# Best Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software - Page 6

## How Many Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software Products Does G2 Track?

**Total Products under this Category:** 208

### Category Stats (Jul 2026)

- **Average Rating:** 4.42/5 The average rating of products in this category, based on all submitted ratings
- **Top Trending Product:** Control Plane (+7.4%) - Among all products in this category, Control Plane recorded the largest rating increase compared to last month

_Last updated: July 28, 2026_

## How Does G2 Rank Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software Products?

**Why You Can Trust G2's Software Rankings:**

- 30 Analysts and Data Experts
- 14,400+ Authentic Reviews
- 208+ Products
- Unbiased Rankings

G2's software rankings are built on verified user reviews, rigorous moderation, and a consistent research methodology maintained by a team of analysts and data experts. Each product is measured using the same transparent criteria, with no paid placement or vendor influence. While reviews reflect real user experiences, which can be subjective, they offer valuable insight into how software performs in the hands of professionals. Together, these inputs power the G2 Score, a standardized way to compare tools within every category.

## G2 Grid® for Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software
 ![G2 Grid® for Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software plotting products by satisfaction and market presence](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-platform-as-a-service-paas/grids.png?focus%5B%5D=1927&focus%5B%5D=17460&focus%5B%5D=52162&focus%5B%5D=1644&focus%5B%5D=169514&focus%5B%5D=86478&focus%5B%5D=39960&focus%5B%5D=5683)

Highlighted products: Salesforce Headless 360 Platform (formerly Salesforce Platform), AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, DigitalOcean, SAP Business Technology Platform, Vercel, Kinsta, and spring.io.

Underlying data: [Grid® JSON](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-platform-as-a-service-paas/grids.json?focus%5B%5D=agentforce-360-platform-formerly-salesforce-platform&focus%5B%5D=aws-lambda&focus%5B%5D=azure-functions&focus%5B%5D=digitalocean&focus%5B%5D=sap-business-technology-platform&focus%5B%5D=vercel&focus%5B%5D=kinsta&focus%5B%5D=spring-io)

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### SAP Integration Suite

SAP Integration Suite (formerly SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite) is an integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that allows the user to integrate on-premise and cloud-based applications and processes with tools and prebuilt content managed by SAP. With SAP Integration Suite, you can become future ready and scale up your integration capabilities to connect and contextualize experiences for customers, partners, and employees across the enterprise and extended ecosystems.

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### [Appliku](https://www.g2.com/products/appliku/reviews)

Appliku is a managed deployment platform for Django and Python teams (FastAPI, Rails, and Next.js too). You get the Heroku experience, git push to deploy, managed Postgres and Redis, background workers, automatic SSL and Nginx, but your app runs on a server you own, on any cloud (DigitalOcean, AWS, Hetzner, or any VPS). The difference from hosted platforms: you keep control of cost and avoid vendor lock-in, because you bring your own cloud account and pay the provider directly. The difference from self-hosted, open-source tools: Appliku runs the platform and keeps the server healthy for you, so patching, backups, and deploys never become your job. Teams switching from Heroku typically cut hosting costs sharply while keeping the same push-to-deploy workflow, and on any paid plan Appliku will migrate the first app for them, live, on a screen-share. Support is direct and fast, often answered by the founder. Key features: - Git push to deploy (GitHub, GitLab), zero-downtime restarts - Managed Postgres and Redis with automated backups - Background and scheduled tasks (Celery workers and beat) - Automatic HTTPS (Let's Encrypt) and Nginx - Bring your own cloud: any provider, fixed IP, root SSH when you want it - Always on, no cold starts - Done-with-you migration from Heroku on paid plans

**Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 5

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Appliku?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **Application Deployment:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Database Management:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Appliku?

- **Seller:** [Appliku](https://www.g2.com/sellers/appliku)
- **Year Founded:** 2019
- **HQ Location:** N/A
- **Twitter:** @appliku
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=0f43638b26143dc13d7e8b91cc1bd8ff0355e935b2c14930fc9a8c2fa743ce89&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F87399608&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
2 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 100% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Appliku?

