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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC vs. Microsoft Azure

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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC

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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

    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 Virtual Servers for VPCMicrosoft Azure
    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
    Developer
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $100
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCMicrosoft Azure
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsIBM Cloud virtual servers include 250 GB of outbound public bandwidth, unmetered inbound public bandwidth, and unmetered private and management network bandwidth.The free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCMicrosoft Azure
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Alex Smith
    Lead Developer in Engineering at Gadget Games (Entertainment, 1-10 employees)
    Chose IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Microsoft Azure has an extremely poor UX experience, from trying to tell how much a service will cost, to actually physically finding how to set one up through the web UI. The UX of IBM Cloud Virtual Servers is much better, they're easier to setup and they show you what their …
    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
    Qing Miao
    Program Manager in Information Technology at AppFusions (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
    Chose IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers had a slightly lower cost (possibly due to reseller discount) compared to both Azure Virtual Machines and AWS Cloud9, although not significantly lower. IBM has better support for Linux compared to Azure but that gap is narrowing recently as Microsoft …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    We mostly use IBM Cloud Virtual Servers. IBM provides a better choice of locations, easy to use interface and APIs for management, and better pricing compared to similar providers.
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
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    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 VPCMicrosoft Azure
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    8.7
    88 Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    8.5
    19 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.081 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.676 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing8.664 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates8.573 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.284 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images9.078 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Operating system support8.884 Ratings8.918 Ratings
    Security controls9.178 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCMicrosoft Azure
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (89 ratings)
    8.8
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (28 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    8.1
    (28 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)