Apache CloudStack vs. IBM Cloud Private

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CloudStack
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
CloudStack is a cloud management platform, from Apache.N/A
IBM Cloud Private
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
IBM Cloud Private is a Kubernetes-based container platform allowing users to build cloud-native applications on their own infrastructure. In addition, it offers common services for self-service deployment, monitoring, logging and security, as well as middleware, data and analytics.N/A
Pricing
Apache CloudStackIBM Cloud Private
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CloudStackIBM Cloud Private
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Apache CloudStackIBM Cloud Private
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Apache CloudStackIBM Cloud Private
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Apache CloudStack
-
Ratings
IBM Cloud Private
9.7
5 Ratings
17% above category average
Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Scalability00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Platform management overhead00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Workflow engine capability00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Platform access control00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Services-enabled integration00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Development environment creation00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Development environment replication00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Issue recovery00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Apache CloudStackIBM Cloud Private
Small Businesses
VMware Cloud Director
VMware Cloud Director
Score 9.8 out of 10
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Rubrik
Rubrik
Score 8.8 out of 10
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
Score 8.3 out of 10
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Score 9.0 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
Apache CloudStackIBM Cloud Private
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(3 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apache CloudStackIBM Cloud Private
Likelihood to Recommend
Apache
Whether our clients are VPS hosting providers or operate private cloud infrastructure for their internal enterprise requirements, CloudStack provides solutions in an easy to implement and operate way that is simple to provide training for. The learning curve for our customesr adopting CloudStack for the management of their cloud infrastructure is shallow, enabling our clients to come up to speed quickly without having to outsource their administrative functions any longer than necessary
Read full review
IBM
IBM Cloud Private is an ideal platform for companies to accelerate their business growth. It helps in reducing the cost of IT and operations while delivering a great customer experience. With IBM Cloud Private, you can gain agility and security with a flexible hybrid model that fits your needs. It's highly recommended to my colleagues from me.
Read full review
Pros
Apache
  • Low-cost solution
  • Open-source
  • Engaged community
  • Solid documentation
  • Is a very reliable tool for orchestration with good usability
Read full review
IBM
  • Capacity On Demand to scale up and down environments
  • SaaS model allows our team to have less involvement in managing or controlling the underlying cloud infrastructure including network, servers, operating systems, storage, or even individual application capabilities.
  • SaaS model allows our team to worry less about upgrades, fix packs, environment support etc.
Read full review
Cons
Apache
  • Sometimes you can find undocumented bugs that can compromise the entire infrastructure.
  • [If] you don't have an official support channel, you have try to find out the source of the problem by yourself.
  • Volume size limitation. Other players allow you to create volumes up to 64TB while ACS allows only 2TB volumes
Read full review
IBM
  • Bluemix/IBM Cloud UI can be better
  • Changing Brand name from Bluemix to IBM Cloud, as we are habituated to Bluemix more
Read full review
Alternatives Considered
Apache
The University, my first large implementation, had a big issue with 149 small data centers spread on São Paulo State, this data centers costs to university were very high, the consolidation idea in two data centers were awesome, but were worried with the management, so we adopted ACS to management of all 576 physical hosts. Now a days the university is delivering IaaS for all staff, students, teachers and researchers, they are using these resources to delivery services to their clients and have a great results in research area
Read full review
IBM
With VMware cloud, each VMware Cloud customer must have an SDDC account(VMC) as well as a general AWS account. The two accounts must be linked for the service to work which is a tiresome thing to do for some clients but with IBM Cloud Private all these issues are solved.
Read full review
Return on Investment
Apache
  • Low-cost solution (free and open-source)
  • More than 2000 users using it simultaneously
  • Stable and reliable
  • Up and running since 2012
Read full review
IBM
  • IBM Cloud has helped us start using the cloud and migrating old services to the cloud.
Read full review
ScreenShots