Antihost vs IBM Cloud Code Engine

Antihost9.7Visit IBM Cloud Code Engine9.2Visit

Higher score Antihost #1 in Container Hosting 9.7/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Antihost

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IBM Cloud Code Engine #3 in Container Hosting 9.2/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 3 features Try IBM Code Engine

• Antihost fits best

  Running containers on your own Ryzen 9 VPS

• IBM Cloud Code Engine fits best

  Teams needing broad serverless container workloads

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Side by side

Feature	Antihost 9.7/10 Visit ↗	IBM Cloud Code Engine 9.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.7	9.2
Ranking	#1 in Container Hosting	#3 in Container Hosting
Best for	Running containers on your own Ryzen 9 VPS	Teams needing broad serverless container workloads
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$2.99/mo	—
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Features Antihost 0/3 · IBM Cloud Code Engine 0/3
Autoscaling	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Persistent storage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Private networking	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment method	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Available regions	6 regions	Not checked yet
Maximum replicas	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	—	Runs applications, event-driven functions, batch jobs and parallel fleets Scales applications automatically, including to zero Deploys from source or images and supports Kubernetes and Knative tooling
Cons	—	Usage-based charges can make costs less predictable than fixed plans Focused on IBM Cloud services for workload connections Requires comfort with APIs or cloud tooling for workload management
Our verdict	— Read the review →	IBM Code Engine brings containerized applications, source code, event-driven functions, batch jobs and serverless fleets into a managed serverless runtime. It is aimed at teams that want to run different workload types without managing… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• IBM Cloud Code Engine — where it wins

  • Runs applications, event-driven functions, batch jobs and parallel fleets
  • Scales applications automatically, including to zero
  • Deploys from source or images and supports Kubernetes and Knative tooling

  Where it doesn't

  • Usage-based charges can make costs less predictable than fixed plans
  • Focused on IBM Cloud services for workload connections
  • Requires comfort with APIs or cloud tooling for workload management

• Antihost9.7/10 · Paid

  Antihost — Docker VPS with Docker Engine, Compose and Portainer pre-installed.

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• IBM Cloud Code Engine9.2/10 · Free plan

  A flexible serverless runtime for teams deploying varied container workloads.

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