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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon S3

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAmazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.N/A

    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud bare metal servers are cloud servers configurable in hourly/monthly options, on-demand, from any location—with a selection of standard features and services for small businesses and enterprise demands. Users can customize RAM and SSDs with 11M+ configurations from which to choose.

    $0.51

    per hour

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    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Editions & Modules
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    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    starting at $0.51
    per hour
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    starting at $241.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—IBM Bare Metal Servers offer a choice between hourly or monthly pre-configured servers or can be customized with single to quad processing solutions. Bare metal servers are available worldwide and with no monthly contracts. Amonthly bare metal server built to spec can be ordered and made available in two to four hours—with 500 GB/month outbound bandwidth included. An hourly bare metal server can be ordered, and it is made ready for in 20 to 30 minutes. Public outbound bandwidth is charged per gigabyte.
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon S3
    I think [Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)] is cheaper than Azure Blob Storage (at least at the time I selected it). It is a low maintenance product and it is more reliable.
    Incentivized
    IBM
    Chose IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    I have used IBM Cloud Metal Servers for 12 years and have not used alternatives during this period of time.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    40 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    31 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    39 Answers
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    26 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    38 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    33 Answers
    Features
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.6
    11 Ratings
    0% above category average
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery8.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery8.310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification8.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection8.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations8.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud8.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots8.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard7.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support8.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options9.17 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption9.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.5
    11 Ratings
    0% below category average
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    -
    Ratings
    Continuous data protection9.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication8.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics7.811 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities8.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    8.3
    79 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings8.877 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings8.661 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings8.551 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings8.057 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.270 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings8.361 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings8.476 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings8.574 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings7.77 Ratings
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (77 ratings)
    8.2
    (81 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (23 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    Amazon S3 is a great service to safely backup your data where redundancy is guaranteed and the cost is fair. We use Amazon S3 for data that we backup and hope we never need to access but in the case of a catastrophic or even small slip of the finger with the delete command we know our data and our client's data is safely backed up by Amazon S3. Transferring data into Amazon S3 is free but transferring data out has an associated, albeit low, cost per GB. This needs to be kept in mind if you plan on transferring out a lot of data frequently. There may be other cost effective options although Amazon S3 prices are really low per GB. Transferring 150TB would cost approximately $50 per month.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    Well suited - 1) To Install required Products/Software in a middleware technology 2) Customize the file system and size of the storage 3) Install required monitoring tools like Tivoli, Splunk, etc. Less appropriate - 1) Maybe for SAAS products that do not require all of the installations.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Fantastic developer API, including AWS command line and library utilities.
    • Strong integration with the AWS ecosystem, especially with regards to access permissions.
    • It's astoundingly stable- you can trust it'll stay online and available for anywhere in the world.
    • Its static website hosting feature is a hidden gem-- it provides perhaps the cheapest, most stable, most high-performing static web hosting available in PaaS.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    • Performance - the servers perform really well, even under stress. We have some long build processes running concurrently, and the server [can] serve other applications without any problems.
    • Secure - for the most part, the servers are very secure and IBM provides many tools to help [make] sure the servers stay that way.
    • Highly Available - while we have experienced various downtimes and outages with other IBM Cloud offerings, so far, we have not experienced any with [IBM Cloud] Bare Metal Servers.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Web console can be very confusing and challenging to use, especially for new users
    • Bucket policies are very flexible, but the composability of the security rules can be very confusing to get right, often leading to security rules in use on buckets other than what you believe they are
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    • [In my experience, the] Customer Service Agreement (CSA) has many gaps in terms of responsibility with Bare Metal Servers.
    • [I believe] IBM should be deploying servers and firmware updating all components before providing them to customers to prevent component failure.
    • [I feel] IBM needs lots of improvement with their legacy VPN to access IMPI management tools. The level of security of it is unparalleled when it works. Having access to KVM / IPMI is critical for any business, and when their VPN service is not working.
    • [From my experiences,] IBM deployed faulty hardware, or failed to update firmware per Lenovo notices, only to pass off blame.
    • [In my opinion,] IBM's General Counsel and Paralegal held our data/company hostage when components failed, [in my experience] to IBM "gross negligence" (in their words), only to release it if we were to limit damages to $1,000.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    Due to princing, availability and scalability.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    Due to cloud computing taking over the market, I have moved to cloud computing. It is so much easier upgrading or downsizing a virtual server on the cloud vs bare metal. I find it way more convenient on cloud computing. The provisioning takes way too long for bare metal servers.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    It is tricky to get it all set up correctly with policies and getting the IAM settings right. There is also a lot of lifecycle config you can do in terms of moving data to cold/glacier storage. It is also not to be confused with being a OneDrive or SharePoint replacement, they each have their own place in our environment, and S3 is used more by the IT team and accessed by our PHP applications. It is not necessarily used by an average everyday user for storing their pictures or documents, etc.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    AWS has always been quick to resolve any support ticket raised. S3 is no exception. We have only ever used it once to get a clarification regarding the costs involved when data is transferred between S3 and other AWS services or the public internet. We got a response from AWS support team within a day.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    Great responsiveness and detailed know-how from the team. Self Explanatory and good resources on the Web to resolve issues. Good communication on issues via email. Good response times on issues which arise and where we have received support from the IBM support team. We believe that IBM is a great Partner to base our IT applications and we believe that a critical infrastructure like a cloud backend will be well served if we continue to base it on IBM.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    The implementation of this software took place as we planned. The performance time taken for full functionality was very reliable with positive results. The customer support team was the best team I have ever met in my career experience. They are always with timely responses when reached to offer any help.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    Overall, we found that Amazon S3 provided a lot of backend features Google Cloud Storage (GCS) simply couldn't compare to. GCS was way more expensive and really did not live up to it. In terms of setup, Google Cloud Storage may have Amazon S3 beat, however, as it is more of a pseudo advanced version of Google Drive, that was not a hard feat for it to achieve. Overall, evaluating GCS, in comparison to S3, was an utter disappointment.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    The Best part of this IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers is performance and a very highly usable part is Security stuff. everyone needs to secure their data and work with a smoothly running app. for this reason I select this server rather than another one. I will use it in feature [definitely].
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • It practically eliminated some real heavy storage servers from our premises and reduced maintenance cost.
    • The excellent durability and reliability make sure the return of money you invested in.
    • If the objects which are not active or stale, one needs to remove them. Those objects keep adding cost to each billing cycle. If you are handling a really big infrastructure, sometimes this creates quite a huge bill for preserving un-necessary objects/documents.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    • Future readiness--we have the ability to quickly respond and build custom demos for customers in a short timeframe.
    • Savings on hardware--we have the ability to spin up large workloads to demonstrate to customers the performance of our tools and IBM Cloud.
    Incentivized
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