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    AWS CloudFormation

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAWS CloudFormation gives developers and systems administrators a way to create and manage a collection of related AWS resources, provisioning and updating them in a predictable fashion. Use AWS CloudFormation’s sample templates or create templates to describe the AWS resources, and any associated dependencies or runtime parameters, required to run an application. Users don’t need to figure out the order for provisioning AWS services or the subtleties of making those dependencies work.…

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    ExtremeCloud IQ

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AExtremeCloud IQ provides unified management driven by Machine Learning (ML). It features configuration workflows, realtime and historical monitoring, comprehensive troubleshooting, and integrated network applications. Designed to take full advantage of Extreme’s end-to- end networking solutions, it delivers unified, full-stack management of access points, switches, and SD-WAN.N/A
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    AWS CloudFormationExtremeCloud IQ
    Editions & Modules
    Free Tier - 1,000 Handler Operations per Month per Account
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    Handler Operation
    $0.0009
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    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThere is no additional charge for using AWS CloudFormation with resource providers in the following namespaces: AWS::*, Alexa::*, and Custom::*. In this case you pay for AWS resources (such as Amazon EC2 instances, Elastic Load Balancing load balancers, etc.) created using AWS CloudFormation as if you created them manually. You only pay for what you use, as you use it; there are no minimum fees and no required upfront commitments. When you use resource providers with AWS CloudFormation outside the namespaces mentioned above, you incur charges per handler operation. Handler operations are create, update, delete, read, or list actions on a resource.—
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    AWS CloudFormationExtremeCloud IQ
    Configuration Management
    Comparison of Configuration Management features of AWS CloudFormation and ExtremeCloud IQ
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    AWS CloudFormation
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    Ratings
    ExtremeCloud IQ
    7.6
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Infrastructure Automation00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Automated Provisioning00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Parallel Execution00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Node Management00 Ratings7.24 Ratings
    Reporting & Logging00 Ratings7.64 Ratings
    Version Control00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    User Testimonials
    AWS CloudFormationExtremeCloud IQ
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    AWS CloudFormation is well suited for scenarios where all of your resources need to be provisioned on AWS but it is not suited for hybrid cloud deployments. It's very easy for someone new to learn. The level of customization offered as part of the template specifically for AWS services is great. There is also a UI tool where we can drag and drop the services we want and it generates an yaml file which is very easy to use. The visibility of stacks and its resources and one place where we can track and identify the issues in deployment is great.
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    Extreme Networks
    ExtremeCloud IQ is definitely best suited for a mid/large-scale business. The tools provided for what you pay for would be mostly unnecessary for a small business - the pricing also would not condone the purchase for a small business. That said, we are more of a mid-sized district, and being able to manage this system with 120 APs deployed across 10 locations has been great. I'm the only person that purchases, configures, deploys and manages everything with ExtremeCloud IQ - and it doesn't take too much time to be able to do so. I'm certainly a fan of the product!
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • IaC, transactional on top of that
    • Support for "mainstream" general programming languages
    • Sharable IaC "snippets" that can setup standardized environments for individuals quickly
    • OOP techniques are available thanks to OOP languages
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    Extreme Networks
    • GTAC support is excellent; they understand the issue and do not hesitate to help in detail.
    • The layout is very intuitive and easy to use, especially the templating of switch port types. It makes it simple to use context-based names so the purpose of the port can be understood.
    • The auto channel selection now works very well, including the SDR dual 5GHz mode.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Error Description upon Failure Needs to be Improved.
    • Slow to create, delete or update.
    • Need to delete resources manually. It can ask before starting deletion whether to skip those resources or delete them.
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    Extreme Networks
    • XIQ Refreshes could be enhanced for closer to on-prem experience.
    • Client Data polling interval needs to be quicker, 10 minutes.
    • Full feature parity of switch management in XIQ.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    It's easy enough to get a shared template & apply it. You don't even have to download-then-upload or copy-and-paste, a publicly-accessible url works.
    Diving deeper, it has enough powerful capabilities to make the life of a platform / DevOps engineer bearable.
    However, you need equally deep knowledge to troubleshoot issues, when they inevitably pop up. This is the same for all IaC technologies, as they are additional abstraction layers on top of the native API provided by the cloud providers.
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    Extreme Networks
    Being a web platform, it is very easily accessible. The user interface is very simple, intuitive, and visually well-designed. The learning to use it was very quick and can be done even without specific user manuals. Access to the analytics and troubleshooting tools is also extremely intuitive and very well-crafted.
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    Extreme Networks
    I previously used Aruba APs in the early 2010s - but have no other experience since then
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • + We can standup a VPC in minutes
    • - It took a lot of inital time to set up
    • + With logging/rollback, made testing much easier.
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    Extreme Networks
    • It has been referred to as "invisible IT" because the number of support tickets to the IT desk has been reduced to practically none.
    • An IT team no longer desires ongoing WiFi support agreements, as once it is set up well, they do not need to contact us for higher-tier support.
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    AWS CloudFormation Screenshots

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    ExtremeCloud IQ Screenshots

    Screenshot of the ExtremeCloud IQ Dashboard