What is AppFog?
AppFog provides the infrastructure web developers need to build apps without worrying about IT tasks or having to wait days to get servers ready for writing code. AppFog’s web application technologies include PHP, NodeJS, Ruby, Python, Java, .NET, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
AppFog is a tool in the Platform as a Service category of a tech stack.
Who uses AppFog?
Companies
Developers
5 developers on StackShare have stated that they use AppFog.
AppFog Integrations
New Relic, CircleCI, Twilio SendGrid, Mailgun, and Cloudinary are some of the popular tools that integrate with AppFog. Here's a list of all 19 tools that integrate with AppFog.
Pros of AppFog
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AppFog's Features
- Launches fast, runs fast- Varnish Cache and op-code caching run applications with less server load and accelerated performance.
- Reduces ops work- No more configuring servers, firewalls, Apache, security, or installing frameworks.
- Plays well with any SCM- Versioning is critical. AppFog is compatible with code management systems like git, svn, and mercurial.
- Scales efficiently- We run in many regions, data centers, and infrastructures. Access only the servers you need and pay for only what you use.
- Supports many app runtimes- Web app technologies include PHP, Node, Ruby, Python, Java, and .NET.
- Supports many services- Add any popular service to your application, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and RabbitMQ.
AppFog Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to AppFog?
Heroku
Heroku is a cloud application platform – a new way of building and deploying web apps. Heroku lets app developers spend 100% of their time on their application code, not managing servers, deployment, ongoing operations, or scaling.
Red Hat OpenShift
OpenShift is Red Hat's Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering. OpenShift is an application platform in the cloud where application developers and teams can build, test, deploy, and run their applications.
NGINX
nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. According to Netcraft nginx served or proxied 30.46% of the top million busiest sites in Jan 2018.
Apache HTTP Server
The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant web server. Originally designed as a replacement for the NCSA HTTP Server, it has grown to be the most popular web server on the Internet.
Amazon EC2
It is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.
