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Akamai Cloud Computing vs. IBM Cloud Object Storage

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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 Object Storage

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Object Storage is an IBM Cloud product in the endpoint backup and IaaS categories. It is commonly used for data archiving and backup, for web and mobile applications, and as scalable, persistent storage for analytics.

    $0

    per month

    Pricing
    Akamai Cloud ComputingIBM Cloud Object Storage
    Editions & Modules
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    One-Rate Plan
    As low as USD $12/TB a month
    per month
    Standard Plan
    Free up to 5GB—no minimum fee, pay only for what you use
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Akamai Cloud ComputingIBM Cloud Object Storage
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    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.The One-Rate and Standard service plans for Cloud Object Storage include resiliency options, flexible data classes and built-in security. Pricing is based on the choice of location, storage class and resiliency choice.
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    IBM
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    The previous cloud OSS platform that we used was provided by Google. Functionality in OSS is restricted in several ways. The setup and configuration steps are complicated, making the software difficult to operate. We had no problems at all during our time at IBM. Buckets may be …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Akamai Cloud ComputingIBM Cloud Object Storage
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Akamai Cloud Computing and IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Feature
    Akamai Cloud Computing
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    Ratings
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    7.9
    145 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings8.1133 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings7.5135 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings8.3132 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings7.3135 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings8.1140 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Akamai Cloud ComputingIBM Cloud Object Storage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (216 ratings)
    8.2
    (149 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.3
    (29 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (21 ratings)
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (215 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    5.8
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
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