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We performed a comparison between Pivotal Cloud Foundry and SAP Cloud Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two PaaS Clouds solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Pivotal Cloud Foundry vs. SAP Cloud Platform Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"We find its stability and scalability valuable.""It provides a set of developer-friendly tools that simplify application deployment.""I find the ease of deployment and management of microservices to be the most valuable features. The platform also has good auto-scaling capabilities.""It supports CI/CD, and is integrated with the CI/CD very well.""The most valuable feature of Pivotal Cloud Foundry is the UI, it is easy to use.""The solution is stable and resilient. In our company, we do not even see any challenges with the solution.""Pivotal Cloud Foundry is very easy to use compared to other cloud technologies. It has a very good performance.""Stability is not a concern with this product."

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"The most valuable feature is integration.""We primarily utilize SAP's ERP capabilities.""The mapping transformation allows us to connect our on-premise ECC to the cloud system.""Improved our speed to bring our mobile applications into productive use in a cost-effective way.""Though I'm not a massive fan of the SAP Cloud Platform, it has good features, such as its integration with other SAP solutions. When integrating with SAP or even the SAP sister company SuccessFactors and other companies SAP has acquired, you also enjoy data features in the SAP Cloud Platform, such as role-based permissions and other characteristics you can import from SAP.""The pre-delivered content from the SAP cloud platform is definitely a strength.""The most valuable features of SAP Cloud Platform are security integration and scalability.""The product captures data in real time."

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Cons
"Regarding the setup phase, every step is a hurdle. With Pivotal Cloud Foundry, I won't get any proper resources for that. Even if I Google it, there is no proper solution for Pivotal Cloud Foundry.""In the next release, I would like to see easy integration with external tools.""It is not straightforward to setup.""I'd like to see a larger service offering.""Pivotal Cloud Foundry could improve on the technology it is a bit complex.""There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the future of Pivotal Cloud Foundry.""There are no synthetic application monitoring and real-time monitoring features.""Pivotal Cloud Foundry doesn't have certain advanced features."

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"One crucial aspect where SAP lags behind in flexibility is customization to suit specific business requirements. SAP needs to understand that customization is inevitable and should be more supportive of business-driven customization.""Speaking about the public cloud, it's a very rigid system. So, there is not a lot of customization possible in a public cloud environment.""The current pricing model is credit-based. We would like to have more information about the usage of the existing applications.""The solution’s pricing could be improved.""While it was good for a small entity, it was not ideal for a large enterprise.""Lacks flexibility in its licensing structure.""Shows errors without providing any analysis.""Better connectivity to on-premise systems would help us to support older systems that are migrating to the cloud."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Licensing is on a monthly basis and right now we pay $24/month. There are no other costs over and above that."
  • "You're paying for the number of virtual machines you want to install in the installation."
  • "The price of Pivotal Cloud Foundry is based on the customer's requirements. However, the price is comparable to other similar solutions."
  • "The price of Pivotal Cloud Foundry could improve. However, in this category of solutions, they are all expensive."
  • "The pricing is on the higher side and there are cheaper options available."
  • "We do pay for the licensing cost because we have opted for a private cloud setup. So, it is a cloud setup, and we have to make payments based on the cloud size. I do not consider it very costly when comparing it to the market."
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  • "Licensing costs for this solution are based on the number of users and the bandwidth."
  • "SAP's pricing is usually high compared to the competition. But this is also justified because they hold their products and services to quite high standards."
  • "The pricing can be negotiated."
  • "The cost when it comes to monitoring can be difficult."
  • "SAP offers yearly, subscription-based, and pay-as-you-use licensing."
  • "Cost-wise, I'm unsure of how expensive the SAP Cloud Platform is."
  • "SAP Cloud Platform costs $2 to $5 per hour, while I found other platforms way more affordable. You have to pay per use, though that's fine because that means the cost is flexible."
  • "The price of the solution depends on the package that is purchased. There are many packages to choose from. The packages are not overly expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Pivotal Cloud Foundry is a cloud-native application platform to simplify app delivery. It is efficient and effective. The best feature is how easy it is to handle external services such as database… more »
    Top Answer:I find the ease of deployment and management of microservices to be the most valuable features. The platform also has good auto-scaling capabilities.
    Top Answer:I would say it is around a nine out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive. Just short of Oracle. It's sort of Oracle cloud.
    Top Answer:One of the best features of SAP Cloud Platform is that it is web-based and you can log in from anywhere in the world. SAP Cloud Platform is suitable for companies of any size; it works well with both… more »
    Top Answer:How is SAP Cloud Platform different than Amazon AWS Amazon AWS offers options both in terms of upgrading and expanding capabilities as well as acquiring greater storage space. These upgrades can be… more »
    Top Answer:The entire SAP ecosystem is a valuable feature. It provides access to SAP S/4HANA, ACG systems, and their Fiori launchpad, making it easy to navigate between them. This makes the enterprise very… more »
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    Also Known As
    PCF, Pivotal Application Service (PAS), Pivotal Container Service (PKS), Pivotal Function Service (PFS)
    SAP HANA Cloud Platform
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    Overview

    Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) is the leading enterprise PaaS, powered by Cloud Foundry. PCF provides a cloud-native application platform that allows you to continuously deliver any app to every major private and public cloud with a single platform. PCF is proven to accelerate feature delivery with higher developer productivity and a 200:1 developer to operator ratio. PCF's built-in security and self-healing capabilities reduce risk in your app portfolio while maintaining high-availability at scale to keep customer facing systems online even in the most challenging circumstances. pivotal.io

    SAP Cloud Platform is an integration platform as a service (iPaaS) and PaaS cloud tool. It powers applications that deliver real-time insights to contribute to more effective and timely decision-making. Customers all over the world from different-sized companies use SAP Cloud Platform to build application extensions, integrate landscapes, or extend existing enterprise applications in the cloud.

