IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC vs. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers are customizable, public or private, cloud-based servers available from IBM. User can launch applications and software across blended, hybrid environments as the servers integrate with all cloud models.
$0.01
per hour
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is Oracles's infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform which combines the utility of public cloud with the granular control, security, and predictability of on-premises infrastructure.N/A
Pricing
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCOracle Cloud Infrastructure
Editions & Modules
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (dedicated host)
starting at $0.22
per hour
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (dedicated host)
starting at $149.00
per month
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (multi-tenant)
starting at $0.038
per hour
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (multi-tenant)
starting at $25.21
per month
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (reserved)
starting at $0.02
per hour
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (reserved)
starting at $13.27
per month
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (transient)
starting at $0.01
per hour
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCOracle Cloud Infrastructure
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsIBM Cloud virtual servers include 250 GB of outbound public bandwidth, unmetered inbound public bandwidth, and unmetered private and management network bandwidth.
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Community Pulse
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCOracle Cloud Infrastructure
Considered Both Products
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
Chose IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
The IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC is powerful and it provides effective security on all projects data and the data storage capacity on Cloud is excellent. The isolation capability and even server monitoring features offered by IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC is perfect …
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCOracle Cloud Infrastructure
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
8.3
88 Ratings
2% above category average
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
7.8
114 Ratings
4% below category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.381 Ratings8.2111 Ratings
Dynamic scaling8.276 Ratings8.0110 Ratings
Elastic load balancing8.364 Ratings7.9103 Ratings
Pre-configured templates7.973 Ratings7.3101 Ratings
Monitoring tools8.384 Ratings7.8109 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images8.378 Ratings7.498 Ratings
Operating system support8.284 Ratings7.6109 Ratings
Security controls8.978 Ratings8.3110 Ratings
Automation00 Ratings7.875 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCOracle Cloud Infrastructure
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(89 ratings)
8.4
(114 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.8
(3 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(13 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(1 ratings)
7.7
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
7.5
(5 ratings)
8.4
(17 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(9 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.3
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCOracle Cloud Infrastructure
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
One scenario that immediately came to my mind was large-scale data processing, IBM Cloud Virtual Servers is well-suited for organizations that require high-performance computing capabilities, particularly when processing large amounts of data. It can also be useful for companies or organizations that wish to migrate their workplace to the cloud and it may suite companies that have strict compliance requirements since the servers have robust security features.
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Oracle
It is a service that enables us to divide incoming network traffic among numerous resources, including virtual computers. By intelligently routing requests, it guarantees fault tolerance and high availability. Application performance is enhanced, and resource utilization is optimized by load balancing. SSL/TLS termination and public and private load balancing are supported. Using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console or APIs, load balancers are simple to set up and configure.
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Pros
IBM
  • Scalability: IBM Cloud Virtual Servers enable businesses to simply and quickly scale up or down the resources they require in response to changing business demands. This enables firms to respond to traffic spikes, requests for new services, or changes in business size without the need for additional hardware purchases or maintenance.
  • Cost savings: By employing virtual servers in the cloud, enterprises can decrease capital expenditures for hardware and infrastructure while also lowering ongoing operational expenses by removing server maintenance and management costs. This can result in significant cost savings for enterprises, particularly those that need to raise or decrease their computer capacity fast and easily.
  • High availability: IBM Cloud Virtual Servers is built with high availability in mind, giving enterprises the certainty that their applications and data will be available and accessible even if hardware fails or other disruptions occur. This assists enterprises in maintaining business continuity and lowering the chance of downtime, which is crucial for firms that rely on 24/7 access to their systems. Furthermore, IBM's comprehensive network and security features aid in the prevention of data breaches and other security risks, assuring the availability and reliability of their applications and data.
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Oracle
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has a generous free tier, moreso than other hyperscalers, with an always-free tier that guarantees certain products are always free
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure allows you to size VMs with differing combinations of CPU and RAM, which is contrary to other hyperscalers that have specific pre-defined combinations only
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure regularly provides free certification exam offers
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Cons
IBM
  • It would also be nice if there were more templates to choose from when creating a server. Right now there are only a few options, and we'd like to see more variety.
  • We'd like to see the ability to create server groups. This would make it easier to manage a large number of servers since we could do all of the updates and management tasks for them at once.
  • There doesn't seem to be a way to automatically install updates on all of the virtual servers. We have to go in and manually update each one, which can be time-consuming. It would be really nice if automatic updates can be done.
