Anbox Cloud Reviews

The specific use case where we are using Anbox Cloud is to run Android system and applications directly instead of running them on physical devices, which helps our organization. All the procedures for the clients require the Android applications to be tested, and we are directly testing it on the cloud and building it on the cloud.

We don't need physical devices for that, and it helps us with the same architecture used in actual smartphones. It avoids the sluggishness of traditional desktop emulators and offers a great native mobile phone experience at a very low cost and a very high pace.

The shift to Anbox Cloud has contributed to both the aspects of workflow. It has expedited the delivery aspect as well as the team collaborations. As we don't have to be dependent on physical devices, it directly impacts the organization's architectural expenses, which have been reduced. That is cost cut, for one. Second, when we don't have to rely on the devices, it means we don't have to wait for them to be available in the organization, leading to better collaboration, better availability of the teams, and the tasks they can perform.

The first feature which I love is the ARM embedded execution, ensuring that 100% compatibility is there with the Android apps without any kind of translation overhead. Secondly, it provides us with a web-based dashboard that allows our teams to manage the virtual devices without writing complex deployment scripts, and it does not require any heavy architecture. Thirdly, I love the LXD containerization that runs Android in containers instead of full virtual machines, allowing us to pack more virtual phones onto a single cloud server, saving a lot on cloud server costs, OCP costs, and physical device costs. Additionally, I love the automated testing integration that easily plugs into our existing deployment pipelines and automates app testing at a very high level scale.

The automated testing integration in Anbox Cloud has reduced our testing time by 90%, decreased defect density by 87%, and also helped identify any zero-day vulnerabilities earlier, ensuring that the testing is complete and all edge cases have been covered in that automated testing run.

Everything seems to be very great, whether it is deployment integrations, the user interface, the pricing, setup cost, deployments, each and everything is on point. The ROI we are getting here is more than expected, so there is nothing I can remember as an improvement to the software.

If I had to think of an area for improvement in Anbox Cloud, I would say AI is getting advanced day by day, and they could add some advanced AI integrations and an AI agent in their upcoming workflows.

We have been using Anbox Cloud for the last four years in our organization.

The scalability of Anbox Cloud is really good; we can scale up and down with the pay-as-you-go model and have scaled up to 10,000 screens at a time during heavy resource demand without facing any build or stability issues.

We spoke with customer support six months back, and they were really responsive, well-trained, and resolved our query within 45 minutes, so a 10 on 10 for the customer support.

We did not use any other solution prior to Anbox Cloud.

It was not difficult to deploy Anbox Cloud in our AWS environment; it was very well-versed with AWS cloud, and the integrations were seamless. We did not face any challenge while configuring the solution in our organization.

When integrating Anbox Cloud with other AWS services like Lambda or EC2, we see much integration occurred, and the integrations were seamless. It was done through our SSO of the organization with single-click integration, very seamless, and there were no breaks or errors in the APIs or the responses.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Anbox Cloud was very transparent. The licensing and everything was clear. The ROI is really good, and we have seen cuts in resources and money. We have reduced the number of physical Android testing devices by 90%, and we have saved time by at least 80 to 85%.

The metering and billing experience with Anbox Cloud on AWS is transparent via AWS Marketplace, and I feel they provide a great price while we are getting it from AWS. They give a transparent and good view for us to decide based on the price range, and I appreciate the good discounts we receive. The best thing I love about the metering and billing experience is the pay-as-you-go model, which allows us to pay based on how much we use.

While choosing Anbox Cloud, we definitely evaluated other options such as Azura, Chargebee, and Replicli. However, Anbox Cloud was the best one we figured out, which is why we chose it. Anbox Cloud is a 100% stable solution, and I feel it does a great job—very stable.

Anyone who is looking for a great solution for building and testing Android applications over the cloud should definitely consider Anbox Cloud. I give this product a rating of 5 out of 5.

Our primary use case for Anbox Cloud revolves around running high-density Android environments directly in the cloud, instead of managing a physical lab or mobile devices or desktop emulators for Android. Anbox Cloud allows us to spin up the Android containers on demand, streamlining our testing process and helping us get validation for the performance testing and functionality testing during our environments such as SIT and UAT. It also helps us ensure that we are able to see our performance application execution and the performance is high enough to get these things done in the environments for our customers.

Anbox Cloud is helping us provide a cloud environment that allows the functionality to work and be tested directly in the cloud instead of needing physical devices in hand for Android application testing. This is the major use case why we are using Anbox Cloud, as it removes the usage of physical devices and the needs for them, helping us reduce infrastructure and hardware costs by 80 to 90%.

There are multiple features of Anbox Cloud that I personally love, including native ARM execution, which is critical since the vast majority of mobile devices are ARM-based, allowing our workflows to run natively on the ARM cloud and providing an incredible, accurate, low latency representation of real-world performance. Another feature I love is the acceleration in the SIT and UAT environments, helping us provision hundreds of identical, reproducible Android environments, meaning our testing cycles are drastically shorter. Additionally, the web-based UI is highly accessible, enabling our QA teams to perform interactive UAT testing without needing deep technical or coding experience. I also love the CI/CD integration, which seamlessly integrates into our pipelines, allowing us to spin up instances for regression testing and tear them down when finished, ensuring that non-iterative workflows are highly reliable. Furthermore, the support is dependent on them, and Android Automotive OS (AOS) infotainment system features massively advantage our industry.

