IBM Power Systems Customer Reviews 2026

What is IBM Power Systems?

IBM Power is a family of servers that are based on IBM Power processors and are capable of running IBM AIX, IBM i and Linux. Respond faster to business demands, protect your data from core to cloud, and streamline insights and automation. Modernize your applications and infrastructure with a frictionless hybrid cloud experience. IBM Power servers provide the agility, reliability and sustainability your organization requires.

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Awards & Recognition

IBM Power Systems won the following awards in the Systems Management category

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Latest Award, 2025

2 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2025

Service Experience
Product Impact

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

5 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2024

IBM Power Systems 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.

94 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

84 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.

+93 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 Power Systems?

0% Negative

2% Neutral

98% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Effective Service
Security Protects
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 87

Automated Remediation

93

Patching Automation

90

Event Correlation & Management

89

Multi-Site Functionality

89

Capacity Management

88

Cloud Monitoring

88

Applications Monitoring

87

Network Performance Management

87

Storage Monitoring

86

Deployment Model

86

Network Configuration Management

86

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Business Value Created

87

Ease of Implementation

86

Quality of Features

86

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

86

Ease of Data Integration

86

Vendor Support

85

Breadth of Features

83

Ease of Customization

82

Usability and Intuitiveness

82

Ease of IT Administration

81

Availability and Quality of Training

81

IBM Power Systems Reviews

Kaniaru K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

"Fantastic product!" highly commendable

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates IBM Power Systems from other similar products?

continuous innovation, highest performance, large memory bandwidth, market-leading availability and security, and outstanding virtualization features

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

large memory bandwidth, market-leading availability and security

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not so sure

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

cost effective and performance

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Karter A.

Role: Public Sector
Industry: Communications
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Enhanced and efficient software

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Power Systems from other similar products?

Our design team finds it simple to manage the resources online thanks to Rational ALM. The benefit of viewing CPU utilization information on the dashboard is provided to users. We have the ability to manage essential corporate content, including source code and various papers.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

With the aid of this tool, we may successfully manage design and deployment while designing various development programs. The amazing collaboration has simply worked on difficult and demanding projects much simpler. ALM is a crucial tool for testers and a daily test management tool. It offers functionality needed for a typical testing procedure. It supports a variety of our favorite application lifecycle models.

What do you dislike most about this product?

the absence of ready-made arrangements. Getting your settings right requires a lot of trial and error due to the numerous configuration options and occasionally perplexing hierarchy. It is not yet defect-free; it frequently fails, and as the number of artifacts significantly increases, performance also becomes sluggish.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The relationship between proposed project and objectives is traceable thanks to IBM Rational ALM. That makes it simple for us to understand precisely what is needed for every aspect of business. It facilitates simple project planning and execution. Project managers and business analysts should use it. We have one central location where Rational ALM stores all of our data.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Princeton S.

Role: Public Sector
Industry: Utilities
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Effective software

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Power Systems from other similar products?

Through IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management, one can access engineering data from a variety of data sources to improve project decisions. One can also spend less time looking for, querying, and analyzing engineering data relationships and more time coming up with new ideas and improvements rather than trying to find information and document progress.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

We have all of our data kept in one place with Rational ALM, making it simple for us to operate our employees online without any issues. We utilize it across the board for the entire operation team, so it is highly adaptable. Several development teams can easily collaborate with one another.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Installation problems with the product and a steep learning curve. There are three primary components to the answer, and each requires a significant amount of learning. There are available courses and a few documents. The majority of user training was carried out through hands-on practice and YouTube videos.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Our company's engineers use IBM Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) to seamlessly access and modify business objectives based on feedback from clients. It keeps our developers on the same page throughout the process of creating software, allowing them to stay on top of problems and deliver effectively.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

How We Deliver

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

IBM Power Systems Ratings

94 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM Power Systems?

Pros

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

Automated Remediation Automate remediation of alerts due to exceeding defined thresholds e.g. trigger scripts to address low disk space alerts.

Patching Automation The automated deployment and installation of server patches

Event Correlation & Management Correlate and filter events (e.g., setting thresholds) to identify and report only meaningful alerts.

Multi-Site Functionality Centralized management of resources across multiple remote locations.

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Cloud Monitoring Monitor SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS deployments (e.g., metrics such as throughput, latency, and failed requests).

Applications Monitoring Monitor applications and associated infrastructure, including databases, middleware, and messaging components.

Network Performance Management Includes network performance analysis, bandwidth monitoring, and capacity planning.

Storage Monitoring Monitor storage performance and capacity.

Deployment Model Deployment model(s), e.g. on-premise, cloud, hybrid, suit business needs

Network Configuration Management Provide configuration change tracking, configuration backup scheduling, and compliance monitoring for defined standards.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 Power Systems Reviews

Kaniaru K.

"Fantastic product!" highly commendable

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Karter A.

Enhanced and efficient software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Princeton S.

Effective software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Automated Remediation

Patching Automation

Event Correlation & Management

Multi-Site Functionality

Capacity Management

Cloud Monitoring

Applications Monitoring

Network Performance Management

Storage Monitoring

Deployment Model

Network Configuration Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training