AWS CloudFormation vs. IBM Power Virtual Server

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AWS CloudFormation
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
AWS CloudFormation gives developers and systems administrators a way to create and manage a collection of related AWS resources, provisioning and updating them in a predictable fashion. Use AWS CloudFormation’s sample templates or create templates to describe the AWS resources, and any associated dependencies or runtime parameters, required to run an application. Users don’t need to figure out the order for provisioning AWS services or the subtleties of making those dependencies work.…
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IBM Power Virtual Server
Score 7.3 out of 10
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IBM presents their Power Systems Virtual Server as a scalable, cost-effective way to run IBM AIX, IBM i and Linux workloads​.N/A
Pricing
AWS CloudFormationIBM Power Virtual Server
Editions & Modules
Free Tier - 1,000 Handler Operations per Month per Account
$0.00
Handler Operation
$0.0009
per handler operation
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AWS CloudFormationIBM Power Virtual Server
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsThere is no additional charge for using AWS CloudFormation with resource providers in the following namespaces: AWS::*, Alexa::*, and Custom::*. In this case you pay for AWS resources (such as Amazon EC2 instances, Elastic Load Balancing load balancers, etc.) created using AWS CloudFormation as if you created them manually. You only pay for what you use, as you use it; there are no minimum fees and no required upfront commitments. When you use resource providers with AWS CloudFormation outside the namespaces mentioned above, you incur charges per handler operation. Handler operations are create, update, delete, read, or list actions on a resource.
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Community Pulse
AWS CloudFormationIBM Power Virtual Server
Considered Both Products
AWS CloudFormation
Chose AWS CloudFormation
Since the product I'm involved is primarily hosted on AWS we use CloudFormation but in some other products where we have hybrid cloud deployments we prefer terraform which is opensource.
Chose AWS CloudFormation
Cloning a virtual machine creates a virtual machine that is cloning a virtual machine creates a virtual machine that is a copy of the original. The new virtual machine is configured with the same virtual hardware, installed software, and other properties that were configured …
Chose AWS CloudFormation
As we have our whole infrastructure on AWS, that is why we selected AWS CloudFormation. AWS CloudFormation is better integrated with AWS services than other available products and also provides visibility and tracking on AWS. AWS CloudFormation is free while Terraform …
Chose AWS CloudFormation
We didn't look into anything else as Cloudformation was "built-in" for AWS, it just kind of made sense to go with that. Terraform was something that we briefly looked into Terraform but decides to stick with Cloudformation because our task was relatively "simple". Apparently if …
Chose AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation has more features and robustness. It is suited for professional projects since it provides stability and a wide variety of options for configurations. These include not only dividing stacks by specific code changes, but also in regions. This allows more …
Chose AWS CloudFormation
The only real comparison would be to Terraform, which is another IaC technology at the infra level. Terraform is cloud-agnostic, which means most popular cloud providers are supported. While AWS CloudFormation is AWS-only. Although, if you consider CDK, CDK for Terraform …
IBM Power Virtual Server
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
it is much better with unix lpars
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
There were different factors which were involved in terms of evaluating IBM as a preferred choice over other offering because of performance and reliability in terms of high performance computing and overall enterprise great feature in terms of critical application which …
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
Power Virtual Servers stacks up well against the competition. It's easy to use and highly reliable. I would recommend it over any of the other solutions.
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
IBM Power Virtual Server integrates well with other IBM tools in use with the firm and helps with firmwide support. Security is critical for our business and IBM has a long-standing reputation and expertise in delivering in this area.
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
It best suited for test environment when we are testing our software.It is best suited for running most of the old application.Its navigation easy and can be handled from one place.For production environment there is still room improvement while the using it.
