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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud Managed Istio

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AThe IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides the Managed Istio installation add on, designed to provide additonal control over clusters and the microservices they comprise via automatic updates and lifecycle management of control plane components, and integration with platform logging and monitoring tools.N/A

    SAP Business Technology Platform

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) is the company's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering, that brings together intelligent enterprise applications with database and data management, analytics, integration and extension capabilities into one platform for both cloud and hybrid environments, including hundreds of pre-built integrations for SAP and third-party applications.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioSAP Business Technology Platform
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioSAP Business Technology Platform
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioSAP Business Technology Platform
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    IBM
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    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    549 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    388 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    545 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    284 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    412 Answers
    Features
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioSAP Business Technology Platform
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of IBM Cloud Managed Istio and SAP Business Technology Platform
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Managed Istio
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    0% above category average
    SAP Business Technology Platform
    7.4
    480 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Ease of building user interfaces6.95 Ratings7.8459 Ratings
    Scalability7.95 Ratings7.8459 Ratings
    Platform management overhead7.85 Ratings7.1439 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability8.05 Ratings7.2393 Ratings
    Platform access control8.75 Ratings7.4443 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration8.65 Ratings7.8432 Ratings
    Development environment creation8.05 Ratings7.7429 Ratings
    Development environment replication8.05 Ratings7.3372 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification8.05 Ratings6.8419 Ratings
    Issue recovery8.95 Ratings6.9365 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes7.25 Ratings7.3402 Ratings
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioSAP Business Technology Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    8.3
    (488 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (477 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (312 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioSAP Business Technology Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Clearly, the [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] tool is very useful when you have multiple services and each service is connecting with other services through APIs in different networks. To manage this type of complex network, [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] is very useful. It comes with a license that can increase the billing of your project so make sure if your application network mesh, monitoring cannot be managed on your own then you can use it. If your application is not very complex then you have many tools available like Grafana, Prometheus, Sumo Logic, which you can integrate individually with your cluster and implement. In this type of scenario, it is better to not use [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] and it will serve your purpose as well.
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    SAP
    SAP Business Technology Platform offers to run the cloud application without worries about availability and accessibility. This is helping us to enable the services that are really suited for us. For example, We have Cloud Identity Services that offer the capability to manage identity directory and also Identity provisioning functionality. Both functionalities helped us to manage the SSO and also enabled the auto-provisioning.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Layers transparently onto existing applications
    • Allows control of access and rules to be developed
    • Creates metrics for usage
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    SAP
    • Services are operated by SAP with outstanding support, always giving a helping hand even if it is custom code or solution provided on the platform
    • Services are easily connectable via standard approach to our backend SAP systems in SAP Rise/HEC
    • Secure access using identities from our existing identity management helping us to safeguard data security from within SAP systems up to custom frontend applications
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Some more functionalities added could improve it better.
    • Better technical user guidance.
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    SAP
    • Have specialized connectors for specific industry use case application
    • Have seamless integration with data platform to create data application on the fly this includes both SAP and non-SAP products
    • Create offline SDK and code editing studios to ease the development issues when working remotely
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Seamless integration with external system and dashboard to monitor the data flow and analysis are very essential for the business. The way the product is designed and modelled lead to minimum business disruptions. Adopting to the new and modern technology was easy. Keeping the central system as clean and adopting project bases development are advantages.
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    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Overall, I feel it is build toward as an SAP centric platform. Which is very proper direction for SAP as it is their competitive advantage. However, as a customer, I like to see the cost of the services to come down with the advance of underlay hardware capabilities. Licensing model can be streamlined for easier budgeting and consumption.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    Training and usage support available
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    SAP
    I give it 9/10 because its customer support team is responsive and knowledgeable, providing clear guidance on complex issues. We contacted them several times; I want to give one example. When we had a problem with third-party integration, we reached out to them about the issue, and they provided a tailored solution for this.
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    Online Training
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Training material in Developers Community or from Learning hub are really good... also most of the time we route through Discovery center... so materials provided by SAP is really good.
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    1. Sometimes the licensing doesn’t make sense, e.g., Difficult to understand the license for ABAP cloud runtime. 2. When SAP Business Technology Platform workflow cost is very high but process automation which offers more features has less cost.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
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    SAP
    SAP Concur allows our staff to book, reimburse and remain spend audit compliant. Our Concur system takes feed from Workday and interacts with Credit card vendor. It also makes posting to Accounting and does clearing. SAP Business Technology Platform helped in establishing connection with all these different tools in real time. It helps in getting paid to the card service provider through our Bank through interface, which is built on SAP Business Technology Platform.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • It reduced the complexity of network mesh (ingress/egress services).
    • One tool with many solutions. No need to integrate monitoring tools or notification tools.
    • It reduced the number of lines of YAML code.
    • It reduced the number of labor hours.
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    SAP
    • Infusing Generative AI capabilities easily into our solutions with existing talent with minimal learning curve, has been very impactful. We have been able resolve several challenges for our clients with AI capabilities, that we could not, previously.
    • Integration Suite is quite extensive in capabilities for bringing together the IT landscape into a single ecosystem.
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    SAP Business Technology Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of SAP Build Process Automation, an SAP BTP service