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IBM Cloud Bare Metal

Composite Score

8.3 /10

CX Score

8.6 /10

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What is IBM Cloud Bare Metal?

IBM Cloud™ Bare Metal Servers are single-tenant physical servers that provide you performance and control with low-level access to the hardware resources. Your server isn’t shared with “noisy neighbors,” it’s all yours!

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Awards & Recognition

IBM Cloud Bare Metal won the following awards in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service category

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6 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2026

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2025

3 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2025

Contract Negotiation

2024

4 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2024

Service Experience
Contract Negotiation

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2023

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love IBM Cloud Bare Metal?

7% Negative

5% Neutral

88% Positive

Pros

Over Delivered
Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Open Source-Based

Multiple Region Support

Asset Management

Workload Migration

Automated Deployment

Networking

Cloud Integration

Multi Cloud Management

Cloud Backup

Workflow Management

Data Migration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Reviews

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2020

No headline.

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

Pros

Inspires Innovation
Caring
Helps Innovate
Reliable

Cons

Less Productive
Less Effective Service
Less Transparent

IBM Cloud Bare Metal

What is IBM Cloud Bare Metal?

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Awards & Recognition

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM Cloud Bare Metal?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Open Source-Based OpenMetal is built on OpenStack and Ceph, which allows for lower costs than other providers and no license fees.

Multiple Region Support Customers can easily move their services into another one of our data centers for simplified and fast multi-region availability.

Asset Management Solution centralizes an inventory of all corporate assets and integrates with a risk assessment of assets.

Workload Migration Ability to move servers and resources from one platform to another

Automated Deployment Clouds can be deployed on-demand and are ready to use in under one minute.

Networking Software defined networking and automation

Cloud Integration Includes real-time data integration, APIs, and data quality.

Multi Cloud Management Includes multiple cloud computing services, file transfers, and security guarantee.

Cloud Backup Includes backup schedules, encryption algorithms, and data support.

Workflow Management Includes ability to support flexible and comprehensive workflow-based capabilities.

Data Migration The ability to select and extract data from one storage system to another

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Reviews

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Feature Ratings

Open Source-Based

Multiple Region Support

Asset Management

Workload Migration

Automated Deployment

Networking

Cloud Integration

Multi Cloud Management

Cloud Backup

Workflow Management

Data Migration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features