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Description

The F5 Distributed Cloud Platform offers enhanced features, robust security measures, and streamlined operations superior to those provided by native cloud services. This platform is specifically designed to cater to distributed applications operating in multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge settings. As software applications transition into microservices and increasingly rely on APIs, the emergence of complex and highly distributed architectures brings about challenges, escalated costs, and heightened risks. To effectively deliver applications, it is necessary to deploy and manage various appliances, software, and connectivity services. Conventional CDNs and hub-and-spoke networks fall short when it comes to supporting immersive or large-scale SaaS applications. With differing APIs, policies, and levels of observability, there is a pressing need for significant investments in automation. Applications that are distributed across various environments often face unequal protection levels. Furthermore, achieving alignment among DevOps, NetOps, and SecOps during service provisioning and security poses significant challenges, particularly when relying on ticket-based workflows, which can hinder efficiency and responsiveness. Addressing these complexities is crucial for optimizing the management of distributed applications.

Description

Spot Ocean empowers users to harness the advantages of Kubernetes while alleviating concerns about infrastructure management, all while offering enhanced cluster visibility and significantly lower expenses. A crucial inquiry is how to effectively utilize containers without incurring the operational burdens tied to overseeing the underlying virtual machines, while simultaneously capitalizing on the financial benefits of Spot Instances and multi-cloud strategies. To address this challenge, Spot Ocean is designed to operate within a "Serverless" framework, effectively managing containers by providing an abstraction layer over virtual machines, which facilitates the deployment of Kubernetes clusters without the need for VM management. Moreover, Ocean leverages various compute purchasing strategies, including Reserved and Spot instance pricing, and seamlessly transitions to On-Demand instances as required, achieving an impressive 80% reduction in infrastructure expenditures. As a Serverless Compute Engine, Spot Ocean streamlines the processes of provisioning, auto-scaling, and managing worker nodes within Kubernetes clusters, allowing developers to focus on building applications rather than managing infrastructure. This innovative approach not only enhances operational efficiency but also enables organizations to optimize their cloud spending while maintaining robust performance and scalability.

API Access

Has API Yes 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Kubernetes Yes 
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Yes 
CloudCheckr No 
Datadog Yes 
F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack Yes 
F5 Distributed Cloud CDN Yes 
F5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer Yes 
F5 Distributed Cloud WAF Yes 
Google Cloud Platform Yes 
HashiCorp Consul Yes 
IBM Cloud Red Hat Openshift Yes 
Linkerd Yes 
Opsgenie Yes 
PagerDuty Yes 
Slack Yes 
Splunk APM Yes 
Spot by NetApp No 
Terraform Yes 
VMware Cloud Yes 

Integrations

Kubernetes Yes 
Amazon Web Services (AWS) No 
CloudCheckr Yes 
Datadog No 
F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack No 
F5 Distributed Cloud CDN No 
F5 Distributed Cloud DNS Load Balancer No 
F5 Distributed Cloud WAF No 
Google Cloud Platform No 
HashiCorp Consul No 
IBM Cloud Red Hat Openshift No 
Linkerd No 
Opsgenie No 
PagerDuty No 
Slack No 
Splunk APM No 
Spot by NetApp Yes 
Terraform No 
VMware Cloud No 

Pricing Details

$25 per month
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version Yes 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises Yes 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) Yes 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

F5

Founded

1996

Country

United States

Website

www.f5.com/products/distributed-cloud-services/platform-overview

Vendor Details

Company Name

Spot by NetApp

Founded

2015

Country

United States

Website

spot.io/product/ocean/

Product Features

Cloud Management

Access Control Yes 
Billing & Provisioning Yes 
Capacity Analytics Yes 
Cost Management Yes 
Demand Monitoring Yes 
Multi-Cloud Management Yes 
Performance Analytics Yes 
SLA Management Yes 
Supply Monitoring Yes 
Workflow Approval Yes 

Container Management

Access Control No 
Application Development No 
Automatic Scaling No 
Build Automation No 
Container Health Management No 
Container Storage No 
Deployment Automation No 
File Isolation No 
Hybrid Deployments No 
Network Isolation No 
Orchestration No 
Shared File Systems No 
Version Control No 
Virtualization No 

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

Analytics / Reporting No 
Configuration Management No 
Data Migration No 
Data Security No 
Load Balancing No 
Log Access No 
Network Monitoring No 
Performance Monitoring No 
SLA Monitoring No 

Server Management

CPU Monitoring Yes 
Credential Management Yes 
Database Servers Yes 
Email Monitoring Yes 
Event Logs Yes 
History Tracking Yes 
Patch Management Yes 
Scheduling Yes 
User Activity Monitoring Yes 
Virtual Machine Monitoring Yes 

Serverless

API Proxy No 
Application Integration No 
Data Stores No 
Developer Tooling No 
Orchestration No 
Reporting / Analytics No 
Serverless Computing No 
Storage No 

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