IBM Cloud Private vs. Tanzu Application Catalog

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Cloud Private
Score 9.6 out of 10
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IBM Cloud Private is a Kubernetes-based container platform allowing users to build cloud-native applications on their own infrastructure. In addition, it offers common services for self-service deployment, monitoring, logging and security, as well as middleware, data and analytics.N/A
Tanzu Application Catalog
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
The Tanzu Application Catalog (or Bitnami) provides packaged applications for any platform. The platform delivers and maintains a catalog of 130+ ready-to-run server applications and development environments in partnership with cloud providers including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle, driving over 1.5 million deployments per month. Bitnami was acquired by VMware in 2019.
$0.50
per month
Pricing
IBM Cloud PrivateTanzu Application Catalog
Editions & Modules
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10GB
$0.50
per month
T3A Nano
$3.38
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Cloud PrivateTanzu Application Catalog
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
IBM Cloud PrivateTanzu Application Catalog
Considered Both Products
IBM Cloud Private
Chose IBM Cloud Private
With VMware cloud, each VMware Cloud customer must have an SDDC account(VMC) as well as a general AWS account. The two accounts must be linked for the service to work which is a tiresome thing to do for some clients but with IBM Cloud Private all these issues are solved.
Tanzu Application Catalog
Chose Tanzu Application Catalog
At first, another of the options that we considered was AMPPS, another application for AMP installations, however we quickly discarded it when we met with VMware Application Catalog (Bitnami), mainly due to the number of apps it handled, more than anything because it had all …
Chose Tanzu Application Catalog
Bitnami provides more solutions
Chose Tanzu Application Catalog
VMware Application Catalog (Bitnami) offers better tools to complete the task faster and more efficiently. The customer support and knowledge base is also well presented and trained.
Chose Tanzu Application Catalog
Bitnami blows them away on all fronts--their products, their knowledgeable staff, and their tools that allow us to complete the job quickly.
Features
IBM Cloud PrivateTanzu Application Catalog
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cloud Private
9.7
Ratings
19% above category average
Tanzu Application Catalog
8.1
Ratings
1% above category average
Ease of building user interfaces10.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Scalability10.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Platform management overhead10.00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Workflow engine capability10.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Platform access control9.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Services-enabled integration9.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Development environment creation10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Development environment replication10.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification9.00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Issue recovery10.00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes10.00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Cloud PrivateTanzu Application Catalog
Likelihood to Recommend
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Usability
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User Testimonials
IBM Cloud PrivateTanzu Application Catalog
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cloud Private is well suited for SaaS models.
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VMware Application Catalog (Bitnami) is well-suited for the following scenarios: - Organizations with many users and a limited IT staff: This product allows them to quickly and easily make a variety of applications available to their users, without having to manually install and configure each one. - Organizations with a need to deploy a wide range of open-source applications in a virtual environment: The product allows for easy discovery, download, and deployment of a wide range of popular open-source applications to a virtual machine. - Organizations that operate in a hybrid or multi-cloud environment: The product allows for deployment of applications to virtual machines running on-premises or in the cloud, depending on the organization's needs and infrastructure. On the other hand, VMware Application Catalog (Bitnami) may be less appropriate for the following scenarios: - Organizations that primarily use proprietary or closed-source applications: As the product is limited to open-source applications, it may not be suitable for organizations that primarily use proprietary or closed-source applications. - Organizations that require a high degree of customizability for their applications: The product offers limited customizability options for the applications once deployed, which may not be suitable for organizations that require a high degree of customizability. - Organizations that have strict regulatory compliance requirements: The open-source nature of the product may make it less appropriate for organizations that have strict regulatory compliance requirements, as it may not have the same level of support and security as proprietary software.
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Pros
  • There is a large variety of services available on IBM Cloud.
  • This is my first experience with a PaaS and I haven’t had any major problems navigating around it.
  • It is easy to deploy applications and services on IBM Cloud.
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  • pre-packaged templates they provide.
  • ease of cloud-deployment of your projects.
  • The development community page always has useful information and there is a lot of support.
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Cons
  • More hands on training outside of virtual classes would be helpful.
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  • Possibility to configure the implementation through mobile devices
  • Sometimes the performance of the VMs is slower than expected
  • A best way to do the upgrades, you have reinstall and reconfigure in this process
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Usability
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Most of it is intuitive. I think some of the awkwardness is found by new users who are unfamiliar with other software applications.
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Support Rating
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They have an expert team, not just a frontline team that has learned the FAQs but a team that knows the product.
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Alternatives Considered
With VMware cloud, each VMware Cloud customer must have an SDDC account(VMC) as well as a general AWS account. The two accounts must be linked for the service to work which is a tiresome thing to do for some clients but with IBM Cloud Private all these issues are solved.
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At first, another of the options that we considered was AMPPS, another application for AMP installations, however we quickly discarded it when we met with VMware Application Catalog (Bitnami), mainly due to the number of apps it handled, more than anything because it had all the ones we used and also the option free made it very tempting, more time in the market and more community support
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Return on Investment
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  • It's helped to create a community of loyal users, which would be difficult with other applications
  • The implementation was fast
  • It's easy to update
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