We compared OpenShift and Google Cloud based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
OpenShift and Google Cloud both offer robust scalability, efficient containerization, strong security measures, and seamless integration with other systems. OpenShift users praise its customer service and pricing, while Google Cloud users value its seamless integration with other Google services and excellent performance. While OpenShift users mention some complexities in setup and customization, Google Cloud users highlight the need for improvements in speed, reliability, and ease of use.
Features: OpenShift stands out for its efficient containerization, extensive automation capabilities, and seamless integration with other systems. On the other hand, Google Cloud excels in seamless integration with Google services, excellent performance, and reliable customer support.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for OpenShift has received positive feedback, indicating a smooth installation process. Users have not reported any difficulties with licensing. On the other hand, Google Cloud offers competitive pricing and flexible licensing options, making it a preferred choice for users., OpenShift has been shown to be a profitable investment, according to user feedback. Similarly, Google Cloud has demonstrated positive returns on investment and value.
Room for Improvement: OpenShift could benefit from enhancements in its user interface, documentation, error handling, and technical issue resolution. Users also want more flexibility in customization and integrations. Google Cloud needs improvements in speed, reliability, ease of use, transparent pricing, and customer support.
Deployment and customer support: Based on user feedback, implementing a new tech solution with OpenShift can take anywhere from a week to three months for deployment and setup. In contrast, establishing a new tech solution with Google Cloud can vary greatly, ranging from a week to several months for deployment alone. The duration of the process seems more dependent on individual circumstances and requirements with Google Cloud compared to OpenShift., OpenShift's customer service has received high praise for its promptness, helpfulness, and expertise in resolving issues. In comparison, Google Cloud's customer service is also highly praised for its excellent assistance, responsiveness, and reliability in addressing queries and concerns.
The summary above is based on 76 interviews we conducted recently with OpenShift and Google Cloud users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"We can increase the storage as we need."
"The availability has been increased."
"It's easy to deploy next-generation applications on Google Cloud. Customers can also use various cloud tools to optimize their operations and generate more insights to do business much smarter."
"Simple to use on the web, and makes things easy for a software developer."
"The stability of Google Cloud is currently good."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud is its security."
"Good storage and ease of access."
"Google Cloud is easy to use and accessible anywhere."
"The most valuable feature of OpenShift is the security context constraint (SCC). The solution’s security throughout the stack is good. And security context constraints provide port-level security. It's a granular level of control, where you can give privileges to certain users to work on certain applications."
"The security features of OpenShift are strong when in use of role-based access."
"Two stand-out features are the security model and value-add features that don't exist in Upstream Kubernetes."
"In terms of implementation, OpenShift is very user-friendly, which is an advantage. We are using it along with GitLab for implementing CI/CD pipelines. That's a feature that other products also have, but in OpenShift, we find it good."
"The most valuable feature is the high availability for the applications."
"The developers seem to like the source-to-image feature. That makes it easy for them to deploy an application from code into containers, so they don't have to think about things. They take it straight from their code into a containerized application. If you don't have OpenShift, you have to build the container and then deploy the container to, say, EKS or something like that."
"Its security is most valuable. It's by default secure, which is very important."
"Key features are WildFly, because it standardizes infrastructure and the git repository and docker. Git is essential for source code and Docker for infrastructure."
"Uploading documents could be simplified."
"Google Cloud could improve by having better integration with other platforms."
"The solution should be more configurable for high-volume databases."
"The ease-of-use could be improved for less technical users."
"We'd like the storage to be increased."
"The product must provide AI features."
"I would like to see some improvement in the accessibility features of this solution."
"The UI is beautiful but not easy to use, and also a little slow. Anything that you click is slow to load. It is also not easy to find something. I do not find the left-hand side menu good. We have a lot of options mixed there and we need the best way to deploy cloud resources. I prefer Azure ARM templates since their JSON files are easy to manipulate and integrate with other tools."
"The solution needs to support the new features in Kubernetes more quickly."
"The product’s integration with Windows containers and other third-party products needs improvement."
"The solution only offers support for one server."
"The operators need a lot of improvement, with better integrations."
"We need some kind of a multi-cluster management solution from the Red Hat site."
"This is a fairly expensive solution."
"Room for improvement is around the offerings that come as a bundle with the container platform. The packaging of the platform should be done such that customers do not have to purchase additional licenses."
"There are challenges related to additional security layers, connectivity compliance for endpoints, and integration."
Google Cloud is ranked 5th in PaaS Clouds with 66 reviews while Red Hat OpenShift is ranked 4th in PaaS Clouds with 54 reviews. Google Cloud is rated 8.2, while Red Hat OpenShift is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Google Cloud writes "Great for big data with off-the-charts scalability for storage and databases". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Red Hat OpenShift writes "Provides us with the flexibility and efficiency of cloud-native stacks while enabling us to meet regulatory constraints". Google Cloud is most compared with Alibaba Cloud, Linode, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry and SAP Cloud Platform, whereas Red Hat OpenShift is most compared with Amazon AWS, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Microsoft Azure, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). See our Google Cloud vs. Red Hat OpenShift report.
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