--- title: IBM Cloud Object Storage Reviews meta\_title: 'IBM Cloud Object Storage Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 28 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how IBM Cloud Object Storage works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.9 review\_count: 28 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Storage Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/storage-management --- # IBM Cloud Object Storage Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by IBM Cloud Object Storage but has limited features. Are you part of the IBM Cloud Object Storage team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Implement data storage that is scalable, flexible and simple —using the same platform across your enterprise – on premises, in the cloud or both. 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Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## IBM Cloud Object Storage Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") IBM i on Power Systems ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-i-on-power-systems/reviews) Show More ![Ricardo M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ricardo M.") RM Ricardo M. Senior Systems Engineer Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/17/2026 "Reliable and Cost-Effective Enterprise Storage with IBM Cloud Object Storage" 5/5 What do you like best about IBM Cloud Object Storage? What I like best about IBM Cloud Object Storage is that it combines strong durability and scalability with a cost-effective pricing model, making it a practical and affordable choice for enterprise storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Cloud Object Storage? A small downside is that pricing and retrieval costs can be a bit harder to predict at times, especially for active workloads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Cloud Object Storage solving and how is that benefiting you? IBM Cloud Object Storage helps solve the challenge of securely storing large amounts of data in a scalable and durable way. It also works very well for offloading IBM i backups, which helps reduce the load on local systems and simplifies backup management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Our network of Icons are G2 members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions and commitment to helping others through their expertise. G2 IconCurrent UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Christopher J E.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Christopher J E.") CE Christopher J E. IT Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/29/2020 "Object Storage is easier with The IBM COS" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM Cloud Object Storage? IBM provides real fast service on that product. I know my files are secure, I trust IBM about that. They provide fast and high bandwith. It satisfies my parallel file system and object management needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Cloud Object Storage? Nothing I can say negative about it.I am satisfied. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Cloud Object Storage solving and how is that benefiting you? Object storage,parallel file system, secure, robust, stable. Tool integration has a wide option library. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 3/5/2020 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite NA Nelson A. CTO Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/6/2019 "Cloud Storage beyond its time!" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM Cloud Object Storage? IBM Cloud Storage is both easy and fast. It allows us to setup object storage in mins, and best of all, they give us a whopping 10TB capacity, more than enough to handle any of our current and future object storage needs. They provide an easy to use interface, tools to facilitate migration , and testing, and they have embedded AI tools to monitor and let you know if everything is working as it should be. The support is beyond useful, they provide chat, phone, email support that responds in mins not days. They even provide step by step documentation on all the major providers and development languages to guide you. They speed and reliability of their network seems to improve constantly , leaving us always happy with response times and loading of our Assets on the IBM Cloud Object Storage. They are always keeping us in the loop of scheduled maintenance and improvements they are doing and they even migrate things for us , if anything were to possible affect us. We are beyond satisfied with the IBM Cloud Object Storage services we receive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Cloud Object Storage? At the moment we have not found any dislikes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering IBM Cloud Object Storage: Test them out they offer a free trial, and $200 Credit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Cloud Object Storage solving and how is that benefiting you? As our services grow, we found that speed and performance would become an issue even with flexible cloud solutions, using the IBM Cloud Object Storage we can effectively load our code without worrying about bogging down resources that use to be used by assets, now stored in the IBM Object Storage Cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Anthony T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Anthony T.") AT Anthony T. Field Network Specialist/Solutions Arcitect Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/12/2019 "Very easy to use and plenty of storage " 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM Cloud Object Storage? Very easy to use and plenty of storage I know my data is secure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Cloud Object Storage? nothing really I like that its easy to login and easy to see all of my data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Cloud Object Storage solving and how is that benefiting you? When you deploy infrastructure resources, you have more options about where your data is located. You can select a location, or you can select from a list of the IBM Cloud data centers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite DB Dorian B. Branch manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/12/2019 "Store whatever you want whenever you want" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM Cloud Object Storage? The object store solution it’s very reliable and it’s tailored to your needs. You pay for the amount of data stored you use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Cloud Object Storage? Because it’s scalable you have to thoroughgoing plan the days you will save on the cloud. That requires a lot of work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Cloud Object Storage solving and how is that benefiting you? We can save money by the option of scalable. Also our data are very secure and we can access them from any device we authorize. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Marketing and Advertising](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Marketing and Advertising") UM Verified User in Marketing and Advertising Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/9/2018 "Perfect Cloud Hosting with the benefits of great security" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM Cloud Object Storage? The foremost thing in the minds of users in a cloud environment is security and IBM helps deliver this alongside its hosting services perfectly. Also having servers to in a cloud environment powered by IBM is very time and cost effective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Cloud Object Storage? It takes time to get a hang of what to do with the IBM Cloud private. Quite technical, sometimes I wish it was more GUI Friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Cloud Object Storage solving and how is that benefiting you? PROBLEMS SOLVING We currently use IBM Cloud Private Data Storage with high privacy priority. BENEFITS All in one security: The IBM data facility is a security complaint across the board so that means the peace of mind that comes with knowing that security breaches are covered is always there. Cost: IBM Cloud Private is predictable when it comes to cost so that means no nasty surprises when it comes to budgeting. Automatic Updates: The updates are automated that means that you don't have to worry about updates after systems migration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Irina K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Irina K.") IK Irina K. Social Media Director Retail Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/11/2019 "Cloud Object Storage " 5/5 What do you like best about IBM Cloud Object Storage? what I like best about IBM Cloud Object Storage is that it is very easy to use and it saves storage in your computer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Cloud Object Storage? I don't dislike anything about IBM Cloud Object Storage, I think everything is good! I love how it saves room in my computer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Cloud Object Storage solving and how is that benefiting you? I am using this for my Social Media business and it has been very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Farming](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Farming") AF Verified User in Farming Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/11/2019 "IBM Cloud Object Storage" 5/5 What do you like best about IBM Cloud Object Storage? I like being able to invite team members as well as giving them certain permissions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Cloud Object Storage? I wouldn't say it's the most user-friendly application, but it definitely isn't supposed to be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering IBM Cloud Object Storage: The fast data transfer makes it worth it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Cloud Object Storage solving and how is that benefiting you? I'm trying to overcome the limitations of traditional FTP and HTTP transfers by utilizing Aspera high-speed transfer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite MB Matthew B. Customer Service Advisor Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/12/2019 "Very easy to use - secure strorage" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM Cloud Object Storage? It is very easy to store images and important data safely and in a secure space Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Cloud Object Storage? I did find a couple times that the system would lag and cause me to re-upload the data to store Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Cloud Object Storage solving and how is that benefiting you? We have been able to store the data that we needed securely Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Real Estate](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Real Estate") UR Verified User in Real Estate Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/12/2019 "Effective and efficient " 5/5 What do you like best about IBM Cloud Object Storage? Very few drops, speed is never and issue and attractive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Cloud Object Storage? I don’t have really any dislikes. Having the ability to try it for a month and then choose whether we wanted to use it, was awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Cloud Object Storage solving and how is that benefiting you? 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