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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud Internet Services

    Score9.8 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

    StackPath Edge Delivery

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe StackPath (formerly Highwinds) Content Delivery Network provides a scalable DNS with load balancing, traffic management, DDoS protection and Web Application Firewall (WAF) to support and protect enterprise websites and applications.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Cloud Internet ServicesStackPath Edge Delivery
    Editions & Modules
    IBM Cloud Internet Services - Standard
    $275.00
    per month, per domain
    IBM Cloud Internet Services - Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud Internet ServicesStackPath Edge Delivery
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Amazon CloudFront
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco ACI
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Google Cloud CDN
    Score6.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco ACI
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Azure CDN
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Internet ServicesStackPath Edge Delivery
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud Internet ServicesStackPath Edge Delivery
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    StackPath
    Well suited to:
    1. Startups - Very competitive pricing, better than AWS for object storage and CDN.
    2. The less technical - for those looking to implement a CDN, it doesn't get any easier than StackPath
    3. The more technical - Well documented API, serverless scripting and container deployments
    4. Fast object delivery - StackPath tends to be faster (sometimes much more ) than AWS S3. See below however...
    Not so well suited to:
    1. Multi-tiered web applications
    2. Ultra high bandwidth requirements. Stackpath isn't meant to be a substitute for AWS or Azure when you're looking to push 100s of TBs of traffic.
    3. Object storage works well if you don't need fine-grained bucket lifecycle or permissions management.
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    Pros
    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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    StackPath
    • Price competitive.
    • Easy to use.
    • Good reporting.
    • Quick to deploy.
    • Start-up friendly.
    • Good technical information via blog, FAQ and community discussion.
    • I can talk to real person for urgent support.
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    Cons
    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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    StackPath
    • Analytics.
    • Many options hidden in API.
    • Web console.
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    Usability
    IBM
    I have seen faster and more user friendly interfaces like Azure
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    StackPath
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    StackPath
    When we identified the need for having a Content Delivery Network to improve our website loading performance we researched a bit and found StackPath. Reading its reviews and the info on its website we have found that they had everything we needed so we didn't need to look for other products.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    StackPath
    • Easy 25-30% improvement in website performance vs non CDN solution
    • Less expensive and faster object storage than AWS
    • Aided greatly in maintaining KPIs in terms of performance, availability
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