--- description: Review of IBM Cloud Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: IBM Cloud | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [DevOps Tools](/directory/4380/devops/software) > [IBM Cloud](/software/390826/ibm-cloud) # IBM Cloud Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/390826/ibm-cloud Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/390826/ibm-cloud?page=2) > IBM Cloud is an Platform-as-a-Service solution that provides businesses with a secure public cloud to manage data and applications. Administrators can employ the cloud activity tracker to view, manage and audit user activity to maintain compliance with industry regulations and business policies. IBM cloud's load balancer functionality enables supervisors to improve uptime and scale applications by adding or removing servers without disrupting traffic flows. It lets users manage structured and unstructured data through built-in data storage, backups, archives and recovery capabilities. Additionally, the cloud event management functionality allows supervisors to identify, notify and resolve critical incidents. It comes with an application programming interface (API), which lets organizations integrate the system with several third-party solutions. IBM cloud lets users monitor activities via Android and iOS applications. The solution is available for free and on annual, monthly and pay-as-you-go subscriptions. It extends support via documentation, live chat and email. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 29 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 29 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: IBM ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: It is offered at free of cost. It is also available in 1-year, 3-year, monthly subscriptions and on a pay-as-you-go basis. Please contact IBM for further pricing details. - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - API - Activity Dashboard - Activity Management - Activity Tracking - Alerts/Escalation - Application Management - Approval Workflow - Audit Management - Authentication - Backup and Recovery - Cloud Computing - Data Catalog - Data Governance - Data Lineage - Data Migration - Data Security - Data Storage Management - Database Support - Deployment Management - For Developers ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base ## Category - [DevOps Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4380/devops/software) ## Related Categories - [DevOps Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4380/devops/software) - [IaaS Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4603/iaas-solutions/software) - [Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4661/paas/software) - [Metadata Management Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4485/metadata-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Control panels to work with > > **Cons**: Some references are too big that they stuck my web browser , example try the reference of watsing discovery and se the magic. When you deploy a java app and you want to se the logs you are only allowed to watch useing their web console wich is unefficent. references needs update , they never tell you that when thier eliminated user and password now there is an specific user and every endpoint just give you the password. the examples of conecions some time need some little fix up so they dont work as scratch. > > I was ordered to do a application with MFP watson cognitive fitures ,voice recordering and text analisys. I started with MFP wich there was almost no info except for the one on the site wich seemes outdated. After making if work i countinued with speach to text wich was easy to implement but then i started creating an orchestrator to handle all the otehr logic so i used a java app deployed on the cloud with dosent take long to configure finaly integrated other services like translate, personality insigths and Tone analyser everything work fine after some configurations. ----- ### "IBM Cloud's Enterprise-Grade security" — 4.0/5 > **PHYLLIS WANJIKU** | *28 June 2024* | Furniture | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: It's secure, reliable, and packed with features best for AI and blockchain projects, making it a great choice for building enterprise applications. > > **Cons**: First, the data transfer speeds are sometimes slow, and troubleshooting issues could be improved. > > I can recommend IBM Cloud for projects with its focus on security and AI/blockchain tools. It also all depends on your project's specific needs and your tolerance for potential roadblocks. ----- ### "Lord of Cloud Computing." — 5.0/5 > **Irfan** | *12 February 2021* | Automotive | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Support small and Large Business Organization. Easy Deployment One Window Solution Central Management. > > **Cons**: - Issue faced in Data Transfer at the time peak hours. - Troubleshoot is not easy some time its irritating. - Cost. > > Amazing experience, more than expectations, (due to large no of servers we facing issues in data management and data security. after moving on IBM Cloud we are relax and increasing our productivity.) ----- ### "Top Tier cloud provider with versatile custom solutions" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *19 June 2025* | Defense & Space | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Robust infrastructure and high level support available to you at any time. Extremely versatile with their service options, can be custom tailored to your needs, large number of datacenter locations to choose from if geo location is a concern. > > **Cons**: It can be expensive but that's what it is for higher tier cloud services. Their interface is a bit complicated/convoluted at times, part of that was from legacy issues of merging older systems together with the new. > > Overall IBM cloud was easy to deal with and provided high tier service, support was excellent, better than most I have seen in the industry. If you need a versatile custom solution they have many options to chose from, even their basic offerings have a lot of potential options which I liked to see. ----- ### "Review of IBM Cloud" — 4.0/5 > **Joel** | *16 March 2023* | Consumer Services | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: It offers strong security features, such as multi-factor authentication, encryption, and network security > > **Cons**: For my institution that does large-scale cloud deployments it is expensive to use IBM Cloud > > IBM Cloud is robust and it gives us a variety of tools that helps us build, deploy and manage our application on the cloud ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/390826/ibm-cloud?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/390826/ibm-cloud) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data