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Engine Yard vs Softaculous

A side-by-side look at Engine Yard and Softaculous. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Engine Yard

Engine Yard

Development

Engine Yard is a platform as a service (PaaS) that provides automated cloud hosting, management, and scaling for Ruby on Rails and PHP applications. It handles provisioning, configuring, monitoring, patching, and managing servers and applications in the cloud.

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Softaculous

Softaculous

Development

Softaculous is an auto installer that allows users to easily install hundreds of open source scripts into their hosting accounts. It simplifies the complex process of setting up applications like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla etc. with just a few clicks.

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