**["Appliku simplified my deployment stack, letting me focus on building"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/appliku-review-13166687)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— M T._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/appliku-review-13166687)

**["Effortless Flexible Hosting with Stellar Support"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/appliku-review-13110248)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Daniel B._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/appliku-review-13110248)

### [Cloud 66](https://www.g2.com/products/cloud-66/reviews)

Cloud 66 gives you everything you need to build, deploy and maintain your applications on any cloud, without the headache of dealing with "server stuff". With the convenience of PaaS but on any cloud, and in any region, Cloud 66 has persistent storage, custom network configuration, zero downtime deployments, blue/green and canary releases, full databases support, replication & managed backups. With no team size limits, Cloud 66 offers powerful access management, traffic control, firewalls, SSL certificate management, and more. How does it work? Step 1: Signup for a free Cloud 66 Account Step 2: Connect your Cloud 66 account to your git repository, Step 3: Connect your Cloud 66 account to your cloud provider. Step 4: Deploy! Frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Jamstack (Jekyll, Hugo, Gatsby, Next.js, Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Svelte, Middleman, and Docusaurus), Laravel, GoLang, and more.

**Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 13

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Cloud 66?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **Application Deployment:** 8.9/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Database Management:** 8.9/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Networking:** 8.9/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Cloud 66?

- **Seller:** [Cloud 66](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cloud-66-acd5ee31-6c9a-4f69-8703-2bd2d6021647)
- **Year Founded:** 2011
- **HQ Location:** London, GB
- **Twitter:** @cloud66  
10,549 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=1131317c715cd10e452c11fa0e5d01974601c8eb11fc70c50979a8cf4c015479&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fcloud-66%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
9 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 54% Small, 31% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Cloud 66?

**["Cloud66 Review - Easy DevOps management"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cloud-66-review-8279557)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Higher Education_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cloud-66-review-8279557)

**["Cloud 66 Review"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cloud-66-review-7741526)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Sajan B._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cloud-66-review-7741526)

### [Scalingo](https://www.g2.com/products/scalingo/reviews)

Scalingo is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering magical cloud hosting for tech teams. We offer amazing support (Average Median Response Time : 10 minutes) and our data is hosted in France. We host all the major technologies (Ruby, Python, Node.js...) and the leading databases (MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, InfluxDB, Elastic Search). Also we offer Heroku's buildpacks support built-in.

**Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 5

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Scalingo?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **Application Deployment:** 9.3/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Database Management:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Networking:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Scalingo?

- **Seller:** [Scalingo](https://www.g2.com/sellers/scalingo)
- **Year Founded:** 2015
- **HQ Location:** Strasbourg, FR
- **Twitter:** @ScalingoHQ  
1,332 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=1962264f270723d1eeaeb45fd70bbcd682e4d3b26b9077a1a5aa53814aebfe03&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fscalingo&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
38 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 60% Small, 40% Large

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Scalingo?

**["Scalingo: save time, money, and peace of mind for our e-commerce"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/scalingo-review-11089425)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Clément J._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/scalingo-review-11089425)

**["Scalingo: A Cloud for platform for faster deployment and hosting of web apps."](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/scalingo-review-9476450)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Hines J._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/scalingo-review-9476450)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Scalingo?

- [What is Scalingo used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-scalingo-used-for)

### [AzStudio](https://www.g2.com/products/azstudio/reviews)

AzStudio is a platform that accelerates development and drastically increases your speed to market of Azure PaaS Applications. It also expedites Legacy .Net modernization to PaaS efforts and enables Multi-Cloud portability while providing standardized best-practices and enhanced security. This is done by leveraging our patent-pending Configuration as a Service (CaaS) approach coupled with our platform of application building blocks helps reduce time and development costs by 40-60% on your custom development.

**Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 4

#### How Do G2 Users Rate AzStudio?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **Application Deployment:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Database Management:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Networking:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind AzStudio?

- **Seller:** [Monza Cloud](https://www.g2.com/sellers/monza-cloud)
- **Year Founded:** 2016
- **HQ Location:** Atlanta, US
- **Twitter:** @MonzaCloud  
29 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=1dd79418973201226927287b4c565995a8c324f61b5d39a6109ac834c34ce5d5&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F10052364&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
7 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 75% Medium, 25% Small

#### What Do G2 Reviewers Say About AzStudio?

_AI-generated summary from verified user reviews_

##### Pros

- Users commend AzStudio for its **coding simplicity** , enabling developers to work faster in the Microsoft Cloud.
- Users love the **ease of learning** with AzStudio, enabling faster development in Microsoft Cloud.
- Users appreciate the **easy integrations** of AzStudio, enabling faster development in Microsoft Cloud.
- Users value the **speed and efficiency** of AzStudio, enhancing their development experience in the Microsoft Cloud.
- Users appreciate the **fast and advanced integrations** of AzStudio, enabling quicker development in the Microsoft Cloud.

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of AzStudio?

