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IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions vs. Microsoft Azure

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IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

80 Reviews and Ratings

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

    Score7 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    		IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions is designed to make cloud adoption easier, allowing the user to optimize the value of existing on-premises infrastructure, while leveraging the same tools, technologies and skills in the cloud. The solution provides rapid scalability, deployment in 35+ global data centers and access to disaster recovery, backup, security and compliance solutions from an array of ecosystem partners. To address varying workload needs, IBM Cloud…

    $0

    IBM Cloud Object Storage Cross-Regional Smart Tier 1 GB (hourly)

    Microsoft Azure

    Score8.5 out of 10
    		N/AMicrosoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    IBM Cloud for VMware SolutionsMicrosoft Azure
    Editions & Modules
    Add-on
    $0
    IBM Cloud Object Storage Cross-Regional Smart Tier 1 GB (hourly)
    On-demand
    $0
    0.25 IOPs 1 GB
    Reserved (monthly or 730 hours)
    $0
    0.25 IOPs 1 GB (Per gigabyte of storage (hourly))
    Add-on
    $0
    IBM Cloud Block Storage 1 GB (hourly)
    On-demand
    $0.01
    Per vCPU (hourly)
    On-demand
    $0.09
    Per gigabyte of network and bandwidth egress (monthly)
    Reserved (monthly or 730 hours)
    $0.09
    Per gigabyte of network and bandwidth egress (monthly)
    Reserved (monthly or 730 hours)
    $12.80
    Microsoft license (monthly) per 1 vCPU²
    Add-on
    $13
    Veeam backup license
    Developer
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $100
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud for VMware SolutionsMicrosoft Azure
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—The free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    IBM Cloud for VMware SolutionsMicrosoft Azure
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
    Trust in the IBM brand and their Industry experience into delivering Value to the customers and the management relationship with the sales and delivery teams proceeded to the selection of IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions for delivering VMware Horizon cloud.
    IBM Cloud for VMware …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    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 for VMware SolutionsMicrosoft Azure
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
    7.7
    24 Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    Virtual machine automated provisioning5.324 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management console8.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live virtual machine backup8.923 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration8.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security8.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    8.5
    19 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings8.818 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud for VMware SolutionsMicrosoft Azure
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (24 ratings)
    8.8
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.4
    (28 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.1
    (28 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)