Azure Container Apps vs. IBM Cloud Managed Istio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Container Apps
Score 6.6 out of 10
N/A
Azure Container Apps, part of the Azure suite of products from Microsoft, is a service used to deploy containerized apps without managing complex infrastructure. Users can write code using a preferred programming language or framework, and build microservices with full support for Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr). Scale dynamically based on HTTP traffic or events powered by Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling (KEDA).N/A
IBM Cloud Managed Istio
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
The IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides the Managed Istio installation add on, designed to provide additonal control over clusters and the microservices they comprise via automatic updates and lifecycle management of control plane components, and integration with platform logging and monitoring tools.N/A
Pricing
Azure Container AppsIBM Cloud Managed Istio
Editions & Modules
vCPU (seconds)
active usage $0.000024 and idle usage $0.000003
per second 180,000 vCPU-seconds free grant per month
Memory (GiB-Seconds)
active usage $0.000003 and idle usage $0.000003
per second 360,000 GiB-seconds free grant per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Container AppsIBM Cloud Managed Istio
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Azure Container AppsIBM Cloud Managed Istio
Considered Both Products
Azure Container Apps
Chose Azure Container Apps
Each one has the benefits and drawback. While it is not easy to compare apple for apple. I definitely like that it can be integrated with our system to ensure that we are running at 100% capacity. It is a vision to be 100% cloud base and we have been able to achieve this …
Chose Azure Container Apps
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
IBM Cloud Managed Istio
Chose IBM Cloud Managed Istio
Amazon API Gateway and MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Chose IBM Cloud Managed Istio
[IBM Cloud Managed] Istio is cost-effective compared overall with and provides better Kubernetes environments.
Chose IBM Cloud Managed Istio
1) One-stop solution for all the complex network connectivity managed by [IBM Cloud Managed Istio].
2) Nice dashboard to understand the flow.
3) Easy to troubleshoot the service if any one of the APIs is not responding.
Chose IBM Cloud Managed Istio
The ease of use and the scalability have been major factors in the decision making. We like that there is not a lot of repetitive work that must be done in order to bring in existing concepts and ideas into different work streams that have similar but not the same challenges. …
Chose IBM Cloud Managed Istio
It's a cost effective solution for my organization.
Features
Azure Container AppsIBM Cloud Managed Istio
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Azure Container Apps
5.3
Ratings
40% below category average
IBM Cloud Managed Istio
8.0
Ratings
0% above category average
Ease of building user interfaces5.80 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Scalability7.80 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Platform management overhead6.10 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Workflow engine capability5.80 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Platform access control4.40 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Services-enabled integration4.80 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Development environment creation4.20 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Development environment replication4.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification5.60 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Issue recovery4.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes5.90 Ratings7.20 Ratings
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User Ratings
Azure Container AppsIBM Cloud Managed Istio
Likelihood to Recommend
6.6
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8.7
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Likelihood to Renew
2.0
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Usability
7.0
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Support Rating
-
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6.4
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User Testimonials
Azure Container AppsIBM Cloud Managed Istio
Likelihood to Recommend
Azure Container Apps is a welcome addition for sure. Based on my experience, this has enabled us to move fully to the cloud and managed everywhere in one spot and on the go. We can scale it to our end as much as we would like. It can be assess anywhere and it is fully secure
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It is a perfect application when you have multiple users and/or developers and you want to create rules and standards for access and the ability to change access levels. The reporting of usage is good, but adding more granularity into the metrics that have been used to measure are not specific enough. They provide detail but drilling into the detail would be more appropriate i.e. access to the baseline data.
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Pros
  • Cloud-native where it can be assess anywhere
  • Enhance security
  • Open source
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  • Debug issues
  • Monitoring
  • allows many services form many different sources
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Cons
  • The deployment process is complicated
  • Learning of Azure cli (command-line interface) for deployment is required
  • Not compatible with other standard CI/CD tools
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  • Still missing functionalities for a full usage as traffic director.
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Likelihood to Renew
I would rather use AKS for my critical applications. The fact that the deployment process is dependent on as cli makes it hard for us to integrate with our standard CI/CD tools
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Usability
Azure Container Apps are fantastic and it is a game changer. I would recommend it to anyone considering it. As you can scale it to what you would like and it is fully cloud native with better security. It is a no brainier not to consider it. I do believe that with further improve it will become even more attractive
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Support Rating
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Training and usage support available
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Alternatives Considered
Each one has the benefits and drawback. While it is not easy to compare apple for apple. I definitely like that it can be integrated with our system to ensure that we are running at 100% capacity. It is a vision to be 100% cloud base and we have been able to achieve this through Azure Container Apps
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1) One-stop solution for all the complex network connectivity managed by [IBM Cloud Managed Istio]. 2) Nice dashboard to understand the flow. 3) Easy to troubleshoot the service if any one of the APIs is not responding. 4) We can integrate it with Azure Kubernetes service and other cloud provider Kubernetes services. 5) Monitoring the health of the pods can be easily configured and alerts can be triggered very accurately with this tool.
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Return on Investment
  • As it is cloud native, we no longer required to have onsite prem
  • Reducing both from an energy and security perspective
  • It is worth the investment as we have saved about 10% of our ICT cost
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  • Management burden is reduced resulting in positive ROI.
  • Application is being seamlessly instrumented with good impact on business.
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