cloudControl vs Ninefold: What are the differences?

cloudControl: Deploy and scale any app in Java, PHP, Python, Ruby and more. The cloudControl PaaS supports multiple languages and their ecosystems natively and without vendor lock-in through open source buildpacks. Native support means you can continue to use the tools you know and love for development and simply push your code to the cloudControl platform. A buildpack is run on each push and prepares your app for deployment. E.g. compiling source code, minifying CSS and Javascript assets, pulling in dependencies with Maven, Composer, PIP, Bundler and more; Ninefold: High Performance Australian Cloud Servers. Ninefold.com specialises in high performance, self managed, cloud based virtual servers for the Australian market including the Australian Federal Govt.

cloudControl and Ninefold can be categorized as "Platform as a Service" tools.

Some of the features offered by cloudControl are:

• Develop and push code in any language- Native support for Java, PHP, Python, Ruby and more without vendor lock-in.
• Deploy and scale your apps easily- Launch new versions without downtime and use horizontal or vertical scaling.
• Use the flexible and secure runtime environment- Run your code in secure Linux containers and easily use Add-on services to add databases and more.

On the other hand, Ninefold provides the following key features:

• Easy to use portal
• Awesome local support
• Production and Development servers