IBM Cloud

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Cloud infrastructure management software

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Value for Money
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Features
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Ease of Use
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Irfan
Irfan
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  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Lord of Cloud Computing.

Reviewed on 12/02/2021

Amazing experience, more than expectations,
(due to large no of servers we facing issues in data...

Amazing experience, more than expectations,
(due to large no of servers we facing issues in data management and data security. after moving on IBM Cloud we are relax and increasing our productivity.)

Pros

Support small and Large Business Organization.
Easy Deployment
One Window Solution
Central Management.

Cons

- Issue faced in Data Transfer at the time peak hours.
- Troubleshoot is not easy some time its irritating.
- Cost.

Alternatives Considered

Google Cloud Storage

Reasons for Switching to IBM Cloud

we are using IBM Services from long time (IBM Infor Lex) so we have a trust relations with IBM and support is Good therefore we select IBM.
Brian
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  • Industry: Consumer Electronics
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

IBM Cloud - File Management and Web-Conferencing

Reviewed on 21/05/2019

Pros

We use IBM Cloud in conjunction with one of our contract Manufacturing partners. We use it both for file sharing and for holding conference calls. It is very convenient to be able to host both on the same platform, and meetings are typically quite easy to start and reliable (no crashes or kick-outs). The call quality is typically quite good, and we have had no issues with excess feedback, even though the meeting might be joined from a computer and phone line simultaneously. In-meeting file sharing is quite simple, and files can be uploaded into the meeting for easy and quick access, especially convenient if screen sharing is tricky or impractical. The typical on-line meeting tools are present (like raising hands and such), and these are quite useful during large teleconferences where simply interjecting isn’t practical.

Cons

The file management interface is not great, and it can be difficult to find files as the number gets larger. Files can be placed into folders, which is nice, but the interface still makes locating files quite challenging (especially if the exact file name is not known). During meetings, there are certain access levels that can be difficult to figure out, which can make allowing non-hosts to share a little tricky. The interface for shared files is a little awkward, with both a “full screen” [not really] and zoom-in option, but even with both of these the shared file doesn’t take up all (or near all) of the screen, and often requires an in-window scroll to see the whole screen. Not a huge deal, but makes projecting a shared file a little more of a chore and a little less effective than some other web-conferencing interfaces.

Juan Carlos
Juan Carlos
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Saving user experiences

Reviewed on 18/07/2019

I was ordered to do a application with MFP watson cognitive fitures ,voice recordering and text...

I was ordered to do a application with MFP watson cognitive fitures ,voice recordering and text analisys. I started with MFP wich there was almost no info except for the one on the site wich seemes outdated. After making if work i countinued with speach to text wich was easy to implement but then i started creating an orchestrator to handle all the otehr logic so i used a java app deployed on the cloud with dosent take long to configure finaly integrated other services like translate, personality insigths and Tone analyser everything work fine after some configurations.

Pros

Several tools to work with cognitive human traits.
lots of references and api info
Several lenguage compatibility
several endpoints to work with
Scalabe price guide so allow you to chose what you want.
No hide prices.
Control panels to work with

Cons

Some references are too big that they stuck my web browser , example try the reference of watsing discovery and se the magic.

When you deploy a java app and you want to se the logs you are only allowed to watch useing their web console wich is unefficent.

references needs update , they never tell you that when thier eliminated user and password now there is an specific user and every endpoint just give you the password.

the examples of conecions some time need some little fix up so they dont work as scratch.

Alternatives Considered

Google Cloud

Switched From

Google Cloud

Reasons for Switching to IBM Cloud

Our client had severeal credits with ibm so was their first option.
Jacques
Jacques
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

When stability and security is critical

Reviewed on 10/10/2020

Pros

The platform is extensive with plenty of options and integrations available and free tutorials available from the IBM website.

Cons

Certain services takes a while to provision and automated pre-requisite installations could get and update.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Azure
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Information Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

IBM Cloud it's a solide and mature cloud environment

Reviewed on 06/04/2019

My experience with IBM Cloud as Engineer and customer is good and I could recommend the use of IBM...

My experience with IBM Cloud as Engineer and customer is good and I could recommend the use of IBM Cloud services.

Pros

IBM Cloud it's born after the union of Softlayer and Bluemix, and the result is a complete and flexible solution ,that mix basically every combination of SAAS and PAAS solutions. Customers could choose and invent a perfect fit solution based on what they needs

Cons

Sometimes there are too limitations and the support is not always brilliant.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Organize your data in a simple and secure manner.

