Alternatives to IBM Cloud
These featured providers are the closest alternatives to IBM Cloud, selected using provider category, data-center locations, entry prices and comparable VPS plans.
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Top alternatives to IBM Cloud for Locations
Same provider category as IBM Cloud. Shares 9 data-center countries.
Locations: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Singapore, Japan, Australia, South Korea, M...
Same provider category as IBM Cloud. Shares 7 data-center countries.
Locations: Israel, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Australia,...
Featured VPS provider with comparable plans. Shares 7 data-center countries.
Locations: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, South Korea, Switzerland, Uni...
Featured VPS provider with comparable plans. Shares 7 data-center countries.
Locations: Australia, Canada, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdo...
Price and performance at a glance
Performance is a price-weighted score (out of 100). Entry price is the lowest current monthly VPS price we track.
Price-weighted performance
The score averages the price-weighted scores of each provider's three most recent graded trials (or all available trials when fewer than three exist). A plan score combines web performance, raw CPU capacity, performance stability, disk I/O and network performance; lower plan prices improve the price-weighted score. 100 is best.
Comparable VPS plans
These plans are all in the same mid-price price band: each alternative plan must be within 30% below or 40% above the selected IBM Cloud plan price. Prices are converted to USD for an easier comparison.
| Provider | Plan | Monthly price | CPU | Memory | Disk | Data transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Cloud | U1.2x4 | $30.240 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 25 GB | |
| Vultr | General Purpose 4GB | $30 | 1 | 4.0 GB | 40 GB | 4000 |
| IBM Cloud | U1.2x4 | $30.240 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 25 GB | |
| Kamatera | General 4GB 2 cores | $42 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 40 GB | 5000 |
| IBM Cloud | U1.2x4 | $30.240 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 25 GB | |
| Evoxt | VM-4 | $23.990 | 4 | 8.0 GB | 60 GB | 4000 |
Features and locations
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| Feature | IBM Cloud | Vultr | Kamatera | Evoxt | BlueVPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | USA | USA | Israel | Malaysia | Estonia |
| Locations | Asia: 1 Europe: 4 North America: 2 South America: 1 Oceania: 1 | Africa: 1 Asia: 5 Europe: 6 North America: 3 South America: 2 Oceania: 1 | Asia: 4 Europe: 6 North America: 2 Oceania: 1 | Asia: 5 Europe: 5 North America: 2 Oceania: 1 | Asia: 1 Europe: 9 North America: 2 Oceania: 1 |
| Backups | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Block storage | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Object storage | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Load balancer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| DDoS protection | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Hourly Billing | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Backups | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Firewall | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| IPv6 support | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 9 | 31 | 24 | 17 | 15 |
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Price and performance by plan
Each dot is a plan used in the price-weighted performance chart above. Its vertical position is the average PW score from its contributing recent trials.