We compared OpenShift and Google Cloud based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
OpenShift and Google Cloud both offer robust scalability, efficient containerization, strong security measures, and seamless integration with other systems. OpenShift users praise its customer service and pricing, while Google Cloud users value its seamless integration with other Google services and excellent performance. While OpenShift users mention some complexities in setup and customization, Google Cloud users highlight the need for improvements in speed, reliability, and ease of use.
Features: OpenShift stands out for its efficient containerization, extensive automation capabilities, and seamless integration with other systems. On the other hand, Google Cloud excels in seamless integration with Google services, excellent performance, and reliable customer support.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for OpenShift has received positive feedback, indicating a smooth installation process. Users have not reported any difficulties with licensing. On the other hand, Google Cloud offers competitive pricing and flexible licensing options, making it a preferred choice for users., OpenShift has been shown to be a profitable investment, according to user feedback. Similarly, Google Cloud has demonstrated positive returns on investment and value.
Room for Improvement: OpenShift could benefit from enhancements in its user interface, documentation, error handling, and technical issue resolution. Users also want more flexibility in customization and integrations. Google Cloud needs improvements in speed, reliability, ease of use, transparent pricing, and customer support.
Deployment and customer support: Based on user feedback, implementing a new tech solution with OpenShift can take anywhere from a week to three months for deployment and setup. In contrast, establishing a new tech solution with Google Cloud can vary greatly, ranging from a week to several months for deployment alone. The duration of the process seems more dependent on individual circumstances and requirements with Google Cloud compared to OpenShift., OpenShift's customer service has received high praise for its promptness, helpfulness, and expertise in resolving issues. In comparison, Google Cloud's customer service is also highly praised for its excellent assistance, responsiveness, and reliability in addressing queries and concerns.
The summary above is based on 76 interviews we conducted recently with OpenShift and Google Cloud users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"It is a stable solution."
"We can increase the storage as we need."
"It's easy to deploy next-generation applications on Google Cloud. Customers can also use various cloud tools to optimize their operations and generate more insights to do business much smarter."
"There is no downtime. It is very reliable."
"Google Cloud is perceived as a cost-effective and user-friendly option, especially compared to AWS. The current affordability and ease of use make it suitable for medium-sized companies. While the complexity may increase in the future, for now, Google Cloud is considered easy to use."
"It's robust, and it has a wide reach in terms of office applications including storage."
"It didn't take long to get everything set up and understand what was going on. Things are pretty clear."
"I haven't had any trouble setting up Google Cloud."
"The most valuable feature is the high availability for the applications."
"We are able to operate client’s platform without downtime during security patch management each month and provide a good SLA (as scalability for applications is processed during heavy client website load, automatically)."
"I like OCP, and the management UI is better than the open-source ones."
"The product's initial setup is very easy, especially compared to AWS."
"It's cloud agnostic and the containerization and security features are outstanding."
"I love to automate everything and OpenShift was been born for that. It takes care of the network layer itself and I don't need to dive into it; I can work on a top level. Our project has numerous services designed to run in Docker containers, and we have run almost all pieces in OpenShift."
"Self-provisioning support saves a lot of time and unnecessary work from the system administrator who can use this time to run and monitor the infrastructure. For the developer, this means less time waiting for the provisioning and excellent flexibility for development, testing, and production. Also, in such systems it is easy for developers to monitor applications even after deployment."
"Provides support throughout the whole platform."
"The ease-of-use could be improved for less technical users."
"The storage available for this solution could be improved, especially compared to a solution like Microsoft which offers 1 TB of storage. Google cloud offers only 30 GB."
"Technical support needs help."
"The analytics that they have are very focused. It serves Google and not really the client."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"They could integrate artificial intelligence into the applications."
"It would be nice if they could offer more free storage."
"Current technologies keep on changing, so definitely those new changes need to be incorporated quickly. The competition is always out there to be one step ahead. How those open-source platforms can be easily integrated into the cloud, is going to be the key in the future."
"One area for improvement is the documentation. They need to make it a little bit more user-friendly. Also, if you compare certain features and the installation process with Rancher, Rancher is simpler."
"Not a ten because it's not a standard solution and the endpoint protection user has to prepare with documentation or have training from other people. It's not easy to start because it's not like other solutions."
"Autoscaling is a very unique feature, but it could be useful to have more options based on traffic statistics, for example, via Prometheus. So, there should be more ready solutions to autoscale based on specific applications."
"An enhancement to consider for the future might involve incorporating a comprehensive solution for CI/CD tailored specifically for OpenShift."
"I want easier node management and more user-friendly scripts for installing master and worker nodes."
"Latency and performance are two areas of concern in OpenShift where improvements are required."
"If we can have a GUI-based configuration with better flexibility then it will be great."
"One glaring flaw is how OpenShift handles operators. Sometimes operators are forced to go into a particular namespace. When you do that, OpenShift creates an installation plan for everything in that namespace. These operators may be completely separate from each other and have nothing to do with each other, but now they are tied at the hip. You can't upgrade one without upgrading all of them. That's a huge mistake and highly problematic."
Google Cloud is ranked 5th in PaaS Clouds with 66 reviews while OpenShift is ranked 4th in PaaS Clouds with 53 reviews. Google Cloud is rated 8.2, while OpenShift is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Google Cloud writes "Great for big data with off-the-charts scalability for storage and databases". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenShift writes "Provides us with the flexibility and efficiency of cloud-native stacks while enabling us to meet regulatory constraints". Google Cloud is most compared with Alibaba Cloud, Linode, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry and SAP Cloud Platform, whereas OpenShift is most compared with Amazon AWS, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Microsoft Azure, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). See our Google Cloud vs. OpenShift report.
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