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Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
We used it to deploy a version of our data science environment, particularly in tight integrations. Some software needs both administrative and technical support to handle it, and with the VPC sitting outside our company's infrastructure, we could readily build without burden. This allowed us to grab ROI faster and within the deadlines required by the business areas.

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Supervisor in Information Technology
Insurance Company, 1001-5000 employeesIBM Cloud Virtual Servers
If you're already a customer of IBM, or using an IBM product through an ASP or reseller, or you need access to the hundreds of services IBM provides, it's a great place to build out your infrastructure.
If you're an established company slowly adding VMs, a smaller provider in the vast digital ocean of choices may be better.
Co-founder
CenturyLinkFinancial Services, 1-10 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
8.0
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
8.1
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
7.7
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
8.2
Dynamic scaling
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
8.6
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
8.0
Elastic load balancing
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
6.7
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
7.6
Pre-configured templates
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
6.7
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
8.1
Monitoring tools
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
7.7
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
8.0
Pre-defined machine images
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
8.4
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
8.1
Operating system support
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
8.8
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
8.9
Security controls
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
9.3
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
7.9
Pros
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
- The IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) architecture allows scripted preparation and management of the virtual environment, which we use to link the IBM VPC API with an Ultimus CPS solution, allowing our colleagues to manage the IBM environment directly from our own management solution.
- IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) uses a "pay what you use" pricing model. By integrating the IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) API into Ultimus management processes, the machines can be started and stopped automatically specifically for the needed times. This saves us a lot of money.
- The performance of the IBM VPM machines is excellent and gives us great performance for developing and presenting our Ultimus products and solutions.

Verified User
Project Manager in Product Management
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employeesIBM Cloud Virtual Servers
- The pricing options for services is awesome, offering bare-metal and other high-demand services at hourly rates.
- Softlayer offers a huge assortment of high-powered services, such as Nvidia Tesla GPU computing, high-bandwidth connection options, and highly customizable bare-metal servers
- All of Softlayers' plans and services are fully adaptable to to fit your needs, with a huge amount of options for both the services they offer and the management options available for those services.
Sr. Network Engineer
GodAmongGeeks.ComInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Cons
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
- The documentation and integration between OpenShift and IBMCloud was not clear. It took some time to figure out which interface to use to setup certain items.
- Better communication between departments could be improved. Had a billing question and had two departments saying it was the other team's issue. Took three days of back and forth to resolve.
- The documentation for loading containers into IBM Cloud OpenShift container registry was not clear. The correct commands were not documented.
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
ArtisanECM LLCComputer Software, 1-10 employees
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
- The IBM Cloud Web UI is very slow and not responsive
- It would be nice to provide a direct way to choose a template image when creating a VSI
- It would be nice if transient VSIs can be resized (CPU and Mem)

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Team Lead in Information Technology
Research Company, 10,001+ employeesLikelihood to Renew
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers 8.2
Based on 1 answer
It's hard to imagine not renewing having spent so much time setting up our infrastructure to utilise the CVS

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Strategist in Finance and Accounting
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employeesSupport Rating
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) 8.6
Based on 9 answers
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.
CEO
SensefinityComputer Hardware, 11-50 employees
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers 7.5
Based on 2 answers
It is adequate, but you need to be ready to argue your point - which is fair enough, I suppose, but being given the opposite of the benefit of the doubt every time does not necessarily result in an enjoyable user experience.

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Engineer in Information Technology
Utilities Company, 11-50 employeesImplementation Rating
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) 7.4
Based on 21 answers
It's fairly easy to use once you use it a couple of times, but I wouldn't like to rely on IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) completely because I don't want to be locked into a particular cloud provider. In terms of support, the docs are pretty good, but sometimes you wish that information was easier to access like with other providers.

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Engineer in Information Technology
Human Resources Company, 51-200 employeesIBM Cloud Virtual Servers
No score
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Alternatives Considered
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
We chose IBM Cloud [Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)] because of its tight integration with the Lithops library, which allows us to quickly scale our compute resources by provisioning VPC instances or calling Cloud Functions, handling all the deployment, data moving, etc. without us needing to know the details or learn another language, all from Python code.

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Engineer in Research & Development
Biotechnology Company, 1001-5000 employeesIBM Cloud Virtual Servers
I have had a dedicated server for 20 years. The last company, Softlayer, got bought out by IBM, and the transition has been a very good one. When I started using IBM for all my hosting solutions, I became a really big fan. Everything has been a user-friendly experience. The products have been really easy to work with.
Owner / Creative Director / Developer / Digital Marketing
FanbuildInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees
Return on Investment
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
- 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.
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
ArtisanECM LLCComputer Software, 1-10 employees
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
- Freed up our team to focus on working on our own products and not having to worry about maintaining and patching servers.
- On-demand procurement allowed our team to quickly spin up servers as needed and shut them down when work is done.
Program Manager
AppFusionsComputer Software, 1-10 employees
Pricing Details
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Editions & Modules
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Additional Pricing Details
—IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Editions & Modules
Edition
IBM Cloud Public Virtual Servers | starting at $0.0381 |
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IBM Cloud Dedicated Virtual Servers | starting at $0.221 |
IBM Cloud Public Virtual Servers | starting at $25.212 |
IBM Cloud Dedicated Virtual Servers | starting at $149.002 |
IBM Cloud Transient Virtual Servers | starting at $0.013 |
IBM Cloud Reserved Virtual Servers | starting at $0.023 |
IBM Cloud Reserved Virtual Servers | starting at $13.274 |
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