**["Why you have to choose azstudio"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/azstudio-review-10792843)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Gaurav B._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/azstudio-review-10792843)

**["Very Usefull Tool"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/azstudio-review-7980155)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Ishan S._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/azstudio-review-7980155)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About AzStudio?

- [What is AzStudio used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-azstudio-used-for)

### [SAP Cloud Data Management](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-sap-cloud-data-management/reviews)

SAP Cloud Data Management is a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to help organizations effectively manage, integrate, and utilize their data across various environments. By providing a unified platform, it enables businesses to harness the full potential of their data assets, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and accessibility. This facilitates informed decision-making, enhances operational efficiency, and drives innovation. Key Features and Functionality: - Data Integration: Seamlessly connect and integrate data from diverse sources, including structured, unstructured, and streaming data, to create a holistic view of enterprise information. - Data Orchestration: Manage and coordinate data workflows across hybrid environments, ensuring smooth data flow and processing between on-premise and cloud systems. - Multi-Model Processing: Support various data models—such as relational, document, spatial, graph, and time-series—within a single platform, enabling versatile data handling and analysis. - Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning: Leverage built-in analytics tools and machine learning capabilities to derive actionable insights, automate decision-making, and enhance business processes. - Data Governance and Security: Implement robust data governance frameworks with features like data anonymization, encryption, and access controls to ensure data quality, compliance, and security. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: SAP Cloud Data Management addresses the critical need for organizations to manage vast and complex data landscapes efficiently. By offering a centralized and integrated approach to data management, it solves several key challenges: - Eliminating Data Silos: By integrating data from various sources, it provides a unified view, breaking down silos and enabling comprehensive analysis. - Enhancing Decision-Making: Real-time data access and advanced analytics empower businesses to make informed decisions swiftly, adapting to market changes effectively. - Ensuring Data Quality and Compliance: Robust governance and security measures maintain data integrity, support regulatory compliance, and protect sensitive information. - Supporting Scalability and Flexibility: The cloud-based architecture allows businesses to scale their data management capabilities as needed, accommodating growth and evolving requirements. In summary, SAP Cloud Data Management empowers organizations to transform their data into a strategic asset, driving efficiency, innovation, and competitive advantage.

**Average Rating:** 4.9/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 4

#### How Do G2 Users Rate SAP Cloud Data Management?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind SAP Cloud Data Management?

- **Seller:** [SAP](https://www.g2.com/sellers/sap)
- **Year Founded:** 1972
- **HQ Location:** Walldorf
- **Twitter:** @SAP  
297,052 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=8fd712dbd816fadfc039a60dcf8c1a3d6a48469756075586fa0be3da7e4b74d7&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fsap%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
141,955 employees on LinkedIn®
- **Ownership:** NYSE:SAP

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 75% Medium, 25% Large

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of SAP Cloud Data Management?

**["Too Great Experience"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/sap-cloud-data-management-review-6740575)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Faizan Z._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/sap-cloud-data-management-review-6740575)

**["SAP Cloud DM is very useful technology as it allows us to consume the HANA DB from multiple apps."](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/sap-cloud-data-management-review-6729796)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Shwetank J._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/sap-cloud-data-management-review-6729796)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About SAP Cloud Data Management?

- [How has SAP Cloud Data Management improved your data governance, and what features could be improved?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-has-sap-cloud-data-management-improved-your-data-governance-and-what-features-could-be-improved)
- [What is SAP Cloud Data Management used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-sap-cloud-data-management-used-for)

### [Brainboard](https://www.g2.com/products/brainboard/reviews)

Brainboard is an AI driven platform to visually design and manage cloud infrastructure, collaboratively. It's the only solution that automatically generates IaC code for any cloud provider, with an embedded CI/CD.

**Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 3

#### Who Is the Company Behind Brainboard?

- **Seller:** [Brainboard](https://www.g2.com/sellers/brainboard)
- **Year Founded:** 2020
- **HQ Location:** San Francisco, US
- **Twitter:** @brainboard\_co  
398 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=2ec017547009b6086b54578f7a8ea1a106f9998bf11f17877ed3800c8434707e&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fbrainboard-co%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
10 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 67% Medium, 33% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Brainboard?