The web-based UI of Anbox Cloud helps us test everything on a web application instead of installing heavy cloud-based software into the system. Sign-ups are easy, and the QA teams can perform iterative UAT without needing advanced or expert knowledge. Regarding CI/CD integration, it seamlessly plugs into the automated pipeline, spinning up instances for regression testing and making sure that deployments and integrations are faster, with continuous and automated deployments.

Regarding improvements for Anbox Cloud, I see it as a perfectly executed solution that has not faced challenges as far as I know, but if I had to suggest a specific improvement, I would say that AI integrations could be better.

I have been working in my current field for more than 15 years.

Anbox Cloud is a 100% stable solution, and its scalability is really good, definitely a stable and scalable one.

Customer support is really great; I would rate it 10 out of 10 since we have interacted with them, and that was clean and helpful.

We did not choose any other options, but I remember a few names as alternatives to Anbox Cloud while choosing solutions for the organization, including Genymotion SaaS, BrowserStack, App Live, Device Farm, Corellium, and Aviatrix.

The deployment of Anbox Cloud in our environment is really straightforward since it is directly via an Amazon Machine Image on AWS Marketplace. It was completed with just a few commands that initialized the plans, and the web-based graphical interface completely abstracts the underlying complexities of the container orchestration, providing a clean and manageable sandbox environment almost immediately.

The configuration process for Anbox Cloud is straightforward, and we did not face any challenges; it was really brilliant.

The procurement process was very easy, and we did not face any challenges; it is a good solution for sure.

Talking about the ROI from Anbox Cloud, we have seen multiple strong ROIs; it has basically eliminated the hardware lab. By moving Android execution to Anbox Cloud, we have eliminated the need to purchase, maintain, and secure racks for physical mobiles, saving us at least 65 to 70% in cost. Additionally, it has reduced compute costs by 20 to 30%, as we utilize AWS cloud with Anbox Cloud's instances instead of traditional x86 instances, lowering our hourly compute cost by 28 to 30% while simultaneously delivering better than native application stability. Anbox Cloud has helped us deliver faster to the market, automating testing and significantly improving testing cycles and time by 60 to 70%, resulting in faster time to market and increased customer satisfaction, which is up by at least 70 to 80%. These are some great ROIs that we have achieved.

We have seen a lot of positive impacts from Anbox Cloud as customer satisfaction levels are up. The clients we work for are really happy because we deliver earlier, leading to them giving us other projects, which is a great ROI for the company.

The metering and billing experience is really great, as we have chosen a pay-as-you-go hourly model, which gives us an edge since we were previously paying hefty money and not getting enough solution out of it. Anbox Cloud helps us ensure that we get the full benefit and pay only for what we use.

The licensing through AWS Marketplace is very flexible; as I mentioned, we are on a pay-as-you-go hourly model, which is excellent for testing in SIT and UAT phases, giving us predictable and long-term usage. While Anbox Cloud offers an annual contract, we prefer the hourly pay-as-you-go model, which is best for us. The software is very reasonable and automates the SIT cycles, enabling faster product delivery.

We did not choose any other options, but I remember a few names as alternatives to Anbox Cloud while choosing solutions for the organization, including Genymotion SaaS, BrowserStack, App Live, Device Farm, Corellium, and Aviatrix.

We are implementing Vicarious, a vulnerability management tool, and have integrations with Kubernetes using APIs. Also, we use Canonical to support access to technology documents, articles, and to open issues.

We have enjoyed the same experience as public cloud with a digital transformation since 2016, leading to a necessity to improve our environment using infrastructure as code. 

It helps run Android and system containers using Ubuntu Pro. The product made it easier to insert new components and hosts in our private cloud, allowing us to update the number of hosts in our environment.

In Brazil, it is difficult to find technical professionals with OpenStack or this technology skills. The solution is complex to administrate, and the initial setup requires significant experience.

We have been using the solution since 2021.

It is perfect, not even a problem until now. We don't have any problems with stopping production or anything else.

It's simple to scale. We insert new components and hosts in the private cloud and can update the number of hosts in our environment.

We have an excellent experience with support from Canonical. They provide great support, and our experience with the support team has been excellent.

Positive

We initially used OpenStack from VMware for our setup and had a simple deploy with them.

The deploy with VIO from VMware was very simple, but the support wasn't set. With Canonical, we have excellent support and a good experience. However, the initial setup requires significant experience.

We have four people administrating the solution who are infrastructure analysts with strong Linux experience.

We have three clouds: one production, one for production, and one lab. We have a license supporting a specific number of hosts and update it each year, making the contract simple with them. It is not expensive.

Overall, Canonical is rated ten out of ten. We don't have significant issues, and we have a great group of professionals, which makes administration easy.