Azure Red Hat OpenShift vs IBM Public Cloud comparison

Microsoft and IBM are both solutions in the PaaS Clouds category. Microsoft is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.3, while IBM is ranked #19 with an average rating of 6.5. Microsoft holds a 1.1% mindshare in PSP, compared to IBM’s 3.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of IBM users who would recommend it.

Azure Red Hat OpenShift

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

IBM Public Cloud and Azure Red Hat OpenShift are competing products in the cloud services arena. Azure Red Hat OpenShift appears to have the upper hand due to its feature richness and perceived value.

Features: IBM Public Cloud offers strong data encryption, a comprehensive global infrastructure, and personalization support, ensuring high reliability and compliance. Azure Red Hat OpenShift features a user-friendly GUI, NAT-based networking solutions, and automated scaling capabilities, enhancing development efficiency and integration with Azure services.

Room for Improvement: IBM Public Cloud could enhance integration features and ease of use in complex scenarios while offering more cost-effective solutions for larger infrastructures. It could also expand its feature set beyond security. Azure Red Hat OpenShift could benefit from a reduction in licensing costs and further simplification of some administrative processes. Additionally, improving out-of-box network configuration and security policies would be valuable.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Public Cloud provides a flexible deployment model that supports hybrid environments, coupled with direct and personalized customer service. Azure Red Hat OpenShift offers swift deployment via Kubernetes management, benefiting from Microsoft's extensive support network, ensuring efficient application scaling and resilience.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Public Cloud offers competitive long-term pricing, making it economically viable despite higher initial costs. Azure Red Hat OpenShift might incur higher upfront setup expenses but delivers a superior ROI through advanced development tools and quicker productivity boosts.

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Red Hat OpenShift

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

16th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IBM Public Cloud

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

19th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IoT Platforms (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Azure Red Hat OpenShift is 1.1%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Public Cloud is 3.3%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

PaaS Clouds Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Azure Red Hat OpenShift	1.1%
IBM Public Cloud	3.3%
Other	95.6%

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DeepakMishra

CEO, Head of Sales and Business Development at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Integrated cloud platform has streamlined app delivery and supported certified marketplace products

A potential area for improvement for Azure Red Hat OpenShift is to see managed identity support and ensure that some of the security features are not conflicting with Azure or Azure product features. I am sure in the future it will be more templatized so that we need not depend on Azure security features. Azure Red Hat OpenShift should be independent of Azure security features with respect to container scan and all that. Why would it use an Azure security feature? That is what I find. It is still yet to be GA and commonly available, but that is a strong reason for improvement.

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Premnath Jaganathan

Product Manager at Uop Ipl

Affordability and security improve our cloud experience while learning new systems

I'm not working with any AI features in IBM Public Cloud, but they are in the process of building it.I am very satisfied with the security that IBM Public Cloud provides. I would rate IBM Public Cloud eight out of ten, where one is worst and ten is the best.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Technical support from Red Hat is very good."

"Red Hat is a very stable product with good integration with products such as Kubernetes, and it also offers migration tools."

"Flexibility, a very well-developed interface, and ease of learning are the most valuable features of Azure Red Hat OpenShift."

"The most valuable features of the solution are accessibility and scalability."

"It supports AKS and other projects like Kubernetes or EKS."

"The solution's support and its automation tool that ensures we are secure and appropriately configured are the most valuable features of Azure Red Hat OpenShift."

"The functions and features in Azure Red Hat OpenShift that I have found most valuable are that it is a platform that is baked into Azure, and since it is baked into Azure, it is managed operation by Azure, which takes out the complexity of the infrastructure management and day two operations when compared with on-premise OpenShift."

"As a consulting company, we implement Azure Red Hat OpenShift for our clients, who appreciate its integration capabilities for enhancing cloud operations. While we handle implementation, build processes, and automation, the operational responsibility lies with the customer. The service provides basic processes and support from Red Hat and Microsoft, which benefits clients by allowing them to focus on their business rather than regular operations like cluster upgrades."

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"What I like most in IBM Public Cloud is how easy it is to create serverless functions. They are called IBM functions, but in AWS, they are called Lambda functions. Those are pretty standard, and another thing I like the most is that you have fewer restrictions on the amount of data you can transfer across those functions. IBM Public Cloud is way more flexible than AWS. I also like that IBM Public Cloud is pretty straightforward to integrate. As long as you have all the tools IBM provides you, getting everything up and running is straightforward."

"Overall, I would say that IBM Cloud is stable, straightforward, and is a good service."

"It provides robust analytics and management tools to give customers complete visibility into their environment and infrastructure."

