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Amazon S3

Score 8.8 out of 10

Amazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the Amazon S3

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Score 8.7 out of 10

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Users can launch instances with a variety of OSs, load them with custom application environments, manage network access permissions, and run images on multiple systems.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Pre-defined machine images
  • Operating system support

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Score 8.6 out of 10

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.

Higher Rated Features

  • Pre-defined machine images
  • Operating system support
  • Pre-configured templates

Microsoft Azure

Score 8.6 out of 10

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Operating system support
  • Pre-defined machine images

Amazon Lightsail

Score 6.5 out of 10

Amazon Lightsail is a virtual private server (VPS) designed to present an easy-to-use cloud platform that offers everything needed to build an application or website, plus a cost-effective, monthly plan.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Pre-defined machine images
  • Operating system support

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers

Score 8.4 out of 10

IBM Cloud bare metal servers are cloud servers configurable in hourly/monthly options, on-demand, from any location—with a selection of standard features and services for small businesses and enterprise demands. Users can customize RAM and SSDs with 11M+ configurations from which to choose.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Pre-defined machine images
  • Operating system support

DigitalOcean Droplets

Score 9.0 out of 10

DigitalOcean's Droplets is designed to help the user spin up a virtual machine in just 55 seconds. Standard, General Purpose, CPU-Optimized, or Memory-Optimized configurations provide flexibility to build, test, and grow an app from startup to scale.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the DigitalOcean Droplets

Akamai Connected Cloud

Score 8.4 out of 10
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Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) accelerates innovation with scalable and accessible Linux cloud solutions and services. These products, services, and people give developers and enterprises the flexibility and support to build, deploy, secure, and scale applications more easily from cloud to edge on Akamai's distributed network.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the Akamai Connected Cloud

DigitalOcean

Score 8.1 out of 10

DigitalOcean is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform from the company of the same name headquartered in New York. It is known for its support of managed Kubernetes clusters and “droplets” feature.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Pre-configured templates
  • Pre-defined machine images

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SAP on IBM Cloud

Score 9.6 out of 10

SAP on IBM Cloud helps businesses maximize efficiency by running their SAP applications on IBM Cloud. Businesses can use SAP on IBM Cloud to move from on-premises solutions to cloud-based with higher availability, flexibility, and performance, as well as simpler disaster recovery processes.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the SAP on IBM Cloud

F5 Distributed Cloud WAF leverages F5's Advanced WAF technology, delivering WAF-as-a-Service and combining signature- and behavior-based protection for web applications. It acts as an intermediate proxy to inspect application requests and responses to block and mitigate a broad spectrum of risks stemming from the OW ASP Top 10, persistent and coordinated threat campaigns, bots, and layer 7 DoS.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)

Amazon S3

Score 8.8 out of 10

Amazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the Amazon S3

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Score 8.7 out of 10

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Users can launch instances with a variety of OSs, load them with custom application environments, manage network access permissions, and run images on multiple systems.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Pre-defined machine images
  • Operating system support

AWS CloudFormation

Score 8.8 out of 10

AWS CloudFormation gives developers and systems administrators a way to create and manage a collection of related AWS resources, provisioning and updating them in a predictable fashion. Use AWS CloudFormation’s sample templates or create templates to describe the AWS resources, and any associated dependencies or runtime parameters, required to run an application. Users don’t need to figure out the order for provisioning AWS services or the subtleties of making those dependencies work.…

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the AWS CloudFormation

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Score 8.6 out of 10

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.

Higher Rated Features

  • Pre-defined machine images
  • Operating system support
  • Pre-configured templates

Microsoft Azure

Score 8.6 out of 10

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Operating system support
  • Pre-defined machine images

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers

Score 8.4 out of 10

IBM Cloud bare metal servers are cloud servers configurable in hourly/monthly options, on-demand, from any location—with a selection of standard features and services for small businesses and enterprise demands. Users can customize RAM and SSDs with 11M+ configurations from which to choose.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Pre-defined machine images
  • Operating system support

IBM Cloud Internet Services

Score 8.9 out of 10

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.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the IBM Cloud Internet Services

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SAP on IBM Cloud

Score 9.6 out of 10

SAP on IBM Cloud helps businesses maximize efficiency by running their SAP applications on IBM Cloud. Businesses can use SAP on IBM Cloud to move from on-premises solutions to cloud-based with higher availability, flexibility, and performance, as well as simpler disaster recovery processes.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the SAP on IBM Cloud

F5 Distributed Cloud WAF leverages F5's Advanced WAF technology, delivering WAF-as-a-Service and combining signature- and behavior-based protection for web applications. It acts as an intermediate proxy to inspect application requests and responses to block and mitigate a broad spectrum of risks stemming from the OW ASP Top 10, persistent and coordinated threat campaigns, bots, and layer 7 DoS.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)

Amazon S3

Score 8.8 out of 10

Amazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the Amazon S3

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Score 8.7 out of 10

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Users can launch instances with a variety of OSs, load them with custom application environments, manage network access permissions, and run images on multiple systems.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Pre-defined machine images
  • Operating system support

AWS CloudFormation

Score 8.8 out of 10

AWS CloudFormation gives developers and systems administrators a way to create and manage a collection of related AWS resources, provisioning and updating them in a predictable fashion. Use AWS CloudFormation’s sample templates or create templates to describe the AWS resources, and any associated dependencies or runtime parameters, required to run an application. Users don’t need to figure out the order for provisioning AWS services or the subtleties of making those dependencies work.…

Higher Rated Features

Customers are more satisfied with the features of Amazon Web Services than the AWS CloudFormation

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Score 8.6 out of 10

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.

Higher Rated Features

  • Pre-defined machine images
  • Operating system support
  • Pre-configured templates

Microsoft Azure

Score 8.6 out of 10

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Operating system support
  • Pre-defined machine images

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers

Score 8.4 out of 10

IBM Cloud bare metal servers are cloud servers configurable in hourly/monthly options, on-demand, from any location—with a selection of standard features and services for small businesses and enterprise demands. Users can customize RAM and SSDs with 11M+ configurations from which to choose.

Higher Rated Features

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Pre-defined machine images
  • Operating system support