Google Cloud Platform vs. IBM Cloud File Storage

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Cloud Platform
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Google Cloud Platform is a suite of cloud computing services used to build apps or take advantage of cloud infrastructural services, achieve legacy infrastructure modernization, or manage enterprise data and analytic needs.
$0
(25+ apps are currently available at no cost)
IBM Cloud File Storage
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
IBM Cloud provides a File Storage service allows the user to deploy and customize flash-backed NFS-based file storage from 25 GB to 12,000 GB capacity with up to 48,000 IOPS.N/A
Pricing
Google Cloud PlatformIBM Cloud File Storage
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google Cloud PlatformIBM Cloud File Storage
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Google Cloud PlatformIBM Cloud File Storage
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
Google Cloud Platform
7.7
4 Ratings
7% below category average
IBM Cloud File Storage
8.5
39 Ratings
3% above category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.13 Ratings9.737 Ratings
Dynamic scaling7.93 Ratings8.836 Ratings
Elastic load balancing7.53 Ratings8.135 Ratings
Pre-configured templates6.43 Ratings7.631 Ratings
Monitoring tools8.03 Ratings8.037 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images6.33 Ratings8.133 Ratings
Operating system support9.04 Ratings9.636 Ratings
Security controls9.04 Ratings9.437 Ratings
Automation7.43 Ratings7.030 Ratings
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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Score 9.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google Cloud PlatformIBM Cloud File Storage
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(4 ratings)
8.8
(40 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(6 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google Cloud PlatformIBM Cloud File Storage
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
When most of our stuff is in Google Cloud Platform, it works great to integrate and cross/share data that is all in Google Cloud Platform or BigQuery. It has simplified things from a permissions perspective as well. I'd say it is less appropriate when trying to test something quickly locally, or when half your stuff is in AWS or another provider.
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IBM
well suited: Enterprise File Sharing and Collaboration: Scenario: our organization has teams working on projects across different geographical locations, and they need a centralized and easily accessible file storage solution. IBM Cloud File Storage can facilitate seamless file sharing and collaboration among team members. less appropriate Highly Transactional Databases: Scenario: Your organization has highly transactional and I/O-intensive database workloads that require low-latency access to data. In such cases, block storage or specialized database services might be more appropriate than file storage.
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Pros
Google
  • Easy to set up
  • Affordable use of the tool
  • Easy to access billing
  • Reliable service
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IBM
  • Simple file system sharing
  • Lots of storage space (up to 12 TB)
  • Choice of performance (up to 10 IOPS/GB)
  • Simple interface to order more storage
  • Quick interface to allow more servers to share the file store
  • Security - only allows access from specified server(s)
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Cons
Google
  • The UI is so confusing. The console is good, but it is like a maze. There are too many menus and settings, and things do not work as expected. It takes time to get friendly, and it is not friendly for new users.
  • Support experience: Sometimes, you get a great engineer, but other times, it's very difficult to talk with them as they are unable to respond as expected and solve issues late.
  • Region and zone are issues, as not all services are available in all regions, which is lacking when deploying something in the same region or zone.
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IBM
  • We have sometimes experienced some outages and hope IBM will fix this soon.
  • Initial trainings are required for the teams to work and do the setup.
  • Support documentation from IBM needs improvement with [the] inclusion of more detailed steps and video tutorials for [a] better understanding of the engineers.
  • The billing process is very complex and you may have to incur additional overhead. Need a simpler approach and clarity on this aspect.
  • Support response from the IBM team is very slow and lacks information.
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
No answers on this topic
IBM
IBM Cloud File Storage is a valuable tool in the arsenal of any small business. It's flexibility combined with its ease of use ensure that there is low operational overhead, combined with a solid return on investment. It's role based access control features combined with sharing capabilities make it a significant win for any business.
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Usability
Google
The Google Cloud Platform console is pretty slick for BigQuery especially. I have liked the visibility I get from using that and the way to integrate and see what's in our data lake. The logging console for tracking GKE jobs isn't quite as great, which is why it doesn't get a full 10.
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IBM
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Google
No answers on this topic
IBM
The IBM team provides effective support for all the cloud operations. They tracks operations and database functionalities closely to enhance reliable operations and remove inefficiencies that affect work processes. The support team has prepared video tutorials and manuals that guides our members on how to work with the database systems effectively.
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Implementation Rating
Google
No answers on this topic
IBM
The IBM Professional services provided the re4quired infrastructure for getting the best out of this tool. It offered excellent guidelines that enhanced efficient integrations. The organization was pleased with the setup process that was completed quickly than expected. The application has been operation effectively after deployment. We have continued to get support from the IBM support team when there are challenges.
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Alternatives Considered
Google
Google Cloud Platform is release later than Amazon web service, I think that why Google Cloud Platform can learned and optimized the Dashboard and some features that make it easy to use and can be cheaper than amazon web service.
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IBM
IBM Cloud File Storage, unlike other similar products, offers excellent Cloud data security and its overall data management quality on IBM Cloud File Storage is incredible and its data integration support is perfect because it allows big data migration across many Cloud platforms for effective data analytics generation and data visualization tools are great.
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Return on Investment
Google
  • It allows us to focus our efforts on other, more important items at hand
  • It gives us an affordable option letting me know it's available to all users, not just the largest scale ones out there
  • The customer service is always helpful and reliable, along with the service itself which lets me focus on my work instead of worrying about the service.
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IBM
  • Compared with company datacenter require less maintenance time with an incomparable high availability and business continuity features
  • The possibility to move snapshots on other data centers let this solution super scalable worldwide
  • The price for gb let us pay what we need without a pre commissioned storage buy
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ScreenShots

Google Cloud Platform Screenshots

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