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IBM Cloud Foundry vs. IBM Cloud Functions

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud Foundry

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Foundry is an IBM version of the open-source platform designed for building, testing, deploying, and scaling applications. Enterprises can run Cloud Foundry in a public isolated environment, while natively integrating with other IBM Cloud services, such as AI, Blockchain, and IoT.

    $0.07

    Per GBH

    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
    IBM Cloud FoundryIBM Cloud Functions
    Editions & Modules
    Community Runtimes
    $0.07
    Per GBH
    Basic Cloud Functions Rate
    $0.00017
    per second of execution
    API Gateway Rate
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud FoundryIBM Cloud Functions
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Cloud FoundryIBM Cloud Functions
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    IBM
    Chose IBM Cloud Functions
    IBM Cloud Functions are native to IBM Cloud and are easy to integrate into other IBM Cloud applications.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Functions
    • ICF is a lightweight service and does not require runtime configurations
    • Scalable on demand and hence there is no need to pay for runtime costs
    Incentivized
    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
    IBM Cloud FoundryIBM Cloud Functions
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of IBM Cloud Foundry and IBM Cloud Functions
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    7.6
    24 Ratings
    IBM Cloud Functions
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces7.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability8.524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead8.512 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration7.523 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation7.722 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication6.49 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification4.711 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery7.520 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes7.522 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud FoundryIBM Cloud Functions
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (32 ratings)
    3.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)