# Best Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software - Page 6

## How Many Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software Products Does G2 Track?

**Total Products under this Category:** 248

### Category Stats (Aug 2026)

- **Average Rating:** 4.37/5 The average rating of products in this category, based on all submitted ratings
- **Top Trending Product:** Contabo (+5.21%) - Among all products in this category, Contabo recorded the largest rating increase compared to last month

_Last updated: August 04, 2026_

## How Does G2 Rank Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software Products?

**Why You Can Trust G2's Software Rankings:**

- 30 Analysts and Data Experts
- 16,500+ Authentic Reviews
- 248+ Products
- Unbiased Rankings

G2's software rankings are built on verified user reviews, rigorous moderation, and a consistent research methodology maintained by a team of analysts and data experts. Each product is measured using the same transparent criteria, with no paid placement or vendor influence. While reviews reflect real user experiences, which can be subjective, they offer valuable insight into how software performs in the hands of professionals. Together, these inputs power the G2 Score, a standardized way to compare tools within every category.

## G2 Grid® for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software
 ![G2 Grid® for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software plotting products by satisfaction and market presence](https://www.g2.com/categories/infrastructure-as-a-service-iaas/grids.png?focus%5B%5D=54374&focus%5B%5D=583&focus%5B%5D=10922&focus%5B%5D=126474&focus%5B%5D=6599&focus%5B%5D=2908&focus%5B%5D=1644&focus%5B%5D=52160)

Highlighted products: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), Amazon EC2, VMware vSphere, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Google Compute Engine, Akamai Cloud Computing, DigitalOcean, and Azure Virtual Machines.

Underlying data: [Grid® JSON](https://www.g2.com/categories/infrastructure-as-a-service-iaas/grids.json?focus%5B%5D=vmware-cloud-foundation-vcf&focus%5B%5D=amazon-ec2&focus%5B%5D=vmware-vsphere&focus%5B%5D=acronis-cyber-protect-cloud&focus%5B%5D=google-compute-engine&focus%5B%5D=akamai-cloud-computing&focus%5B%5D=digitalocean&focus%5B%5D=azure-virtual-machines)

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### [CtrlS](https://www.g2.com/products/ctrls/reviews)

CtrlS is a Tier 4 certified data center offering cloud server hosting, dedicated server hosting, VPS hosting and other data center services.

**Average Rating:** 3.8/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 3

#### How Do G2 Users Rate CtrlS?

- **Public Cloud:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Virtual Machines (VMs):** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Hybrid Cloud:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind CtrlS?

- **Seller:** [CtrlS](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ctrls)
- **Year Founded:** 2008
- **HQ Location:** Hyderabad, IN
- **Twitter:** @CtrlSDC  
1,173 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=be5916c0080ac1367c3cfea94b4dc22166b3a0af7fa64cfe584abc41b9de3f4c&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fctrls-datacenters-ltd%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
1,938 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 33% Large, 33% Medium

#### What Do G2 Reviewers Say About CtrlS?

_AI-generated summary from verified user reviews_

##### Pros

- Users commend CtrlS for its **state-of-the-art infrastructure resources** , making it Asia's largest advanced data center.

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of CtrlS?

**["Nice Cloud service"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/ctrls-review-5463376)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Swapnil R._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/ctrls-review-5463376)

**["By far the most capable datacentre"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/ctrls-review-10467958)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Aryan G._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/ctrls-review-10467958)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About CtrlS?

- [What is CtrlS used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-ctrls-used-for)

### [HorizonIQ Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/horizoniq-cloud/reviews)

HorizonIQ Managed Private Cloud delivers fully managed, single-tenant virtualization environments powered by Proxmox VE or VMware vSphere. Each cluster includes a minimum of three high-performance nodes, configurable with up to 48 cores (96 threads), 4TB RAM, and 10Gbps networking per node. Designed for businesses running mission-critical workloads like AI/ML, VDI, and large-scale databases, this solution includes integrated 10Gbps firewalls, scalable hyperconverged or dedicated storage, and flat-rate pricing. With full hypervisor access, optional HA configurations, and centralized management via the Compass Portal, HorizonIQ provides the control of private infrastructure with the ease of a managed service.

**Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 33

#### How Do G2 Users Rate HorizonIQ Cloud?

- **Public Cloud:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Virtual Machines (VMs):** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.4/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Hybrid Cloud:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind HorizonIQ Cloud?

- **Seller:** [HorizonIQ](https://www.g2.com/sellers/horizoniq)
- **Year Founded:** 1996
- **HQ Location:** Norcross, GA
- **Twitter:** @PoweredbyHIQ  
4,295 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=94125c022ac4f9fa71aa66db48ccfea584a63f64b7f893fac49b871a3a80e446&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Finap%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
620 employees on LinkedIn®
- **Phone:** 1-877-843-7627

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Top Industries:** Information Technology and Services, Internet
- **Company Size:** 82% Small, 15% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of HorizonIQ Cloud?

**["INAP Cloud is superb in handling data-intensive workloads & offers highly available instances"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/horizoniq-cloud-review-7365269)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Ravi C._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/horizoniq-cloud-review-7365269)

**["INAP cloud provides cloud storage facility making the data available on hand anytime"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/horizoniq-cloud-review-4498875)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Trookie Mäklare P._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/horizoniq-cloud-review-4498875)

### [Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes](https://www.g2.com/products/mirantis-mirantis-openstack-for-kubernetes/reviews)

Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes (MOSK) is a modern, cloud-native approach to Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). By containerizing OpenStack services and running them on a resilient Kubernetes foundation, MOSK eliminates the traditional complexity of private cloud management. It provides a performant, scalable virtualization platform that allows organizations to deploy, run, and scale bare-metal private clouds with the ease of a public cloud.

**Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 3

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes?

- **Public Cloud:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Virtual Machines (VMs):** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Hybrid Cloud:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes?

- **Seller:** [Mirantis](https://www.g2.com/sellers/mirantis)
- **Year Founded:** 1999
- **HQ Location:** Campbell, California
- **Twitter:** @MirantisIT  
14,646 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=4765376a82a8262abecbb7043f7fae5aaaec46ca35bdfe8fb7b24877f12d0f7d&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F7793%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
619 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 67% Large, 33% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes?

**["Unified platform to manage cloud native applications"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/mirantis-openstack-for-kubernetes-review-4129585)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Nitish S._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/mirantis-openstack-for-kubernetes-review-4129585)

**["Excellent for training services "](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/mirantis-openstack-for-kubernetes-review-889790)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Daniel B._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/mirantis-openstack-for-kubernetes-review-889790)

### [Neysa Velocis](https://www.g2.com/products/neysa-velocis/reviews)

Neysa Velocis is a full-stack AI Acceleration Cloud - built for teams that build AI. It unifies your entire AI workflow, from training and fine-tuning to inference and deployment, in one system engineered for predictable performance, enterprise governance, and model security. - GPU-as-a-Service: Get access to NVIDIA B300, H200 SXM, H100 NVL, H100 SXM, L40S, L4, and AMD MI300X. Deploy as Virtual Machines, Managed Kubernetes Containers, or Bare Metal clusters. We offer them in reserved plans (12–36 month commit). - AI Platform-as-a-Service (AI PaaS): Pre-configured development environments: Jupyter, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, MLflow, Kubeflow Pipelines, Docker, and Git - ready to launch in minutes. Model registries, experiment tracking, CI/CD for ML, data lake creation, and DBaaS built in. - Inference-as-a-Service: Deploy open-source models (Llama, DeepSeek, Mistral, Qwen, Gemma, Mixtral) as managed inference endpoints. Custom APIs for OCR, NLP, Computer Vision, and real-time stream processing. Move from training to production with fewer handoffs. - Real-Time Monitoring: Unified observability dashboard with granular, real-time GPU utilization, disk, and NVMe metrics. Custom metrics configurable per workload. Aegis LLM Shield: Sits inline on every inference endpoint. Blocks prompt injection and jailbreaks, redacts PII in model outputs, enforces content policies, and covers OWASP LLM Top 10 risks - without changing your application code. Available as a native add-on. - AI Infrastructure Security: Zero-trust architecture. Granular RBAC by project, persona, and asset. BYOK with enterprise KMS support. Full audit logs, governance-ready and exportable. Certified and compliant by default. ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO 27017:2015, ISO 27018:2019, SOC2 Type II, IRDAI. Aligned to GDPR, HIPAA, India's DPDP Act, and PCI-DSS.

**Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 3

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Neysa Velocis?

- **Virtual Machines (VMs):** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Neysa Velocis?

- **Seller:** [Neysa](https://www.g2.com/sellers/neysa)
- **Company Website:** neysa.ai
- **Year Founded:** 2023
- **HQ Location:** Mumbai, IN
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=dd8ef9969494508c753d1f0a2c5f369c6489213083ac24dc37ddd0e613020c1c&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fneysaai&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
90 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 67% Small, 33% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Neysa Velocis?

**["White-box access and dedicated compute to run multimodal AI at scale"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/neysa-velocis-review-12996854)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Girish V._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/neysa-velocis-review-12996854)

**["Reliable GPU infrastructure we can actually build a product on"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/neysa-velocis-review-12963456)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Arko C._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/neysa-velocis-review-12963456)

### [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Dedicated Compute Classic](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-dedicated-compute-classic/reviews)

x86-based dedicated environment in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, starting at 250 OCPUs.

**Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 3

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Dedicated Compute Classic?

- **Public Cloud:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Dedicated Compute Classic?

- **Seller:** [Oracle](https://www.g2.com/sellers/oracle)
- **Year Founded:** 1977
- **HQ Location:** Austin, TX
- **Twitter:** @Oracle  
827,997 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=a14fcbcd818b49d781453c19628a9479a70cc1e8e335e54c876392ab5f543da3&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F1028%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
208,078 employees on LinkedIn®
- **Ownership:** NYSE:ORCL

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 33% Large, 33% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Dedicated Compute Classic?

**["Best oracle product so far"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-dedicated-compute-classic-review-4507275)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Information Technology and Services_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-dedicated-compute-classic-review-4507275)

**["Highly dependable and cost effective Infrastructure Platform"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-dedicated-compute-classic-review-4108224)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Nitish S._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-dedicated-compute-classic-review-4108224)

### [SCloud UHost](https://www.g2.com/products/scloud-uhost/reviews)

SCloud UHost is a cloud computing service that allow users to easily spin up a host in 18 regions in the world of various Operating Systems (OS) to offer the following: • Cloud Servers - Including virtual machines, dedicated servers, and bare metal servers. • Cloud Storage - Including object storage, block storage, and file storage. • Cloud Networking - Including virtual private clouds (VPCs), load balancers, and firewalls. The cloud hosts can be used for a number of Cloud Applications including email, web hosting, and CRM. Moreover, users can opt for the powerful GPU instances for a number of AI-related workloads such as AI modelling, HPC, rendering and more. The UHost is your number one choice if you're looking for a budget- and user- friendly service that had been competitively researched shown to be as much as 96% lower among hyperscalers, with support extended by our localised team.

**Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 3

#### How Do G2 Users Rate SCloud UHost?

- **Public Cloud:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Virtual Machines (VMs):** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Hybrid Cloud:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind SCloud UHost?

- **Seller:** [SCloud](https://www.g2.com/sellers/scloud)
- **Year Founded:** 2016
- **HQ Location:** Singapore, SG
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=25b11e7011fadd3766ba303ea165434bceedd32a2f3822ff499f3d8c7bded07b&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fscloudsg&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
7 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 67% Small, 33% Large

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of SCloud UHost?

**["Good to use and uncomplicated"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/scloud-uhost-review-8898258)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Internet_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/scloud-uhost-review-8898258)

**["Good features and price for even demanding businesses!"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/scloud-uhost-review-8889350)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Online Media_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/scloud-uhost-review-8889350)

### [SCloud ULightHost](https://www.g2.com/products/scloud-ulighthost/reviews)

ULightHost is a lightweight cloud server product that provides convenient and efficient cloud construction services for small and medium-sized enterprises and developers. It is simpler and easier to use than ordinary cloud servers. It sells cloud resources as a whole in the form of packages, and provides high-bandwidth traffic packages. Users can build applications with one click without complex configuration process, making cloud access easier.

**Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 3

#### How Do G2 Users Rate SCloud ULightHost?

- **Public Cloud:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Virtual Machines (VMs):** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Hybrid Cloud:** 7.5/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind SCloud ULightHost?

- **Seller:** [SCloud](https://www.g2.com/sellers/scloud)
- **Year Founded:** 2016
- **HQ Location:** Singapore, SG
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=25b11e7011fadd3766ba303ea165434bceedd32a2f3822ff499f3d8c7bded07b&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fscloudsg&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
7 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 67% Small, 33% Large

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of SCloud ULightHost?

**["No need tech skills. Fantastic support!"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/scloud-ulighthost-review-8889281)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Biotechnology_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/scloud-ulighthost-review-8889281)

**["Unmatched Speed and Price!"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/scloud-ulighthost-review-8889331)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Online Media_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/scloud-ulighthost-review-8889331)

### [Sole-tenant Nodes](https://www.g2.com/products/sole-tenant-nodes/reviews)

Sole-tenant nodes in Google Compute Engine provide dedicated physical servers exclusively for your project's virtual machines . This setup ensures that your VMs do not share host hardware with VMs from other projects, offering enhanced security and compliance by maintaining physical isolation. Sole-tenant nodes support the same features as standard Compute Engine VMs, including transparent scheduling and block storage, while adding an extra layer of hardware isolation. Key Features and Functionality: - Dedicated Hardware: Each sole-tenant node is a physical server allocated solely to your project, ensuring that only your VMs run on that hardware. - Flexible VM Provisioning: You can provision multiple VMs of various machine types on a single node, optimizing resource utilization. - CPU Overcommit: Over-provision virtual CPU resources by up to two times, allowing for efficient use of host CPUs and cost optimization. - Live Migration: Maintain VM uptime during host maintenance events through live migration capabilities. - Node Affinity Labels: Control VM placement using affinity labels to group or separate workloads based on your requirements. Primary Value and Problem Solved: Sole-tenant nodes address the need for physical isolation in cloud environments, which is crucial for organizations with strict compliance, regulatory, or security requirements. By providing dedicated hardware, they eliminate the "noisy neighbor" effect, ensuring consistent and predictable performance for sensitive workloads. Additionally, they facilitate easier management of software licenses that require per-core or per-processor licensing, as you have full visibility and control over the underlying hardware.

**Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 3

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Sole-tenant Nodes?

- **Public Cloud:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Virtual Machines (VMs):** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Hybrid Cloud:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Sole-tenant Nodes?

- **Seller:** [Google](https://www.g2.com/sellers/google)
- **Year Founded:** 1998
- **HQ Location:** Mountain View, CA
- **Twitter:** @google  
31,899,995 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=fe4a5936665c9702418dd53c477fef5a7baea08078bb117ed67e966fc581b9ec&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F1441%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
341,888 employees on LinkedIn®
- **Ownership:** NASDAQ:GOOG

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 67% Large, 33% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Sole-tenant Nodes?

**["Influence existing Microsoft licenses"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/sole-tenant-nodes-review-10183423)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Giuliano B._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/sole-tenant-nodes-review-10183423)

**["Maximizing Security, Compliance, and Performance with Sole-Tenant Nodes"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/sole-tenant-nodes-review-10060703)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Sporting Goods_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/sole-tenant-nodes-review-10060703)

### [Atlantic.Net Inc.](https://www.g2.com/products/atlantic-net-inc/reviews)

Established in 1994, Atlantic.Net is a market-leading hosting provider, with state-of-the-art data centers in New York, London, Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, Ashburn, and Orlando. Atlantic.Net provides an array of hosting services, to include cloud, dedicated, colocation, private virtualization, and managed hosting. When you entrust your data into the hands of Atlantic.Net, you will gain a support team backed by decades of experience. We can assist by creating customized solutions that fit your business goals. Our state-of-the-art infrastructure is SSAE 18, HIPAA, and HITECH compliant and housed in secure, climate-controlled facilities with constant monitoring and multiple direct connections to the Internet backbone to ensure the availability and safety of your data.

**Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 18

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Atlantic.Net Inc.?

- **Public Cloud:** 0.0/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Virtual Machines (VMs):** 0.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.1/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Atlantic.Net Inc.?

- **Seller:** [Atlantic.Net](https://www.g2.com/sellers/atlantic-net)
- **Year Founded:** 1994
- **HQ Location:** Orlando, US
- **Twitter:** @AtlanticNet  
6,702 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=c81d258bbfd21640c4d1ab5a6e60032440421db7c19c56e50cc43ca0cb927748&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F505596&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
84 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Top Industries:** Information Technology and Services
- **Company Size:** 72% Small, 17% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Atlantic.Net Inc.?

**["Reliable and Solid VPS Provider"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/atlantic-net-inc-review-7039880)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Matthew L._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/atlantic-net-inc-review-7039880)

**["Great Service for a Great Price"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/atlantic-net-inc-review-7496044)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Michael O._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/atlantic-net-inc-review-7496044)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Atlantic.Net Inc.?

- [What is Atlantic.Net Inc. used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-atlantic-net-inc-used-for)

### [Bit Refinery Hybrid Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/bit-refinery-hybrid-cloud/reviews)

Bit Refinery is the next generation cloud hosting company powered by VMware which enables your company to benefit from a fully secure and scalable virtual infrastructure.

**Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### Who Is the Company Behind Bit Refinery Hybrid Cloud?

- **Seller:** [BitRefinery](https://www.g2.com/sellers/bitrefinery)
- **Year Founded:** 1996
- **HQ Location:** N/A
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=761cf2401ff522794c4cb6a5ba366632d3b1b88be94789ac5695352f969ea155&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fbitrefinery%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
1 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 100% Large

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Bit Refinery Hybrid Cloud?

**["Place for private cloud"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/bit-refinery-hybrid-cloud-review-3231971)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Automotive_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/bit-refinery-hybrid-cloud-review-3231971)

**["Clodspace to manage space in desktop and laptop"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/bit-refinery-hybrid-cloud-review-3241106)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Automotive_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/bit-refinery-hybrid-cloud-review-3241106)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Bit Refinery Hybrid Cloud?

- [What is Bit Refinery Hybrid Cloud used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-bit-refinery-hybrid-cloud-used-for)

### [Boreus](https://www.g2.com/products/boreus/reviews)

Boreus offers web hosting solution and has developed many years of experience in methods that optimize the delivery of web content.

**Average Rating:** 3.0/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### Who Is the Company Behind Boreus?

- **Seller:** [Boreus Rechenzentrum](https://www.g2.com/sellers/boreus-rechenzentrum)
- **Year Founded:** 1996
- **HQ Location:** Milan, IT
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=bfa8f8963bda41bb456a44019213ac181fa6778ef9df864ac4cfa54247fa2fc7&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fwiit&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
358 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 67% Large, 33% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Boreus?

**["Leverage amazing DevOps tools with Boreus"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/boreus-review-6632694)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Information Technology and Services_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/boreus-review-6632694)

**["Boreus"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/boreus-review-5316303)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Rajeev Ranjan K._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/boreus-review-5316303)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Boreus?

- [What is Boreus used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-boreus-used-for)

### [Brightbox](https://www.g2.com/products/brightbox/reviews)

Brightbox provides high-performance virtualised servers, optimised for hosting Ruby on Rails. Each Brightbox server comes with hardware RAID storage, access to our managed MySQL cluster and the Brightbox Rails stack preinstalled.

**Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Brightbox?

- **Public Cloud:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Virtual Machines (VMs):** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)
- **Hybrid Cloud:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Brightbox?