**["One stop solution for Cloud Architects and DevOps teams"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/brainboard-review-6814322)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Tarak ._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/brainboard-review-6814322)

**["Best graphical design tool to create terraform scripts for Azure"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/brainboard-review-7513020)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— David G._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/brainboard-review-7513020)

### [Eccentex AppBase](https://www.g2.com/products/eccentex-appbase/reviews)

Eccentex provides a low-code platform for digital business. Eccentex’ s flexible, cloud-architected software – built on its unified AppBase Platform – empowers people to rapidly deploy and easily extend and change applications to meet strategic business needs. Over its history, Eccentex has delivered award-winning capabilities in case management and business process automation (BPM) powered by robotics and advanced document management, to help the world’s leading brands and governments achieve breakthrough results.

**Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 4

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Eccentex AppBase?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.4/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **Application Deployment:** 5.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Database Management:** 3.3/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Networking:** 3.3/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Eccentex AppBase?

- **Seller:** [Eccentex](https://www.g2.com/sellers/eccentex)
- **Year Founded:** 2006
- **HQ Location:** Culver City, US
- **Twitter:** @Eccentex  
4,690 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=1cbe73c907f59fe3940495b2461a80fcf477f4ae84e0b554a62b0d2cdeee51da&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Feccentex-corporation&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
50 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 100% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Eccentex AppBase?

**["Awesome low-code and highly configurable system"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/eccentex-appbase-review-5167544)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Alternative Dispute Resolution_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/eccentex-appbase-review-5167544)

**["Good-CRM tool"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/eccentex-appbase-review-5188620)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/eccentex-appbase-review-5188620)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Eccentex AppBase?

- [What is Eccentex AppBase used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-eccentex-appbase-used-for)

### [Harper](https://www.g2.com/products/harper/reviews)

HarperDB eliminates the complexity typically synonymous with distributed services by combining an ultra-fast document-style data store, in-memory cache, real-time message broker, and your application components into a single distributed technology. When clustered and geo-distributed, HarperDB nodes instantly synchronize data to deliver a horizontally scalable service fabric, ensuring low-latency in-region responses for clients worldwide. In addition to massive cost savings at scale, HarperDB’s REST, GraphQL, and real-time interfaces make light work of servicing frontend requirements. Install and manage on your hardware, or have us host your services with HarperDB Cloud. For questions, reach us at hello@harperdb.io.

**Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 4

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Harper?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Harper?

- **Seller:** [HarperDB](https://www.g2.com/sellers/harperdb)
- **Year Founded:** 2017
- **HQ Location:** Denver, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=2cf639ff56bc03eb6601f5cbf24e9e5f72fdb0920cf1527cc566baf472d97cff&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fharpersystems%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
48 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 50% Large, 50% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Harper?

**["Harper DB: Best Database for your data"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/harper-review-9525597)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Vora R._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/harper-review-9525597)

**["A Developers Lifesaver"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/harper-review-7406925)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Michael K._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/harper-review-7406925)

### [HPE Greenlake](https://www.g2.com/products/hpe-greenlake/reviews)

HPE GreenLake is a hybrid cloud platform that delivers the agility and scalability of the public cloud while maintaining the security and control of on-premises infrastructure. It offers a unified operating model that allows organizations to manage and optimize their IT resources across private and public clouds, data centers, and edge environments. With a consumption-based pricing model, HPE GreenLake enables businesses to pay only for the resources they use, reducing capital expenditures and improving operational efficiency. Key Features and Functionality: - Unified Management: HPE GreenLake Central provides a single, intuitive interface for monitoring and managing the entire IT estate, simplifying operations and enhancing visibility. - Flexible Consumption Model: The platform's pay-per-use structure allows organizations to scale resources up or down based on actual usage, ensuring cost-effectiveness and agility. - Comprehensive Cloud Services: HPE GreenLake offers a broad portfolio of cloud services, including compute, storage, container management, data protection, and machine learning operations, catering to diverse workload requirements. - Built-in Intelligence: With agentic AIOps capabilities, the platform continuously learns and adapts, optimizing performance and reducing complexity through automated operations. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: HPE GreenLake addresses the challenges of digital transformation by combining the flexibility of cloud computing with the security and control of on-premises infrastructure. It enables organizations to modernize their IT environments, accelerate innovation, and respond swiftly to changing business demands. By offering a consumption-based model, HPE GreenLake helps businesses avoid overprovisioning, reduce costs, and achieve a faster time to market. Additionally, its unified management and built-in intelligence simplify operations, allowing IT teams to focus on strategic initiatives rather than routine maintenance.

**Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 3

#### How Do G2 Users Rate HPE Greenlake?

- **Application Deployment:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Networking:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind HPE Greenlake?

