Cloud App Development & Test

Cloud Application Development, Testing Q&A Environments

Related Terms: Cloud Sales Demo’s, Cloud Sales Training Environment, Cloud Proof of Concept Environments (POC)
Cloud Dev Test.

As companies work to maximize their IT spending, a few initiatives that offer natural entry points to exploit the value of cloud computing platform without any significant overhead costs are: Cloud Application Development & Test, Cloud Sales Demo’s and Cloud Proof of Concept’s (POC).

What is Cloud Web Application Development & Testing? - Developers, development teams and architects require development and test environments in which they can share, collaborate, test and Q&A applications they have developed. Requisitioning the resources, hardware and installations required for these environments to be configured and allocated is a frequent challenge.

With Cloud based Development, Test and Q&A environments many of these problems are alleviated. The following companies offer out of the box Cloud based Development, Test and Q&A environments with no hardware investment, no installation of software stacks and no IT expertise.

The benefits of these Cloud based Development, Test and Q&A environments are:
• No hardware investment
• No time and resource allocation from IT
• Shorter provisioning and test cycle times
• Easy collaboration and test environment enablement

Cloud Virtual Demo’s (Sales Enablement), Training & Proof of Concept’s – The ease of deployment, low cost and demand based pricing are the primary driver fueling cloud computing for Product Demonstration’s, Product Proof of Concepts and hands on product testing. Cloud enables a nimble and cost effective solution for the 'hands-on' component of Training, Demo’s and Product testing/Proof of Concepts.

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Cloud App Development & Test

OpenLogic CloudSwing - Deploy Open Source on the Cloud in Minutes more info

Target Business Size
SMB, Enterprise, MSP’s
Pricing Overview
Free Edition: 3 users, 5 applications, no support
Developer Edition: $30/month, 1 user, 10 applications, Support
Team Edition: $75/month, 5-25 users, 50-250 applications, Support
Enterprise Edition: $30/month, 25+ users, 250+ applications, Support
Cloud Supported

Outsystems - .net, Java PaaS more info

Target Business Size
SMB – Enterprise, Developers, MSP’s
Pricing Overview
Three price levels, no prices available

Community for one developer, small apps
Continue your evaluation or run a personal app in your pc.
Standard for small ITs and SMEs
Develop and manage small departmental web apps.
Enterprise for large ITs and corporations
High management, performance, scalability and availability.
Cloud Supported

OpenStack - Open Source Software for Building Private and Public Clouds more info

Target Business Size
SMB – Enterprise, MSP’s, Large Research
Pricing Overview
Free Open Source ApacheLicense
Cloud Supported

CloudStack - IaaS Platform more info

Target Business Size
Enterprise, MSP, ISV’s
Pricing Overview
Cloud Supported

PHP Fog - Rock-solid Cloud Platform for PHP more info

Target Business Size
Any Size, Developers
Pricing Overview
Four Plans with varying amounts of RAM, Storage, Compute units based on the needs of the application
Shared Cloud: Free, Shared RAM & CPU. 100MB Storage, MYSQL, 15GB bandwidth, Run 3 apps
SilverCloud: $29/month/server, 613MB Ram, 2 Burst ECU, 10GB Storage, 100Gb Bandwidth, Run 10 apps
Gold Cloud: $79/month/server, 1.7GB Ram, 1 complete unit, 50GB Storage, 100Gb Bandwidth, Run 30 apps
Platinum Cloud: $249/month/server, 7.5GBRam, 4 complete units,100 GB Storage, 100Gb Bandwidth, Run 125 apps
Cloud Supported

Apprenda - .net PaaS more info

Target Business Size
All Sizes, ISV’s
Pricing Overview
Two versions- Memory Limits and Support are the main differences
Express: Free, Maximum Memory Across Managed Cluster 12 GB
Enterprise: Price upon request, Maximum Memory Across Managed Cluster Unlimite
Cloud Supported

Bungee Connect - Eclipse PaaS more info

Target Business Size
All Sizes
Pricing Overview
Free while in Beta
Cloud Supported

Cloudbees - Java Dev PaaS more info

Target Business Size
All Sizes
Pricing Overview
Priced for dev server or production server
Dev Cloud
Free: 300 free minutes
Base: $15/month, free minutes/month 1,000
Pro: $50/month, free minutes/month 5,000
Enterprise: $100/month, free minutes/month 10,000
Build price for all 0.106/hour billed in minutes

Run Cloud Pricing includes all the configuration features required for enterprise cloud applications. As indicated in the name, there is no upfront or recurring fee. You will be billed for the usage of your On-demand applications on a monthly basis, according to the monthly anniversary of your subscription.
Starter App - 1 app-cell, 128Mb RAM per hr/per instance $0.05
Large App - 8 app-cell, 1024Mb RAM per hr/per instance $0.40
Cloud Supported

jRapid – Java PaaS more info

Target Business Size
All Sizes
Pricing Overview
Priced either per project or dev server or production server
Per Project: based on the # of tables and developers
Small: $20/month
Medium: $40/month
Large: $80/month
XL: $300/month

