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 Prices
Featured VPS provider with comparable plans. Shares 2 data-center countries.
Locations: Netherlands, United Kingdom
Same provider category as IBM Cloud. Shares 3 data-center countries.
Locations: Italy, Czech Republic, France, Poland, Germany, United Kingdom
Featured VPS provider with comparable plans. Shares 1 data-center country.
Locations: United States
Featured VPS provider with comparable plans. Shares 1 data-center country.
Locations: Germany
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.
Entry monthly price
This is each provider's lowest current monthly VPS price, converted to USD. Bar lengths are relative to the highest entry price shown.
Comparable VPS plans
These plans are all in the same lower-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 | BL2.1x2 | $24 | 1 | 2.0 GB | 100 GB | 0 |
| quicksrv.io | UK-Game 16 | $18.708 | 4 | 16.0 GB | 300 GB | Unlimited |
| IBM Cloud | BL2.1x2 | $24 | 1 | 2.0 GB | 100 GB | 0 |
| Aruba Cloud | PRO O2A4 | $23.517 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 80 GB | Unlimited |
| IBM Cloud | BL2.1x2 | $24 | 1 | 2.0 GB | 100 GB | 0 |
| Nobull Networks | P30 Performance VPS | $24 | 2 | 6.0 GB | 75 GB | 12000 |
| IBM Cloud | BL2.1x2 | $24 | 1 | 2.0 GB | 100 GB | 0 |
| GS WEBSERVICES | ng-Cloud 8C 16G | $24.640 | 8 | 16.0 GB | 160 GB | Unlimited |
Features and locations
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| Feature | IBM Cloud | quicksrv.io | Aruba Cloud | Nobull Networks | GS WEBSERVICES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands | Italy | USA | Germany |
| Locations | Asia: 1 Europe: 4 North America: 2 South America: 1 Oceania: 1 | Europe: 2 | Europe: 6 | North America: 1 | Europe: 1 |
| Backups | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Block storage | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Object storage | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Load balancer | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| DDoS protection | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Hourly Billing | Yes | No | Mixed | No | No |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Backups | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Firewall | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| IPv6 support | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Total number of data centers | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
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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.