- **Seller:** [HP Development Company](https://www.g2.com/sellers/hp-development-company)
- **Year Founded:** 1939
- **HQ Location:** Palo Alto, CA
- **Twitter:** @HPE  
92,685 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=600d4eaceaea7291b026df44dbe584286101ce2f4f1ddeaa8fc4b2a3a870dcad&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F1025%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
88,985 employees on LinkedIn®
- **Ownership:** NYSE: HPQ

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 33% Medium, 33% Large

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of HPE Greenlake?

**["Cloud-Like Deployment That Scales Resources Easily"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/hpe-greenlake-review-12973077)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Surendra B._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/hpe-greenlake-review-12973077)

**["Flexible Infrastructure with Cloud-Like Management"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/hpe-greenlake-review-12485050)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/hpe-greenlake-review-12485050)

### [Qoddi](https://www.g2.com/products/qoddi/reviews)

Qoddi App Platform allows small teams to deploy any code from any repository like Github, GitLabs or Bitbucket. Qoddi manages all the infrastructure your app needs to run and scale on demand to match your app growth over time. Qoddi is 70% cheaper than other cloud provider.

**Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 3

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Qoddi?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **Application Deployment:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Database Management:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Networking:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Qoddi?

- **Seller:** [Flashdrive](https://www.g2.com/sellers/flashdrive)
- **Year Founded:** 2020
- **HQ Location:** Palo Alto, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=c064fb333c6c85457896743c5b7a7b58377574221ab82a74ba7d566e4e441f87&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fqoddiapps%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
12 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 33% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Qoddi?

**["One of the best PaaS on the market"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/qoddi-review-7638906)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Alex O._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/qoddi-review-7638906)

**["WOW It's a great tool for hosting and dev, customer support is perfect."](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/qoddi-review-7687296)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Raphael B._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/qoddi-review-7687296)

### [Sigma IDE](https://www.g2.com/products/sigma-ide/reviews)

Sigma is a serverless development platform; a cloud IDE, which helps you rapidly build, test and deploy serverless applications. The cloud-based hybrid IDE provides a fairly simple, intuitive environment, with easy, drag-and-drop composition combined with the full power of written code. Further, it facilitates invaluable insights of your deployments with its in-built dashboard. Sigma takes away all platform-related complexities from your serverless journey. Just drag-n-drop your cloud entities, write your code, and hit Deploy - the rest is in Sigma's good hands!

**Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 4

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Sigma IDE?

- **Application Deployment:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Database Management:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Networking:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Sigma IDE?

- **Seller:** [SLAppForge](https://www.g2.com/sellers/slappforge)
- **Year Founded:** 2018
- **HQ Location:** Alpharetta, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=b0c10a59157fb4ffacc355d378ec00e734470d7f52adb039b2f75d2d78b3deb2&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F13649972&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
1 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 75% Small, 25% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Sigma IDE?

**["Lets use an awesome IDE for server less Application Generation"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/sigma-ide-review-4517729)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Sourav S._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/sigma-ide-review-4517729)

**["Great IDE with room for growth"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/sigma-ide-review-4968969)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Bodhi H._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/sigma-ide-review-4968969)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Sigma IDE?

- [What is Sigma IDE used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-sigma-ide-used-for)

### [Antryk](https://www.g2.com/products/antryk/reviews)

Antryk is a Next Gen cloud platform to build, deploy and scale all your applications — backend services, frontends, static sites, databases, object storage, vector DBs, GPU workloads, LLM apps, programmable email and SMS — with free SSL, global CDN, private networks, IP based security, automated backups and auto deploys from Git. One platform. Everything included.

**Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Antryk?

- **Application Deployment:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Database Management:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Antryk?

- **Seller:** [Antryk](https://www.g2.com/sellers/antryk)
- **HQ Location:** New York, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=f5b96b44a63d0ba52f4e7ef7dd65c6a453e3909cddf0078f4e371250bf74bb02&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fantryk%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
1 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 67% Small, 33% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Antryk?

**["Fast, All-in-One Backend and Frontend Deployments with Databases and Email Services"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/antryk-review-12864798)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Avinash K._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/antryk-review-12864798)

**["Antryk Scales High-Traffic Apps Fast—Secure, Simple, and Cost-Effective"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/antryk-review-12927652)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Prajwal A._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/antryk-review-12927652)

### [Built.io Flow](https://www.g2.com/products/built-io-built-io-flow/reviews)

Builtio allows companies to create applications without the hassle of designing, building, and maintaining a custom backend technology stack.

**Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 3

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Built.io Flow?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **Application Deployment:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Database Management:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Networking:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Built.io Flow?

