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Akamai Cloud Computing vs. IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Akamai Cloud Computing

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AAkamai Cloud Computing (formerly Linode) include scalable and accessible Linux cloud solutions and services. These products and services support developers and enterprises as they build, deploy, secure, and scale applications.

    $5

    per month

    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud bare metal servers are cloud servers configurable in hourly/monthly options, on-demand, from any location—with a selection of standard features and services for small businesses and enterprise demands. Users can customize RAM and SSDs with 11M+ configurations from which to choose.

    $0.51

    per hour

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    Akamai Cloud ComputingIBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
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    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    starting at $0.51
    per hour
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    starting at $241.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Akamai Cloud ComputingIBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsCPU, transfer, storage, and RAM are bundled into one price. Storage capacity can be increased with additional Block Storage or S3-compatible Object Storage. Instant Backups can be added with complete independence to the stack. Linode NodeBalancers ensure applications are available.IBM Bare Metal Servers offer a choice between hourly or monthly pre-configured servers or can be customized with single to quad processing solutions. Bare metal servers are available worldwide and with no monthly contracts. Amonthly bare metal server built to spec can be ordered and made available in two to four hours—with 500 GB/month outbound bandwidth included. An hourly bare metal server can be ordered, and it is made ready for in 20 to 30 minutes. Public outbound bandwidth is charged per gigabyte.
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    Features
    Akamai Cloud ComputingIBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Akamai Cloud Computing and IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Feature
    Akamai Cloud Computing
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    8.3
    79 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings8.877 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings8.661 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings8.551 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings8.057 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.270 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings8.361 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings8.476 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings8.574 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings7.77 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Akamai Cloud ComputingIBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (216 ratings)
    8.2
    (81 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.3
    (29 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (215 ratings)
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    8.0
    (23 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)