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DigitalOcean vs. IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DigitalOcean

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ADigitalOcean is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform from the company of the same name headquartered in New York. It is known for its support of managed Kubernetes clusters and “droplets” feature.

    $5

    Starting Price Per Month

    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Virtual Servers are customizable, public or private, cloud-based servers available from IBM. User can launch applications and software across blended, hybrid environments as the servers integrate with all cloud models.

    $0.01

    per hour

    Pricing
    DigitalOceanIBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Editions & Modules
    1GB-16GB
    $5.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    8GB-160GB
    $60.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (dedicated host)
    starting at $0.22
    per hour
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (dedicated host)
    starting at $149.00
    per month
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (multi-tenant)
    starting at $0.038
    per hour
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (multi-tenant)
    starting at $25.21
    per month
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (reserved)
    starting at $0.02
    per hour
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (reserved)
    starting at $13.27
    per month
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (transient)
    starting at $0.01
    per hour
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DigitalOceanIBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—IBM Cloud virtual servers include 250 GB of outbound public bandwidth, unmetered inbound public bandwidth, and unmetered private and management network bandwidth.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    DigitalOceanIBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Considered Both Products
    DigitalOcean
    No answer on this topic
    IBM
    Chose IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Each has its own pros and cons. I would use IBM before AWS, but after Google.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Been there done that. It's only because of our software affiliation that we chose to go with IBM Cloud. That's not a bad thing but just that there's really no major difference other than the lack of guidance and IBM cloud engineers as …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    If the budget is limited and the required resource is small, VSi is better than Bare Metal.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
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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
    DigitalOceanIBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of DigitalOcean and IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Feature
    DigitalOcean
    8.3
    33 Ratings
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    8.7
    88 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.228 Ratings9.081 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.029 Ratings8.676 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing7.021 Ratings8.664 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates10.027 Ratings8.573 Ratings
    Monitoring tools10.032 Ratings8.284 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images7.531 Ratings9.078 Ratings
    Operating system support8.331 Ratings8.884 Ratings
    Security controls9.029 Ratings9.178 Ratings
    Automation5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    DigitalOceanIBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (33 ratings)
    8.2
    (89 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)