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
They both have their own ups and downs and it totally depends on the team which suits them best. IBM Power Virtual Server has Performance, Scalability, Reliability and Availability, Compatibility, and Good Vendor Support. The specific use case and workload requirements played a …
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
The pricing of IBM Power Virtual Server was extremely fair and feasible compared with other products like Windows or Suse or Redhat. The ease of use of IBM Power Virtual Server is also really great with an excellent UI. It is also capable in handling high analytical workloads …
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
IBM Power Virtual Server has been easier to use in hybrid environments than any other options considered. Workload balancing works amazing. Our organization was already using IBM services for storage and managing databases, which influenced us to go for the service. Some of …
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
IBM Power Virtual Server is very cost-efficient, movement flexible, and easy to use and maintain.
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
With the IBM Power Virtual Server, we can quickly create and deploy one or more virtual servers (that are running either the AIX, IBM i, or Linux operating systems). After the provision the IBM Power Virtual Server, one get access to infrastructure and physical computing …
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
Skytap on IBM Cloud or Skytap on Azure can be cheaper, but PowerVS provides fast storage with low latency and high speed Internet connection options.
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
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Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
We chose IBM Power System Virtual Server because other services are too expensive, and we need a server that is both affordable and scalable.
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
IBM Power System components are more reliable and have longer uptimes than those of competing systems. The IBM Power System Virtual Server setup and configuration process was simple. To now, no errors have been made in terms of placing an unreasonable burden on the server, …
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
IBM Power System Virtual Server, in my opinion, is more cost-effective for small and medium-sized organizations than Microsoft Azure. When contrasted with Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud offers superior load balancing, continuous performance, and network monitoring. There is …
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
Amazon Web Services is slightly less in cost However this fact is far out shadowed by the superior customization and efficiency of the IBM Power system Virtual Server. IBM also provides far superior customer service.
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
The success of IBM's Power System is largely dependent on security. Its reliability is a crucial component in its widespread use, as it enables complex businesses such as banking and insurance to operate with greater security and less downtime. This system has a low power …
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
The success of IBM's power system is largely dependent on security. Its reliability is a crucial component in its widespread use, as it enables complex businesses such as banking and insurance to operate with greater security and less downtime. This system has a low power …
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
The success of IBM's power system is largely dependent on security. Its reliability is a crucial component in its widespread use, as it enables complex businesses such as banking and insurance to operate with greater security and less downtime. This system has a low power …
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
When compared to the IBM cloud, virtual server selections, installations, and updates are straightforward. First and foremost, the user interface is simple, allowing us to quickly select and change settings in essential situations. AWS offers a huge range of instances to choose …
Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
Security is the major factor to derive the success of IBM power system. Its robustness is the key factor for its wide usage and it allows to help run complex business like Banking, Insurance with Shear security and less downtime .
Power complexity and usage is very low with this …
Features
AWS CloudFormationIBM Power Virtual Server
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
AWS CloudFormation
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Ratings
IBM Power Virtual Server
8.5
Ratings
6% above category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Dynamic scaling00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Elastic load balancing00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Pre-configured templates00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Operating system support00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Security controls00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Automation00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
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User Ratings
AWS CloudFormationIBM Power Virtual Server
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7.6
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8.1
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9.9
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Usability
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7.2
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Availability
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7.0
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Performance
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8.0
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Support Rating
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8.1
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Implementation Rating
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7.0
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Configurability
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9.0
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Ease of integration
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8.0
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Product Scalability
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7.0
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Vendor post-sale
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User Testimonials
AWS CloudFormationIBM Power Virtual Server
Likelihood to Recommend
Cloning a virtual machine creates a virtual machine that is a copy of the original. The new virtual machine is configured with the Cloning Cloning a virtual machine creates a virtual machine that is a copy of the original. The new virtual machine is configured with the same virtual hardware, installed software, and other properties that were configured for the original virtual machine. For information about persistent memory and PMem storage, see the vSphere Resource Management Guide. For information virtual machine creates a virtual machine that is a copy of the original. The new virtual machine is configured with the same virtual hardware, installed software, and other properties that were configured for the original virtual machine. For information about persistent memory and PMem storage, see the vSphere Resource. Management guide. For information virtual hardware, installed software cloning a virtual machine creates a virtual machine that is a copy of the original. The new virtual machine is configured with the same virtual hardware, installed software, and other properties that were configured for the original virtual machine. For information about persistent memory and PMem storage, see the vSphere Resource Management Guide. For information and other properties that were configured for the original virtual machine. For information about persistent memory and PMem storage, see the vSphere Resource Management Guide. For information.
