When comparing Convox vs OpenShift, the Slant community recommends OpenShift for most people. In the question“What are the best Platform as a Service providers that have a free plan?” OpenShift is ranked 1st while Convox is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose OpenShift is:
OpenShift offers a collection of pre-built cartridges that allow you to quickly add functionality to your gears. These are also useful for learning about how OpenShift works.
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Pros
Pro Can use Docker images and containers out of the box
Convox is built on Docker and deployments are made using Docker containers. Because of this, developers have a large number of existing Docker images to choose from with which they can customize their environment to suit their needs.
Pro Only pay for the hosting
Since Convox itself is a free and open source software, you do not have to pay for using it. Developers only have to pay for the cloud hosting itself (in this case AWS instance) where Convox will be deployed.
Pro Pre-built cartridges
OpenShift offers a collection of pre-built cartridges that allow you to quickly add functionality to your gears. These are also useful for learning about how OpenShift works.
Cons
Con Only supports AWS
Convox is a PaaS that can be installed and deployed on existing AWS instances. There are plans to support other cheaper alternatives in the future, but for now only AWS is supported.