# CoreWeave vs IBM Cloud

**Leader by Vioscale score:** IBM Cloud

| Attribute | CoreWeave | IBM Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 58.8 (49% (low)) | 76.2 (73% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | AI-native platform of technology, tools, and teams fully integrated and purpose-built to power complex AI workloads. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"tier":"hyperscaler","bare_metal":true,"free_egress":true,"block_storage":true,"gpu_instances":true,"regions_count":"Multiple regions across US and Europe","data_residency":true,"object_storage":true,"serverless_faas":true,"managed_kubernetes":true,"private_networking":true}` | `{"tier":"hyperscaler","bare_metal":true,"block_storage":true,"gpu_instances":true,"regions_count":"Multiple regions","object_storage":true,"serverless_faas":true,"managed_kubernetes":true,"private_networking":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 887 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Datadog"}]` | `[{"name":"Anaplan"},{"name":"Apache"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"IBM Analytics Engine"},{"name":"IBM Blockchain Platform"},{"name":"IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation"},{"name":"IBM Cloud Pak for Data"},{"name":"IBM Cloud Pak for Integration"},{"name":"IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation"},{"name":"IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps"},{"name":"IBM Db2 Warehouse"},{"name":"IBM InfoSphere Information Server"},{"name":"IBM Master Data Management"},{"name":"IBM Turbonomic"},{"name":"IBM Watson Assistant"},{"name":"IBM Watson Discovery"},{"name":"IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog"},{"name":"IBM Watson Knowledge Studio"},{"name":"IBM Watson Language Translator"},{"name":"IBM Watson Natural Language Classifier"},{"name":"IBM Watson Natural Language Understanding"},{"name":"IBM Watson Speech to Text"},{"name":"IBM Watson Studio"},{"name":"IBM Watson Text to Speech"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Linux"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"NVIDIA"},{"name":"Oracle"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"Red Hat"},{"name":"Red Hat OpenShift"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"SAP"},{"name":"SPSS Statistics"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"regional","availableCountries":["US"],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"GPU Instances (A La Carte)","summary":"Custom GPU configurations: GPUs $0.24–$4.76/hr, vCPU $0.01/hr, RAM $0.005/hr","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":4.25,"currency":"USD","description":"NVIDIA H100 PCIe"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":2.21,"currency":"USD","description":"NVIDIA A100 80GB"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","unit":"vCPU","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","unit":"GB","amount":0.005,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Flexible GPU-based compute with configurable GPU, vCPU, and RAM components","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"CPU-Only Instances (A La Carte)","summary":"$0.0125–$0.035/vCPU/hr with 4GB RAM per vCPU included","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","unit":"vCPU","amount":0.035,"currency":"USD","description":"Intel Xeon Ice Lake"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","unit":"vCPU","amount":0.03,"currency":"USD","description":"Intel Xeon Scalable"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","unit":"vCPU","amount":0.0125,"currency":"USD","description":"Intel Xeon v3"}],"description":"CPU-based compute with RAM included per vCPU","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Storage (A La Carte)","summary":"$0.03–$0.07/GB/month with no egress charges","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"month"},"kind":"metered","unit":"GB","amount":0.04,"currency":"USD","description":"File Storage HDD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"month"},"kind":"metered","unit":"GB","amount":0.07,"currency":"USD","description":"File/Block Storage NVMe"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"month"},"kind":"metered","unit":"GB","amount":0.03,"currency":"USD","description":"Object Storage"}],"description":"High-performance file, block, and object storage","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Pure usage-based pricing: GPUs $0.24–$4.76/hr, vCPU $0.0125–$0.035/hr, RAM $0.005/hr, storage $0.03–$0.07/GB/month","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://wf.coreweave.com/pricing/classic","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T20:45:31.236Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.005,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["hour","month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Lite","summary":"Free","features":["Free service access"],"description":"No-charge, quota-based plan","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Pay-As-You-Go","summary":"Usage-based pricing","features":["Full catalog access","Pay per use","No long-term commitment"],"description":"Pay for services used with no long-term contract required","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Savings Plan","summary":"Committed spend plan","features":["Volume discount","Annual commitment"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Commit to annual spending and receive platform-wide discounts","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"IBM Cloud Reservations","summary":"Reserved capacity","features":["Capacity reservation","Long-term discount"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Reserve capacity in advance with 1 or 3-year terms","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Basic Support","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Advanced Support","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":10000,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Premium Support"}],"summary":"Free Lite tier available. Pay-As-You-Go for full access. Support plans from $200/month","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.ibm.com/products/cloud/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T13:40:05.155Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.fedramp | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Cloud Infrastructure)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:42:20.088Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*