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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

    Microsoft Azure

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    IBM Cloud FoundryMicrosoft Azure
    Editions & Modules
    Community Runtimes
    $0.07
    Per GBH
    Developer
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $100
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud FoundryMicrosoft Azure
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Cloud FoundryMicrosoft Azure
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM Cloud Foundry
    CF is what we initially went with to establish a development pipeline and start our cloud journey, now we are expanding this and although we are now pulling in many other tools and functions around CF, it is not being replaced. It stands out as having a key place working ‘with’ …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
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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
    IBM Cloud FoundryMicrosoft Azure
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of IBM Cloud Foundry and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    7.6
    24 Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    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
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of IBM Cloud Foundry and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    8.5
    19 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings8.918 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud FoundryMicrosoft Azure
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (32 ratings)
    8.9
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (28 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (28 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)