Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) is the leading enterprise PaaS, powered by Cloud Foundry. PCF provides a cloud-native application platform that allows you to continuously deliver any app to every major private and public cloud with a single platform. PCF is proven to accelerate feature delivery with higher developer productivity and a 200:1 developer to operator ratio. PCF's built-in security and self-healing capabilities reduce risk in your app portfolio while maintaining high-availability at scale to keep customer facing systems online even in the most challenging circumstances. pivotal.io
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| Pivotal Cloud Foundry | 9.8% |
| Microsoft Azure | 18.8% |
| Amazon AWS | 12.7% |
| Other | 58.7% |
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| Category | PaaS Clouds | Aug 29, 2025 | Download |
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| Comparison | Pivotal Cloud Foundry vs Microsoft Azure | Aug 29, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | Pivotal Cloud Foundry vs Amazon AWS | Aug 29, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | Pivotal Cloud Foundry vs Red Hat OpenShift | Aug 29, 2025 | Download |
| Title | Rating | Mindshare | Recommending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Azure | 4.2 | 18.8% | 96% | 316 interviewsAdd to research |
| Amazon AWS | 4.2 | 12.7% | 93% | 256 interviewsAdd to research |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 5 |
| Large Enterprise | 10 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 151 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 50 |
| Large Enterprise | 976 |
Pivotal Cloud Foundry was previously known as PCF, Pivotal Application Service (PAS), Pivotal Container Service (PKS), Pivotal Function Service (PFS).
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| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Head of Engineering at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees | 3.5 | I primarily use Pivotal Cloud Foundry for building microservices, valuing its ease of deployment, management, and auto-scaling. Improvements needed include enhancing canary deployment and cluster management, although the platform's high cost is a major drawback. |
| Web App developer at FDIC | 3.5 | No summary available |
| Principal Engineer at Citi | 3.5 | I have used Pivotal Cloud Foundry to deploy Spring Boot microservices, appreciating its seamless CI/CD integration and user-friendly console. However, transitioning to public clouds requires more effort, and a broader service offering would enhance its appeal. |
| Senior Software Engineer at Wells Fargo | 5.0 | I recently started using Pivotal Cloud Foundry, and while I can't comment extensively on its features, I find it takes time to understand. It needs improvements in configuration capabilities and migration support. Previously, we used AUTOsist for similar needs. |
| Principal Engineer at Natwest | 3.5 | Pivotal Cloud Foundry is our cloud hosting platform for deploying microservices and secure internal transactions. While its security is valued, it lacks advanced features, leading us to explore alternatives like OpenShift, which may offer more functionality. |
| Assistant to Vice President at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees | 2.5 | Pivotal Cloud Foundry simplifies deploying applications across clouds and excels in Java development, leveraging Spring Cloud frameworks. Despite complex setup and uncertain future, it offers significant ROI by transforming applications to microservices and enabling DevOps practices. |
| Owner/Full Stack Software Engineer at Maraphonic, Inc. | 4.5 | No summary available |
| Engeener at Dell EMC | 4.0 | No summary available |
