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Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) vs. IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon S3

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AAmazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.N/A

    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

    Pricing
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Editions & Modules
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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
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsIBM 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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    Community Pulse
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon S3
    I think [Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)] is cheaper than Azure Blob Storage (at least at the time I selected it). It is a low maintenance product and it is more reliable.
    Incentivized
    IBM
    Chose IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    I have used IBM Cloud Metal Servers for 12 years and have not used alternatives during this period of time.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    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
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery7.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots9.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption9.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    -
    Ratings
    Continuous data protection9.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication9.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics8.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities9.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    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
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (74 ratings)
    8.2
    (81 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (23 ratings)