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AppFog (discontinued) vs. Cloudshot

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AppFog (discontinued)
Score 6.6 out of 10
N/A
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
Cloudshot
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Cloudshot is a cloud infrastructure management platform. Key Benefits of Cloudshot: Real-Time Monitoring: Offers instant insights into the cloud's performance and health, enabling proactive issue prevention. Cost Optimization: Analyzes and optimizes cloud spending to reduce expenses. Simplified Management: Visualizes the entire cloud ecosystem. Service Scheduling: Schedules cloud…
$19
per month per user
Pricing
AppFog (discontinued)Cloudshot
Editions & Modules
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Starter
$19
per month per user
Pro
$99
per month per user
Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppFog (discontinued)Cloudshot
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Community Pulse
AppFog (discontinued)Cloudshot
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 …
Cloudshot

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Features
AppFog (discontinued)Cloudshot
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
Cloudshot
-
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
Best Alternatives
AppFog (discontinued)Cloudshot
Small Businesses
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Score 8.6 out of 10
VMware Cloud Director
VMware Cloud Director
Score 8.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.3 out of 10
IBM Turbonomic
IBM Turbonomic
Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.3 out of 10
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
AppFog (discontinued)Cloudshot
Likelihood to Recommend
6.6
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AppFog (discontinued)Cloudshot
Likelihood to Recommend
AppFog is good for academic purposes. It comes in very handy for cloud deployments.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Cloudshot's smart automation has greatly reduced manual work for our DevOps team. Deployments are faster, and security is better. If you manage a big cloud setup this tool is a must-have.
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.
Verified User
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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Anonymous
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Usability
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I gave Cloudshot a 10/10 rating because it makes cloud management effortless.
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Anonymous
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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."
Verified User
Anonymous
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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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Anonymous
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ScreenShots

Cloudshot Screenshots

Screenshot of a visualization of a cloud networkScreenshot of the available 8 supported Cloud providersScreenshot of some of the multiple features for every cloud providerScreenshot of where routine DevOps automations are simplified e.g. converting AWS public subnet to privateScreenshot of how Cloudshot provides a plan of action before executing so that users remain in total controlScreenshot of where to manage AWS EC2,Azure VM/GCP Compute Engine & Co easily. No need to do the actions manually and/or writing Terraform script