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IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers vs. IBM Power Virtual Server

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IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    IBM Power Virtual Server

    Score7.2 out of 10
    		N/AIBM presents their Power Systems Virtual Server as a scalable, cost-effective way to run IBM AIX, IBM i and Linux workloads​.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal ServersIBM Power Virtual Server
    Editions & Modules
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    starting at $0.51
    per hour
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    starting at $241.00
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal ServersIBM Power Virtual Server
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsIBM 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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    IBM Cloud Bare Metal ServersIBM Power Virtual Server
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    IBM
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers is also very similar to IBM Power Systems Virtual Server. However, IBM Power Systems Virtual Server is a lot more flexible and offers a lot more variety to chose from. IBM Cloud Virtual Servers is made for more permanent and longer workloads whereas …
    Incentivized
    Jeffrey Lange
    Owner / Creative Director / Developer / Digital Marketing in Information Technology at Fanbuild (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)
    Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
    As explained before switching from bare metal servers to virtual servers is a world of a difference financially and with performance. I would never go back to a bare metal servers. For example, before with bare metal servers I would have to file a support ticket to upgrade the …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
    [IBM Power Systems] Virtual Server is great for specific app needs when you need a disposable environment. The Bare Metal solution is ideal when you need direct access to the hardware or require maximum performance.
    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
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal ServersIBM Power Virtual Server
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers and IBM Power Virtual Server
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    8.3
    79 Ratings
    IBM Power Virtual Server
    8.4
    188 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.877 Ratings8.6187 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.661 Ratings8.1186 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing8.551 Ratings8.6183 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates8.057 Ratings8.4182 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.270 Ratings8.2186 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images8.361 Ratings8.3183 Ratings
    Operating system support8.476 Ratings8.4185 Ratings
    Security controls8.574 Ratings8.7184 Ratings
    Automation7.77 Ratings8.3161 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal ServersIBM Power Virtual Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (81 ratings)
    8.0
    (188 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (23 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)