Alibaba Cloud CDN vs. IBM Cloud Internet Services

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alibaba Cloud CDN
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Alibaba Cloud CDN delivers content to users from the nodes that are nearest them, accelerating the response to user requests and increasing the response rate. CDN also resolves the delivery latency problem that is usually caused by distribution, bandwidth, and server performance issues. CDN has been applied in multiple scenarios, including site acceleration, on-demand streaming, and live streaming.N/A
IBM Cloud Internet Services
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
IBM Cloud Internet Services is a set of edge network services for securing internet-facing applications from DDoS attacks, data theft, and bot attacks, as well as optimizing their web apps or ensuring global responsiveness and the ongoing availability of their internet-facing applications.
$275
per month, per domain
Pricing
Alibaba Cloud CDNIBM Cloud Internet Services
Editions & Modules
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IBM Cloud Internet Services - Standard
$275.00
per month, per domain
IBM Cloud Internet Services - Enterprise
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Pricing Offerings
Alibaba Cloud CDNIBM Cloud Internet Services
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
Alibaba Cloud CDNIBM Cloud Internet Services
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.5
(10 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Alibaba Cloud CDNIBM Cloud Internet Services
Likelihood to Recommend
Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud CDN is well suited for the below scenarios -
  • if you want to get started quickly and don't want to go through a lot of settings ups then go for it.
  • The documentation is really good.
  • The speed and delivery network and billing price ratio is quite good and in some cases better than competitors.
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IBM
In terms of business challenges, it simplifies the job of my engineers and significantly increases the productivity of my teams when they collaborate with IBM teams all over the world. Now that we have completed a proof-of-concept using the services supplied by IBM, we expect it to assist us in managing them more efficiently; thus far, management has been straightforward.
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Pros
Alibaba Cloud
  • It provides a great documentation to get started with, which makes the life of Devs easy
  • The UI and the metrics graphs are beautify crafted, so all the insights can be easily seen when logged into the system
  • The product is really really fast, it makes your app fly. It gives the extra boost that you need in scaling up.
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IBM
  • Integration with IBM Cloud applications
  • Easy to manage web application firewall
  • Ease of protecting CloudFoundry applications
  • Good console UI
  • Protection for rare managed service offerings such as CouchDB through IBM Cloudant
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Cons
Alibaba Cloud
  • Alibaba Cloud CDN doesn't have the automatic SSL attachment to web apps, which can be great if provided.
  • A economical and startup friendly billing plan can be added.
  • CDN locations needs to be increased.
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IBM
  • Request proxying is done by way of DNS name resolution, which is inflexible.
  • Proxy services do not work on wildcard DNS entries.
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Usability
Alibaba Cloud
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IBM
I have seen faster and more user friendly interfaces like Azure
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Alternatives Considered
Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud CDN is very cost-efficient and faster in some cases than the competitors. It also provides the latest documentation, so you don't have to go through hundred of pages of decade-old documentation like some of the competitors. Along with that they provides state of the art analytics and insights platform which makes the decision making process smooth.
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IBM
I have used Salesforce to explore it as an app but I have found them both able to solve my needs and requirements when it comes to security. While I choose IBM Cloud Internet Services for more accessibility, a better price was available with Saleforce. Although that is just my observation.
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Return on Investment
Alibaba Cloud
  • Alibaba Cloud CDN has boosted our web performance by 300X which ensured more user to come to our platform
  • Addition of their CDN also guaranteed Zero downtime in our app.
  • Their faster issue resolving and great support engineers are always helping us whenever there's a issue.
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IBM
  • It had a positive impact with a big improvement on the performance of web applications.
  • Services are quite fast to implement and easy to maintain from an IT perspective.
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