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AppFog (discontinued) vs. Avere vFXT for Azure

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AppFog (discontinued)
Score 6.6 out of 10
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AppFog was a cloud-agnostic application and infrastructure management platform used to manage workloads across on-premises and third-party cloud environments. It has been discontinued.N/A
Avere vFXT for Azure
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
As compute demand rises, on-premises resources can become strained, bringing important work to a halt. Avere vFXT for Azure enables users to move excess capacity to Azure while leaving large datasets in network-attached storage or in Azure Blob Storage for a cloud NAS solution. Avere vFXT for Azure enables users to protect infrastructure investment while managing new demands, run NFS and SMB workloads without latency, and scale them to a project's needs…N/A
Pricing
AppFog (discontinued)Avere vFXT for Azure
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppFog (discontinued)Avere vFXT for Azure
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
AppFog (discontinued)Avere vFXT for Azure
Considered Both Products
AppFog (discontinued)
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose AppFog (discontinued)
Appfog was one of the requirements of our project since it was the fastest growing PAAS provider. Also it was easy to deploy an application with multiple options to choose for the development environment for our application. It was "ALL in ONE."
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose AppFog (discontinued)
Primarily because it used to have a good free tier earlier, which it does not anymore. It's simple, and things are available to use. Compared to it's competitors, it does has less features, but that kind of acts in its favor. That adds to the simplicity, and ease of use for a …
Avere vFXT for Azure

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Features
AppFog (discontinued)Avere vFXT for Azure
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
AppFog (discontinued)
6.5
Ratings
21% below category average
Avere vFXT for Azure
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Ratings
Ease of building user interfaces7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Scalability5.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform management overhead6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow engine capability6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform access control6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Services-enabled integration6.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment creation7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment replication8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue recovery6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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AppFog (discontinued)Avere vFXT for Azure
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User Ratings
AppFog (discontinued)Avere vFXT for Azure
Likelihood to Recommend
6.6
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User Testimonials
AppFog (discontinued)Avere vFXT for Azure
Likelihood to Recommend
AppFog is good for academic purposes. It comes in very handy for cloud deployments.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Pros
  • Quick deployment of pre-built virtual machines
  • Some of the virtual machines also are readily available with a pack of softwares
  • Good Stability. Using it as a student, I have never experienced any downtime issues with the projects deployed on AppFog.
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Anonymous
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Cons
  • Though it is good and easy for developers, it lacks operational activities and monitoring tools.
  • It is easy to deploy WAR on AppFog with its console but sometimes it can lack on the performance and feasibility.
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Alternatives Considered
Appfog was one of the requirements of our project since it was the fastest growing PAAS provider. Also it was easy to deploy an application with multiple options to choose for the development environment for our application. It was "ALL in ONE."
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Return on Investment
  • Our project was deployed with good efficiency and easily accessible.
  • The platform was much recommeded across the groups and peers.
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