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Comparison

Exoscale vs IBM Cloud

On the evidence we track, Exoscale leads this comparison with a composite score of 84/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Exoscale full profile →IBM Cloud full profile →
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★Exoscale84
IBM Cloud76
Score
Vioscale score
Exoscale84 / 100medium · 72%updating
IBM Cloud76 / 100medium · 73%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Exoscale✗
IBM Cloud✓
Model
Exoscalecommercial
IBM Cloudfreemium
Price level
Exoscalelow
IBM Cloudlow
Transparent
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✓
Integrations
Count
Exoscale4
IBM Cloud887
Security
Disclosure policy
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✓
Fedramp
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✓
Gdpr
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✓
Hipaa
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✓
Iso27001
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✓
Pci
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✓
Soc2
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Exoscale99.95
IBM Cloud–
Status page
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
Provider tier
ExoscaleVPS / developer
IBM CloudHyperscaler
Reach
Regions / global footprint
Exoscale5 European regions (Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Germany, Croatia)
IBM CloudMultiple regions
Compute
Bare-metal servers
Exoscale-
IBM Cloud✓
GPU / accelerated compute
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✓
Spot / preemptible pricing
Exoscale-
IBM Cloud-
Storage
Object storage
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✓
Block storage
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✓
Managed
Managed Kubernetes
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✓
Managed databases
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud-
Serverless / FaaS
Exoscale-
IBM Cloud✓
Network
VPC / private networking
Exoscale-
IBM Cloud✓
Pricing
Free / low egress
Exoscale-
IBM Cloud-
Compliance
Data-residency / sovereign options
Exoscale-
IBM Cloud-
Ecosystem
Partner marketplace
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud-

What each one is

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

Exoscale

Leader

European cloud provider offering compute instances, managed Kubernetes, database services, object and block storage, and GPU servers across multiple European regions.

Independently observed

IBM Cloud

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.

Exoscale

Leader
from €0.01/moUsage-based

Pay-as-you-go usage-based pricing billed by the second, no upfront costs or commitments. Starting from €0.00729/hour.

  • Standard Micro€0.00729/hour
  • GPU A30 Small€1.226/hour
as of verify ↗

IBM Cloud

HybridFree tier

Free Lite tier available. Pay-As-You-Go for full access. Support plans from $200/month

  • LiteFree
    • Free service access
  • Pay-As-You-GoUsage-based pricing
    • Full catalog access
    • Pay per use
    • No long-term commitment
  • Enterprise Savings PlanCommitted spend plan
    • Volume discount
    • Annual commitment
  • IBM Cloud ReservationsReserved capacity
    • Capacity reservation
    • Long-term discount
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✓
CLI
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Exoscale✓
IBM Cloud✓
Self-hosted
Exoscale✗
IBM Cloud✓
On-premise
Exoscale✗
IBM Cloud✓
Hybrid
Exoscale✗
IBM Cloud✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Kubernetes

Exoscale

Leader
4 total - 3 not shared
  • Rancher
  • Terraform
  • Karpenter
Independently observed

IBM Cloud

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

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.