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AppFog (discontinued) vs. National Instruments SystemLink

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
SystemLink
Score 4.0 out of 10
N/A
National Instruments headquartered in Austin offers SystemLink, a software platform for managing system configurationt tasks, device management, software deployment, to improve system uptime and performance.N/A
Pricing
AppFog (discontinued)National Instruments SystemLink
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppFog (discontinued)SystemLink
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)National Instruments SystemLink
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 …
SystemLink

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Features
AppFog (discontinued)National Instruments SystemLink
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
National Instruments SystemLink
-
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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User Ratings
AppFog (discontinued)National Instruments SystemLink
Likelihood to Recommend
6.6
(0 ratings)
4.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AppFog (discontinued)National Instruments SystemLink
Likelihood to Recommend
AppFog is good for academic purposes. It comes in very handy for cloud deployments.
Verified User
Anonymous
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There are definitely scenarios where NI SystemLink will be useful but just didn't work out well for us. I needed to be able to replace an EXE file on a computer with a new EXE to do the upgrades but I was not able to do that through SystemLink. You had to work with packages in order to perform this and I didn't want to revamp my distribution plan. We also didn't need to do any asset management or calibration documentation through SystemLink. I was excited about being able to view data from the test stations through a browser but our engineers need historical data available and everything resets to a live view when you click back to the UI.
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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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  • Setup
  • User Interface
  • LabVIEW Integration
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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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  • Licensing
  • Not able to see data from all test stations on one UI
  • Lack of data history
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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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  • Availability to monitor multiple test stations remotely
  • Was quick to integrate into existing LabVIEW codebase
  • Ultimately did not justify the licensing cost for the benefit
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