- **Seller:** [built.io](https://www.g2.com/sellers/built-io)
- **HQ Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Twitter:** @builtio  
1,205 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=7886df2ed926834e5eb248c77dcfa8e5c815d3ab1f0fe3132ced0dba45868834&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2FNo-Linkedin-Presence-Added-Intentionally-By-DataOps&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
1 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 67% Medium, 33% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Built.io Flow?

**["built.io automate business applications and workflows by creating integrations"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/built-io-flow-review-876456)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Ali X._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/built-io-flow-review-876456)

**["Lots of Capabilities Kind of Difficult to Figure Out"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/built-io-flow-review-665687)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Bethanie K._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/built-io-flow-review-665687)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Built.io Flow?

- [What is Built.io Flow used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-built-io-flow-used-for)

### [cloudplan](https://www.g2.com/products/cloudplan/reviews)

The cloudplan solution adds well known cloud storage and collaboration features to the company network as well as it completes the backup and disaster recovery strategy. Lean deployment specifications and simplified IT tasks meet SME requirements.

**Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 10

#### How Do G2 Users Rate cloudplan?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)
- **Application Deployment:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Database Management:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Networking:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind cloudplan?

- **Seller:** [cloudplan](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cloudplan)
- **Year Founded:** 2014
- **HQ Location:** Hamburg, DE
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=52c4b99e9009b02dbf9cc86423c53b3ab84811c1ea24074c59c4f02e23d65097&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F6399368&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
6 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 45% Small, 36% Large

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of cloudplan?

**["Mapping Workflows to Accelarate the Business : "cloudplan""](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cloudplan-review-8618248)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— VAIBHAV P._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cloudplan-review-8618248)

**["Happy customer"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cloudplan-review-8595413)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Tanmaya P._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cloudplan-review-8595413)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About cloudplan?

- [What is cloudplan used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-cloudplan-used-for)

### [CloudShell](https://www.g2.com/products/cloudshell/reviews)

Quali's CloudShell is the leading platform for delivering Infrastructure Automation at Scale for complex on-premise, hybrid and cloud environments. IT leaders and innovators around the world trust Quali to enable self-service environment provisioning and automated decommissioning to streamline the development, testing, and certification of various technologies into production environments.

**Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 3

#### How Do G2 Users Rate CloudShell?

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind CloudShell?

- **Seller:** [QualiSystems](https://www.g2.com/sellers/qualisystems)
- **Year Founded:** 2007
- **HQ Location:** Austin, Texas, United States
- **Twitter:** @QualiSystems  
1,293 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=6660db7eb146549c40711bd881dfd01752d53f3404dad8754ea047936cbd463a&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fqualisystems%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
121 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 50% Small, 25% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of CloudShell?

**["Simplify Network Infrastructure and Lab Deployment with CloudShell"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cloudshell-review-7096324)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— John K._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cloudshell-review-7096324)

**["CloudShell - the ultimate automation framework to deliver your technology as a service"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cloudshell-review-5074996)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Chuck R._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cloudshell-review-5074996)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About CloudShell?

- [Why should I use Paystack?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/cloudshell-why-should-i-use-paystack)
- [Why should I use Paystack?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/why-should-i-use-paystack)
- [What is Paystack built with?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-paystack-built-with)
- [How does Google Cloud Shell work?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-does-google-cloud-shell-work)
- [What is GCP CloudShell?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-gcp-cloudshell)

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Researched and written by [Adam Crivello](https://research.g2.com/insights/author/adam-crivello)

Updated April 9, 2026

Platform as a service (PaaS) is a cloud computing model that provides a complete development-to-deployment environment in the cloud, including infrastructure, middleware, development tools, and database management systems, enabling businesses to build, deploy, and launch applications without managing back-end infrastructure.

### Core Capabilities of PaaS Software

To qualify for inclusion in the PaaS category, a product must:

- Provide hosted database creation tools
- Provide a development platform
- Provide application management tools
- Possess capabilities to deploy applications

### Common Use Cases for PaaS Software

Development teams and businesses use PaaS to accelerate application development and scale infrastructure without long-term investments in back-end build-out. Common use cases include:

- Building and deploying new applications on scalable cloud infrastructure using a pay-as-you-grow model
- Outsourcing hosting, database management, and cloud security to reduce back-end development burden
- Expanding existing applications to larger audiences without re-architecting underlying infrastructure

### How PaaS Software Differs from Other Tools

PaaS serves as an alternative to building and hosting application back ends with [integrated development environments (IDEs)](https://www.g2.com/categories/integrated-development-environments-ide), providing hosted infrastructure alongside development tools rather than requiring teams to manage their own servers. PaaS hosted database and storage services share similarities with [mobile backend-as-a-service (mBaaS)](https://www.g2.com/categories/mobile-backend-as-a-service-mbaas) products, which provide similar capabilities specifically for mobile applications. Hybrid cloud PaaS deployments, combining public and private clouds, have grown in popularity for organizations with complex infrastructure requirements.

