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Jelastic vs OpenShift: What are the differences?
Developers describe Jelastic as "Java and PHP Cloud Hosting". Jelastic is the next generation of Java hosting platforms which can run and scale ANY Java application with no code changes required. On the other hand, OpenShift is detailed as "Red Hat's free Platform as a Service (PaaS) for hosting Java, PHP, Ruby, Python, Node.js, and Perl apps". 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.
Jelastic and OpenShift can be primarily classified as "Platform as a Service" tools.
Some of the features offered by Jelastic are:
- Set up environment in seconds
- No installation or configuration
- No APIs to code to
On the other hand, OpenShift provides the following key features:
- Built-in support for Node.js, Ruby, Python, PHP, Perl, and Java (the standard in today's Enterprise)
- OpenShift is extensible with a customizable cartridge functionality that allows developers to add any other language they wish. We've seen everything from Clojure to Cobol running on OpenShift.
- OpenShift supports frameworks ranging from Spring, to Rails, to Play
"Managed hosting" is the top reason why over 7 developers like Jelastic, while over 95 developers mention "Good free plan" as the leading cause for choosing OpenShift.
OpenShift is an open source tool with 915 GitHub stars and 563 GitHub forks. Here's a link to OpenShift's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of Jelastic
- Automatic scaling13
- Managed hosting12
- Pay-per-Use on an hourly basis12
- Constantly evolving8
- Multiple hosting providers6
- Full automatic vertical and horizontal scaling5
- High availability5
- SSH access5
- Jenkins3
- Great support3
- Easy to use2
Pros of Red Hat OpenShift
- Good free plan98
- Open Source62
- Easy setup46
- Nodejs support42
- Well documented41
- Custom domains32
- Mongodb support28
- Clean and simple architecture27
- PHP support25
- Customizable environments21
- Ability to run CRON jobs11
- Easier than Heroku for a WordPress blog9
- Autoscaling7
- Good balance between Heroku and AWS for flexibility7
- Easy deployment7
- PostgreSQL support6
- Free, Easy Setup, Lot of Gear or D.I.Y Gear5
- Shell access to gears4
- High Security3
- Great Support3
- Its free and offer custom domain usage2
- Logging & Metrics2
- Meteor support2
- Overly complicated and over engineered in majority of e2
- Golang support2
- Secure2
- Because it is easy to manage2
- No credit card needed1
- MultiCloud1
- Runs Anywhere - AWS, GCP, Azure1
- This is the only free one among the three as of today1
- Great free plan with excellent support1
- Autoscaling at a good price point1
- Easy setup and great customer support1
- Cloud Agnostic1
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Cons of Jelastic
Cons of Red Hat OpenShift
- Decisions are made for you, limiting your options2
- License cost2
- Behind, sometimes severely, the upstreams1
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