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Amazon Web Services vs. IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers

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705 Reviews and Ratings

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181 Reviews and Ratings

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Web Services

    Score8.6 out of 10
    		N/AAmazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing services. With over 165 services offered, AWS services can provide users with a comprehensive suite of infrastructure and computing building blocks and tools.

    $100

    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

    Pricing
    Amazon Web ServicesIBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Editions & Modules
    Free Tier
    $0
    per month
    Basic Environment
    $100 - $200
    per month
    Intermediate Environment
    $250 - $600
    per month
    Advanced Environment
    $600-$2500
    per month
    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 Web ServicesIBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsAWS allows a “save when you commit” option that offers lower prices when you sign up for a 1- or 3- year term that includes an AWS service or category of services.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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    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Not sure as of yet. So far, it seems like it has a lot of nice features. If anything, we can definitely say it is easier to figure out what machine to deploy and configure over something like VMWare where you have to have a lot of training in order to do it just right. …
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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
    Amazon Web ServicesIBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Web Services and IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Feature
    Amazon Web Services
    8.3
    68 Ratings
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    8.3
    79 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.364 Ratings8.877 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.065 Ratings8.661 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.761 Ratings8.551 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates7.457 Ratings8.057 Ratings
    Monitoring tools7.065 Ratings8.270 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images6.658 Ratings8.361 Ratings
    Operating system support8.363 Ratings8.476 Ratings
    Security controls8.366 Ratings8.574 Ratings
    Automation8.717 Ratings7.77 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon Web ServicesIBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (80 ratings)
    8.2
    (81 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (24 ratings)
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (23 ratings)