Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC

Amazon Web Services (AWS)9.4Visit IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC9.0Visit

Higher score Amazon Web Services (AWS) #1 in Infrastructure as a Service 9.4/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 4 features Visit AWS

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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC #3 in Infrastructure as a Service 9.0/10 Paid ✓ 1 of 4 features Visit IBM Cloud

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) fits best

  Organizations needing broad, compliance-ready cloud

• IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC fits best

  Teams needing VPC servers with flexible profiles

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon Web Services (AWS) 9.4/10 Visit ↗	IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	9.0
Ranking	#1 in Infrastructure as a Service	#3 in Infrastructure as a Service
Best for	Organizations needing broad, compliance-ready cloud	Teams needing VPC servers with flexible profiles
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	Not checked yet
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Phone, Live chat, Community, Docs · 24/7	Docs, Community, Phone, Live chat, Tickets · 24/7
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon Web Services (AWS) 0/4 · IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC 1/4
Object storage	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
GPU instances	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Managed Kubernetes	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Block storage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Cloud regions	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Max instance vCPUs	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Broad compute, storage, database, networking, and application services HIPAA-eligible services and a standard Business Associate Addendum Multiple Regions, Availability Zones, and granular access controls	Profiles cover compute, memory, storage optimization, GPU/AI, and flex options Choose public multi-tenant or dedicated single-tenant deployment Auto Scale groups and optional load balancers support changing traffic
Cons	HIPAA eligibility covers only designated services Customers must configure workloads under a shared-responsibility model Service-specific pricing depends on usage, regions, and selected services	Paid service with no free plan Pricing is pay-as-you-use or reserved, with no base instance price published VPC and related services require choosing profiles, regions, and network components
Our verdict	AWS provides cloud infrastructure and managed services for building, hosting, storing, and processing applications and data. Its services span compute, storage, databases, networking, and applications, with options for organizations from… Read the review →	IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC provides configurable virtual machines within IBM Cloud’s software-defined VPC. Developers and organizations running workloads such as SAP or AI can choose predefined profiles and shared or dedicated… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) — where it wins

  • Broad compute, storage, database, networking, and application services
  • HIPAA-eligible services and a standard Business Associate Addendum
  • Multiple Regions, Availability Zones, and granular access controls

  Where it doesn't

  • HIPAA eligibility covers only designated services
  • Customers must configure workloads under a shared-responsibility model
  • Service-specific pricing depends on usage, regions, and selected services

• IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC — where it wins

  • Profiles cover compute, memory, storage optimization, GPU/AI, and flex options
  • Choose public multi-tenant or dedicated single-tenant deployment
  • Auto Scale groups and optional load balancers support changing traffic

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid service with no free plan
  • Pricing is pay-as-you-use or reserved, with no base instance price published
  • VPC and related services require choosing profiles, regions, and network components

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)9.4/10 · Paid

  A broad cloud platform with pay-as-you-go pricing and customer-managed compliance configuration.

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• IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC9.0/10 · Paid

  Configurable VPC virtual servers with shared or dedicated capacity and autoscaling.

  Visit IBM CloudFull verdict →