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    IBM Cloud Object Storage

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Object Storage is an IBM Cloud product in the endpoint backup and IaaS categories. It is commonly used for data archiving and backup, for web and mobile applications, and as scalable, persistent storage for analytics.

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    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Editions & Modules
    One-Rate Plan
    As low as USD $12/TB a month
    per month
    Standard Plan
    Free up to 5GB—no minimum fee, pay only for what you use
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptional
    Additional DetailsThe One-Rate and Standard service plans for Cloud Object Storage include resiliency options, flexible data classes and built-in security. Pricing is based on the choice of location, storage class and resiliency choice.
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    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    We compared IBM Cloud Object Storage with Amazon S3 and chose IBM mainly because of its better cost control across regions, smooth integration with our existing IBM tools, and strong built-in security.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Cloud data manager is what stores the data into the cloud, so both features compliment one another
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Mostly cost because most of them deliver a similar product and the decision for a hyperscaler (when you do not plan to use Multi Cloud) was not solely based on the object storage offering. Moreover, other components as K8s/postgres and the overall picture inclunding consulting …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    It is integrated to the one of the IBM products and having a good governance.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    at this moment, IBM Cloud Object Storage is the best cost-performance service
    Incentivized
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    In my opinion, IBM are much more professional and are more buisness oriented than Google.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    As Google Cloud Storage is our main product for this kind of thing, it remains the standard but in terms of overall performance, flexibility, stability, durability, and scalability, IBM Cloud Object Storage has put it through its paces. I think having a product put Google …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Amazon S3 has a more complex pricing model. It charges as per the requests, which will be more costly for us compared to IBM cloud object storage. The safety of our data is the main focus, and this is guaranteed with IBM.
    Incentivized
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    Along with IBM Watson for AI and machine learning, IBM Aspera for fast data transport, and IBM Cloud SQL Query for data analysis, IBM Cloud Object Storage works seamlessly with other IBM Cloud services. For research initiatives that call for a variety of tools and services, …
    Incentivized
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    Its reliable, secure and efficient.
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    IBM Cloud Object Storage compares favorably with other storage solutions due to its:

