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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Red Hat JBoss EAP

    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ARed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud is a comprehensive service that offers fully managed OpenShift clusters, on IBM Cloud platform. It is directly integrated into the same Kubernetes service that maintains 25 billion on-demand forecasts daily at The Weather Company.N/A
    Pricing
    Red Hat JBoss EAPRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Red Hat JBoss EAPRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Red Hat JBoss EAPRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Red Hat
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    Features
    Red Hat JBoss EAPRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Feature
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    6.8
    9 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    IDE support6.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security management7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administration and management8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application server performance8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Installation5.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Feature
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    7.4
    7 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Security and Isolation00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
    Container Orchestration00 Ratings8.27 Ratings
    Cluster Management00 Ratings7.17 Ratings
    Storage Management00 Ratings6.97 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization00 Ratings7.47 Ratings
    Discovery Tools00 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks00 Ratings7.46 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery00 Ratings7.57 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging00 Ratings6.77 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Red Hat JBoss EAPRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.2
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Red Hat JBoss EAPRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Red Hat
    JBoss EAP is subscription based/open source platform. It's very reliable and great for deploying high transaction Java based enterprise applications. It integrates well with third party components like mod_cluster and supports popular Java EE web-based frameworks such as Spring, Angular JS, jQuery Mobile, and Google Web Toolkit.
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    IBM
    RedHat OpenShift is not only suited for IBM Cloud but can run in ANY cloud. We installed in Azure Cloud, for example. It can also run on Linux servers or a Power 9 machine. It is built for multi-cloud or on-prem environments. IBM support provides such excellent guidance in the installation and configuration that no other product on the market can beat it.
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    Pros
    Red Hat
    • MOD_CLUSTER integration. JBoss EAP integrates pretty well with mod_cluster. This is an intelligent load balancer especially useful in highly clustered environments.
    • Supports enterprise-grade features such as high availability clustering, distributed caching, messaging etc.
    • Supports deployment in on-premise, virtual and hybrid cloud environments.
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    IBM
    • Multiclick provisioning of resources makes it super easy to manage pods and deployments. We don't have to maintain code for the same
    • In built security features and customizability ensures that organization wide standards are integrated well into the containers
    • Automated backups, scale ups and fail recovery makes sure of minimal down time
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    Cons
    Red Hat
    • Difficult to replicate configuration outside of a container environment
    • Still requires quite a bit of knowledge of the CLI
    • Integration with deployment tools requires CLI knowledge
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    IBM
    • I wish it had better compatibility with docker file syntax. We had issues when it couldn't build standard docker files
    • Wish it had better documentation
    • Wish they offered fully supported client libraries for the Openshift API rather than dumping it on a 3rd party
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Red Hat
    We are planning to migrate away from Jboss to Tomcat as Jboss has shown not interest in supporting OSGi which is heavily used at our shop
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Red Hat
    JBoss overall is easy to use. The installation and deployment of applications are quick. Documentations and support are also readily available.
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Red Hat
    JBoss EAP is lightweight and doesn't really consumes much physical resources. It's high performing and suites well for high transaction Java enterprise applications. The out of box performance settings are not really great and you will have to configure the settings to suite your environment to leverage it's full benefits.
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Red Hat
    Fast response.
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    IBM
    I think response time for IBM Cloud support should be improved.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Red Hat
    We selected JBoss because of compatibility with EJB's. We currently are trying to reduce our footprint and will highly consider using Tomcat.
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    IBM
    We evaluated a number of potential solutions and ultimately chose Red Hat OpenShift because it was compatible with our existing technology. Time and costs savings have been realized throughout the company since we implemented Red Hat OpenShift, and the IT department has been freed up to focus on activities that are more valuable.
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    Return on Investment
    Red Hat
    • Jboss EAP is easy to deploy and configure. This lead to lower cost and faster delivery.
    • Even though we have large number of machines running JBoss, we have only two Jboss Administrators. It doesn't requires too much administration and maintenance on daily basis and reduces number of administrators required for large implementations.
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    IBM
    • Our customer satisfaction and NPS score has had positive outcomes based on new architecture
    • We are focused on business outcomes vs running the service and maintenance
    • OpenShift on IBM Cloud has had a direct, positive impact on TCO, ROI, and payback period
    • Our staff is more focused on higher-level business activities, i.e. acquiring & customer retention
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