IBM Cloud Foundry Reviews & Ratings 2024

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Overview

What is IBM Cloud Foundry?

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,…

Recent Reviews

A multi-cloud and industry-standard Platform-as-a-Service Solution

8 out of 10

December 06, 2021

IBM Cloud Foundry is one of the most powerful, highly scalable, and widely used platforms that not only offers IaaS and PaaS cloud …

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IBM Cloud Foundry - Cloud platform done right

10 out of 10

August 20, 2021

IBM Cloud Foundry is the primary container deployment technology we utilize for our cloud product offerings. All our cloud applications …

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Easy Deployment with IBM Cloud Foundry with High Security

9 out of 10

July 01, 2021

We have been using IBM Cloud Foundry for deploying with some easy few clicks and securing, high scalability web application using simple …

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IBM Bluemix Review

8 out of 10

May 14, 2021

We are currently evaluating the Bluemix stack to get more insights and to be able to identify relevant business cases. We are not yet …

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Cloud Foundry is a super PaaS Service

10 out of 10

April 25, 2021

We used Cloud Foundry to deploy with a few clicks a secure and scalable web app using a simple web console. Our web app needed to have a …

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Recommended over AWS

10 out of 10

February 18, 2021

Recently I've built and run a web-app (trindfl.com) within IBM Cloud Foundry, which is drafting a tax declaration for interactive brokers …

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CF - Easy to use from setup of environment to development then production

9 out of 10

December 07, 2020

At my work place, most of the in house web solutions and client projects we built is being hosted on IBM Cloud Foundry. Its being used …

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Cloud Foundry Usage

8 out of 10

March 01, 2020

IBM cloud foundry is used by our IT department to mange and deploy web apps within the cloud. It is simple to manage in our staging and …

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IBM Cloud Foundry Review

10 out of 10

January 21, 2020

It was used as a development and runtime platform for new applications. We changed the development mode from monolith to microservices. CF …

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CF - ease of use from development to production

7 out of 10

December 09, 2019

All the RESTful APIs and SPA applications are deployed to Cloud Foundry. We also use P2P security for the private services which is good …

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Easy move to the cloud

9 out of 10

December 03, 2019

IBM Cloud Foundry is the main repository of APIs for our organization. We are migrating some we have internally already developed in …

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CF is easy to adopt to, but difficult to extend

5 out of 10

November 21, 2019

IBM Cloud Foundry is used on IBM Cloud for applications across the organization.

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IBM CF way to go!

9 out of 10

November 20, 2019

It is currently used across the whole organization.

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Choose at your own discretion

7 out of 10

May 28, 2019

Cloud Foundry is used for a few of the apps in our projects. Since this is in the cloud, it's reduced the overhead of maintaining a server …

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Under no circumstance would I recommend Cloud Foundry to anyone for any reason

1 out of 10

May 28, 2019

We have several clients with whom we have used it. We have it in production for both the front and back ends of our implementation. We …

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Popular Features

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Scalability (24)
8.5
85%
Development environment creation (22)
7.7
77%
Upgrades and platform fixes (22)
7.5
75%
Services-enabled integration (23)
7.5
75%

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Pricing

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$0.07

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No setup fee

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Offerings

Free Trial
Free/Freemium Version
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Features

Platform-as-a-Service

Platform as a Service is the set of tools and services designed to make coding and deploying applications much more efficient

7.6

Avg 8.2

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Ease of building user interfaces
(10) Ratings
Ability to build flexible user interfaces using drag-and-drop tools
8.5
Scalability
(24) Ratings
Ease of scaling up or down to meet demand
8.5
Platform management overhead
(12) Ratings
Resources required to keep platform up and running
8
Workflow engine capability
(20) Ratings
Process automation using rule-based engine
10
Platform access control
(1) Ratings
Rules controlling what data different user categories can access
7.5
Services-enabled integration
(23) Ratings
Ability to integrate with cloud applications and data via APIs and pre-built connectors
7.7
Development environment creation
(22) Ratings
Ease of creating new development environments
6.4
Development environment replication
(9) Ratings
Ease of replicating new development environments
4.7
Issue monitoring and notification
(11) Ratings
Integrated monitoring and notification of issues and problems
7.5
Issue recovery
(20) Ratings
Ease of recovery from problem state
7.5
Upgrades and platform fixes
(22) Ratings
Ease of deployment of major upgrades or problem fixes

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What is IBM Cloud Foundry?

IBM Cloud Foundry is an IBM version of the open-source platform designed to make it easier and faster to build, test, deploy, and scale applications. Enterprises can now run Cloud Foundry in a public isolated environment, while natively integrating with other IBM Cloud services, such as AI, Blockchain, IoT, and data tools.

Cloud Foundry Enterprise Environment (CFEE) runs on a Kubernetes service, which reduces complexity by giving development teams a comprehensive set of familiar tools under one management umbrella. CFEE allows IT organizations to safeguard their existing investment in Cloud Foundry, while seamlessly bringing in new skill sets that will lead to building apps that provide contemporary customer experiences.

Visit IBM Cloud Foundry's Docs pages for pricing and support information.

IBM Cloud Foundry Features

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Platform-as-a-Service Features

Supported: Ease of building user interfaces
Supported: Scalability
Supported: Platform management overhead
Supported: Workflow engine capability
Supported: Services-enabled integration
Supported: Development environment creation
Supported: Issue recovery
Supported: Upgrades and platform fixes

Additional Features

Supported: Ease of use building interfaces
Supported: Service enabled integration
Supported: Development environment integration

IBM Cloud Foundry Video

Learn more about IBM Cloud Foundry: http://ibm.biz/cloud-foundry Check out this lightboard video with Sai Vennam from IBM Cloud, as he shows you how Cloud Foundry enables you to build, deploy, test and scale applications without having to manually configure and manage your se...

IBM Cloud Foundry Integrations

IBM Cloud Foundry Competitors

Microsoft Azure
Amazon AWS
Google Cloud Platform

IBM Cloud Foundry Technical Details

Deployment Types	Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating Systems	Unspecified
Mobile Application	No
Supported Countries	https://console.bluemix.net/docs/containers/cs_regions.html#regions-and-zones
Supported Languages	EnglishEnglish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese/Brazil, Spanish, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Microsoft Azure are common alternatives for IBM Cloud Foundry.

Reviewers rate Scalability and Platform management overhead highest, with a score of 8.5.

The most common users of IBM Cloud Foundry are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).

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Comparisons

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December 06, 2021

A multi-cloud and industry-standard Platform-as-a-Service Solution

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Nextbridge Ltd. (Information Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

73.75%

7.4

Ease of building user interfaces: 70%
7.0
Scalability: 80%
8.0
Platform management overhead: 80%
8.0
Workflow engine capability: 80%
8.0
Services-enabled integration: 70%
7.0
Development environment creation: 70%
7.0
Issue recovery: 70%
7.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 70%
7.0

August 20, 2021

IBM Cloud Foundry - Cloud platform done right

Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (6)

95%

9.5

Scalability: 100%
10.0
Platform management overhead: 100%
10.0
Services-enabled integration: 90%
9.0
Development environment creation: 100%
10.0
Issue recovery: 90%
9.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 90%
9.0

July 01, 2021

Easy Deployment with IBM Cloud Foundry with High Security

Operations Coordinator

Abhivriddhi - Student Training & Development Cell, VIT Pune (Education Management, 51-200 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

87.5%

8.8

Ease of building user interfaces: 90%
9.0
Scalability: 80%
8.0
Platform management overhead: 100%
10.0
Workflow engine capability: 90%
9.0
Services-enabled integration: 90%
9.0
Development environment creation: 80%
8.0
Issue recovery: 70%
7.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 100%
10.0

May 14, 2021

IBM Bluemix Review

Verified User

Technician in Research & Development

Financial Services Company, 11-50 employees

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

30%

3.0

Scalability: 50%
5.0
Workflow engine capability: N/A
N/A
Services-enabled integration: 60%
6.0
Development environment creation: 70%
7.0
Development environment replication: N/A
N/A
Issue monitoring and notification: 60%
6.0
Issue recovery: N/A
N/A
Upgrades and platform fixes: N/A
N/A

April 25, 2021

Cloud Foundry is a super PaaS Service

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

82.5%

8.3

Ease of building user interfaces: 90%
9.0
Scalability: 80%
8.0
Platform management overhead: 60%
6.0
Workflow engine capability: 70%
7.0
Services-enabled integration: 90%
9.0
Development environment creation: 90%
9.0
Issue recovery: 80%
8.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 100%
10.0

February 18, 2021

Recommended over AWS

Verified User

Engineer in Other

Legal Services Company, 1-10 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

