Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) vs IBM Cloud Block Storage

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)9.4Visit IBM Cloud Block Storage8.8Visit

Higher score Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) #1 in Block Storage Services 9.4/10 From $0.08/mo ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Amazon EBS

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IBM Cloud Block Storage #6 in Block Storage Services 8.8/10 Paid ✓ 2 of 4 features Visit IBM Cloud

• Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) fits best

  AWS-native production block storage

• IBM Cloud Block Storage fits best

  IBM Cloud VPC workloads

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) 9.4/10 Visit ↗	IBM Cloud Block Storage 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	8.8
Ranking	#1 in Block Storage Services	#6 in Block Storage Services
Best for	AWS-native production block storage	IBM Cloud VPC workloads
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$0.08/mo	Not checked yet
Free plan	—	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs	Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs
Integrations	7 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) 4/4 · IBM Cloud Block Storage 2/4
Snapshots	✓	✓
Multi-attach	✓ (best)	—
Encryption	✓	✓
Cross-region replication	✓ (best)	—
Specs
Max volume size	64 TB (best)	32 TB
Volume types	gp2, gp3, io1, io2, st1, sc1, standard	sdp, general-purpose, 5iops-tier, 10iops-tier, custom
Maximum IOPS	80000 IOPS (best)	64000 IOPS
Our review
Pros	Multiple SSD and HDD volume types for varied workloads Snapshots, encryption, replication, and live volume changes Deep integration with core AWS services and Amazon EC2	Profiles support tiered, custom, and defined-performance configurations. Supports volumes up to 32,000 GB and performance up to 64,000 IOPS. Offers snapshots, encryption, and provisioning through Terraform, CLI, API, and console.
Cons	No free plan for evaluating the service Usage-based pricing varies by AWS Region Some advanced features apply only to supported volume types	There is no multi-attach support for sharing a volume across instances. Cross-region protection uses snapshot copying rather than live volume replication. The service is paid and pricing varies by region, profile, capacity, and billing period.
Our verdict	Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) provides persistent, block-level storage volumes for Amazon EC2 instances. It is suited to AWS workloads that need storage for boot volumes, databases, transactional applications,… Read the review →	IBM Cloud Block Storage provides persistent SSD-backed block volumes for IBM Cloud VPC virtual servers and containerized applications. It supports both boot and data volumes, making it suitable for enterprise applications, databases,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) — where it wins

  • Multiple SSD and HDD volume types for varied workloads
  • Snapshots, encryption, replication, and live volume changes
  • Deep integration with core AWS services and Amazon EC2

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan for evaluating the service
  • Usage-based pricing varies by AWS Region
  • Some advanced features apply only to supported volume types

• IBM Cloud Block Storage — where it wins

  • Profiles support tiered, custom, and defined-performance configurations.
  • Supports volumes up to 32,000 GB and performance up to 64,000 IOPS.
  • Offers snapshots, encryption, and provisioning through Terraform, CLI, API, and console.

  Where it doesn't

  • There is no multi-attach support for sharing a volume across instances.
  • Cross-region protection uses snapshot copying rather than live volume replication.
  • The service is paid and pricing varies by region, profile, capacity, and billing period.

• Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)9.4/10 · From $0.08/mo

  A broad AWS-native block storage service with flexible volume and snapshot options.

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• IBM Cloud Block Storage8.8/10 · Paid

  A flexible block storage service for IBM Cloud VPC workloads and Kubernetes storage.

  Visit IBM CloudFull verdict →