    The platform incorporates innovative technologies, including big data, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML). SAP Cloud Platform supports native services and products by SAP, as well as partners with popular platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon AWS, and Alibaba Cloud.

    Users of the product can extend, integrate, and develop applications on premises and in the cloud. The product offers flexibility, agility, and scalability, as it enables easy integration and connection of different applications within the platform. The solution is based on open standards and provides a wide range of development tools.

    SAP has announced that they are removing SAP Cloud Platform as a brand name and moving its capabilities within SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). The features of SAP Cloud Platform will be integrated into SAP BTP to assist with data management and analytics, alongside other components of the platform. Existing customers of SAP Cloud Platform will continue to benefit from its products under SAP Integration Suite and SAP Extension Suite.

    SAP Cloud Platform Capabilities

    The solution offers a wide variety of tools, application capabilities, services, and application programming interface (API). These can be categorized in the following ways:

    • Enterprise extensions: The features of SAP Cloud Platform in this category include SAP Localization Hub, Tax Service, Data Enrichment for SAP S/4HANA, SAP Data Quality Management, SAP Business Application Studio, ABAP environment, and SAP Web IDE.

    • Intelligent BPM: This set of features includes SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Process Visibility, Business Rules, and Workflow.

    • Integration Suite: The features of SAP Cloud Platform in this category include Open Connectors, OData Provisioning, API Management, Cloud Integration, and Smart Data Integration.

    • Digital experience: Features in this category include SAP Conversational AI, Mobile Services, Document Service, Portal, SAP Build, SAPUI5, and SAP Fiori Cloud.

    • Data-driven insights: This category of capabilities includes SAP Leonardo Internet of Things, SAP Data Intelligence, SAP Edge Services, IoT, SAP HANA Cloud, SAP Web Analytics, SAP Streaming Analytics, SAP ASE Service, and SAP Analytics Cloud.

    • Platform foundation: Alert Notification, Application Logging, Data Retention Manager, Job Scheduler, Java Server, and Transport Management are included in this group of capabilities.

    SAP Cloud Platform Benefits

    The platform has many benefits which improve their client’s workflows. They include the following:

    • SAP Cloud Platform facilitates the seamless integration of existing solutions and hybrid system landscapes.

    • The solution assists companies to deliver tailored end-to-end interfaces for improved user experience through software development kits (SDKs).

    • It simplifies application interface management through the option of building apps in the Kubernetes environment.

    • SAP Cloud Platform simplifies the development of native business applications through the various development tools and capabilities it offers.

    • It provides companies with a wide range of pre-configured business services.

    • Companies are offered the possibility to streamline the integration of new apps with a lowered overall cost of ownership.

    • The product can reduce costs for organizations, as it does not require an up-front investment in software or hardware.

    • The solution can increase productivity for developers through its supported open programming standards.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Shylaraj AK, a senior architect at a construction company, describes SAP Cloud Platform as easy to maintain, great features, and helpful support, which attributes to his high rating for the product.

    Ehab-El H., chief executive officer at Asis, likes SAP Cloud Platform because it is easy to use with a fast deployment and straightforward setup.

    Sample Customers
    Humana, Citibank, Mercedes Benz, Liberty Mutual, The Home Depot, GE, West Corp, Merrill Corporation, CoreLogic, Orange, Dish Network, Comcast, Bloomberg, Internal Revenue Service, Ford Motor Company, Garmin, Volkswagen, Solera, Allstate, US Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, ScotiaBank
    Siemens, Shell & Volkswagen, Still, EarlySense, Roche, National Football League, Heidelberg University Hospital, In Mind Computing, The Timken Company, OPAL, EnterpriseJungle, Groupe Danone, Accenture, T-Systems, Sailing Team Germany, Sloan Valve
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm56%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Retailer11%
    Government11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm38%
    Manufacturing Company21%
    Insurance Company6%
    Computer Software Company5%
    REVIEWERS
    Manufacturing Company30%
    Computer Software Company25%
    Pharma/Biotech Company15%
    Construction Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Energy/Utilities Company7%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business33%
    Large Enterprise67%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business10%
    Midsize Enterprise4%
    Large Enterprise86%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise58%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise67%
    Buyer's Guide
    Pivotal Cloud Foundry vs. SAP Cloud Platform
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Pivotal Cloud Foundry vs. SAP Cloud Platform and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    Pivotal Cloud Foundry is ranked 7th in PaaS Clouds with 15 reviews while SAP Cloud Platform is ranked 6th in PaaS Clouds with 38 reviews. Pivotal Cloud Foundry is rated 7.6, while SAP Cloud Platform is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Pivotal Cloud Foundry writes "Easy to use, simple to sign-in, but lacking graphical interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Cloud Platform writes "Provides seamless integration with CTI for streamlined data synchronization but complexity and challenges in migrating existing applications to the low-code model for custom application development". Pivotal Cloud Foundry is most compared with OpenShift, Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), whereas SAP Cloud Platform is most compared with Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Mule Anypoint Platform and Talend Data integration. See our Pivotal Cloud Foundry vs. SAP Cloud Platform report.

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