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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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Latest Award, 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.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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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.

+96 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?

8% Negative

0% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Over Delivered
Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Service Desk Integration

100

Networking

100

Hybrid Support

100

Asset Management

100

Automated Deployment

100

Open Source-Based

100

Data Migration

Cloud Integration

Cloud Backup

Workflow Management

Multi Cloud Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

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

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IBM Cloud Bare Metal

What is IBM Cloud Bare Metal?

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Awards & Recognition

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+96 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

Service Desk Integration Ability to integrate with Service desk

Networking Software defined networking and automation

Hybrid Support Ability to support both cloud traditional IT, ability to move workload between clouds

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Reviews

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Feature Ratings

Service Desk Integration

Networking

Hybrid Support

Asset Management

Automated Deployment

Open Source-Based

Data Migration

Cloud Integration

Cloud Backup

Workflow Management

Multi Cloud Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training