IBM Cloud Block Storage comparisons
IBM Cloud Block Storage is compared head-to-head with Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Google Persistent Disk and Google Cloud Hyperdisk and more: 7 head-to-heads in Block Storage Services, each with the specs and prices we checked.
IBM Cloud Block Storage head-to-head
- IBM Cloud Block Storage vs Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
- IBM Cloud Block Storage vs Google Persistent Disk
- IBM Cloud Block Storage vs Google Cloud Hyperdisk
- IBM Cloud Block Storage vs OpenStack Cinder
- IBM Cloud Block Storage vs Huawei Cloud Elastic Volume Service (EVS)
- IBM Cloud Block Storage vs Alibaba Cloud Cloud Disk
- IBM Cloud Block Storage vs Tencent Cloud Cloud Block Storage (CBS)
IBM Cloud Block Storage vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Max volume size | Volume types | Snapshots | Multi-attach | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | IBM Cloud Block Storage | 32 TB | sdp, general-purpose, 5iops-tier, 10iops-tier, custom | Yes | No | 8.8 | ||
| 1 | Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) | No | $0.08/mo | 64 TB | gp2, gp3, io1, io2, st1, sc1, standard | Yes | Yes | 9.4 |
| 2 | Google Persistent Disk | Yes | 64 TB | Standard, Balanced, SSD, Extreme | Yes | Yes | 9.3 | |
| 3 | Google Cloud Hyperdisk | No | 64 TB | Hyperdisk Balanced, Hyperdisk Balanced High Availability, Hyperdisk Extreme, Hyperdisk Throughput, Hyperdisk ML | Yes | Yes | 9.2 | |
| 4 | OpenStack Cinder | No | Free | __DEFAULT__; custom volume types | Yes | Yes | 9.0 | |
| 5 | Huawei Cloud Elastic Volume Service (EVS) | No | 32 TB | Extreme SSD; Ultra-high I/O; General Purpose SSD; General Purpose SSD V2; High I/O; Common I/O | Yes | Yes | 8.9 | |
| 7 | Alibaba Cloud Cloud Disk | $7.65/GB/mo | 64 TB | ESSD PL0, ESSD PL1, ESSD PL2, ESSD PL3, ESSD AutoPL, Regional ESSD, ESSD Entry, Standard SSD, Ultra Disk, Basic Disk | Yes | Yes | 8.7 | |
| 8 | Tencent Cloud Cloud Block Storage (CBS) | 32 TB | Premium Disk; Balanced SSD; Cloud SSD; Enhanced SSD; Tremendous SSD | Yes | 8.6 |
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