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IBM Cloud Bare Metal

Composite Score

8.2 /10

CX Score

8.5 /10

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What is IBM Cloud Bare Metal?

IBM Cloud™ Bare Metal Servers are single-tenant physical servers that provide you performance and control with low-level access to the hardware resources. Your server isn’t shared with “noisy neighbors,” it’s all yours!

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Awards & Recognition

IBM Cloud Bare Metal won the following awards in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service category

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4 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2023

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Ratings

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love IBM Cloud Bare Metal?

5% Negative

1% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Over Delivered
Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Multi Cloud Management

Workflow Management

Data Migration

Cloud Integration

Cloud Backup

Systems Performance Management

Load Balancing

Access Management

Regulatory Compliance

SLA Management

Capacity Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Reviews

SriHarsha K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Scalable Solution with IBM Cloud Bare Metal Server

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates IBM Cloud Bare Metal from other similar products?

IBM Cloud Bare Metal stands out from other similar products due to its fully dedicated physical servers, providing unmatched performance and customization. Unlike many cloud offerings that rely on virtual machines, IBM Cloud Bare Metal gives users complete control over the hardware and provides flexible billing models, offering both hourly and monthly pricing.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One of the standout features of IBM Cloud Bare Metal is its customizable hardware configuration and the control it gives you over your infrastructure. Unlike virtualized environments, you get dedicated servers with no resource sharing, ensuring consistent performance for high-demand applications like databases, analytics, or enterprise workloads. The flexibility to choose CPU, storage, and networking options, combined with IBM’s global data centers, makes it a great choice for businesses that need secure, scalable, and reliable infrastructure.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One of the main drawbacks of IBM Cloud Bare Metal is its complexity in initial setup and configuration. While it offers powerful customization options

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

IBM Cloud Bare Metal is an excellent option for businesses seeking high-performance, dedicated servers with customizable hardware configurations. It’s ideal for resource-intensive workloads like big data, AI, machine learning, and databases and it's more expensive than shared cloud options, the dedicated resources and superior performance justify

Pros

Effective Service
Inspires Innovation
Saves Time
Fair

Rachit S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2024

Dedicated Single-tenant server

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates IBM Cloud Bare Metal from other similar products?

IBM Cloud base support the latest-generation NVIDIA GPUs and x86 microarchitecture from Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC1. It allow multiple bare metal servers to communicate on the IBM Cloud virtual private network as if stationed on the same rack

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

There are many aspects of IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers that I find impressive, but if I had to choose one, I would say it is their flexibility. IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers allow users to customize their servers with over 11 million different configuration combinations1, including CPU technology from Intel Xeon, AMD EPYC, and NVIDIA GPUs.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It might take longer to configure and deploy than other cloud services, as they require more customization and fine-tuning. They may not offer the same level of individual support and attention as smaller cloud providers, as IBM is a large company with many clients.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Definitely worth using this product i will recommend it.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Unique Features
Efficient Service

Zerman H.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2024

Great job here

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Cloud Bare Metal from other similar products?

Value is great

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Bare metal servers

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing, I love it

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Expand/Grow

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

IBM Cloud Bare Metal

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Awards & Recognition

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM Cloud Bare Metal?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Multi Cloud Management Includes multiple cloud computing services, file transfers, and security guarantee.

Workflow Management Includes ability to support flexible and comprehensive workflow-based capabilities.

Data Migration The ability to select and extract data from one storage system to another

Cloud Integration Includes real-time data integration, APIs, and data quality.

Cloud Backup Includes backup schedules, encryption algorithms, and data support.

Systems Performance Management Includes monitoring, analyzing and configuration in order to optimize performance and increase efficiency.

Load Balancing Allows distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources.

Access Management Includes social sign-on, external authorization, and fraud detection.

Regulatory Compliance Includes compliance with regulations and standards such as SOX, HIPPA, NIST, PCI-DSS etc.

SLA Management Includes a contracted delivery time, automated escalations, and timely resolutions.

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Reviews

SriHarsha K.

Scalable Solution with IBM Cloud Bare Metal Server

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rachit S.

Dedicated Single-tenant server

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Zerman H.

Great job here

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Multi Cloud Management

Workflow Management

Data Migration

Cloud Integration

Cloud Backup

Systems Performance Management

Load Balancing

Access Management

Regulatory Compliance

SLA Management

Capacity Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization