VmWare Tanzu Application Services and Redhat Openshift are leading contender’s in the application platform war for cloud-native architecture’s.
Here is a scoring table used to compare their feature offerings. The winner here is VMWare TAS in lieu of the overall scoring from the evaluation
panel with representatives from Application architecture, Security, Infra, Enterprise architecture and CTO organization and also due to an inspiring technical roadmap.
What I will consider if I will do it now?(2022)
This comparision was done in 2nd quarter of 2020 and VMWare hence came up with Tanzu Application Platform(TAP) based on Kubernetes which is a very strong contender and a possible winner in this race due to hybrid and multicloud strategy.It also has an array of supporting software’s to develop a strong cloud-native and microservices based architecture.
Final score
1.1 Comparison Table - Overall Capability Score
| Feature |
VMWare TAS |
REDHAT Openshift |
| Provide runtime environment |
4.8 |
4.5 |
| Application life-cycle management |
4.7 |
4.0 |
| Ensure viability of application logic |
4.5 |
4.1 |
| Support application deployments |
4.8 |
4.3 |
| Support cloud-style operations |
4.7 |
4.1 |
1.2 Comparison Table - Evaluation & Contracting
| Feature |
VMWare TAS |
REDHAT Openshift |
| Pricing Flexibility |
4.0 |
4.2 |
| Ability to Understand Needs |
4.4 |
4.4 |
1.3 Comparison Table - Integration & Deployment
| Feature |
VMWare TAS |
REDHAT Openshift |
| Ease of Deployment |
4.4 |
4.0 |
| Quality of End-User Training |
4.3 |
4.0 |
| Ease of Integration using Standard APIs and Tools |
4.6 |
4.1 |
| Availability of 3rd-Party Resources |
4.2 |
3.9 |
1.4 Comparison Table - Service & Support
| Feature |
VMWare TAS |
REDHAT Openshift |
| Timeliness of Vendor Response |
4.6 |
4.1 |
| Quality of Peer User Community |
4.7 |
4.1 |
| Quality of Technical Support |
4.5 |
4.1 |