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Comparison

CoreWeave 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.

CoreWeave full profile →IBM Cloud full profile →
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CoreWeave57
★IBM Cloud77
Score
vioscaleAI score
CoreWeave57 / 100low · 49%
IBM Cloud77 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tier
CoreWeave✗
IBM Cloud✓
Model
CoreWeavecommercial
IBM Cloudfreemium
Price level
CoreWeavelow
IBM Cloudlow
Starting price
CoreWeave$0.03
IBM Cloud–
Transparent
CoreWeave✓
IBM Cloud✓
Integrations
Count
CoreWeave1
IBM Cloud887
Security
Disclosure policy
CoreWeave–
IBM Cloud✓
Fedramp
CoreWeave–
IBM Cloud✓
Gdpr
CoreWeave–
IBM Cloud✓
Hipaa
CoreWeave–
IBM Cloud✓
Iso27001
CoreWeave–
IBM Cloud✓
Pci
CoreWeave–
IBM Cloud✓
Soc2
CoreWeave–
IBM Cloud✓
Reliability
Status page
CoreWeave✓
IBM Cloud✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
CoreWeave4 items
IBM Cloud7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Provider tier
CoreWeaveHyperscaler
IBM CloudHyperscaler
Reach
Regions / global footprint
CoreWeaveMultiple regions across US and Europe
IBM CloudMultiple regions
Compute
Bare-metal servers
CoreWeave✓
IBM Cloud✓
GPU / accelerated compute
CoreWeave✓
IBM Cloud✓
Spot / preemptible pricing
CoreWeave-
IBM Cloud-
Storage
Object storage
CoreWeave✓
IBM Cloud✓
Block storage
CoreWeave✓
IBM Cloud✓
Managed
Managed Kubernetes
CoreWeave✓
IBM Cloud✓
Managed databases
CoreWeave-
IBM Cloud✓
Serverless / FaaS
CoreWeave✓
IBM Cloud✓
Network
VPC / private networking
CoreWeave✓
IBM Cloud✓
Pricing
Free / low egress
CoreWeave✓
IBM Cloud-
Compliance
Data-residency / sovereign options
CoreWeave✓
IBM Cloud-
Ecosystem
Partner marketplace
CoreWeave-
IBM Cloud-

What each one is

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

CoreWeave

A cloud platform optimized for AI and machine learning workloads. Offers flexible, consumption-based GPU and CPU compute, block and object storage, and networking services with transparent pricing and no data transfer surcharges.

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.

CoreWeave

from $0.03/GB/moUsage-based

Usage-based pricing with transparent rates: GPU instances from $0.005/hour (RAM component), CPUs from $0.02/vCPU/hour, storage from $0.03/GB/month. No hidden egress or data transfer fees.

  • GPU InstanceFrom $0.005/hour per GB RAM
    • Multiple GPU options (H100, A100, V100, RTX series)
    • À la carte vCPU and RAM allocation
    • Minimum 1 GPU, 1 vCPU, 2GB RAM required
  • CPU InstanceFrom $0.02-0.035/vCPU/hour
    • Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC processors
    • RAM included per vCPU
    • Linear scaling by vCPU count
  • Block Storage$0.07/GB/month (NVMe)
    • NVMe tier
    • No bandwidth overages
  • Object Storage$0.03/GB/month
    • Unlimited scale and throughput
    • No data transfer charges
    • Transparent pricing
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
CoreWeave✓
IBM Cloud✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
CoreWeave✓
IBM Cloud✓
On-premise
CoreWeave✗
IBM Cloud✓
Hybrid
CoreWeave✗
IBM Cloud✓

Integrations

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

CoreWeave

1 total
  • Datadog
Independently observed

IBM Cloud

Leader
35 total
  • 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
  • +11 more
Independently observed
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