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Heroku Platform vs. IBM Cloud Functions

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    IBM Cloud Functions

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Functions is a PaaS platform based on Apache OpenWhisk. With it, developers write code (“actions”) that respond to external events. Actions are hosted, executed, and scaled on demand based on the number of events coming in. No servers or infrastructure to provision and manage.

    $0

    per second of execution

    Pricing
    Heroku PlatformIBM Cloud Functions
    Editions & Modules
    Production
    $25.00
    per month
    Advanced
    $250.00
    per month
    Basic Cloud Functions Rate
    $0.00017
    per second of execution
    API Gateway Rate
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Heroku PlatformIBM Cloud Functions
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Heroku PlatformIBM Cloud Functions
    Considered Both Products
    Salesforce
    Chose Heroku Platform
    Some APIs are specifically developed to be deployed to certain platforms and usually decision which platform to use is not developer's. Another question is deployment cost and pricing model; in specific cases after price comparison Heroku is often selected among other cloud …
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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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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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Heroku PlatformIBM Cloud Functions
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Heroku Platform and IBM Cloud Functions
    Feature
    Heroku Platform
    8.1
    43 Ratings
    IBM Cloud Functions
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces7.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability8.343 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead7.642 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability8.429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control7.142 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration8.141 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation8.738 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication8.737 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification8.241 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery8.438 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes8.443 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Heroku PlatformIBM Cloud Functions
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (47 ratings)
    3.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (19 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)