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Comparison

IBM Cloud vs IONOS Cloud

On the evidence we track, IBM Cloud leads this comparison with a composite score of 76/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

IBM Cloud full profile →IONOS Cloud full profile →
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★IBM Cloud76
IONOS Cloud58
Score
Vioscale score
IBM Cloud76 / 100medium · 73%
IONOS Cloud58 / 100low · 48%
Pricing
Free tier
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud–
Model
IBM Cloudfreemium
IONOS Cloudcommercial
Price level
IBM Cloudlow
IONOS Cloudlow
Transparent
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Integrations
Count
IBM Cloud887
IONOS Cloud2
Security
Disclosure policy
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Fedramp
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud–
Gdpr
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Hipaa
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud–
Iso27001
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud–
Pci
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud–
Soc2
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud–
Reliability
Status page
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
Provider tier
IBM CloudHyperscaler
IONOS CloudRegional / sovereign
Reach
Regions / global footprint
IBM CloudMultiple regions
IONOS Cloud8+ (Las Vegas, Newark, Lenexa, UK, FR, DE, ES)
Compute
Bare-metal servers
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud✓
GPU / accelerated compute
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud-
Spot / preemptible pricing
IBM Cloud-
IONOS Cloud-
Storage
Object storage
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Block storage
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Managed
Managed Kubernetes
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Managed databases
IBM Cloud-
IONOS Cloud✓
Serverless / FaaS
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud-
Network
VPC / private networking
IBM Cloud✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Pricing
Free / low egress
IBM Cloud-
IONOS Cloud-
Compliance
Data-residency / sovereign options
IBM Cloud-
IONOS Cloud✓
Ecosystem
Partner marketplace
IBM Cloud-
IONOS Cloud-

What each one is

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

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

IONOS Cloud

Enterprise cloud computing platform offering compute, storage, and managed services across multiple data centers. Known for cost-effectiveness compared to US hyperscalers and strong GDPR compliance.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

IBM Cloud

Leader
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 ↗

IONOS Cloud

from $4.99/moUsage-based

Usage-based billing. Object Storage: $4.99/TB/month

  • Object Storage$4.99/TB/month
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

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

IONOS Cloud

2 total
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Google Workspace
Independently observed

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