IT Central Station is now PeerSpot: Here's why
  • Home
  • DigitalOcean vs. IBM SoftLayer

DigitalOcean vs IBM SoftLayer comparison

Cancel
You must select at least 2 products to compare!
DigitalOcean Logo

DigitalOcean

1,311 views|1,134 comparisons
IBM Logo

IBM SoftLayer

Read 1 IBM SoftLayer review
508 views|387 comparisons
Buyer's Guide
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
July 2022
Download Free Report
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Amazon, Linode and others in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS). Updated: July 2022.
DOWNLOAD NOW
622,645 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
Here are some excerpts of what they said:
report
See Which Vendors Are Best For You
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) solutions are best for your needs.
See Recommendations
622,645 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Questions from the Community
What do you like most about DigitalOcean?
Top Answer:Absolute price transparency (no surprises).  Overall, a low-cost solution with very good quality and stability. Best price/quality balance nowadays.
Read all 2 answers   →
What needs improvement with DigitalOcean?
Top Answer:I think the support can be improved, and I also think DigitalOcean needs to work on the reliability of the droplets. I've done some research and discovered that the droplet becomes unbootable. The… more »
What is your primary use case for DigitalOcean?
Top Answer:We use this program for reliability and support. We have several solutions, enterprise solutions, which we deploy for our clients. So we manage the deployment, management of the service and everything… more »
What do you like most about IBM SoftLayer?
Top Answer:The ELT versus ETL extract, transform and load versus extract, load, and then transform, the ELT method is what really sells SoftLayer.
Read all 2 answers   →
What needs improvement with IBM SoftLayer?
Top Answer:For us, the versioning was an issue. There were some compatibility issues between what the customer had on-site and what the lowest available SoftLayer was. There was some compatibility that they had… more »
Read all 2 answers   →
What advice do you have for others considering IBM SoftLayer?
Top Answer:I'm not sure which version number of the solution we're using. I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. IBM Software is the only thing that does what it does.
Read all 2 answers   →
Ranking
12th
out of 60 in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
Views
1,311
Comparisons
1,134
Reviews
0
Average Words per Review
0
Rating
N/A
16th
out of 26 in Public Cloud Storage Services
Views
508
Comparisons
387
Reviews
1
Average Words per Review
511
Rating
9.0
Comparisons
Also Known As
Digital Ocean
CloudLayer
Learn More
DigitalOcean
IBM
Overview
DigitalOcean has the fastest and most convenient cloud technology to help you easily and more efficiently manage your infrastructure so you can get back to coding. We provide all of our users with high-performance SSD Hard Drives, a flexible API, and the ability to select the nearest data center location.

SoftLayer provides cloud infrastructure as a service from a growing number of data centers and network points of presence around the world. Our customers range from Web startups to global enterprises.

Products and services include bare metal and virtual servers, networking, turnkey big data solutions, private cloud solutions, and more. Our unique advantages include the industry's first Network-Within-a-Network topology for true out-of-band access, and an easy-to-use customer portal and robust API for full remote-access of all product and service management options.

Offer
Learn more about DigitalOcean
Learn More
Learn more about IBM SoftLayer
Learn More
Sample Customers
jQuery Foundation, Pertino, TaskRabbit, Compose, InfluxDB, The Able Few
Whogohost Ltd., Skypicker, Infinity Computers and Communications Company, Grace Co. Ltd., Keyword, Uvionics Tech, Tennis Australia, immixGroup, Salesbox, Cxense ASA, Avnet Inc., Komsomolskaya Pravda, Seekr
Top Industries
VISITORS READING REVIEWS
Comms Service Provider35%
Computer Software Company22%
Government6%
University5%
VISITORS READING REVIEWS
Computer Software Company34%
Comms Service Provider16%
Media Company10%
Insurance Company6%
Company Size
VISITORS READING REVIEWS
Small Business22%
Midsize Enterprise22%
Large Enterprise56%
VISITORS READING REVIEWS
Small Business20%
Midsize Enterprise9%
Large Enterprise71%
Buyer's Guide
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
July 2022
Download Free Report
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Amazon, Linode and others in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS). Updated: July 2022.
DOWNLOAD NOW
622,645 professionals have used our research since 2012.

DigitalOcean is ranked 12th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) while IBM SoftLayer is ranked 16th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 1 review. DigitalOcean is rated 0.0, while IBM SoftLayer is rated 9.0. On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM SoftLayer writes "Stable with excellent speed and agility". DigitalOcean is most compared with Amazon AWS, Oracle Cloud, Google Firebase, Alibaba Cloud and Microsoft Azure, whereas IBM SoftLayer is most compared with Amazon AWS, Amazon S3 Glacier, Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage.

We monitor all Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.