### Insights from G2 on PaaS Software

Based on category trends on G2, scalability and the breadth of built-in development and database tools stand out as the most valued capabilities. These platforms deliver faster time-to-deployment and reduced infrastructure management overhead as primary benefits of adoption.

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## How Do You Choose the Right Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software?

### What You Should Know About Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software

### What is Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software?

The advent of cloud computing brought with it a slew of “as a service" (aaS) offerings. These solutions aim to simplify aspects of the business infrastructure by offering complete cloud platforms to handle databases, IT infrastructure, disaster recovery, and more.

Platform as a service (PaaS) may sound generic—especially since most cloud service offerings are platforms—but in reality, PaaS solutions serve a very specific purpose: they enable companies to develop, deploy, and maintain software and applications from the cloud. By building in the cloud, companies don’t need to possess their own infrastructure. Instead, they rely on the PaaS provider’s infrastructure or public, distributed cloud. PaaS software is built to bring equal or greater power than their on-premises counterparts, while also supplying convenient accessibility and better overall cost management for the development lifecycle. These products are ideal for companies who either lack the immediate infrastructure to build and deploy applications or anticipate significant scaling for their developed products. ** **

### What are the Common Features of Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software?

The following are some core features within PaaS software that can help users save money and time:

**Prebuilt backend infrastructure:** A key part of what makes PaaS solutions popular is that they significantly cut the setup time and cost needed for building software and applications. PaaS software takes care of all the prebuilt infrastructure requirements, empowering users to start coding right away.

**Development tools:** This can involve a wide array of features, including but not limited to text editors, code libraries, code snippets, frameworks, and more. When looking for a PaaS solution, it’s important to ensure the software in question can handle the company’s language requirements.

**Diverse development capabilities:** PaaS solutions can be used to create diverse products, ranging from solutions to databases to applications and beyond. Regardless of what the buyer is developing, PaaS software needs to be able to handle it.

**Management:** PaaS software needs to provide high-level management capabilities for pre-, mid-, and post-development stages. These might include reporting, code management, tracking, and other functions.

**Deployment:** The software that is developed with a PaaS solution is only useful if the user can actually deploy it. PaaS software gives companies the capability to deploy their software where they need it and then maintain that software with management features once deployed.

### What are the Benefits of Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software?

**Development speed:** PaaS solutions allow developers to build software more quickly since they provide developers with prebuilt backend infrastructure. Developers spend less time setting up the framework for their software or applications, so they can use that saved time to strengthen the software’s performance and features. PaaS software typically includes staging and testing tools as well, which also improves development speed by consolidating these functions into one platform.

**Scalability:** PaaS software is designed to scale with a company’s needs. Reaching larger, or even international audiences can put a lot of strain on companies that might not have the necessary infrastructure in place to handle such growth. PaaS solutions, because they are cloud-based, can scale development and hosting according to a business’ needs without putting the infrastructure burden on the business itself.

**Reduced costs:** Most PaaS solutions will offer pay-as-you-grow pricing options based on usage levels, making them particularly beneficial for companies that might not be able to afford extensive development solutions. This gives companies a huge opportunity to build at a low cost and then scale as the need or demand rises.

### Who Uses Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software?

**Developers:** Software and application developers will be the primary users of PaaS software in a company. Since these solutions are built for helping specifically to build, deploy, and maintain software and applications, these personas find the most value in this software.

**Security professionals:** Security professionals won’t typically be utilizing PaaS software to perform their day-to-day tasks. However, many PaaS solutions integrate with a company’s security systems, meaning security teams may need to access PaaS software to ensure a high quality of security throughout the company.

#### Software Related to Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software

Related solutions that can be used together with PaaS software include:

[Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)](https://www.g2.com/categories/infrastructure-as-a-service-iaas) **:** As the name may suggest, infrastructure as a service software offers companies virtual infrastructure (e.g., servers, networks, and desktops) necessary for a company’s computing goals. What IaaS offers in general virtual infrastructure, it tends to lack in software development capabilities.

**Software as a service (SaaS):** SaaS is the cloud offering of a completed software solution. SaaS products are convenient for companies who would like remote access to that software and the information contained in it. PaaS software has the capability of developing such solutions.

