A great solution for hosting needs for freelance developers
Updated March 14, 2023

A great solution for hosting needs for freelance developers

Jeffrey Lange | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers are being used by me as a freelance developer hosting personal projects as well as clients. It solves my hosting situation. When you are a developer, like myself, it's easy to create a hosting environment and have it ready to deploy when needed.

Pros

  • Fast hosting solutions
  • Cost efficient
  • Easy setup
  • Flexibility
  • Customer Support

Cons

  • Recommended upgrades based on usage
  • Faster upgrade options for Ubuntu - usually takes a while before the new versions are available to upgrade to
  • Hosting is very well priced right now so my return was positive
  • Setting up multiple servers if needed does not cost a fortune like it did in previous years
  • The ability to copy an image of a server and redeploy at any time on a hourly virtual server is very convenient, useful, and cost effective
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.
I have no complaints on my experience over the course of using IBM Cloud Virtual Servers. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for hosting solutions. I have tried other services like AWS and felt that was overwhelming compared to IBM. For WordPress users hosting several sites, this is a great solution. Being a developer, I am constantly working on projects, and being able to set up servers quickly and easily with IBM Cloud Virtual Servers is great.

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC Feature Ratings

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
9.1
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
10
Dynamic scaling
10
Elastic load balancing
10
Pre-configured templates
8
Monitoring tools
8
Pre-defined machine images
8
Operating system support
10
Security controls
9

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Pricing, Time savings and Efficiency

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC Support

ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Support cares about my success
Slow Initial Response

Comments

  • Joe Cornejo | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Joe Cornejo
    (Vendor Representative) commented 5 years ago
    Hello, Thanks for the review and feedback! I'm from the Client Experience team here at IBM, and if there is anything at all we can do for you in regards to your account or any further concerns we can possibly assist with, please do let us know. Your review genuinely helps to steer continual product and user experience improvements on the platform. Thanks again!

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