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Anbox Cloud vs Docker on CentOS comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Anbox Cloud
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.9
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Application Virtualization (5th)
Docker on CentOS
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.0
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Operating Systems (OS) for Business (18th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Anbox Cloud and Docker on CentOS aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Anbox Cloud is designed for Application Virtualization and holds a mindshare of 1.1%.
Docker on CentOS, on the other hand, focuses on Operating Systems (OS) for Business, holds 0.4% mindshare, up 0.0% since last year.
Application Virtualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Anbox Cloud1.1%
Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service)22.9%
Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)15.4%
Other60.6%
Application Virtualization
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Docker on CentOS0.4%
Ubuntu Linux8.1%
Windows 117.5%
Other84.0%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
 

Featured Reviews

IsaacHernandez - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Lead QA at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Cloud-based Android testing has transformed how our teams reproduce issues and run remote QA sessions
Anbox Cloud can be improved mainly in ease of setup and operational simplicity. The platform is very powerful, but the initial configuration can feel complex, especially around infrastructure, networking, images, GPU support, and scaling. Better guided setup, clearer troubleshooting messages, and more production-ready templates would help a lot. I would also improve the monitoring and reporting experience, especially around session performance, resource usage, latency, and failures. For QA and operation teams, having clearer dashboards and logs would make it easier to detect problems quickly. Overall, it works well, but it could be more user-friendly for teams that do not have Linux, LXC, or cloud infrastructure experience. I would add that the documentation could be more scenario-based. The official docs cover the components, but real production examples would help more, specifically for scaling, GPU configuration, networking, image lifecycle, and troubleshooting failed sessions. Also, integrations could be stronger. Better out-of-the-box examples for CI/CD pipelines, monitoring tools, observability dashboards, and automated QA workflows would make adoption easier. I also would appreciate clearer guidance around cost optimization because when you scale Android instances in the cloud, resource planning becomes very important.
VV
Senior Software Engineeer at Charter Communications
Containerization has streamlined microservices delivery and ensures consistent hybrid deployments
The capabilities of Docker on CentOS that I have found the most valuable include its use for Spring-based applications, which significantly enhance the value I derive from it. Docker on CentOS is particularly effective for building distributed applications and microservices. Deployments are smooth and easy, and the integration with Kubernetes is seamless. I have successfully managed 80-plus pods clusters, scaling from 80 to 85 with 140 TPS without encountering any issues. Docker on CentOS's lightweight nature allows for flawless development across environments such as dev, stage, and prod. From my perspective, the experience with the deployment of Docker on CentOS is quite positive, especially for the CI/CD pipeline. The architecture overview includes the use of a Git repository and GitLab CI, which facilitates the Docker build for our Spring 3.x Java applications.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Anbox Cloud positively impacts my organization by enabling us to run over 100 Android instances on a single server and maximizing infrastructure efficiencies."
"We have an excellent experience with support from Canonical, as they provide great support and our experience with the support team has been excellent."
"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%."
"Overall, Anbox Cloud is a strong platform when you need scalable Android environments in the cloud, creating a more controlled, repeatable, and scalable Android workflow for QA, demos, and remote validation."
"It helps run Android and system containers using Ubuntu Pro."
"Docker on CentOS has improved my organization positively, as it is easy to operate and maintain, making it more flexible—you can change any service in the system, delete or remove the service port, and create new ones."
"Docker on CentOS has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to deliver identical solutions to development and production environments, making it easier to deploy new versions, debug versions that we have in other environments, and utilize many pre-built images available in Docker Hub and the official Docker registry."
"Those features helped me specifically during my project by making it more stable since it used fewer resources, resulting in a cost-efficient deployment, as the machines that I deployed it on used less of the resources than I thought they needed."
"With Docker and the automated pipeline using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, deployment time drops from two to three hours to minutes because the image is already built and validated and deployment is simply a matter of downloading the image and starting the container."
"Docker on CentOS has positively impacted my organization by improving our time to market."
"Docker on CentOS demonstrates good and effective portability for containers."
"The best features Docker on CentOS offers in my experience are that we can easily get updates and because it is free, we can easily mitigate issues from our end if we have the expertise in CentOS and Docker, which can be managed internally."
"With Docker on CentOS, my organization has achieved a faster application deployment cycle, reduced infrastructure overhead, and improved the scalability of applications with better utilization of server resources."
 

Cons

"Anbox Cloud can be improved mainly in ease of setup and operational simplicity."
"In Brazil, it is difficult to find technical professionals with OpenStack or this technology skills."
"To improve Anbox Cloud, we can enhance the speed and flexibility of the platform."
"Docker on CentOS can be very secure and well-governed, but that security only exists if it is configured intentionally; out of the box, it is not secure by default for AI workloads."
"I have faced challenges with the end-of-life cycle of CentOS since 2021-2022, security updates, network complexity with multi-node DNS issues, storage persistence pain points with EBS and EFS, and resource management before the Kubernetes abstraction."
"I think more stability could be improved, and there could be much more community support."
"One improvement I would like to see in Docker on CentOS is how sometimes when I try to install the recommend.sh file, it fails with timeout errors on the server side."
"My experience with the learning curve for Docker on CentOS was that the setup process was quite quirky."
"I have not seen a return on investment because the deprecation made it so there was none, and if anything, the ROI would have been negative since money and time were spent using something that did not progress."
"Because of CentOS lifecycle issues and support issues, additional security tuning that is required, and storage and networking complexity, I am providing this feedback."
"The common pattern in both cases is that on CentOS, Docker does not fail loudly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Insurance Company
62%
Construction Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Computer Software Company
6%
Outsourcing Company
23%
Construction Company
14%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise20
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Anbox Cloud?
Our experience with pricing was that it was reasonable for the value, but it requires careful planning. The main cost came from AWS compute resources, storage, networking, and scaling Android sessi...
What needs improvement with Anbox Cloud?
To improve Anbox Cloud, we can enhance the speed and flexibility of the platform. We can focus on optimizing allocations and CPU scheduling, as we are experiencing load distribution issues and expe...
What is your primary use case for Anbox Cloud?
My main use case for Anbox Cloud is for developments and critical enterprise development requirements. I use Anbox Cloud for Android automation on demand across the public cloud, which includes clo...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Docker on CentOS?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Docker on CentOS was that it was very easy. Docker on CentOS is open source.
What needs improvement with Docker on CentOS?
Docker on CentOS could be improved in the configuration parts and the setup part. If there could be a special tool that could easily deploy Docker on CentOS, that would help a lot of the tech commu...
What is your primary use case for Docker on CentOS?
My main use case for Docker on CentOS was to bridge the gap between moving from monolith architecture to self-healing architecture. The team used Docker on CentOS to transition from monolith toward...
 

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