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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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3 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

4 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2023

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 95%
Negotiation and Contract:: 96%
Conflict Resolution:: 95%
Strategy & Innovation:: 95%
Service Experience:: 95%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+95 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

0% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Over Delivered
Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Cloud Integration

Multi Cloud Management

Data Migration

Workflow Management

Cloud Backup

Load Balancing

Regulatory Compliance

Systems Performance Management

Access Management

SLA Management

Capacity Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Reviews

Karter A.

Role: Public Sector
Industry: Communications
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Mar 2023

An excellent tool for data storage

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Cloud Bare Metal from other similar products?

Despite the meeting potentially being attended from both a computer and a phone line at the same time, the call quality is frequently good, and we have been fine with excessive comments. Files can be uploaded into the forum for simple access and sharing when screen sharing is difficult or impossible.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It was created by combining Softlayer and Bluemix, and it is a fully functional, customizable system that includes practically all SAAS and PAAS solution options. Based on their needs, customers could select and create a perfect fit solution. It is straightforward to implement a management structure with a single point of contact. There are many endpoints to take into account. You can make a decision using the price information provided by Scalable.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The shared file frequently does not occupy the entire screen and must be scrolled within the window to be seen, even if the shared file interface allows users to "full screen" and "zoom in." Unfortunately, projecting a shared file makes it more difficult and time-consuming.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The research benefits from the wide range of database hosting choices offered by IBM Cloud, including DBaaS via IBM Hyper Protect, NoSQL, SQL, PostgreSQL, and Elasticsearch indexing. The availability of data storage from various places and platforms encourages collaboration. Despite our advice, you might still stay in touch with the person you meet.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

Stella E.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Elastic load balancing services.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates IBM Cloud Bare Metal from other similar products?

Cloud service monitoring functionalities. Complex data integration is awesome. Great UI/UX for users.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Big data analytics generation. High data security and availability. Ease of access when using web portal.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not easy to configure. Some packages are not up to date.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Works well over cloud and easy to manage products and applications

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Dhruv P.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

fabulous functionality

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates IBM Cloud Bare Metal from other similar products?

IBM Cloud Bare Metal offers several features that set it apart from other similar products. First, it provides direct access to physical servers, enabling customers to have complete control over their hardware environment

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers are high-performance, dedicated, secure, single-tenant cloud servers configurable in hourly and monthly options, on-demand, around the globe. As a bare metal IBM Cloud customer, you have complete access to one of the industry's largest selections of standard features and services for bare metal workloads in both small business and enterprise settings. Complete customization.

What do you dislike most about this product?

You will receive a lot of notifications about events happening on IBM Cloud even from other data centers that you may not be a part of. It is annoying to get these since they have no value to you whatsoever.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Creating a managed solution for various customers. Ease of implementation and the inexpensive cost of doing this are great

Pros

Caring
Effective Service
Over Delivered
Appreciates Incumbent Status

Cons

Less Performance Enhancing
Less Generous
Wastes Time

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Awards & Recognition

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

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

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

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

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

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

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

Load Balancing Allows distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Reviews

Karter A.

An excellent tool for data storage

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Stella E.

Elastic load balancing services.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Dhruv P.

fabulous functionality

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Cloud Integration

Multi Cloud Management

Data Migration

Workflow Management

Cloud Backup

Load Balancing

Regulatory Compliance

Systems Performance Management

Access Management

SLA Management

Capacity Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training