IBM Cloud 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

IBM Cloud

4.5

(29)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About IBM Cloud

IBM Cloud is an Platform-as-a-Service solution that provides businesses with a secure public cloud to manage data and applications. Administrators can employ the cloud activity tracker to view, manage and audit user activity to maintain compliance with industry regulations and business policies.

IBM cloud's load balancer functionality enables supervisors to improve uptime and scale applications by adding or removing servers without disrupting traffic flows. It lets users manage structured and unstructured data through built-in data storage, backups, archives and recovery capabilities. Additionally, the cloud event management functionality allows supervisors to identify, notify and resolve critical incidents.

It comes with an application programming interface (API), which lets organizations integrate the system with several third-party solutions. IBM cloud lets users monitor activities via Android and iOS applications. The solution is available for free and on annual, monthly and pay-as-you-go subscriptions. It extends support via documentation, live chat and email.

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IBM Cloud Pricing and Plans

Starting price: Pricing available upon request

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

Pricing available upon request

No plan information available

IBM Cloud Features

Popular features found in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Data Migration
Load Balancing
Network Monitoring
Reporting/Analytics
More features of IBM Cloud
Activity Dashboard
Activity Management
Activity Tracking
Alerts/Escalation
API
Application Management
Approval Workflow
Audit Management
Authentication
Backup and Recovery
Cloud Computing
Database Support
Data Catalog
Data Governance
Data Lineage
Data Security
Data Storage Management
Deployment Management
For Developers
Graphical User Interface
Integrated Development Environment
Load Testing
Log Access
Mobile Access
Monitoring
Multiple Programming Languages Supported
Performance Metrics
Performance Monitoring
Prioritization
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Monitoring
Reporting & Statistics
Scheduling
Search/Filter
Secure Data Storage
Secure Login
Server Monitoring
Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
SSL Security
Third-Party Integrations

IBM Cloud User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

66%

28%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.0

Value for money

4.0

Customer support

4.0

Functionality

4.4

Juan Carlos G.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

11-50 employees

Used other for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2019

Saving user experiences

I was ordered to do a application with MFP watson cognitive fitures ,voice recordering and text analisys. I started with MFP wich there was almost no info except for the one on the site wich seemes outdated. After making if work i countinued with speach to text wich was easy to implement but then i started creating an orchestrator to handle all the otehr logic so i used a java app deployed on the cloud with dosent take long to configure finaly integrated other services like translate, personality insigths and Tone analyser everything work fine after some configurations.

Ratings Breakdown

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Pros:

Several tools to work with cognitive human traits. lots of references and api info Several lenguage compatibility several endpoints to work with Scalabe price guide so allow you to chose what you want. No hide prices. Control panels to work with

Cons:

Some references are too big that they stuck my web browser , example try the reference of watsing discovery and se the magic. When you deploy a java app and you want to se the logs you are only allowed to watch useing their web console wich is unefficent. references needs update , they never tell you that when thier eliminated user and password now there is an specific user and every endpoint just give you the password. the examples of conecions some time need some little fix up so they dont work as scratch.

Reasons for choosing IBM Cloud

Our client had severeal credits with ibm so was their first option.

PHYLLIS WANJIKU G.

Verified reviewer

Furniture

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2024

IBM Cloud's Enterprise-Grade security

I can recommend IBM Cloud for projects with its focus on security and AI/blockchain tools. It also all depends on your project's specific needs and your tolerance for potential roadblocks.

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Pros:

It's secure, reliable, and packed with features best for AI and blockchain projects, making it a great choice for building enterprise applications.

Cons:

First, the data transfer speeds are sometimes slow, and troubleshooting issues could be improved.

Reasons for choosing IBM Cloud

IBM Cloud offers a wider range of industry-specific solutions. They have specialized tools for the finance, healthcare, and telecommunications sectors.

Irfan M.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2021

Lord of Cloud Computing.

Amazing experience, more than expectations, (due to large no of servers we facing issues in data management and data security. after moving on IBM Cloud we are relax and increasing our productivity.)

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

Support small and Large Business Organization. Easy Deployment One Window Solution Central Management.

Cons:

- Issue faced in Data Transfer at the time peak hours. - Troubleshoot is not easy some time its irritating. - Cost.

Reasons for choosing IBM Cloud

we are using IBM Services from long time (IBM Infor Lex) so we have a trust relations with IBM and support is Good therefore we select IBM.

Verified

Reviewer

Defense & Space

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2025

Top Tier cloud provider with versatile custom solutions

Overall IBM cloud was easy to deal with and provided high tier service, support was excellent, better than most I have seen in the industry. If you need a versatile custom solution they have many options to chose from, even their basic offerings have a lot of potential options which I liked to see.

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Value for money

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Pros:

Robust infrastructure and high level support available to you at any time. Extremely versatile with their service options, can be custom tailored to your needs, large number of datacenter locations to choose from if geo location is a concern.

Cons:

It can be expensive but that's what it is for higher tier cloud services. Their interface is a bit complicated/convoluted at times, part of that was from legacy issues of merging older systems together with the new.

Joel B.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Services

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2023

Review of IBM Cloud

IBM Cloud is robust and it gives us a variety of tools that helps us build, deploy and manage our application on the cloud

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Pros:

It offers strong security features, such as multi-factor authentication, encryption, and network security

Cons:

For my institution that does large-scale cloud deployments it is expensive to use IBM Cloud

Verified

Reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2022

Organize your data in a simple and secure manner.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

Small and large business organisations are supported. Simple to Implement a single point of contact Management at the top. There are several endpoints to consider. Scalabe offers a price guide to help you decide what you want. Customers might select and create a custom fit solution depending on their requirements.

Cons:

The IBM Cloud is a complicated topic that necessitates some background knowledge. There are sometimes too many restrictions, and assistance isn't always excellent

Jacques V.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2020

When stability and security is critical

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Value for money

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Pros:

The platform is extensive with plenty of options and integrations available and free tutorials available from the IBM website.

Cons:

Certain services takes a while to provision and automated pre-requisite installations could get and update.

Prateek J.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2021

IBM Cloud: Emerging CSP in the market

We have used IBM Cloud bare metal servers. They're growing at a very faster rate and soon they will compete with other major players.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

1. Only provider in the market that provides bare metal servers on a subscription base 2. High availability, flexibility, faster performance 3. Pricing is very flexible

Cons:

1. Dashboard could have been better 2. Monitoring feature and dashboard should be improved 3. Integration with other major services are missing

Daniela B.

Verified reviewer

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2018

Store data in an easy and secure way

It has a data migration with high security, which increases the efficiency of the work

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Pros:

I can extend communications even with clients who are on other platforms, I can also share files and documents with excellent applications, has a data manager that works in a detailed and accurate way with excellent instant messaging that allows you to communicate immediately with anyone you need. It has solutions that offer great security since they help us reduce errors in a considerable way and a great advantage is its fast storage capacity, also has a practical, useful and easy to adapt interface quickly. With IBM we can customize our work and get the most out of our company

Cons:

In some cases it can be slow and present problems of delay to synchronize and does not have much memory

Gerson M.

Verified reviewer

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2018

Great if you are testing FaaS

CLustering is a big plus.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Pros:

When you need support it's super easy using email or a built-in platform. It supports PHP, Python and Java which it's perfect for us. Consider this infrastructure in the cloud for your developer department.

Cons:

I like simple and It can also get a little overwhelming, specially when you has to get into Watson and the beta services.

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