Item: wasmCloud
Rating: 9
Author: Evan Mattiza

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

wasmCloud allows Lofty to scale safely to meet the challenges of our clients. Our use case was one typically where we would have deployed microservices, but the platform and ease of actor development allowed us to use a new architecture that vastly reduced our security profile through wasm instead of containers. The simplified platform also meant no kubernetes was required, further reducing the attack surface.

Pros and Cons

Secure communication
Simplicity of Deployment Model
Actor Development ease

More details on self-hosting platforms
Securing providers and trust chains
Simpler Actor languages and deployments (no Makefiles)

Return on Investment

Reduced Operating Cost by ~20% through eliminating Kubernetes usage

Support Rating

I'm engaged with their Slack and Community Calls and feel that if there were issues, i could receive timely support anwering any questions I had.

Key Insights

Do you think wasmCloud delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with wasmCloud's feature set?

Yes

Did wasmCloud live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of wasmCloud go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy wasmCloud again?

Yes

Usability

There is some improvement to be made in the deployment of the platform, and some accomodations for easier Actor Development workflows.

Likelihood to Recommend

wasmCloud is well suited to dominate the microservices space under a new paradigm, and to do so in a way that is more secure for end users. Simplifying the platform deployment as well will go a long way towards making it ubiquitous in edge compute environments. Observability will also be a key factor as the microservices eventually become complex.

Lofty takes a shot with wasmCloud

Overall Satisfaction with wasmCloud