Anbox Cloud Appliance - Arm

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.