Reviewed on 28/03/2022

Pros

Small and large business organisations are supported. Simple to Implement a single point of contact Management at the top. There are several endpoints to consider. Scalabe offers a price guide to help you decide what you want. Customers might select and create a custom fit solution depending on their requirements.

Cons

The IBM Cloud is a complicated topic that necessitates some background knowledge. There are sometimes too many restrictions, and assistance isn't always excellent

Prateek
Prateek
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

IBM Cloud: Emerging CSP in the market

Reviewed on 31/07/2021

We have used IBM Cloud bare metal servers. They're growing at a very faster rate and soon they will...

We have used IBM Cloud bare metal servers. They're growing at a very faster rate and soon they will compete with other major players.

Pros

1. Only provider in the market that provides bare metal servers on a subscription base
2. High availability, flexibility, faster performance
3. Pricing is very flexible

Cons

1. Dashboard could have been better
2. Monitoring feature and dashboard should be improved
3. Integration with other major services are missing

Joel
Joel
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  • Industry: Consumer Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Review of IBM Cloud

Reviewed on 16/03/2023

IBM Cloud is robust and it gives us a variety of tools that helps us build, deploy and manage our...

IBM Cloud is robust and it gives us a variety of tools that helps us build, deploy and manage our application on the cloud

Pros

It offers strong security features, such as multi-factor authentication, encryption, and network security

Cons

For my institution that does large-scale cloud deployments it is expensive to use IBM Cloud

Daniela
Daniela
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  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Store data in an easy and secure way

Reviewed on 05/06/2018

It has a data migration with high security, which increases the efficiency of the work

It has a data migration with high security, which increases the efficiency of the work

Pros

I can extend communications even with clients who are on other platforms, I can also share files and documents with excellent applications, has a data manager that works in a detailed and accurate way with excellent instant messaging that allows you to communicate immediately with anyone you need. It has solutions that offer great security since they help us reduce errors in a considerable way and a great advantage is its fast storage capacity, also has a practical, useful and easy to adapt interface quickly. With IBM we can customize our work and get the most out of our company

Cons

In some cases it can be slow and present problems of delay to synchronize and does not have much memory

Gerson
Gerson
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  • Used for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Great if you are testing FaaS

Reviewed on 22/02/2018

CLustering is a big plus.

CLustering is a big plus.

Pros

When you need support it's super easy using email or a built-in platform. It supports PHP, Python and Java which it's perfect for us. Consider this infrastructure in the cloud for your developer department.

Cons

I like simple and It can also get a little overwhelming, specially when you has to get into Watson and the beta services.

lavanya
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  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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best cloud platform I have ever used

Reviewed on 10/02/2018

Pros

Bluemix makes use of Platform as a Service model than the use of Infrastructure as a Service type like AWS.Cloud Foundry is a good service to use for new things. IBM Cloud is different when compared to all other cloud servers, It provides so many services, maintaining test cases and defects are possible through IBM cloud and it is very simple to use. IBM created a platform for app selling. IBM Cloud makes sure privacy of data is more important like this it protects individual data very carefully. It helps us with testing data analytics tools like FAAS. It supports many programming languages I use python for writing code and also many services. IBM Cloud support have very good agents they solve any of our problems.

Cons

Least I like about this software is that I have experienced some drop in connection which is a problem for continuous usage of cloud services. I know IBM will fix this issue in future.

Eitan
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

A great platform to create applications with IBM Watson

Reviewed on 26/06/2022

Pros

I love the free integration with IBM Watson, you can create great applications and such things for free with Watson

Cons

It will take you some time to get and learn how the dashboard and products are working.

Lerato
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

IBM Cloud

Reviewed on 30/05/2021

Secure and customisable hybrid cloud platform for organisations and business needs. And it is...

Secure and customisable hybrid cloud platform for organisations and business needs. And it is integrated AI technology and improves agility.

Pros

Precautions are taken during transmission, firewalls and IPS/IDS are placed between the virtual machines and the internet. With the help of firewall a hypervisor based isolation is possible.

Cons

The IBM Cloud is complex and need some knowledge in subject, alternative you can get help from IBM expert team.

Mithila
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  • Industry: Computer & Network Security
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Great SaaS option

Reviewed on 07/01/2021

With having no infrastructure cost and running all the services we required 24/7 is one of the main...

With having no infrastructure cost and running all the services we required 24/7 is one of the main advantage we are having right now.

Pros

Easy integration with any existing system and after purchasing easy to start working with immediately. Also love the automatic scaling option depend on the workload.