47.5%

4.8

Ease of building user interfaces: N/A
N/A
Scalability: 90%
9.0
Platform management overhead: 90%
9.0
Workflow engine capability: N/A
N/A
Services-enabled integration: 100%
10.0
Development environment creation: 100%
10.0
Issue recovery: N/A
N/A
Upgrades and platform fixes: N/A
N/A

December 07, 2020

CF - Easy to use from setup of environment to development then production

Software Engineer

Josla Electric Company Limited (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

80%

8.0

Ease of building user interfaces: 80%
8.0
Scalability: 90%
9.0
Platform management overhead: 80%
8.0
Workflow engine capability: 70%
7.0
Services-enabled integration: 70%
7.0
Development environment creation: 80%
8.0
Issue recovery: 80%
8.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 90%
9.0

March 01, 2020

Cloud Foundry Usage

Web Developer

Ecexshop (Retail, 1-10 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

83.75%

8.4

Ease of building user interfaces: 80%
8.0
Scalability: 70%
7.0
Platform management overhead: 70%
7.0
Workflow engine capability: 90%
9.0
Services-enabled integration: 80%
8.0
Development environment creation: 100%
10.0
Issue recovery: 90%
9.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 90%
9.0

January 21, 2020

IBM Cloud Foundry Review

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Insurance Company, 10,001+ employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

86.25%

8.6

Ease of building user interfaces: 70%
7.0
Scalability: 80%
8.0
Platform management overhead: 100%
10.0
Workflow engine capability: 90%
9.0
Services-enabled integration: 70%
7.0
Development environment creation: 100%
10.0
Issue recovery: 80%
8.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 100%
10.0

December 09, 2019

CF - ease of use from development to production

Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Airlines/Aviation Company, 5001-10,000 employees

Score 7 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

77.5%

7.8

Ease of building user interfaces: 80%
8.0
Scalability: 80%
8.0
Platform management overhead: 80%
8.0
Workflow engine capability: 80%
8.0
Services-enabled integration: 80%
8.0
Development environment creation: 80%
8.0
Issue recovery: 70%
7.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 70%
7.0

November 21, 2019

CF is easy to adopt to, but difficult to extend

Sashikanth Vema

Prin IT

Kaiser Permanente (Hospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees)

Score 5 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

33.75%

3.4

Ease of building user interfaces: 20%
2.0
Scalability: 70%
7.0
Platform management overhead: 10%
1.0
Workflow engine capability: 10%
1.0
Services-enabled integration: 40%
4.0
Development environment creation: 70%
7.0
Issue recovery: 40%
4.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 10%
1.0

November 20, 2019

IBM CF way to go!

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

77.5%

7.8

Ease of building user interfaces: 80%
8.0
Scalability: 80%
8.0
Platform management overhead: 70%
7.0
Workflow engine capability: 70%
7.0
Services-enabled integration: 80%
8.0
Development environment creation: 80%
8.0
Issue recovery: 80%
8.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 80%
8.0

September 19, 2017

Bluemix, promising for a small startup but a let down after further research.

Brett Bloethner

Co-Founder & Front-End Engineer

Yipee.io (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

56.25%

5.6

Scalability: 100%
10.0
Workflow engine capability: 10%
1.0
Services-enabled integration: 100%
10.0
Development environment creation: 70%
7.0
Development environment replication: 70%
7.0
Issue monitoring and notification: 10%
1.0
Issue recovery: 10%
1.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 80%
8.0

September 15, 2017

A review from a "not-so-technical" perspective

Solution Analyst — Machine Assisted Service Enagagement

Autodesk (Computer Software, 5001-10,000 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

75%

7.5

Scalability: 70%
7.0
Workflow engine capability: 80%
8.0
Services-enabled integration: 90%
9.0
Development environment creation: 90%
9.0
Development environment replication: 80%
8.0
Issue monitoring and notification: 60%
6.0
Issue recovery: 50%
5.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 80%
8.0

September 12, 2017

A good service for companies with big guns.