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Oracle
  • Navigating the UI takes lots of getting used to. It reminds me of older GCP (just to get used to where everything is).
  • Permission for different things always seemed to be more difficult than it really needed to be. Once you got them set up you were good but updating anything or creating new permissions for just about anything took longer than I thought it should.
  • Based on how the buttons were laid out, it was pretty easy to delete all of your DNS records, and backing them up was not as intuitive as I'd like with the UI, but it was easy to do using a script.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
It has a flexible and affordable pricing, easy to configure and manage. It is easy to spawn one or multiple instances and have them up and running in no time
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Oracle
Because it's used for organization many departments and data management, productivity improvement, efficiency increase, less errors and close immediately
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Usability
IBM
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Oracle
The services & products in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure needs more improvement to beat other Cloud service providers. The price is good & Security processes are good. We are requiring to put more effort in supporting this Oracle Cloud Infrastructure than other Cloud service providers. Probably better ways are there but is not super easy to find or not super available
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Reliability and Availability
IBM
Always available when you need an instance.
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Oracle
highly available.
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Performance
IBM
Most of the instances work on hypervisors with good processors, but not all of them.
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Oracle
In our project where we are handling Big data, Oracle Cloud helped us a lot by improving its performance and reducing the time taken. Its role-based security helped us to manage the privacy in our project. When there was load, its scalability feature helped us a lot by scaling it to a configured higher scale.
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Support Rating
IBM
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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Oracle
Overall it is amazing, there is always room for improvement. We have weekly updates that tend to slow the program used more and more. We had to change some reports within Oracle because the others wouldn’t load. This is tied to our payroll and the delays are causing many time constraint issues and panic. We have to create a new report when one breaks. Otherwise awesome!
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In-Person Training
IBM
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Oracle
Effective training provided, much data productivity while doing training
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Online Training
IBM
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Oracle
detailed and easy to understand.
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Implementation Rating
IBM
We did not use IBM professional services to implement IBM Cloud Virtual Servers.
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Oracle
Easier way to implement, vary much supportive way doing the implementation
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers offer more customization options than Amazon EC2, with the ability to select from a range of operating systems, storage types, and network configurations. IBM also provides a wide range of tools and services to help manage and optimize your virtual servers, including a web-based console, CLI, and API.

AWS EC2 is a more managed platform, with a focus on providing a simple and easy-to-use interface. Amazon provides a range of predefined instance types, each with different specs and pricing, to make it easy to find the right option for your needs. AWS also offers a number of management and monitoring tools, but these are often more basic than what is available from IBM.
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Oracle
We did an proof of concept between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon Web Service and Microsoft Azure. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure was the clear winner with us because of support of the product. The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure support staff was very knowledgeable and helpful getting us up and running with a bit of time investment. This pushed Oracle Cloud Infrastructure out ahead of the other two products.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
IBM
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Oracle
was not part of initial purchase team. Anyways, i think unit pricing and billing frequency is good compared to other Cloud service providers, when it comes to Cloud Capital expenditure & Operational expenditure. Would be more interested in exploring more options where customers can get more cost relaxations on trying out new cloud services in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for example a new App or a feature
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Scalability
IBM
It worked well for us in the beginning, it works well for us when we have more instances.
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Oracle
useful product.
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Professional Services
IBM
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Oracle
Services & Infra wise is ok to use & host applications & services. Security wise also good for a Cloud service provider. It is a interesting area to explore & using it for day to day needs can be further improvised in future probably. Modern day Services like AI and Machine learning could be improved
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Supports businesses who want compute power on demand (instances are ready within minutes).
  • It can give you access to a 32-core CPU at $0.29 for short running or interruptible processes - enabling cost-efficient number crunching.
  • Given me a taste of the powers of remote compute power for compilation and development.
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Oracle
  • It improved the performance of all the applications we migrated by an average of ~90%.
  • OCI storage reduced the cost by an average of 40% on all the migrations we did. This includes backups as well.
  • Object Storage Archive is the most reliable and cheapest storage available for DB backups or application backups. This reduced our storage costs significantly compared to on-premises.
  • The minimum volume size for block volume is 50 GB. This forced us to use more storage on some applications but the impact of the cost increase is < 5%.
  • Lack of reduced redundancy storage options in object storage may have increased costs by > 8% for our use-case.
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