    Scalability: IBM Cloud Object Storage can easily handle growing data volumes, making it suitable for businesses with evolving storage needs.
    Incentivized
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    We've evaluated both (and use both), but we've found IBM Cloud Object Storage to be easier to use and manage overall.
    Incentivized
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    IBM Cloud Object Storage is the easiest tool to use compared to the others.
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    not yet
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    We selected IBM Cloud Object Storage against S3 for following reasons:1.
    1. We already use a lot of IBM's cloud services, IBM Cloud Object Storage would have been easier to manage.
    2. It is really cost effective with the features it brings in.
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    Not used yet
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    IB cloud storage offers more options than what is offered by AWS cloud storage
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Amazon S3 is a great service to safely back up your data where redundancy is guaranteed, and the cost is fair. In the past I have used 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 …
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    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    As far as the other cloud storage services are concerned, I have limited experience. I used pleased by IBM cloud storage because it provided a smooth, running environment for my data science projects. I used IBM Watson Studio and the experience was smooth. I used IBM Db2, and …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    IBM Cloud Object Storage is a product that gives us greater scalability, and important security features such as WORM, in addition to Simplicity and Enhanced file access
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    At the end of the day it is an IBM product that gives us a guarantee of being very robust, it is very safe, and reliable, and it also allows flexibility.
    Incentivized
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    The previous cloud OSS platform that we used was provided by Google. Functionality in OSS is restricted in several ways. The setup and configuration steps are complicated, making the software difficult to operate. We had no problems at all during our time at IBM. Buckets may be …
    Incentivized
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    Every vendor provides the storage capability. Just IBM Cloud Object Storage suits our needs from the cost perspective and usage perspective.
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    I use these services for covering my technological demand and each of them is highly recommended.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    62 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    61 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    62 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    47 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    51 Answers
    Features
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    8.5
    156 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime6.8144 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.9144 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.0141 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.4145 Ratings
    Security controls9.4150 Ratings
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    DigitalOcean Droplets
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (159 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.8
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    In my experience, IBM Cloud Object Storage is well suited for projects like the one I am working on. This includes the use of natural language classification and the uploading of data to train a machine learning model for tag suggestions based on a body of text. Using IBM Cloud Object Storage has helped with this greatly. IBM Cloud Object Storage has also been great for Big Data Analytics thanks to its scalablilty and ease of use for large datasets. Alongside IBM Watson and our team's internal big data tools we've managed to process and analyze data more efficiently, leading to key insights that have driven business value for our clients.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • IBM Cloud Object Storage is an excellent choice for disaster recovery and backup solutions. Its high durability and geographic redundancy ensure that our backup data is safe and can be quickly restored in case of a disaster. This capability is crucial for maintaining our business continuity and minimizing downtime. We have deployed our loads in an IKS cluster distributed in 3 different AZs with stateful data allocated in COS.
    • We have a video streaming application and need to store and deliver a vast library of video content to millions of users worldwide, so we store our data in COS, which is cheap and reliable.
    • We have a bunch of data that must be analyzed and stored in datasets for fraud detection, risk management, and customer insights. In these cases, this data is moved from Onprem to IBM Cloud so we can use cheap storage like COS.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Searching and retrieving—full-text search or metadata search—is one of the significant areas of improvement. It isn't easy to search for data with this.
    • Integration with other IBM cloud services is trickier. For example, integrating this with API Connect to access the data from API will be difficult for users.
    • Support - I think you should have more support community.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    because it is a robust, safe and flexible product
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    Usability
    IBM
    For my use cases, it has been a very smooth experience. Even my new colleagues have been able to get on top of things very quickly. This shows how easy it is to work with
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    We rarely face downtime or access issues with IBM Cloud Object Storage. It’s mostly available when we need it, even during peak hours or heavy data loads.
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    Performance
    IBM
    I would give it a 9 because it works smooth with our AI and analytics tools, no major slowdown. Pages and dashboards load fine most of the time, and reports finish in decent time even when data is heavy.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    I have been working in IT sector for more than 15 years. I have worked with various vendors. IBM's sales team, support team have been really helpful. After we start to use their product, their UX design team also contacted us to get feedback from us. They are really interested about our experience.
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    Online Training
    IBM
    I just researching and applying the tools on their platforms to ensure a good learning path, based on my needs. Reading the documentation related with resources, tools. Is too big, but I am trying to know more about it every day. It is a good way to know more about their resources. A new way to attract new customers. At the end of the day, we are all involved in improvement and automation of our tasks and resources for customers and end-users.
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    Yes Our organization used IBM professional services to implement IBM object storage because of its data consistency and multiple way to upload and download data and its encryption security features. Also that its brand matter for the any organization to secure the layer and storage. It sis also verify that application and system are compatibale for this product
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Amazon S3 is a great service to safely back up your data where redundancy is guaranteed, and the cost is fair. In the past I have used 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. Amazon S3 service is a good option, but based on the features it provides compared with IBM Cloud Object Storage, it is less suitable. IBM Cloud Object Storage is also integrated with more services, like IBM Cloud SQL and IBM Aspera, which AWS does not provide to transfer files at maximum speed in the world.
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    Scalability
    IBM
    Scaling up the number of users can lead to significant increases in licensing costs, which, while not a technical limitation, can be a practical constraint for some organizations
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • This allows us to recommend a platform to our clients that will quickly help them create new, efficient business processes with very little development.
    • This saves clients hours and days of manual analysis of images, allowing the system to do the work when attaching Object Storage to models.
    • There is a learning curve in utilizing the storage and the modeling, but once up and running, it works well during deployment.
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    ScreenShots

    IBM Cloud Object Storage Screenshots

    Screenshot of Cloud Object Storage set upScreenshot of storage bucket creationScreenshot of the Access Management interfaceScreenshot of the interface to create, add and management of Storage BucketsScreenshot of data uploadingScreenshot of usage details