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Google Compute Engine vs. IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Compute Engine

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Compute Engine is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) product from Google Cloud. It provides virtual machines with carbon-neutral infrastructure which run on the same data centers that Google itself uses.

    $0

    per month GB

    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
    Google Compute EngineIBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Editions & Modules
    Preemptible Price - Predefined Memory
    0.000892 / GB
    Hour
    Three-year commitment price - Predefined Memory
    $0.001907 / GB
    Hour
    One-year commitment price - Predefined Memory
    $0.002669 / GB
    Hour
    On-demand price - Predefined Memory
    $0.004237 / GB
    Hour
    Preemptible Price - Predefined vCPUs
    0.006655 / vCPU
    Hour
    Three-year commitment price - Predefined vCPUS
    $0.014225 / CPU
    Hour
    One-year commitment price - Predefined vCPUS
    $0.019915 / vCPU
    Hour
    On-demand price - Predefined vCPUS
    $0.031611 / vCPU
    Hour
    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
    Google Compute EngineIBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsPrices vary according to region (i.e US central, east, & west time zones). Google Compute Engine also offers a discounted rate for a 1 & 3 year commitment.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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    Community Pulse
    Google Compute EngineIBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Considered Both Products
    Google
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    IBM
    Chose IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    I have used IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers prior to Google Compute Engine as I started with RackShack, which changed to SoftLayer, which now changed to IBM Cloud. Over the 15 years with this service, recently I've had the worst tech support of all, and that is the reason we …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    IBM Bare Metal Servers are super configurable. It's very easy to tailor them to your needs. The pricing is super cheap and they do come with included 20TB of free data transfer. For our company, we choose IBM Bare Metal Servers because they support GPU servers, unlike the …
    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
    Google Compute EngineIBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Google Compute Engine and IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Feature
    Google Compute Engine
    7.3
    58 Ratings
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    8.3
    79 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.125 Ratings8.877 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.353 Ratings8.661 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing8.048 Ratings8.551 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates7.555 Ratings8.057 Ratings
    Monitoring tools3.026 Ratings8.270 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images7.357 Ratings8.361 Ratings
    Operating system support7.958 Ratings8.476 Ratings
    Security controls7.957 Ratings8.574 Ratings
    Automation7.92 Ratings7.77 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Google Compute EngineIBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (58 ratings)
    8.2
    (81 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.3
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (23 ratings)