Senior Web Developer

Industryhack (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)

Score 2 out of 10

Vetted Review

Reseller Incentivized

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

43.75%

4.4

Scalability: 90%
9.0
Workflow engine capability: 20%
2.0
Services-enabled integration: 30%
3.0
Development environment creation: N/A
N/A
Development environment replication: N/A
N/A
Issue monitoring and notification: 60%
6.0
Issue recovery: 60%
6.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 90%
9.0

July 24, 2017

BlueMix-a-lot

Verified User

Program Manager in Corporate

Computer Software Company, 1-10 employees

Score 6 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

52.5%

5.3

Scalability: 50%
5.0
Workflow engine capability: 40%
4.0
Services-enabled integration: 50%
5.0
Development environment creation: 60%
6.0
Development environment replication: 60%
6.0
Issue monitoring and notification: 60%
6.0
Issue recovery: 50%
5.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 50%
5.0

July 18, 2017

Bluemix is a pretty good choice for emerging tech tinkering!

Patrick Catanzariti

Founder

Dev Diner (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

68.75%

6.9

Scalability: 90%
9.0
Workflow engine capability: 80%
8.0
Services-enabled integration: 80%
8.0
Development environment creation: 60%
6.0
Development environment replication: 60%
6.0
Issue monitoring and notification: 50%
5.0
Issue recovery: 50%
5.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 80%
8.0

July 15, 2017

Watch out....you'll be surprised, and then VERY sorry! Seems to be a great product--with limited to no support.

Senior Integration Analyst

ALKU Government Solutions (Aviation & Aerospace, 51-200 employees)

Score 1 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

41.25%

4.1

Scalability: 50%
5.0
Workflow engine capability: 50%
5.0
Services-enabled integration: 50%
5.0
Development environment creation: 50%
5.0
Development environment replication: 50%
5.0
Issue monitoring and notification: 20%
2.0
Issue recovery: 10%
1.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 50%
5.0

July 12, 2017

Benefits to Small Startups from Bluemix

Director

IT Cloud Solutions Australia (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (6)

100%

10.0

Scalability: 100%
10.0
Services-enabled integration: 100%
10.0
Development environment creation: 100%
10.0
Development environment replication: 100%
10.0
Issue monitoring and notification: 100%
10.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 100%
10.0

July 12, 2017

Good choice, some more features to equalize with others welcome

Wojciech Kaminski

CTO

DataCompass LLC (Maritime, 1-10 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

40%

4.0

Scalability: 80%
8.0
Workflow engine capability: 80%
8.0
Services-enabled integration: N/A
N/A
Development environment creation: N/A
N/A
Development environment replication: N/A
N/A
Issue monitoring and notification: N/A
N/A
Issue recovery: 80%
8.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 80%
8.0

July 12, 2017

IBM Bluemix Review

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

Score 6 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

28.75%

2.9

Scalability: 60%
6.0
Workflow engine capability: 10%
1.0
Services-enabled integration: 90%
9.0
Development environment creation: 30%
3.0
Development environment replication: N/A
N/A
Issue monitoring and notification: N/A
N/A
Issue recovery: N/A
N/A
Upgrades and platform fixes: 40%
4.0

June 22, 2017

Why I chose Bluemix over AWS and Azure

Verified User

Director in Engineering

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

Score 6 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

70%

7.0

Scalability: 70%
7.0
Workflow engine capability: 80%
8.0
Services-enabled integration: 80%
8.0
Development environment creation: 70%
7.0
Development environment replication: 70%
7.0
Issue monitoring and notification: 60%
6.0
Issue recovery: 60%
6.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 70%
7.0

June 20, 2017

Banking with IBM Bluemix

Tomislav Petrinec

Team Lead

Privredna banka Zagreb d. d. (Banking, 1001-5000 employees)

Score 7 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (8)

75%

7.5

Scalability: 90%
9.0
Workflow engine capability: 70%
7.0
Services-enabled integration: 80%
8.0
Development environment creation: 80%
8.0
Development environment replication: 60%
6.0
Issue monitoring and notification: 80%
8.0
Issue recovery: 60%
6.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 80%
8.0

August 23, 2016

BlueMix is starting to be able to give AWS a run for their money.

Sr. Solutions Architect

FreeTheHustle.Com (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

IBM Cloud Foundry Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service (11)

90%

9.0

Ease of building user interfaces: 100%
10.0
Scalability: 70%
7.0
Platform management overhead: 80%
8.0
Workflow engine capability: 90%
9.0
Platform access control: 100%
10.0
Services-enabled integration: 100%
10.0
Development environment creation: 100%
10.0
Development environment replication: 100%
10.0
Issue monitoring and notification: 100%
10.0
Issue recovery: 90%
9.0
Upgrades and platform fixes: 60%
6.0

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