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We performed a comparison between IBM Public Cloud and Pivotal Cloud Foundry 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 IBM Public Cloud vs. Pivotal Cloud Foundry Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The initial setup was very easy. It's quite straightforward. Deployment took about fifteen minutes. Everything is well organized.""The most valuable feature of IBM Public Cloud is the AI integrations.""The price of IBM Cloud is most valuable for us. The service is personable and gives us a good rapport. I can't say it's the best, but it was enough for our needs.""This is a predictable and dependable service.""An advantage of IBM Public Cloud is the bare metal server. We can take the bare metal server. It's not shared with anyone. We can deploy our applications without sharing them with anyone. That is an advantage of IBM Public Cloud.""It is a scalable product. You can scale it up and down.""It's straightforward, has a good environment and is cost-effective.""One of the features that I really like about IBM Cloud is the flexibility where you can order your own hardware."

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"It is a scalable product...We are not facing any particular issues since most of the applications in our company are written in Java and .NET.""The most valuable features are the monitoring and the deployment is easier.""Pivotal Cloud Foundry is very robust, especially for building Java.""I find the ease of deployment and management of microservices to be the most valuable features. The platform also has good auto-scaling capabilities.""The solution is stable and resilient. In our company, we do not even see any challenges with the solution.""The most valuable feature of Pivotal Cloud Foundry is auto-healing and the plenty of other features that are provided.""We find its stability and scalability valuable.""Pivotal Cloud Foundry is very easy to use compared to other cloud technologies. It has a very good performance."

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Cons
"The product should offer more computing, similar to Amazon.""The solution needs to be more autonomous. It should let the DL go to allow for more jobs on the cloud. It could have a better interface as well.""The initial setup and the pricing are areas that need improvement.""It will be challenging to implement if you do not have any experience.""It could be more secure.""There is not a lot of support for this solution, which is something that needs to be improved.""Normally, for any cloud, we get a lot of information on the web, but that is missing in the case of IBM Public Cloud. We need some technical support documents. That is the only thing missing in IBM Public Cloud.""An area for improvement in IBM Public Cloud is getting up-to-date information on how to set up everything. It's hard to find new documentation."

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"It is not straightforward to setup.""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.""Something that can be done better is canary deployment. So, right now, we're using blue-green deployment. The support for canary deployment would be nice.""The Pivotal Cloud Foundry's initial setup has a learning curve for my team, but it was easy to use.""There are no synthetic application monitoring and real-time monitoring features.""Pivotal Cloud Foundry doesn't have certain advanced features.""Pivotal Cloud Foundry could improve the documentation. They are good, but they could improve more. Additionally, it would be beneficial if there were more use case examples."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "We are using the trial version of this solution, so we have not paid anything."
  • "The price of IBM Cloud is very cheap compared to competitors AWS and Azure."
  • "The licensing fees are straightforward and predictable."
  • "Pricing is not as fair as Amazon or Azure."
  • "In order to be competitive, you have to commit to a contract for at least one year, but you pay a fixed monthly fee."
  • "IBM Public Cloud is pretty cheap. They have an ongoing free tier that basically won't expire, so as long as your solution is small enough, you can have a test set that you can use for demos, which will cost you almost nothing."
  • "It pretty much has a standard price. There is no hidden price with IBM Public Cloud."
  • "IBM has a lesser price compared to other cloud service providers like Azure and AWS."
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  • "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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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:IBM Public Cloud is IBM’s Platform-as-a-Service. It aims to provide organizations with a secure cloud environment to manage data and applications. One of the features we like is the cloud activity… more »
    Top Answer:The front end is not pervasive, so it is very difficult get the status of your current services or account from a mobile device. 
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of IBM Public Cloud is the AI integrations.
    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.
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    Also Known As
    IBM Bluemix
    PCF, Pivotal Application Service (PAS), Pivotal Container Service (PKS), Pivotal Function Service (PFS)
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    Overview

    IBM Cloud is a full-stack cloud platform that spans public, private and hybrid environments. Build with a robust suite of advanced data and AI tools, and draw on deep industry expertise to help you on your journey to the cloud.

    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

    Sample Customers
    Uvionics Tech, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Alpha Modus, Inventive, Web Business Consulting, FindBrok, SilverHook Powerboats, United Way of Allegheny County
    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
    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm13%
    Program Development Consultancy13%
    Political Organization13%
    Computer Software Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company13%
    University11%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Educational Organization9%
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    Financial Services Firm56%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Retailer11%
    Government11%
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    Financial Services Firm37%
    Manufacturing Company22%
    Insurance Company5%
    Computer Software Company5%
    Company Size
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    Small Business63%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise25%
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Small Business33%
    Large Enterprise67%
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    Small Business10%
    Midsize Enterprise4%
    Large Enterprise86%
    Buyer's Guide
    IBM Public Cloud vs. Pivotal Cloud Foundry
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about IBM Public Cloud vs. Pivotal Cloud Foundry and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    IBM Public Cloud is ranked 9th in PaaS Clouds with 16 reviews while Pivotal Cloud Foundry is ranked 7th in PaaS Clouds with 15 reviews. IBM Public Cloud is rated 8.0, while Pivotal Cloud Foundry is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM Public Cloud writes "Reliable, easy to set up, and has helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pivotal Cloud Foundry writes "Easy to use, simple to sign-in, but lacking graphical interface". IBM Public Cloud is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Google Cloud and Google Compute Engine, whereas Pivotal Cloud Foundry is most compared with Microsoft Azure, OpenShift, Amazon AWS, Google Cloud and IBM Cloud Private. See our IBM Public Cloud vs. Pivotal Cloud Foundry report.

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