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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Engine Yard

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AEngine Yard is a platform-as-a-service solution allowing developers to plan, build, deploy, and manage applications in the cloud. Engine Yard also provides services for deployment, managing AWS, supporting databases, and microservices & container development.

    $800

    Per Month Per Cluster

    Heroku Platform

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AThe Heroku Platform, now from Salesforce, is a platform-as-a-service based on a managed container system, with integrated data services and ecosystem for deploying modern apps. It takes an app-centric approach for software delivery, integrated with developer tools and workflows. It’s three main tool are: Heroku Developer Experience (DX), Heroku Operational Experience (OpEx), and Heroku Runtime. Heroku Developer Experience (DX) Developers deploy directly from tools like…

    $85

    per month

    Pricing
    Engine YardHeroku Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Platform
    $800.00
    Per Month Per Cluster
    Production
    $25.00
    per month
    Advanced
    $250.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Engine YardHeroku Platform
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Engine YardHeroku Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Engine Yard
    Chose Engine Yard
    More closely aligns to native AWS
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    Chose Heroku Platform
    I have not evaluated Engine Yard in years, but at the time the starting price point and supported integrations could not begin to compete with Heroku.
    Incentivized
    Chose Heroku Platform
    You get much more machine for your money with EC2, but it requires much more time to set up and maintain, at least as it stood two years ago when we stopped using it. We spoke with Engine Yard when selecting Heroku, and they're good folks. They offer much more power and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Heroku Platform
    Slicker UX. More tightly integrated with Salesforce. Process oriented DX.
    Incentivized
    Chose Heroku Platform
    • EngineYard is much more similar to Heroku than the other two services I've compared it to. Frankly, I don't see much advantage of EngineYard over Heroku - EngineYard feels a little more "bare metal" than Heroku and it's easy to get to log into a "real server," but it's …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Engine YardHeroku Platform
    Platform-as-a-Service
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    Feature
    Engine Yard
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    Ratings
    Heroku Platform
    8.1
    43 Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings7.626 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings8.343 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings7.642 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.429 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings7.142 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings8.141 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings8.738 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings8.737 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings8.241 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings8.438 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings8.443 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Engine YardHeroku Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (47 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (17 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (19 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)