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Due to its reliability, it is well-suited for mission-critical applications. It is also well suited for running multiple applications on a single server and fully utilizing the server's full capacity. However, it is not well suited for servers that require dedicated IO resources.
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Pros
  • IaC, transactional on top of that
  • Support for "mainstream" general programming languages
  • Sharable IaC "snippets" that can setup standardized environments for individuals quickly
  • OOP techniques are available thanks to OOP languages
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  • It is good in managing our documents in a precise manner.
  • It is a comprehensive tool and supports other languages like JAVA and Python and it is useful for us.
  • It is quite a valuable tool available at a reasonable price in the market and it is a scalable tool.
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Cons
  • Error Description upon Failure Needs to be Improved.
  • Slow to create, delete or update.
  • Need to delete resources manually. It can ask before starting deletion whether to skip those resources or delete them.
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  • The software appears to be geared for a no-programming approach, which implies that making changes is more difficult.
  • The user base is small making it monotonous and difficult to come up with new methods.
  • The number of rankings is not as large as competitors.
  • The admin end is poorly designed, as they are unable to receive and respond to client feedback.
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Likelihood to Renew
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At the moment we are 100% satisfied with the performance and our support team is well used to the process involved. So unless we have some major issues in adopting, we are sure to be with IBM itself.
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Usability
It's easy enough to get a shared template & apply it. You don't even have to download-then-upload or copy-and-paste, a publicly-accessible url works.
Diving deeper, it has enough powerful capabilities to make the life of a platform / DevOps engineer bearable.
However, you need equally deep knowledge to troubleshoot issues, when they inevitably pop up. This is the same for all IaC technologies, as they are additional abstraction layers on top of the native API provided by the cloud providers.
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I would rate IBM Power Virtual Server’s overall usability as an 8 out of 10. The platform offers a solid interface and intuitive dashboard, making it relatively easy for users with cloud experience to navigate. Its scalability and flexibility are strong points. However, the learning curve for new users can be steep, especially when dealing with complex integrations or configurations. While documentation and support are extensive, some users may find the setup process challenging. Overall, it’s highly functional but could be streamlined further for beginners.
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Reliability and Availability
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Very easy to use.
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Performance
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Easy to use.
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Support Rating
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As with most IBM products the ongoing support for IBM Power Virtual Server is solid and consistent. IBM provides a clear roadmap for receiving support of their products. Both voice and online response is offered. It is obvious that IBM has the internal systems and culture to maintain support functions. This starts from the initial support call to the problem analysis and continues through the problem resolution. Documentation and communication are consistent within this process.
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Implementation Rating
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It is economic.
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Alternatives Considered
Since the product I'm involved is primarily hosted on AWS we use CloudFormation but in some other products where we have hybrid cloud deployments we prefer Terraform which is opensource.
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There were different factors which were involved in terms of evaluating IBM as a preferred choice over other offering because of performance and reliability in terms of high performance computing and overall enterprise great feature in terms of critical application which outperforms or maybe beat any time other offerings like AWS system manager data availability is one more in terms of disaster recovery solution and high availability feature the kind of offering IBM provide was way more than in terms of other fujitsu server.
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Scalability
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I would rate IBM Cognos Analytics’ scalability as a 9 out of 10. The platform is highly capable of handling large volumes of data and supporting thousands of users with ease. Its architecture is designed for high performance, though it may require fine-tuning for extremely complex data environments to maintain optimal performance.
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Return on Investment
  • + We can standup a VPC in minutes
  • - It took a lot of inital time to set up
  • + With logging/rollback, made testing much easier.
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  • We have had a return on investment of 30%.
  • There have also been 80% fewer application crashes due to a lack of resources that previously ran on the X86 platform.
  • Administration management has been simplified and staff can dedicate themselves to the development of applications, instead of providing support to users when the applications do not respond efficiently, this made staff 45% more productive.
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