IBM Cloud Block Storage vs. SmartVault

IBM Cloud Block Storage

SmartVault

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IBM Cloud Block Storage	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	IBM offers their Block Storage service via IBM Cloud, allowing users to deploy and customize flash-backed iSCSI block storage from 25 GB to 12,000 GB capacity with up to 48,000 IOPS.	N/A
SmartVault	Score 6.0 out of 10	N/A	SmartVault is a file syncing and sharing option from the Houston based company of the same name.	$16 per user/per month

Pricing

IBM Cloud Block Storage

SmartVault

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Starter: $16
per user/per month
Professional: $20
per user/per month
Accounting Pro: $40
per user/per month
Enterprise: Contact sales team

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
IBM Cloud Block Storage	SmartVault
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

Optional

No setup fee

Additional Details

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	IBM Cloud Block Storage	SmartVault
Considered Both Products	IBM Cloud Block Storage Verified User Anonymous Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage Both services are pretty much identical when it comes to their offerings and specifically in their availability, durability and scalability of block storage. AWS S3 stacks someone better in most clients given the vast offerings of AWS within the rest of their solutions … Incentivized Helpful? Diana Dumpsey PPC Manager Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage Unlike the above platforms, IBM Cloud Block Storage enable secure and quick big data migration through its secure environment and the flexibility of its Cloud options is effective. Data analytics through IBM Cloud Block Storage are easily prepared and the data access is very … Incentivized Helpful? Veronica Larson Business Analyst Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage IBM has given us the best data storage services and I am proud of its entire performance. The product has been able to link all our services to cloud servers that enhance transparency and offer backup services to all our services. Data that runs across the entire organization … Incentivized Helpful? Rita Joy Information Specialist Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage IBM Cloud Block Storage is known for professional space control, [which] values even the large database of above 12000GB. Further, IBM Cloud Block Storage co-assist with the data managing solution, more so for data mining, analytics, and sharing. Again, IBM Cloud Block Storage … Incentivized Helpful? Jude Nickson ICT Manager Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage IBM Cloud Block Storage is extensively affordable when compared with the competing applications. Further, IBM Cloud Block Storage works in different operating systems, hence, it is never discriminatory. Again, IBM Cloud Block Storage creates a proper way of integrating with … Incentivized Helpful? Ramindu Deshapriya Lead Consultant - Technology Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage Amazon S3 isn't on IBM Cloud and isn't the best solution to be used alongside applications deployed to the IBM Cloud. Incentivized Helpful? Alfonso de la Guarda Reyes CTO (Chief Technical Officer) Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage The biggest difference that I have been able to find from other services external to IBM has been the domain, experience and application of the technology at the datacenter scale that allows [us] to be quite sure that the data will be in good collection. But I insist that the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage IBM Cloud Object Storage is better suited for application development and easy to use from a higher level. IBM Cloud Block Storage is better suited as block storage as a service and totally integrated with the infrastructure as a service, making it easy to deploy and used either … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage Being part of an organization that has a sizable footprint in IBM Cloud, the IBM Cloud Block Storage is a natural choice. Also, IBM Cloud Block Storage's native integration with Aspera is an added bonus for use cases needing fast, reliable data storage and transfer solutions. Incentivized Helpful? CP Charlie Pusey Technical Operations Manager Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage N/A. IBM Cloud Block Storage was the best solution as we already use IBM Cloud for the information that would utilise it. Incentivized Helpful? NS Nobuyuki Suzuki CAA (Chief Applications Architect) Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage No experience with other products Incentivized Helpful?	SmartVault Luke Maddux, PG, LG Geologist Chose SmartVault Sales team was responsive, price was good, functionality was acceptable Incentivized Helpful? JG John Griffing Owner Chose SmartVault Our due diligence on this application was a bit week. We read the reviews on its closet competition (Sharefile) but did not actually enter into a trial with them. We would definitely suggest that potential subscribers do so. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

IBM Cloud Block Storage

SmartVault

File Sharing & Management

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
	IBM Cloud Block Storage - Ratings	SmartVault 8.3 Ratings 1% below category average
Document collaboration	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Access control	00 Ratings	5.00 Ratings
File search	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings

Cloud Storage Security & Administration

Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
	IBM Cloud Block Storage - Ratings	SmartVault 7.0 Ratings 21% below category average
User and role management	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
File organization	00 Ratings	5.00 Ratings

Cloud Storage Platform

Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
	IBM Cloud Block Storage - Ratings	SmartVault 5.0 Ratings 52% below category average
Performance	00 Ratings	5.00 Ratings
Reliability	00 Ratings	5.00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	IBM Cloud Block Storage	SmartVault
Small Businesses	Vultr Score 6.8 out of 10	SugarSync Score 5.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Pure Storage FlashArray Score 10.0 out of 10	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises	Pure Storage FlashArray Score 10.0 out of 10	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.7 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	IBM Cloud Block Storage	SmartVault
Likelihood to Recommend	9.1 (0 ratings)	1.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	2.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	IBM Cloud Block Storage	SmartVault
Likelihood to Recommend	The service in general is great because on the backend. IBM offers experience and knowledge in the use of data center technologies undeniably. I recommend it for almost any situation but particularly for databases and especially large ones. That possibility of adjusting IOPS dynamically to levels that other data centers do not offer makes it unique. I don't recommend using the service if you don't have an infrastructure expert who knows about servers, Linux, and storage because a lot of the configuration and settings require an expert hand. Incentivized Alfonso de la Guarda Reyes CTO (Chief Technical Officer) Read full review	I would not recommend it Luke Maddux, PG, LG Geologist Read full review
Pros	Proficient scaling and system customization, which allows editing. Wide range of system storage, ranging from 25GB to 12000GB. Finally, IBM Cloud Block Storage deploys the most technical and efficient security measures. Incentivized Rita Joy Information Specialist Read full review	Easy navigation Email notifications Document previews Luke Maddux, PG, LG Geologist Read full review
Cons	The documentation must be clearer and updated, thinking about each distribution that they offer in the cloud Downtime when IOPS are raised can be less The configuration can be more automated from the same control panel and not have to take it so much to the CLI Incentivized Alfonso de la Guarda Reyes CTO (Chief Technical Officer) Read full review	They have cut back on support as have many SaaS companies recently. The documentation can sometimes be a little difficult to follow. Incentivized JG John Griffing Owner Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	Reaching someone is more difficult than it should be. Also, they don't take possession of known issues always suggesting it is a local PC issue in initial conversations. That, of course, can be frustrating for the end-user. Incentivized JG John Griffing Owner Read full review
Alternatives Considered	IBM Cloud Block Storage is extensively affordable when compared with the competing applications. Further, IBM Cloud Block Storage works in different operating systems, hence, it is never discriminatory. Again, IBM Cloud Block Storage creates a proper way of integrating with other applications, more so for database control and management. IBM Cloud Block Storage is clear, through its operational charter. Incentivized Jude Nickson ICT Manager Read full review	Our due diligence on this application was a bit week. We read the reviews on its closet competition (Sharefile) but did not actually enter into a trial with them. We would definitely suggest that potential subscribers do so. Incentivized JG John Griffing Owner Read full review
Return on Investment	Cloud data access and easy Cloud data analytics creation platform. Visualization and Cloud data storage solution. Secure and smooth Cloud data transfer. Incentivized Diana Dumpsey PPC Manager Read full review	Expensive product but the ROI is still excellent. Can't see how any accounting firm could get by without it. Incentivized JG John Griffing Owner Read full review
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