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Comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs IBM Cloud

On the evidence we track, IBM Cloud leads this comparison with a composite score of 77/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) full profile →IBM Cloud full profile →
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)55
★IBM Cloud77
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon Web Services (AWS)55 / 100medium · 74%
IBM Cloud77 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud✓
Model
Amazon Web Services (AWS)freemium
IBM Cloudfreemium
Price level
Amazon Web Services (AWS)low
IBM Cloudlow
Transparent
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud✓
Integrations
Count
Amazon Web Services (AWS)11
IBM Cloud887
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud✓
Fedramp
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud✓
Gdpr
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud✓
Hipaa
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud✓
Iso27001
Amazon Web Services (AWS)–
IBM Cloud✓
Pci
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud✓
Soc2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)–
IBM Cloud✓
Trust center
Amazon Web Services (AWS)https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp
IBM Cloud–
Reliability
Status page
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Amazon Web Services (AWS)6 items
IBM Cloud7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cloud infrastructure. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Provider tier
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Hyperscaler
IBM CloudHyperscaler
Reach
Regions / global footprint
Amazon Web Services (AWS)39 regions, 123 availability zones
IBM CloudMultiple regions
Compute
Bare-metal servers
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
IBM Cloud✓
GPU / accelerated compute
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
IBM Cloud✓
Spot / preemptible pricing
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
IBM Cloud-
Storage
Object storage
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud✓
Block storage
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
IBM Cloud✓
Managed
Managed Kubernetes
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud✓
Managed databases
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
IBM Cloud✓
Serverless / FaaS
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud✓
Network
VPC / private networking
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud✓
Pricing
Free / low egress
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud-
Compliance
Data-residency / sovereign options
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud-
Ecosystem
Partner marketplace
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS provides on-demand cloud infrastructure and integrated services enabling organizations to build, migrate, and scale applications globally. The platform uses consumption-based pricing and includes a marketplace of third-party integrations.

Independently observed

IBM Cloud

Leader

A cloud infrastructure and services platform designed for building and managing applications across on-premises data centers and multiple cloud providers, with built-in security and compliance capabilities for regulated industries.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Usage-basedFree tier
as of verify ↗

IBM Cloud

Leader
HybridFree tier30-day trial

Free Lite tier available. Pay-as-you-go, subscription, and committed spending plans.

  • LiteFree
  • Pay-as-you-go-
  • Subscription-
  • Enterprise Savings Plan-
  • Reserved Capacity-
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud✓
CLI
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IBM Cloud✓
On-premise
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✗
IBM Cloud✓
Hybrid
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✗
IBM Cloud✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • MongoDB

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

21 total - 20 not shared
  • Brave
  • Upstage
  • Asana
  • Pokee AI
  • Tailscale
  • 1Password
  • Trend Micro
  • Orca Security
  • Okta
  • Suger
  • Arctic Wolf
  • Cast AI
  • LucidLink
  • Vanta
  • Trend Micro Vision One
  • Brave Search API
  • Orca Security CNAPP
  • Epsagon
  • Databricks
  • CrowdStrike
Independently observed

IBM Cloud

Leader
35 total - 34 not shared
  • Anaplan
  • Apache
  • Elasticsearch
  • IBM Analytics Engine
  • IBM Blockchain Platform
  • IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
  • IBM Cloud Pak for Data
  • IBM Cloud Pak for Integration
  • IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation
  • IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps
  • IBM Db2 Warehouse
  • IBM InfoSphere Information Server
  • IBM Master Data Management
  • IBM Turbonomic
  • IBM Watson Assistant
  • IBM Watson Discovery
  • IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog
  • IBM Watson Knowledge Studio
  • IBM Watson Language Translator
  • IBM Watson Natural Language Classifier
  • IBM Watson Natural Language Understanding
  • IBM Watson Speech to Text
  • IBM Watson Studio
  • IBM Watson Text to Speech
  • +10 more
Independently observed
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