IronForge compared
IronForge next to Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean.
Review draft. Competitor cells are unchecked; “To be checked” marks a gap on purpose.
| IronForge | Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services | DigitalOcean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domain registration and DNS in the same account | Yes | PartlyAzure DNS has no domain registration; buy elsewhere | YesRoute 53 registers domains and hosts DNS | PartlyDNS hosting only; docs assume a domain you already own |
| Browser console straight to the machine | Yes | YesAzure Bastion gives SSH/RDP in the portal browser | Yes | Yes |
| Shared web hosting with mail and databases | PartlyRun by our staff, not self-service | No | No | PartlyMarketplace apps |
| Reseller ownership tree of customer organisations | PartlyNo own branding, pricing or billing yet | PartlyPartner programme | PartlyPartner programme | No |
| Authoritative DNS on three nameservers in more than one location | Yes | YesFour anycast name servers per zone on a global network | YesFour name servers on four TLDs; 200+ PoPs | To be checked |
| Dynamic DNS with per-zone tokens | Yes | NoStatic DNS only; no DDNS protocol (zone RBAC via API) | NoNo native DDNS; build from Lambda and Route 53 API | To be checked |
| Quota-limited containers ordered by the customer | Planned | YesContainer Instances with documented per-subscription quotas | YesECS on Fargate with adjustable account quotas | YesApp Platform containers with documented limits |
| Usage reported per organisation, daily | Yes | YesCost Management daily exports and cost analysis by subscription | YesCost Explorer DAILY granularity filtered by linked account | PartlyDaily spend report/API per team; per-project CSV is beta |
| Nightly backups | PartlyOn-site; the off-site copy does not yet cover every guest | YesAzure Backup daily policy for VMs (paid, opt-in) | YesAWS Backup plans default daily (opt-in, paid) | YesDroplet backups every 4/6/12 hours, daily or weekly (paid) |
| Automatic restart on another server after a failure | Planned | YesService healing relocates VMs to a healthy host, about 15 min, with reboot | YesSimplified auto recovery on by default on supported instance types | PartlyLive migration on hardware failure; no documented auto-restart after crash |