Equinix Metal vs IBM Cloud Infrastructure as a Service comparison

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Reach more customers faster

• Expand global reach with fully automated infrastructure across a global platform that is developer friendly.

Get your data closer to your customers

• Build enterprise-grade, cost optimized infrastructure with leading digital storage providers.

Deliver world-class digital experiences at the edge

• Quickly scale to improve performance with proximity to customers in growing metros.

Directly access a world of service providers, customers and partners

• With native integration into Equinix Fabric®, you can efficiently and securely reach the users, partners, clouds and networks that matter most to your business.

Optimize cloud costs and increase security

• Reduce public cloud egress costs while gaining greater control over surface vulnerability by isolating sensitive workloads in a single-tenant infrastructure.

Innovate faster with DevOps automation

• Automate digital infrastructure and software deployment in minutes, not months using the most popular DevOps tools.

Dedicated support, all day every day

• Technical account management and support are available, including shared Slack channels for responsive, personalized

Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is a type of cloud computing that lets you allocate compute, network, storage and security resources on demand. IBM Cloud IaaS customers can scale and shrink resources as needed around the world in more than 60 data centers. You have access to the full stack of compute, down to the bare metal, for more control than other cloud resources. This flexibility lets you customize hardware to your exact specifications to meet your workload's precise demands.