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    SourceForge

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ASourceForge is a B2B software discovery platform, featuring 4000+ categories in its comparison engine that potential buyers can use to compare software by user reviews, features, pricing, integrations, operating system, and deployment.N/A

    Tanzu Application Catalog

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AThe 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.

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    Pricing
    SourceForgeTanzu Application Catalog
    Editions & Modules
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    10GB
    $0.50
    per month
    T3A Nano
    $3.38
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SourceForgeTanzu Application Catalog
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SourceForgeTanzu Application Catalog
    Considered Both Products
    SourceForge
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    Broadcom
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    26 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    26 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    23 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    23 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    SourceForgeTanzu Application Catalog
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of SourceForge and Tanzu Application Catalog
    Feature
    SourceForge
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    Ratings
    Tanzu Application Catalog
    8.1
    5 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.45 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings8.45 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings7.35 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings7.24 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SourceForgeTanzu Application Catalog
    Small Businesses
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    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SourceForgeTanzu Application Catalog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (28 ratings)
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (10 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    SourceForgeTanzu Application Catalog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SourceForge
    I recommend SourceForge to anyone or business that needs both commercial and open source software. This platform has a wide variety of software with many categories that allow easy search for any project, in addition to the fact that searches can be done separately (commercial and open source software) so as not to have mixed results which go with different purpose. In addition to the fact that the community of this platform is quite active and that there are always times to discover new projects that can be useful for a company or individual person.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    SourceForge
    • Commercial software and FOSS projects are available.
    • FOSS projects have advanced profiles such as software hosting for download as well as download metrics. As well as the released versions.
    • Commercial software profiles show detailed features, what it offers, price, frequently asked questions and a vast amount of user reviews.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    SourceForge
    • The overall design that SourceForge has really leaves a lot to be desired, although the entire platform works perfectly, I think that the design should be much more attractive.
    • There is currently no feature to save your progress on a review you are writing, so if you are writing a review and the browser is closed for some reason, all progress of the written review will be lost.
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
    SourceForge
    Souceforge was very straightforward and easy to manage. The leads worked for us so there is not a lot else to say about why I'd use it again. This isn't some complicated software product, it is a simple inbound marketing channel that is meant to generate leads and help us with brand awareness and it did exactly that.
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    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    SourceForge
    SourceForge is super easy to use and very intuitive. And their support team and campaign managers help whenever we need it. Using SourceForge as a user is easy, and administrating a business software listing is easy as well. They also have great documentation.
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    Broadcom
    Most of it is intuitive. I think some of the awkwardness is found by new users who are unfamiliar with other software applications.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    SourceForge
    We've never had any issues or downtime with SourceForge. Since we've been a user, the platform has never been down. Or at least never that I've noticed.
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    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    SourceForge
    SourceForge loads extremely quickly whether you're using the front end or administrating your product listing on the back end. All pages are snappy to load--no issues with page speed whatsoever.
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    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    SourceForge
    I hardly ever use the support on SourceForge, as I have not needed it. Their product works well for me. One time I had to email them and they got back to me the same day, but that's my only experience.
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    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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    Online Training
    SourceForge
    When we first signed up, they pair you with a campaign manager who trained us on how to use the product properly. The product is simple so the training was only about 30 minutes and after that we understood all the features and how to make the most of it. Most of the work came with making a custom landing page and building a follow up process for our sales team.
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    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    SourceForge
    We have used this service mainly to read explicit opinions that influenced the decision-making when implementing new software for my company
    Incentivized
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    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    SourceForge
    G2 has a larger commitment time upfront and for a more expensive rate, which wasn't the best option for our team as we were just exploring the resources that existed out there at the time. We preferred Sourceforge as well due to its subscription service, making it easier to commit from the start.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    SourceForge
    SourceForge has been plenty scalable for us. Our marketing department is able to edit listings and our executives can also log in to the platform if need be for leads and reporting information. SourceForge offers multiple user access and role permissions, so it's pretty scalable and easy to use for our entire team.
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    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    SourceForge
    • It allowed us to learn more about the features and functions of some software that we currently use.
    • It allowed me to improve my decision-making for the software we use in the project area.
    • It helped us to replace several programs that were used in our company. We made several replacements, for much more optimal alternatives.
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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
    Incentivized
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