[Mobile backend as a service (mBaaS)](https://www.g2.com/categories/mobile-backend-as-a-service-mbaas) **:** Focused distinctly on backend functionality, mBaaS software provides companies with the ability to connect their application’s cloud storage and other cloud resources with the application’s backend resources. These solutions, as the name suggests, specialize with mobile platforms, gaining an advantage on PaaS products specifically in that domain.

### Challenges with Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software

Software solutions can come with their own set of challenges. 

**Lack of control:** As is the common concern with other cloud service software, anything offered as a service is vulnerable to outages or downtime from the provider. While downtime might be helpful to improve the service platform, it still puts a blip in the PaaS tool functionality, which can be painful for developers. If the service goes down unexpectedly, a business doesn’t have the power to help bring it back online either—that responsibility falls to the platform provider.

**Vendor lock-in:** What if, after building the software and platform through a PaaS solution, the company needs to switch solution providers? This isn’t an easy task. Switching providers from one PaaS software to another involves a huge amount of work and expense, requiring the coordination of data migration, security changes, configuration changes, and more. It’s important to spend a lot of time researching before choosing PaaS software to avoid potentially significant costs and time consumption.

### Which Companies Should Buy Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software?

Any company with a development team can benefit from PaaS software. Below are a few major examples.

**SaaS companies:** SaaS companies build and maintain one or multiple SaaS products. As these companies scale, they can reuse existing APIs and components in the cloud to streamline their development process.

**Tech startups:** Tech startups tend to develop and sell great software, but may be lacking the budget and resources necessary to maintain a development infrastructure. These companies benefit greatly from the pay-as-you-go nature of many PaaS offerings, which eases the burden of infrastructure maintenance without breaking the bank.

**Mature enterprise companies:** Many enterprise companies looking to replace a tangled web of legacy software can do so with PaaS offerings. PaaS software offers an all-in-one package that can replace multiple disparate software tools in one swoop.

### How to Buy Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software

#### Requirements Gathering (RFI/RFP) for Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software

Companies looking for PaaS software, whether for the first time or to replace existing tools, can move forward with confidence using g2.com reviews as a guide.

When searching for PaaS software, buyers must consider their “must-haves” when it comes to things like pricing structure, feature set, and integrations. For example, a company may be looking for a straightforward cloud-hosted development environment rather than paying for a robust, multifaceted platform to handle everything from deployment to performance monitoring. Buyers should zero-in on the features they need to begin developing on a hosted platform, then reference G2 reviews to find the right fit and ensure proper integration with their other tools. 

Narrowing down the pool of PaaS solutions by clearly defining a company’s needs allows decision making teams to then perform more direct comparisons to find the best tool for their needs. G2 reviews can make this process even easier by providing authentic insights from similar buyers. 

#### Compare Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software Products

**Create a long list**

At first, buyers should keep their options open to consider the full range of PaaS tools available to them. Using their predefined must-have features, buyers can explore the many offerings on the market to get a feel for what might be viable. 

**Create a short list**

Along with a company’s must-have features and pricing matrix, G2 reviews can help to narrow in on a short three to five product list. At that point, buyers can begin to make more granular comparisons and reference specific pros and cons to make an informed decision.

**Conduct demos**

All of the products that wind up on a company’s short list should be demoed. During demos, buyers should seek out specific information related to their must-haves; for example, one might ask to be walked through the ease of integration between the PaaS product and a security solution. 

#### Selection of Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software

**Choose a selection team**

Companies of all sizes should involve any relevant personas when conducting the PaaS software selection process. Large companies might have the resources to assign individual team members to fill roles such as decision maker, project manager, system owner, and developers. Smaller companies with fewer employees might overlap roles make the best assessment. 

**Negotiation**

Many companies offer PaaS solutions that go beyond certain companies’ needs to include application performance monitoring, monetization tools, and more. While some companies will not budge on the configurations of their packages, buyers looking to trim costs should try to negotiate down to the specific functions that matter to them in order to get the best price. For example, a vendor’s pricing page might indicate that the buyer’s desired functionality is only included with a robust all-in-one package, whereas a sales conversation may prove otherwise. 

**Final decision**

After this stage, it is important to perform a trial run if possible with a small selection of developers. This will help to ensure that the PaaS software of choice integrates well with a developers’ day-to-day work. If the PaaS tool is well liked and well utilized, the buyer can take that as a sign that their selection is the right one. If not, reevaluation of the options may be necessary.