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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC vs. IBM Power Virtual Server

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    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 Virtual Servers for VPCIBM Power Virtual Server
    Editions & Modules
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCIBM Power Virtual Server
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsIBM 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
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCIBM Power Virtual Server
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    IBM
    Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
    The reason we use IBM Power Systems Virtual Server is that other services are very expensive and we are only looking for an affordable server with scalability. We wanted to try out this one and so far we believe it is the best solution for our cloud software and customer …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Power Virtual Server
    IBM Power Systems Virtual Server specializes in processing mission critical solutions that usually require specialized infrastructure. AWS EC2 instances have options for this type of processing but lack the power of the Power9 processors that IBM Power Systems Virtual Server …
    Incentivized
    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
    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 Virtual Servers for VPCIBM Power Virtual Server
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC and IBM Power Virtual Server
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    8.7
    88 Ratings
    IBM Power Virtual Server
    8.4
    188 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.081 Ratings8.6187 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.676 Ratings8.1186 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing8.664 Ratings8.6183 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates8.573 Ratings8.4182 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.284 Ratings8.2186 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images9.078 Ratings8.3183 Ratings
    Operating system support8.884 Ratings8.3185 Ratings
    Security controls9.178 Ratings8.7184 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings8.3161 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCIBM Power Virtual Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (89 ratings)
    8.0
    (188 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)