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DigitalOcean Load Balancers vs. IBM Cloud Internet Services

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DigitalOcean Load Balancers
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
DigitalOcean's Load Balancers are used to scale applications and improve availability, security, and performance across the user's infrastructure in a few clicks. The Load Balancers are monitored for availability and if any anomalies are detected, DigitalOcean's systems will correct them and fix them. Load Balancers automatically provision and renew SSL certificates free of charge through Let’s Encrypt. Load Balancers also support HTTP/2, providing better performance for users.N/A
IBM Cloud Internet Services
Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
IBM Cloud Internet Services is a set of edge network services for securing internet-facing applications from DDoS attacks, data theft, and bot attacks, as well as optimizing their web apps or ensuring global responsiveness and the ongoing availability of their internet-facing applications.
$275
per month, per domain
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DigitalOcean Load BalancersIBM Cloud Internet Services
Editions & Modules
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IBM Cloud Internet Services - Standard
$275.00
per month, per domain
IBM Cloud Internet Services - Enterprise
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
DigitalOcean Load BalancersIBM Cloud Internet Services
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DigitalOcean Load Balancers

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IBM Cloud Internet Services
Alexandre Carvalho | TrustRadius Reviewer
Alexandre Carvalho
Senior Technical Support Engineer
Chose IBM Cloud Internet Services
IBM Cloud difference is the ability to use PPC hardware and to use IBM I operating system. Other cloud providers have a better interface and features for regular unix/windows vms.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose IBM Cloud Internet Services
I have used Salesforce to explore it as an app but I have found them both able to solve my needs and requirements when it comes to security. While I choose IBM Cloud Internet Services for more accessibility, a better price was available with Saleforce. Although that is just my …
Ramindu Deshapriya | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ramindu Deshapriya
Lead Consultant - Technology
Chose IBM Cloud Internet Services
IBM Cloud Internet Services is the best service to use to ensure security, performance and reliability of applications deployed to IBM Cloud, as it is a service that provides in-built solutions for IBM Cloud Foundry applications. It also provides a great deal of pre-configured …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose IBM Cloud Internet Services
Another option we looked into was Cloudflare, but we ended up with IBM Cloud Internet services mostly because of the intuitive interface and reliable customer support center.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose IBM Cloud Internet Services
IBM Cloud Internet Services edged out Cisco solutions in terms of quality of user experience and need to have flexibility in parameterizing the solution in global organization. Amazon cloud solutions are comparable to IBM solutions.
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Telmo Salazar
Gerente Tecnologías de la Información
Chose IBM Cloud Internet Services
Barracuda Web Filter is used to limit internet access to certain websites. This is a great tool with an easy to use interface that you can log into to monitor web browsing activities from your end user.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose IBM Cloud Internet Services
They are IBM products that my engineers ramp up on in terms of skills
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User Ratings
DigitalOcean Load BalancersIBM Cloud Internet Services
Likelihood to Recommend
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Usability
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User Testimonials
DigitalOcean Load BalancersIBM Cloud Internet Services
Likelihood to Recommend
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In terms of business challenges, it simplifies the job of my engineers and significantly increases the productivity of my teams when they collaborate with IBM teams all over the world. Now that we have completed a proof-of-concept using the services supplied by IBM, we expect it to assist us in managing them more efficiently; thus far, management has been straightforward.
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Pros
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  • build servers in Power PC architecture (ppc)
  • take advantage of IBM datacenters infrastructure around the world
  • continue to use your apps running on AIX
Alexandre Carvalho | TrustRadius Reviewer
Alexandre Carvalho
Senior Technical Support Engineer
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Cons
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  • Request proxying is done by way of DNS name resolution, which is inflexible.
  • Proxy services do not work on wildcard DNS entries.
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Usability
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I have seen faster and more user friendly interfaces like Azure
Alexandre Carvalho | TrustRadius Reviewer
Alexandre Carvalho
Senior Technical Support Engineer
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Alternatives Considered
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I have used Salesforce to explore it as an app but I have found them both able to solve my needs and requirements when it comes to security. While I choose IBM Cloud Internet Services for more accessibility, a better price was available with Saleforce. Although that is just my observation.
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Anonymous
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Return on Investment
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  • Reduced security configuration time for Internet of Things applications by more than 50%
  • Provided better security incident SLA for CouchDB databases via IBM Cloudant
  • Reduced security verification time for CloudFoundry applications by ~15%
Ramindu Deshapriya | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ramindu Deshapriya
Lead Consultant - Technology
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