- **Seller:** [Brightbox](https://www.g2.com/sellers/brightbox)
- **Year Founded:** 2007
- **HQ Location:** Leeds, GB
- **Twitter:** @brightbox  
2,591 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=9cfcd19966c12d02cc0f1e3eea6da8f51626b05e5cb27e4e7c0fdb4d9c4b6c37&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fbrightbox_2&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
6 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 100% Large

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Brightbox?

**["Brightbox"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/brightbox-review-900058)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Retail_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/brightbox-review-900058)

**["Bright box for bright future"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/brightbox-review-9896635)**

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

_— Harun Kumar y._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/brightbox-review-9896635)

### [COG - Jenkins](https://www.g2.com/products/cog-jenkins/reviews)

COG - Jenkins, offered by Cloud Ops Group, is a pre-configured, self-contained automation server designed to streamline software development processes. It enables teams to automate tasks related to building, testing, and deploying software, thereby enhancing efficiency and reducing manual intervention. Key Features and Functionality: - Automated Build Processes: Facilitates the automation of project builds, ensuring consistent and repeatable outcomes. - Comprehensive Testing: Supports running tests to detect bugs and issues promptly, maintaining code quality throughout the development lifecycle. - Static Code Analysis: Integrates tools for analyzing code to identify potential vulnerabilities and maintain coding standards. - Deployment Automation: Streamlines the deployment process, reducing the risk of human error and accelerating release cycles. Primary Value and User Solutions: COG - Jenkins addresses the need for efficient and reliable software delivery by automating critical development tasks. By reducing manual efforts, it allows development teams to focus on innovation and feature development. The automation of builds, tests, and deployments ensures faster time-to-market, improved code quality, and a more robust software development pipeline.

**Average Rating:** 3.8/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### Who Is the Company Behind COG - Jenkins?

- **Seller:** [Cloud Ops Group](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cloud-ops-group-79697bc7-0e27-42b7-8229-7e456a0265ff)
- **Year Founded:** 2014
- **HQ Location:** Oceanside, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=1520f839df05069d921334f4ef1429858ebbebfe1cdd02b6d7939701b801b954&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fcloudops-group%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
2 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 50% Large, 50% Medium

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of COG - Jenkins?

**["Best Open Source CI/CD Pipeline and Automation tool"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cog-jenkins-review-7410152)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Information Technology and Services_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/cog-jenkins-review-7410152)

### [Dragonfly](https://www.g2.com/products/dragonflydb-dragonfly/reviews)

Dragonfly is a drop-in Redis replacement, designed to meet the performance and efficiency requirements of modern cloud-based applications. Organizations that switch to Dragonfly require less hardware and achieve dramatically improved data performance.

**Average Rating:** 4.9/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 15

#### How Do G2 Users Rate Dragonfly?

- **Public Cloud:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.4/10)
- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.4/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

#### Who Is the Company Behind Dragonfly?

- **Seller:** [DragonflyDB](https://www.g2.com/sellers/dragonflydb)
- **Company Website:** www.dragonflydb.io
- **Year Founded:** 2022
- **HQ Location:** Dragonfly 2345 Yale Street First Floor 94306-1449 Palo Alto, USA
- **Twitter:** @dragonflydbio  
3,096 Twitter followers
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=59521d2bc95266f944df9494b6763946af79113769f30c20268899d23a6c118b&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fdragonflydb%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
38 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Top Industries:** Computer Software
- **Company Size:** 67% Small, 20% Medium

#### What Do G2 Reviewers Say About Dragonfly?

_AI-generated summary from verified user reviews_

##### Pros

- Users find Dragonfly to be a **cost-effective solution** that enhances performance and reduces expenses significantly.
- Users commend the **seamless data migration** to Dragonfly, enhancing performance without requiring code changes.
- Users find the **migration ease** with DragonflyDB impressive, requiring no code changes for seamless integration.
- Users praise Dragonfly for its **high performance and reliability** , achieving millions of queries per second effortlessly.
- Users find Dragonfly to be an **affordable alternative** to Redis, delivering excellent performance without additional coding costs.

