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Heroku Platform vs. Red Hat OpenShift

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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

    Red Hat OpenShift

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AOpenShift is Red Hat's Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering. OpenShift is an application platform in the cloud where application developers and teams can build, test, deploy, and run their applications.

    $0.08

    per hour

    Pricing
    Heroku PlatformRed Hat OpenShift
    Editions & Modules
    Production
    $25.00
    per month
    Advanced
    $250.00
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Heroku PlatformRed Hat OpenShift
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Heroku PlatformRed Hat OpenShift
    Considered Both Products
    Salesforce
    Chose Heroku Platform
    We kicked the tires on OpenShift before deciding on Heroku, and found the platform to be much less intuitive and well-documented than Heroku. It felt like we were constantly trying to implement workarounds for esoteric platform problems, and eventually the work became too …
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Red Hat
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    [Red Hat] OpenShift is better as an actual environment, whereas Linode and GCE are more cloud-based VPS services. It depends on how fine you want your control, or if you want to have a certain underlying OS. Red Hat [OpenShift] will do more for you as a platform, but if you …
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    OpenShift environments has ssh access, some apps required. Better networking.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    I tried Heroku. It was too tough to deploy. There were procedures given but no troubleshooting instructions. When I tried OpenShift it was very very easy to deploy and had no compatibility issues. Heroku had troubleshooting issues as well. I was unable to use other services …
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    Redhat OpenShift has been around for quite a while as I remember. I have found their public cloud to be easy to use and I haven't had to look at any other product. I have checked out Heroku but I am happy with OpenShift.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    Leveraged Heroku for quick development environments. The tooling was comparable to OpenShift but the cost was much higher. In addition, being able to deploy the same applications in OpenShift Online and in the on premise Enterprise version is a benefit as it allows for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    Cloud Foundry is open-source PaaS, started by VMware and spun out with other VMware-owned open-source code into EMC and VMware's Pivotal Software subsidiary. The Cloud Controller component is responsible for all management tasks. Being the main end point for the Cloud Foundry …
    Incentivized
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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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    Features
    Heroku PlatformRed Hat OpenShift
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Heroku Platform and Red Hat OpenShift
    Feature
    Heroku Platform
    8.1
    43 Ratings
    Red Hat OpenShift
    8.2
    192 Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces7.626 Ratings8.4164 Ratings
    Scalability8.343 Ratings9.2182 Ratings
    Platform management overhead7.642 Ratings7.8168 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability8.429 Ratings7.9151 Ratings
    Platform access control7.142 Ratings8.3170 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration8.141 Ratings8.3157 Ratings
    Development environment creation8.738 Ratings8.5166 Ratings
    Development environment replication8.737 Ratings8.4159 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification8.241 Ratings7.8168 Ratings
    Issue recovery8.438 Ratings7.5165 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes8.443 Ratings8.3169 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Heroku PlatformRed Hat OpenShift
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (47 ratings)
    9.3
    (206 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    8.8
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (17 ratings)
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (128 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (19 ratings)
    5.3
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)