Per Dev Server
Bronze: $20/month
Silver: $80/month
Gold: $150/month

Price Scenarios
A basic webapp: 1 small project, 0 dev servers, 0 prod servers: $0/month. It's free!
A medium sized project (35 tables in the database) hosted in JRapid cloud: 1 medium project, 0 dev servers, 0 prod servers: $20/month
A medium sized project with custom Java code and hosted in your own servers: 1 medium project, 1 dev server, 0 prod servers: $40/month
A large project with custom Java code hosted in JRapid cloud: 1 large project, 1 dev server, 1 prod server: $160/month
A medium sized project sold to many customers (tenants): 1 medium project, 1 dev server, 0 prod servers: $40/month
5 large projects with custom Java code and hosted in JRapid cloud: 5 large projects, 1 dev server, 1 prod server: $320/month
Cloud Supported

CloudControl - PHP Cloud Hosting Platform as a Service more info

Target Business Size
SMB companies, independent developers, IT Departments, application architects.
Pricing Overview
Based on the number of boxes and add-ons (extend the platform) used. The first box is free.
Cloud Supported

WorkXpress -  Platform as a Service (PaaS), Rapid App Dev more info

Target Business Size
SMB companies, independent developers, IT Departments, application architects. ISV’s, VAR’s
Pricing Overview
$1.50/day per user with hosting and support. 50cents per user per day do it your self bring your own cloud and apps
Cloud Supported

Wolf Frameworks - PaaS for SaaS more info

Target Business Size
All Size companies, developers, application architects. ISV’s, Service Companies
Pricing Overview
All pricing plans have unlimited applications and entities and the same support: 15 days full remote support (chat, phone and email)

Business: $264/month, 300 users, 300MB storage, 300,000 records
Enterprise: $900/month, 1,000 users, 1.5G storage, 1.5M records
Organization: $900/month, unlimited users, 3GB storage, 3M records
Cloud Supported

Engine Yard - Ruby and PHP PaaS more info

Target Business Size
All Size companies, developers, Application Architects, Web Dev Firms.
Pricing Overview
Engine Yard AppCloud is a fully-metered Rails deployment platform, which means that you only pay for the resources you actually use. There are no sign up or minimum usage fees. You can add instances or remove instances. Below are estimated costs for popular configurations:

Developer Setup: One medium application instance with co-located database.
Estimated Monthly Cost*: $178.02

Small Web Application: One medium application instance and one medium dedicated database instance. Estimated Monthly Cost*: $356.60

Production Application: Two medium load-balanced application instances and one medium database instance. Estimated Monthly Cost*: $534.40

Standard Price List:
Small Instance (32 bit) 1 ECU, 1.7GB RAM, 160 GB Non-persistent storage, $0.12/Hour

High CPU Med (32 bit) 5 ECU, 1.7GB RAM,350GB Non-persistent storage $0.23/Hour

Large Instance (64 bit) 4 ECU, 7.5GB RAM, 850GB Non-persistent storage $0.47/Hour

High Memory 4XL (64 bit) 26 ECU, 68.4GB RAM, 420GB of Non-persistent storage $.93/Hour
More configurations available
Cloud Supported

Xuropa - Software Demos on the Cloud more info

Target Business Size
Software Vendors (ISV’s)
Pricing Overview
Basic: $49/month, up to 5 accounts, 1Gb Storage
Pro: $125/month, up to 5 accounts, 5Gb Storage
Enterprise: $250/month, unlimited accounts, 5Gb Storage
SaaS: $300/month, unlimited accounts, 5Gb Storage

Many other metrics apply
Cloud Supported

Skytap - Cloud Automation for Dev, Test, Demo Environments more info

Target Business Size
SMB- Enterprise, Software Developers
Pricing Overview
Subscription Model starting at $500 per month
Cloud Supported

rPath -  Easily Deploy to Your Own Self-Service Private or Hybrid Cloud more info

Target Business Size
Enterprise, Software Developers, Managed Service Providers
Pricing Overview
Cloud Supported

RightScale - Private & Hybrid Cloud Computing Management Platform more info

Target Business Size
SMB-Enterprise
Pricing Overview
Five different plans:
Free: 1 user. Best for Individual developers and those evaluating cloud computing
Standard: 5 users $500/mo Initial fee: $2,500. Best for Single groups configuring
and deploying applications
in the cloud
Premium: 10 users. $1,000/mo Initial fee: $4,000 Best for Single groups deploying
business-critical applications in the cloud
Enterprise: Call for Pricing. Enterprises requiring complete lifecycle management and
control across multiple cloud resources
Cloud Supported

ManagedMethods -  Practical Management and Governance for Cloud APIs & SOA more info

Target Business Size
Enterprise
Pricing Overview
CloudGate Pricing:
$400/month: 10,000 messages per/hr
$600/month: 20,000 messages per/hr
$1,000/month: 40,000 messages per/hr

JaxView AM for availability monitoring $4,000
JaxView ME for real-user visibility and management $2,000
JaxView Enterprise for visibility, management, security and runtime governance. $14,000