"The stability is excellent; it's 200% stable with no bugs or glitches, it doesn't crash or freeze, and it's extremely reliable with great performance."

"I've found the stability to be excellent. The performance is good."

"One of the features that I really like about IBM Cloud is the flexibility where you can order your own hardware."

"On the production side, we are seeing a 200% ROI."

"The beauty of cloud service providers, especially public cloud service providers, is that they are scalable every time when you need them because their payment model is pay-as-you-go."

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Cons

"One of the things to notice is that this product can be expensive."

"Azure Red Hat OpenShift's support should be improved."

"There is room for improvement in terms of orchestration. While Azure orchestration offers valuable features, it's worth noting that it may not match the level of orchestration provided by Kubernetes itself."

"Regarding room for improvement, there's always room, but it's mainly about Azure itself rather than Azure Red Hat OpenShift. Azure is not as advanced as AWS in terms of supported services. AWS is the leader in this area. However, there's no need for service improvement in Azure Red Hat OpenShift as the service is excellent. I don't need additional features because I can customize it according to the customer's needs."

"I would like Azure Red Hat OpenShift to be more open to new frameworks and languages. Currently, if I create a pod with Rust, it doesn't work in OpenShift, and I must create a layer of interpretation."

"Technically, Azure Red Hat OpenShift is fine. However, its marketing could be improved, especially when compared to the robust marketing efforts of Azure, HPE, and Nutanix."

"I would rate the technical support from Microsoft as six."

"They need to improve the core licensing model."

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"They do not have a very good virtual network implemented, and the VPC is the most important feature that needs to be improved."

"The solution needs to be more autonomous. It should let the DL go to allow for more jobs on the cloud. It could have a better interface as well."

"While they have about 99% of what we need, the only exception, perhaps, was the push notification feature that was discontinued. They delayed the replacement product."

"It could be more secure."

"The IBM Cloud is less stable than AWS, Google, and Oracle."

"Support needs some improvement. Basically, you are doing it all on your own, and it's not easy."

"Maybe performance enhancers and reports could be better improved. Of all the drawbacks I saw, this would be the biggest enhancement."

"While they have about 99% of what we need, the only exception, perhaps, was the push notification feature that was discontinued. They delayed the replacement product."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Azure Red Hat OpenShift is not a low-price solution; it's expensive. Pricing depends on the strategy and whether you buy it directly from Red Hat or the Azure portal. Additionally, some customers may need a complete disaster recovery solution, which requires additional licensing and software products for implementation, such as backups."

"I rate the product's price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"Compared to other cloud environments like Amazon or Google, Azure Red Hat OpenShift is an expensive solution."

"It is expensive compared to a similar product."

"Pricing is not as fair as Amazon or Azure."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a nine out of ten."

"IBM Public Cloud is pretty cheap. They have an ongoing free tier that basically won't expire, so as long as your solution is small enough, you can have a test set that you can use for demos, which will cost you almost nothing."

"IBM has a lesser price compared to other cloud service providers like Azure and AWS."

"It pretty much has a standard price. There is no hidden price with IBM Public Cloud."

"The licensing fees are straightforward and predictable."

"The price of IBM Cloud is very cheap compared to competitors AWS and Azure."

"We are using the trial version of this solution, so we have not paid anything."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Healthcare Company

University

13%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Red Hat OpenShift?

The pricing for OpenShift is similar to other solutions like Docker ( /products/docker-37146-reviews ) Studio. The plans with ARO and AWS are standard in the market. However, using OpenShift on-pre...

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What needs improvement with Azure Red Hat OpenShift?

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What is your primary use case for Azure Red Hat OpenShift?

My use case for Azure Red Hat OpenShift is for an employee engagement application and HR, and I have also used it for an agentic bot.

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Which is preferable - IBM Public Cloud or Microsoft Azure?

IBM Public Cloud is IBM’s Platform-as-a-Service. It aims to provide organizations with a secure cloud environment to manage data and applications. One of the features we like is the cloud activity ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Public Cloud?

The prices are relatively lower compared to others. It is a good option for medium-sized businesses. However, businesses should also consider other vendors to ensure they meet their specific securi...

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What needs improvement with IBM Public Cloud?

The connectivity and speed of IBM Public Cloud are much lower compared to the competition.

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Overview

Azure Red Hat OpenShift provides highly available, fully managed OpenShift clusters on demand, monitored and operated jointly by Microsoft and Red Hat. Kubernetes is at the core of Red Hat OpenShift. OpenShift brings added-value features to complement Kubernetes, making it a turnkey container platform as a service (PaaS) with a significantly improved developer and operator experience.

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