Cons

Cost can be increasing quickly as the workload increases. Working on self signed certificates is also one of the issue I had for different systems.

PHYLLIS WANJIKU
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  • Industry: Furniture
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

IBM Cloud's Enterprise-Grade security

Reviewed on 28/06/2024

I can recommend IBM Cloud for projects with its focus on security and AI/blockchain tools. It also...

I can recommend IBM Cloud for projects with its focus on security and AI/blockchain tools. It also all depends on your project's specific needs and your tolerance for potential roadblocks.

Pros

It's secure, reliable, and packed with features best for AI and blockchain projects, making it a great choice for building enterprise applications.

Cons

First, the data transfer speeds are sometimes slow, and troubleshooting issues could be improved.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud

Reasons for Switching to IBM Cloud

IBM Cloud offers a wider range of industry-specific solutions. They have specialized tools for the finance, healthcare, and telecommunications sectors.
Sean
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  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

IBM Usage

Reviewed on 30/04/2021

Very positive experience. Overall good support and they always have the tools we need to accel.

Very positive experience. Overall good support and they always have the tools we need to accel.

Pros

The storage capabilities are awesome. IBM put a package together for us the made it affordable for a company of our size and that benefits our clients.

Cons

The one downside is the IBM keeps a copy of all things stored in the cloud. If we delete something on our end from a client, IBM still keeps a copy.

Madav
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Secure

Reviewed on 20/02/2019

Pros

I think it is very secure and i am fully confident that my data is safe.

Cons

Some what little bit of complex features.

Regina
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  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Bluemix is king

Reviewed on 22/05/2018

Pros

Ibm cloud / bluemix is a premier option. It does come with a price tag, but you pay for what you get

Cons

the price tag can be a bit much depending on the size of your company. the support can also be spotty but has gotten better.

Sakthi
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Good Cloud Infrastructure provider

Reviewed on 31/12/2022

Pros

IBM are very easy to configure and manage virtual machines for our organization.

Cons

Based on our requirements its support everything

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Amazing Cloud Platform

Reviewed on 07/08/2018

Pros

The customer service is really good and fast, and the product supports a lot of apps and languages.

Cons

The only thing is that it's quite expensive an if the company is big it gets even more expensive so that's a thing to consider

Arturo
Arturo
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  • Industry: Internet
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Watson on IBM Cloud

Reviewed on 19/04/2019

It was good, is a nice tool.

It was good, is a nice tool.

Pros

IBM Cloud is the last Cloud service to appears on the Internet. First named Softlayer. So I only use it because of Watson. I am using Natural Processing Language API. It's powerful, easy to use, and accurate.

Cons

Like every tool for AI, the algorithm has to be trained. And the people of Watson don't say that. So, when you build a solution, you have to assign time and money to train the algorithm with your own data. And those costs and process are not cheap.

Jeremias
Jeremias
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

IBM Cloud as a Service

Reviewed on 26/05/2020

Students may now experience new technologies offered by IBM as cloud solutions.

Students may now experience new technologies offered by IBM as cloud solutions.

Pros

IBM Cloud bundles all the services (storage, database, data warehouse, analytics, etc.) in one place.

Cons

I have no complaints to its functionalities. An ample tutorials may suffice to help new users navigate the services available IBM Cloud has to offer.

Samwel
Samwel
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

IBM Cloud Review

Reviewed on 07/10/2018

Pros

● Up to date in terms of upcoming technology such as Kubernetes and Terraform.
● Proper Tutorials for guidance. Getting the correct links for them is a task though.

Cons

● The user experience is not great. Different resources and even documentation are located in different locations/urls with nothing to connect them.
● External IPs are not provided for free account. This makes serving applications impossible for applications being served from a kubernetes cluster in IBM Cloud Container Service. There is a time I provisioned a cluster using terraform and later was not able to expose the application due to this.

SUCCESS
SUCCESS
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Cloud at it's best

Reviewed on 10/07/2019

Pros

IBM cloud has endless opportunities as it offers a near none exhaustible cloud features

Cons

IBM cloud services needs to be custom made to suit certain business needs

Relvin
Relvin
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Blazing fast cloud computing. Fast enough for AI

Reviewed on 05/02/2019

Pros

IBM Cloud software is at the cutting edge of technology. The move from my old cloud service to IBM cloud was seamless and painless. It was easy to connect my apps to it, and it makes it even easier to work with AI.

Cons

As far as cloud computing goes, I have found no cons.