrate on building better tools rather than deploying for the teams
    • Docker has allowed us to virtualize our entire development process and made it much simpler to build out new data centers. This, in turn, is significantly increasing our ROI by providing a path forward for internationalization.
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    Oracle
    • WebLogic Application Server definitely had a positive ROI since all the applications are deployed on a single platform and making maintenance extremely cost effective.
    • Since all major cloud vendors support and maintain WebLogic, it gives us an opportunity to explore possibilities to move the organizational infrastructure on to the cloud without too much effort.
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    Proxmox Server Solutions
    • Due to the open source nature of Proxmox, we have no licensing costs while training our employees
    • We've migrated 100% of our clients to Proxmox and have found improved uptime, and flexibility.
    • In the 10 years of using Proxmox, we've yet to lose any data or not be notified of backup issues.
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