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Port vs. Cycloid

Compare the two self-service portals

Port is an Internal Developer Portal designed to provide a Software Catalog to developers with Self-Service provisioning capabilities. The portal standardizes processes across multiple clouds with application lifecycle management, provisioning, and access control. The Developer Portal Interface is flexible and allows developers to design their own portal while integrating their insights, reports, and scorecards. 

Cycloid sustainable platform engineering promotes efficient infrastructure & software delivery, alongside FinOps & Green IT practices. It combines self-service portal, orchestration, project lifecycle, resources management, and FinOps/GreenOps capabilities in one platform. Cycloid enhances developer experience and operational efficiency by simplifying tool and cloud use and reducing support tickets. It supports change management and democratizes hybrid cloud and DevOps, offering customizable governance and flexibility. The platform is tool and cloud-agnostic, based on Git. 

While Port is a flexible solution with plugin integration, it can seem unstructured and take time to configure. The separation between blueprints and self-service actions makes automation complex. Regarding FinOps capabilities, Port integrates with OpenCost for Kubernetes cost estimates and project cost views, however, it lacks native cloud provider billing support and cannot function as a full FinOps tool. 

Feature comparison

Installation

Self-hosted

Control the way critical data is stored and processed in your own secure infrastructure (bare metal, VM and Kubernetes) and comply with security requirements for your organization.

Dedicated SaaS

Host a dedicated SaaS on the cloud provider of your choice: AWS, GCP, Azure etc. 

SaaS

Enjoy the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of cloud computing and start using the platform right away.

Self-service portal & orchestration

Service Catalog

Build and deploy pre-configured services in a reproducible manner across your environments in a full GitOps approach. Use a public or private self-service catalog for your specific business needs. 

Stackforms

Create your workflow with simple user-friendly webforms to hide tools and infra complexity.

Infra Import

Automatically create an IaC service catalog from manually-deployed infrastructure and start with your automation quicker in a reproducible and controlled manner across all your environments. 

Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

Grant access and permissions based on user role.

Organization Policies

Set rules to enforce best practices and security compliance at organization level.

Third party integration/plugin

Add any plugins through Open Source.

CI/CD Pipelines

Execute process automation through workflows in your environments with a pipeline engine and interact with third party APIs. 

API & CLI

Take automation to another level and build scripts to automate any task in the “behind-the-scenes” toolbox.

Security aspect

Import SCAP files, schedule scan jobs, and view the results including risk scores and severity to help prioritize remediation efforts

Infra-as-Code & Resource Management

Quota Management

Allocate and keep track of public and private cloud resources in your organization.

Pipeline overview

Monitor the status of your pipeline jobs at a glance including per build, version of resources used, output of automation scripts and more. 

Asset Inventory

Get a 360° view of your public and private cloud resources.

Infrastructure mapping

Build graphical representations of your infrastructure and allow all relevant teams to see actively deployed resources and their connections in a simple, user-friendly way.

Drift control

Get warnings when the state of your cloud in the platform is contradicting cloud information on the cloud provider’s console.

Events

Track actions and participants in real time

KPIs

Monitor the performance of your projects based on selected KPIs presented in a dashboard. 

Docs as code

Code your docs in GIT and display it on the platform.

FinOps & GreenOps

Cost estimation

Estimate the cloud cost of your environments before they are deployed.

Cloud cost management

Get a holistic overview of your cloud spending per cloud provider, project, region, date etc in a single place. 

Cloud Cost Optimization

View and execute recommendations for resource and cost optimization.

Reserved instances optimization

Analyse, automate and optimize your reserved instances that could also be financed

Budget Managment

Allocate a budget per organization, team or project across your cloud providers. 

Cloud carbon footprint

Carbon footprint impact on your infrastructure. 

More on Cycloid

Unlike Port, which originates from the dev world, Cycloid stems from DevOps and infrastructure, offering a more comprehensive stack concept. Our stack bundle includes automation, pipelines, IaC files, and forms, all managed “as code” for better understandability and maintainability. Cycloid also features an advanced FinOps tool for in-depth cloud cost analysis and a GreenOps module to track and reduce project carbon footprints, enabling direct actions by both FinOps & GreenOps teams. In addition, Cycloid offers SaaS and self-hosted versions to fit organizations with specific compliance, security, and operational needs.

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