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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Azure

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

    $29

    per month

    Tanzu Application Catalog

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AThe Tanzu Application Catalog (or Bitnami) provides packaged applications for any platform. The platform delivers and maintains a catalog of 130+ ready-to-run server applications and development environments in partnership with cloud providers including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle, driving over 1.5 million deployments per month. Bitnami was acquired by VMware in 2019.

    $0.50

    per month

    Pricing
    Microsoft AzureTanzu Application Catalog
    Editions & Modules
    Developer
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $100
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    per month
    10GB
    $0.50
    per month
    T3A Nano
    $3.38
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AzureTanzu Application Catalog
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.—
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft AzureTanzu Application Catalog
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    33 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    30 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    34 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft AzureTanzu Application Catalog
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Microsoft Azure and Tanzu Application Catalog
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    8.5
    19 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Tanzu Application Catalog
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates8.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images8.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support8.818 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation8.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Microsoft Azure and Tanzu Application Catalog
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    Tanzu Application Catalog
    8.1
    5 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.45 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings8.45 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings7.35 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings7.24 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings7.15 Ratings
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    Score6 out of 10
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    Score8.7 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft AzureTanzu Application Catalog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (88 ratings)
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (28 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (28 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft AzureTanzu Application Catalog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Azure is particularly well suited for enterprise environments with existing Microsoft investments, those that require robust compliance features, and organizations that need hybrid cloud capabilities that bridge on-premises and cloud infrastructure. In my opinion, Azure is less appropriate for cost-sensitive startups or small businesses without dedicated cloud expertise and scenarios requiring edge computing use cases with limited connectivity. Azure offers comprehensive solutions for most business needs but can feel like there is a higher learning curve than other cloud-based providers, depending on the product and use case.
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    Broadcom
    The best way to take advantage of VMware Application Catalog (Bitnami) is as in the case I mentioned, that you constantly implement these free software, where any time saved is important in terms of installation, configuration and testing environment, it really is a very useful solution, also if you need a good community and support; however the cloud and VMs solutions is not designed for huge products, these can be slow or remain insufficient if the use of these grows a lot, even though it is an easy-to-use product, you need to have enough knowledge in terms of installation and management of cloud solutions, a beginner can find himself in trouble
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Microsoft Azure is highly scalable and flexible. You can quickly scale up or down additional resources and computing power.
    • You have no longer upfront investments for hardware. You only pay for the use of your computing power, storage space, or services.
    • The uptime that can be achieved and guaranteed is very important for our company. This includes the rapid maintenance for security updates that are mostly carried out by Microsoft.
    • The wide range of capabilities of services that are possible in Microsoft Azure. You can practically put or create anything in Microsoft Azure.
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    Broadcom
    • pre-packaged templates they provide.
    • ease of cloud-deployment of your projects.
    • The development community page always has useful information and there is a lot of support.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • The cost of resources is difficult to determine, technical documentation is frequently out of date, and documentation and mapping capabilities are lacking.
    • The documentation needs to be improved, and some advanced configuration options require research and experimentation.
    • Microsoft's licensing scheme is too complex for the average user, and Azure SQL syntax is too different from traditional SQL.
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    Broadcom
    • Possibility to configure the implementation through mobile devices
    • Sometimes the performance of the VMs is slower than expected
    • A best way to do the upgrades, you have reinstall and reconfigure in this process
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    Moving to Azure was and still is an organizational strategy and not simply changing vendors. Our product roadmap revolved around Azure as we are in the business of humanitarian relief and Azure and Microsoft play an important part in quickly and efficiently serving all of the world. Migration and investment in Azure should be considered as an overall strategy of an organization and communicated companywide.
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    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Microsoft
    As Microsoft Azure is [doing a] really good with PaaS. The need of a market is to have [a] combo of PaaS and IaaS. While AWS is making [an] exceptionally well blend of both of them, Azure needs to work more on DevOps and Automation stuff. Apart from that, I would recommend Azure as a great platform for cloud services as scale.
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    Broadcom
    Most of it is intuitive. I think some of the awkwardness is found by new users who are unfamiliar with other software applications.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    It has proven to be unreliable in our production environment and services become unavailable without proper notification to system administrators
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    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    We were running Windows Server and Active Directory, so [Microsoft] Azure was a seamless transition. We ran into a few, if any support issues, however, the availability of Microsoft Azure's support team was more than willing and able to guide us through the process. They even proposed solutions to issues we had not even thought of!
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    Broadcom
    They have an expert team, not just a frontline team that has learned the FAQs but a team that knows the product.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    As I have mentioned before the issue with my Oracle Mismatch Version issues that have put a delay on moving one of my platforms will justify my 7 rating.
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    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    As I continue to evaluate the "big three" cloud providers for our clients, I make the following distinctions, though this gap continues to close. AWS is more granular, and inherently powerful in the configuration options compared to [Microsoft] Azure. It is a "developer" platform for cloud. However, Azure PowerShell is helping close this gap. Google Cloud is the leading containerization platform, largely thanks to it building kubernetes from the ground up. Azure containerization is getting better at having the same storage/deployment options.
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    Broadcom
    VMware Application Catalog (Bitnami) offers better tools to complete the task faster and more efficiently. The customer support and knowledge base is also well presented and trained
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • For about 2 years we didn't have to do anything with our production VMs, the system ran without a hitch, which meant our engineers could focus on features rather than infrastructure.
    • DNS management was very easy in Azure, which made it easy to upgrade our cluster with zero downtime.
    • Azure Web UI was easy to work with and navigate, which meant our senior engineers and DevOps team could work with Azure without formal training.
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    Broadcom
    • We save a lot of time implementing the apps, less engineers working on this phase
    • The upgrade process of the apps can be a pain and a waste valuable time
    • The mains options of the VMware Application Catalog (Bitnami) are free so is important for save money in our organization
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