Application-based licensing is based on the number of CPUs of the application server(s) being monitored by JaxView. This provides a scalable pricing model for small and medium-sized Web services deployments.
Cloud Supported

OpenShift -  PaaS by Redhat Cloud Deployment Made Easy more info

Target Business Size
SMB- Large Enterprise & Managed Service Providers
Pricing Overview
OpenShift Express Free
OpenShift Flex: Trial Version. Pricing Not Available
Cloud Supported

LongJump -  Platform as a Service (PaaS) for SaaS Apps more info

Target Business Size
Enterprise, Enterprise Departments, ISV’s and Service & Solutions Providers
Pricing Overview
Basic Team Department Corporate PaaS PaaS+
Service Plans Monthly Subscription Costs. Record storage limits apply to all plans and other limits apply
Basic $49, users 2, Apps 5, File Storage 1GB
Team: $99, users 5, Apps 15 File Storage 5GB
Department: $199, users 10, Apps 25 File Storage 10GB
Corporate: $499, users 25, Apps 50 File Storage 15GB
PaaS: $1,999, users 100, Apps 100 File Storage 50GB
Cloud Supported

Kaavo - Cloud App Management & Deployment Platform, Cloud ALM more info

Target Business Size
SMB-Enterprise
Pricing Overview
Three Plans, All Monthly Fee’s, Cancel at Any time. No setup Fees.
Online Self Serve for SMB: $100/month for 1,667 hours of managed CPU time. Additional hours at 6 cents/hour
Enterprise Solution for Mid-Enterprise: Custom Quote
Onsite Deployment Enterprise for large: Custom Quote
Note: One CPU hour = A small virtual server with a single cpu running for one hour.
Cloud Supported

Intalio - PaaS and IaaS more info

Target Business Size
All sizes through different versions. MSP’s
Pricing Overview
Cloud Supported

Iland - Resource Cloud Infrastructure more info

Target Business Size
SMB-Mid market
Pricing Overview
Cloud Supported

Eucalyptus - Private Cloud Enterprise Edition and Eucalyptus Open Source Cloud more info

Target Business Size
Different versions for All Sizes
Pricing Overview
Open Source Community Edition, is free to use but has restrictions:
• the maximum lifetime of an instance is 6 hours
• the maximum number of simultaneous running instances per user is 4 instances.
(When there is more than 4 instances, instances will be randomly terminated until only 4 instances remain.)
Enterprise Edition: Pricing Not Available
Cloud Supported

CohesiveFT - Cloud OnBoarding, Cloud Deployment, Cloud Testing of Custom Stacks more info

Target Business Size
All sizes. ISVs, Individual developers and development teams.
Pricing Overview
Trial Edition: Cloud hosted 90-day Trial Edition for development and testing purposes.
Base Edition: 3 Month Min Subscription. Ideal for a small dev/ops group. 2 Admins, 50 Users. 1,200 builds/year
Modular Edition: 6 Month Minimum. Ideal for a business unit. 5 admins, unlimited users. 5,000 builds/year
Multiple Edition: 1 year. Best used by multiple enterprise business units. 25 admins, unlimited users. 10,000 builds/year
Cloud Supported

Cloudswitch - CloudSwitch Easily Deploy Apps in the Cloud more info

Target Business Size
SMB- Enterprise, Through Different Versions
Pricing Overview
Explorer Edition: Free. Move up to five virtual machines to the Amazon EC2cloud
Enterprise Version: $25,000 annual subscription license includes:
• Unlimited users and clouds
• Up to 20 virtual machines running concurrently in the target cloud
• Standard support
Cloud Supported

Cloudshare - Infrastructure as a Service IaaS for MS Sharepoint more info

Target Business Size
SMB - Enterprise, Software Developers
Pricing Overview
CloudShare ProPlus $49 unlimited hours/month
Includes: Fully Licensed Win or LinuxOS
Preinstalled: Windows Server 2003-2008, Linux distributions, SQL, Ruby, Active Directory, Oracle 11g, SharePoint 2007-2010 and more
Support: Forum and email support
Max Hardware: Up to:
6 virtual machines, 10 virtual CPUs, 300 GB disk, 10 GB RAM
Cloud Supported

Cloud.com - Cloud Platform & Cloud management more info

Target Business Size
Different Versions for All Size Companies. Managed Service Providers
Pricing Overview
Community Edition: Free, Community Only Support
Enterprise Edition: Open source and proprietary code, enterprise ready, subscription only feature set, enterprise connectors, commercially supported
Service Provider Edition: Open source and proprietary code, service provider ready, subscription only feature set, enterprise connectors, commercially supported

Cloud Supported

AppZero - VAA Virtual Application Appliances more info

Target Business Size
Enterprise and Integrated, Managed Service Providers
Pricing Overview
AppZero for Windows Servers:
1 VAA Single Instance $800
5 VAA Instances $3,000
10 VAA Instances $5,000
AppZero for Windows Servers:
250 Desktops Free
1,000 Desktops $9,000
2,000 Desktops $14,000
AppZero for Linux
1 VAA Single Instance $800
5 VAA Instances $3,000
10 VAA Instances $5,000
Call for Solaris Support
Cloud Supported