IBM Cloud Object Storage vs. SCloud UHost

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Cloud Object Storage
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
IBM 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.
$0
per month
SCloud UHost
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
SCloud UHost is a cloud computing service that allow users to spin up a host in 18 regions in the world of various Operating Systems (OS) to offer the following: Cloud Servers - Including virtual machines, dedicated servers, and bare metal servers. Cloud Storage - Including object storage, block storage, and file storage. Cloud Networking - Including virtual private clouds (VPCs), load balancers, and…N/A
Pricing
IBM Cloud Object StorageSCloud UHost
Editions & Modules
One-Rate Plan
As low as USD $10/TB a month
per month
Standard Plan
Free up to 5GB—no minimum fee, pay only for what you use
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Cloud Object StorageSCloud UHost
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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 StorageSCloud UHost
Features
IBM Cloud Object StorageSCloud UHost
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cloud Object Storage
8.7
155 Ratings
6% above category average
SCloud UHost
8.9
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime6.1143 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Dynamic scaling9.8143 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Elastic load balancing8.9140 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Monitoring tools8.8144 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Security controls9.8149 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-configured templates00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Operating system support00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Cloud Object StorageSCloud UHost
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(158 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.8
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Cloud Object StorageSCloud UHost
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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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
SCloud UHost offers scalable and reliable cloud compute instances with diverse configurations for varied application needs that ensures optimal performance. Its consistent speed and minimal downtime enhance overall reliability, contributing to uninterrupted business operations. SCloud UHost's seamless integration with SCloud services streamlines our cloud ecosystem for operational efficiency. SCloud UHost is less suited for small workloads if you wish to maximise per dollar spent. For smaller workloads, use SCloud ULightHost instead.
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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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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
  • Good pricing
  • Customer Support
  • Available Regions
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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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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
because it is a robust, safe and flexible product
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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
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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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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
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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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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
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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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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
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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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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
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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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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
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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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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
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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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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
Both Azure and Oracle offer some sort of lock in, either by the initial discounts or software. What is truly locked in are our data and we really thought carefully from day one as we are a corporate. Even in thinking of going multi-cloud, we are afraid of big vendors like them. We came across SCloud UHost in an event and proceeded to try and never regretted onwards. Good job to the SCloud UHost team and their management for such great products at competitive prices.
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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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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
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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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SCloud Pte. Ltd.
  • Time to Market 10-15% faster
  • Spending on compute 15-25% lower
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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

SCloud UHost Screenshots

Screenshot of Region Selection - Offers a choice from 18 regions and CPU modelsScreenshot of Configuration Settings - choices of desired memory, Operating Systems and other settings with transparent pricingScreenshot of where GPU can be chosen instead of CPU for compute suitable for AI modelling, high performance compute and such