IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers vs. SCloud ULightHost

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
IBM 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
SCloud ULightHost
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
ULightHost is a lightweight cloud server product that provides convenient and efficient cloud construction services for small and medium-sized enterprises and developers. Presented as simpler and easier to use than ordinary cloud servers, it sells cloud resources as a whole in the form of packages, and provides high-bandwidth traffic packages. Users…N/A
Pricing
IBM Cloud Bare Metal ServersSCloud ULightHost
Editions & Modules
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
starting at $0.51
per hour
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
starting at $241.00
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Cloud Bare Metal ServersSCloud ULightHost
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsIBM 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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IBM Cloud Bare Metal ServersSCloud ULightHost
Features
IBM Cloud Bare Metal ServersSCloud ULightHost
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
8.3
79 Ratings
1% above category average
SCloud ULightHost
9.0
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.877 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic scaling8.661 Ratings00 Ratings
Elastic load balancing8.551 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-configured templates8.057 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Monitoring tools8.270 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images8.361 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Operating system support8.476 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Security controls8.574 Ratings00 Ratings
Automation7.77 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Cloud Bare Metal ServersSCloud ULightHost
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(81 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(23 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Cloud Bare Metal ServersSCloud ULightHost
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
The bundled package available with cloud resources and high-bandwidth traffic at SCloud ULightHost further streamlines our deployment process, allowing for quick application development. In a way, boosting our time to market. An ideal choice for those looking to effortlessly harness the benefits of cloud technology at zero learning curve, that would maximise their time to focus on developing their apps.
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Pros
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.
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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
  • Price factor
  • Almost no learning curve
  • Popular images
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Cons
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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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
  • More marketing online
  • More images
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Likelihood to Renew
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.
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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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.
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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
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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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
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Alternatives Considered
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].
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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
Arguably the top name for 'lightweight' cloud compute product in the market, but is so much more complicated to start with more configurations, images and templates. We know what we want and proceeded to try SCloud ULightHost to satisfaction. Good pricing point that is transparent without fear of sudden bill shock from free credits expiration etc from AWS who collect credit card.
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Return on Investment
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.
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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
  • Cost savings $$$
  • Time!! Maybe 1 min/instance?
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ScreenShots

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers Screenshots

Screenshot of ConfiguringScreenshot of Bandwidth ProvisioningScreenshot of Remote ManagementScreenshot of Firmware Management

SCloud ULightHost Screenshots

Screenshot of the 14 regions to deploy in an OS image of choiceScreenshot of ready bundled compute packages with transparent pricing