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Google Compute Engine vs. IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC

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    Overview
    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 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
    Google Compute EngineIBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    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 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
    Google Compute EngineIBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    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 Cloud virtual servers include 250 GB of outbound public bandwidth, unmetered inbound public bandwidth, and unmetered private and management network bandwidth.
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    Community Pulse
    Google Compute EngineIBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    IBM
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    I think both IBM Cloud Virtual Servers and Google Compute Engine are good products. Each works the best when they are being used with other solutions in their respective clouds. When products in each ecosystem are used in conjunction, they work really well. When working with …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Overall, IBM is more expensive, but provides a lot of support for these cloud virtual servers as well as makes it very easy to configure these servers to the desired needs. The usability of IBM is sometimes not as good as others, but the availability of these servers is fairly …
    Incentivized
    Matthew Tanner
    Owner in Engineering at Tanner and Associates (Design, 1-10 employees)
    Chose IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Each has its own pros and cons. I would use IBM before AWS, but after Google.
    Incentivized
    Venkat Charan
    Co-Founder in Engineering at GoPlay (Computer Games, 1-10 employees)
    Chose IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    We still haven't reached the critical volumes where every resource is full. For our usage we prefer IBM because it's cheaper than competition plus they have a very generous StartUp programs. The live support chat and debugging is really helpful and it's available even on the …
    Incentivized
    Jeff Chow
    President in Information Technology at JANDI Enterprises Inc. (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
    Chose IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Neither of those servers allows for creating an email server that can send out on port 25. IBM is easier to set-up than Amazon. And perhaps a little easier than Google. Also IBM can handle domain names for .com and .net. And changes made to their IP addresses take affect fairly …
    Incentivized
    Marcus Streips
    Sr. Manager, Data Science in Research & Development at UC Berkeley (Computer Software, 5001-10,000 employees)
    Chose IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    All are similar in many ways. Azure does a very nice job focusing on change management and CICD and data pipelines. GCP is easy to use, as is AWS. IBM seems more customizable and perhaps can fit some real niche requirements.
    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
    Google Compute EngineIBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Google Compute Engine and IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Feature
    Google Compute Engine
    7.3
    58 Ratings
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    8.7
    88 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.125 Ratings9.081 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.353 Ratings8.676 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing8.048 Ratings8.664 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates7.555 Ratings8.573 Ratings
    Monitoring tools3.026 Ratings8.284 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images7.357 Ratings9.078 Ratings
    Operating system support7.958 Ratings8.884 Ratings
    Security controls7.957 Ratings9.178 Ratings
    Automation7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Google Compute EngineIBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (58 ratings)
    8.2
    (89 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (21 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.3
    (21 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)