##### Cons

- Users find the **limited instance sizes** of Dragonfly restrictive for smaller workloads, preferring more flexible options.
- Users note **limited functionality** due to missing features like maintenance windows and Terraform provider support in Dragonfly.
- Users have faced **database instance stability issues** in Docker, but appreciate the quick and supportive response from the team.

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Dragonfly?

**["Good performance and pricing, very response support team"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/dragonfly-review-11452713)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Ben T._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/dragonfly-review-11452713)

**["A pleasurable experience with Dragonfly"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/dragonfly-review-11402703)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Verified User in Information Technology and Services_

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/dragonfly-review-11402703)

### [Fluidstack GPU Cloud Compute](https://www.g2.com/products/fluidstack-gpu-cloud-compute/reviews)

The Airbnb of GPUs, FluidStack's cloud lowers costs 3-5x. Access spare servers from a global network of top tier data centers to accelerate work and profits.

**Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0

**Total Reviews:** 2

#### Who Is the Company Behind Fluidstack GPU Cloud Compute?

- **Seller:** [FluidStack](https://www.g2.com/sellers/fluidstack)
- **Year Founded:** 2017
- **HQ Location:** New York, New York, United States
- **LinkedIn® Page:** [www.linkedin.com](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bsource_type%5D=product_profile&secure%5Btoken%5D=8fceb268335e5335a4075cd8a562a274fbf0b81c35aa9e1a46c0b0c4f838cf50&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Ffluidstack%2F&secure%5Burl_type%5D=linkedin_company_website)  
55 employees on LinkedIn®

#### Who Uses This Product?

- **Company Size:** 100% Small

#### What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Fluidstack GPU Cloud Compute?

**["Best GPU price in the cloud for high-end GPUs"](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/fluidstack-gpu-cloud-compute-review-4909367)**

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

_— Felipe K._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/fluidstack-gpu-cloud-compute-review-4909367)

**["Quick setup, quick changes. Perfect."](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/fluidstack-gpu-cloud-compute-review-4988047)**

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

_— Łukasz K._

[Read full review](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/fluidstack-gpu-cloud-compute-review-4988047)

#### What Are G2 Users Discussing About Fluidstack GPU Cloud Compute?

- [What is Fluidstack GPU Cloud Compute used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-fluidstack-gpu-cloud-compute-used-for)

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Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) describes the various ways in which third-party vendors provide cloud-driven, cloud-hosted infrastructure to businesses. This infrastructure comes in a variety of forms, including (but not limited to) public clouds, virtual machines (VMs), bare metal servers, and high-performance computing (HPC). Because of the incredible diversity of IaaS tools, any organization or user within a business could find benefit from the business employing IaaS.

Companies use IaaS for a wide variety of reasons, most commonly including convenience, ease of accessibility, flexible scaling, and reduced operational expenditure (OpEx) costs. The latter two benefits are facilitated by the pay-as-you-go nature of cloud services; with IaaS, businesses only pay for what use, eliminating the large upfront costs typically associated with purchasing infrastructure. Companies also don’t have to worry about infrastructure management, as with IaaS that responsibility falls to the cloud service provider (CSP). IaaS is ultimately used to build or expand business capabilities and can be especially beneficial during times of extreme growth.

Once a business has determined which IaaS tools they’d like to utilize, integration capabilities are the next big considerations, followed by how that infrastructure will be secured. IaaS presents no benefit to a company if it doesn’t integrate with its existing systems, and once it does integrate, the company needs to properly secure any data and transactions that might go through that infrastructure. IaaS security falls to the service user, not the CSP; however, many CSPs will offer compatible security solutions for that infrastructure or build basic security features into the service.

IaaS is the cloud computing representative of the “aaS" trio: IaaS, developer-focused [platform as a service](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-platform-as-a-service-paas) (PaaS), and generalist software as a service (SaaS).

To qualify for inclusion in the Infrastructure as a Service category, a product must:

- Provide third-party-hosted infrastructure
- Allow businesses to run computing, virtualization, storage, and/or other core infrastructure needs
- Function on a pay-as-you-go or utilization-based purchase model
- Provide live usage and performance tracking and reporting

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