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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.

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What is Jelastic?

Jelastic is the next generation of Java hosting platforms which can run and scale ANY Java application with no code changes required

What is 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.

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Why do developers choose Jelastic?

Why do developers choose OpenShift?

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Managed hosting
7
Pay-per-Use on an hourly basis
7
Automatic scaling
5
SSH access
4
Multiple hosting providers
4
Constantly evolving
3
Great support

96
Good free plan
59
Open Source
43
Easy setup
40
Nodejs support
37
Well documented
31
Custom domains
27
Mongodb support

What are the cons of using Jelastic?

What are the cons of using OpenShift?

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Decisions are made for you, limiting your options
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Behind, sometimes severely, the upstreams

What companies use Jelastic?

What companies use OpenShift?

What are some alternatives to Jelastic and OpenShift?

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.

Google App Engine

Google has a reputation for highly reliable, high performance infrastructure. With App Engine you can take advantage of the 10 years of knowledge Google has in running massively scalable, performance driven systems. App Engine applications are easy to build, easy to maintain, and easy to scale as your traffic and data storage needs grow.

AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Once you upload your application, Elastic Beanstalk automatically handles the deployment details of capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling, and application health monitoring.

Apollo

Build a universal GraphQL API on top of your existing REST APIs, so you can ship new application features fast without waiting on backend changes.

Azure Websites

Azure Websites is a fully managed Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that enables you to build, deploy and scale enterprise-grade web Apps in seconds. Focus on your application code, and let Azure take care of the infrastructure to scale and securely run it for you.

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What tools integrate with Jelastic?

What tools integrate with OpenShift?

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Decisions about Jelastic and OpenShift

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Reviews of Jelastic and OpenShift

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OpenShift

I needed a PaaS provider that didn't drop all the time and it's hard to find a good option for PHP applications. Openshift takes care of it. They are a little behind on PHP versions, but that can be solved with a custom cartridge. It requires a little more elbow grease to get rolling when you want to implement something they don't already have, but their quickstarts are great to get rolling with the basics quickly.

How developers use Jelastic and OpenShift

kelumkps uses

OpenShift

SG-TravelBuddy server application is hosted on Red Hat OpenShift Online (v3). SG-TravelBuddy mobile (Android) app is connecting to this server for data operations.

BrightMachine uses

Jelastic