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IBM Blockchain Platform Review
August 30, 2020

IBM Blockchain Platform Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Blockchain Platform

It was being used by the COE department where blockchain POCs were built. We generally build all the solutions from scratch. But then we compared it to using IBM Blockchain Platform alongside manual deployment on other cloud-based Kubernetes clusters manually. Use cases range from healthcare to finance applications.
  • Automated deployment with underlying infrastructure
  • Managed services
  • Takes very little time to start
  • Helps developers not familiar with infrastructure-related concepts as well
  • Some infrastructure deployments fail at launch, could be retried to launch again
  • More free tier credits for developers to get started with the service can be given :)
  • Some live use cases can be demonstrated for ideas and inspiration
IBM Blockchain Platform is more flexible, customizable, and requires less starting set up. It is comparatively better for learning and to get started with materials in terms of blogs and labs. It has better synergy with the framework as it is one of the main contributors for hyperledger fabric framework. IBM Blockchain Platform's portal is easy to use.
Haven't really used support even once. So I give it the benefit of the doubt.

Do you think IBM Blockchain Platform delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Blockchain Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Blockchain Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of IBM Blockchain Platform go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Blockchain Platform again?

Yes

IBM Blockchain Platform is well suited for usage of Managed services, when infrastructure deployment is hard, and if costly pricing isn't a concern. It's not so good a fit for lower budget use cases, not so friendly or cheap for the developers to get started on. More features with respect to customization can be added to allow users to get closer to what they need with no additional effort.