--- title: IBM Power Servers Reviews meta\_title: 'IBM Power Servers Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 97 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how IBM Power Servers works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 97 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: IT Hardware url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-hardware --- # IBM Power Servers Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by IBM Power Servers but has limited features. Are you part of the IBM Power Servers team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! IBM Power is a family of high-performance servers built to meet today's and tomorrow's challenges. Highly scalable and reliable to support even the most demanding workloads, Power servers are designed to help you respond faster to business and market changes. Add autonomous IT, advanced virtualization capabilities, and enterprise-grade security, and you have a platform that can meet all your business needs on-prem and in the cloud. * * * Seller [IBM](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ibm) Discussions [IBM Power Servers Community](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-ibm-power-servers/discuss) Overview by Shannon Cardwell Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![HPE Servers](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "HPE Servers") HPE Servers 4.5/5(20) ](https://www.g2.com/products/hpe-servers/reviews) [ ![PowerEdge Rack Servers](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "PowerEdge Rack Servers") PowerEdge Rack Servers 4.7/5(15) ](https://www.g2.com/products/poweredge-rack-servers/reviews) [ ![Cisco Rack Servers](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Cisco Rack Servers") Cisco Rack Servers 4.2/5(16) ](https://www.g2.com/products/cisco-rack-servers/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-ibm-power-servers/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 97 real user reviews. 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Outstanding performance with a cutting edge design. Reliable, secure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? No downsides. Only sometimes takes time for the new user to get used to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? POWER9 runs DBs in a stable environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User") G Verified User Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/7/2019 "IMB Power9 Server" 4/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? I benefited greatest by the speed and storage capabilities of the server. From numerous surveys, sent out to students and staff, I have heard improvements in systems that utilize the new server, for example, the online streaming radio station. We were even able to install a new printing system for students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? As new products take time to get used to, the major complaints from staff is the change from HPE. However, the customer service accounts for such issue, as they have been very patient with questions and guiding us to necessary help documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering IBM Power Servers: It accomplishes all the tasks required of most other servers at a reasonable price. Plus security is exceptional, which is always a need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? The speed Printing Shared Drive Licensing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") GC Verified User in Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/6/2019 "Not bad, stable, and heavy." 3/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? Its performance capacity is great for an enterprise environment. I will be using it for Oracle DBs and I have high expectations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? Size of the hardware. But that can be written of it's just what I thought of. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? Not solving any problems but the POWER9 helps in running our DBs in a stable environment for long periods and heavy usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Internet](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Internet") GI Verified User in Internet 4/12/2019 "IBM Power9 Server Review" 3.5/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? The processing power is really good, and significantly improved the performance of my CPU. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? The amount of power that it required. When we had high server traffic, it sometimes had trouble handling all of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? N/A, I haven't used it since my last employment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Dianna C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Dianna C.") DC Dianna C. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/15/2019 "IBM " 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? IBM is the best in everything and can’t compare to other products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? The price of it, is what I dislike. Thanks IBM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? I have all information needed to be stored in the ibm power system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User") G Verified User Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/15/2018 "IBM Power Servers has the stability of a tank for running critical business processes!" 4/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? Stable and reliable platform to run all mission critical applications and processes like Oracle databases, etc.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? Actually can't think of anything that I disliked about our IBM Power Servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering IBM Power Servers: Always do your homework first, evaluate the competition, get their references and check them. Do trials if available and then you will appreciate IBM Power Servers! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? Running all mission critical application and processes company wide. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Higher Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Higher Education") GH Verified User in Higher Education Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/26/2018 "best solutions to accelerate big data packages " 4/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? easily accessible cloud strategy less cost reliability and stability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? need more power poor customer services and support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering IBM Power Servers: Highly recommend Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? as host storage in IT processing unit Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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