--- 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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Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/27/2023 "IT Architect" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? Very high stability. Powerful CPU. All functions for use are already implemented. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? Limited number of characters available when Japanese is selected as the language. Uses a special character code called EBCDIC. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? Low number of RPG engineers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller SB Scott B. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/26/2023 "Power is awesome but more need to get onboard especially IBM" 4/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? They are powerful and really gets the work done. I like that we can put AIX or Linux on them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? That there are still many Vendors that don't support the architecture. The sad thing is IBM is one of those. We have IBM software that we want to run on the ppc64le architecure and they support x86 but not Power. Ridiculous! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? Really not solving problems just need less software licenses than we would need if the software stack was on x86. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller AF Agustin F. Marketing Manager Market Research Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/27/2023 "Handling large amounts of work" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? I like it because they are an enterprise server hardware solution designed to handle high demand workloads, making them a great choice for businesses that require high levels of processing, storage, and reliability. Powered by IBM, these servers deliver exceptionally fast and reliable performance that can take your business to the next level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? Because of their excellent performance, IBM Power Servers can be more complex to set up and operate than other servers. You may need specialized assistance to set up and maintain these servers. But it has nothing to do with the efficiencies of this tool which are quite high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? Allows our processes to be more optimized to work in the cloud, which allows us to move workloads to a cloud platform with ease, increasing flexibility and reducing unnecessary infrastructure costs, also offers us flexibility and security Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Margaret L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Margaret L.") ML Margaret L. Engineering Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/25/2023 "High-performance software that makes monitoring easy." 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? Power servers are highly robust in terms of our criteria; they are very scalable and can start with minimum, and they have excellent scalability performance and can be recommended for any cluster task with dependability. We can expand it as needs change. With the confidence of IBM hardware, I would recommend them as a major option for clustered or single VM situations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? There is nothing to hate; the only thing I believe should be enhanced is the management interface to make it more user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? I was able to overcome the slowness of my previous hardware while running many virtual machines; IBM Power Servers have been a huge help in tackling challenging application workloads; scalability and performance are critical for me to construct trustworthy platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Ramu S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ramu S.") RS Ramu S. Junior Network Administrator Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/7/2023 "Performance oriented virtualization techniques with extensible service classification." 4/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? We have a lot of computing demands at our enterprise, IBM power servers easily handle computations based on efficient resource allocations. Apart from its native IBM software, we can even use ESXI for virtualizations and backups. Overall, Redundancy was achieved with IBM Power Servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? It would have been great if IBM concentrated more on features regarding real-time resource monitoring of the clusters. Apart from this, IBM Power servers are the best in the industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? We could effectively save a considerable budget with multiple services running in a single server due to its powerful and stable server backend processor. Management of Servers also was made simple, and sysadmins could monitor and load balance services efficiently. Earlier, we used to have multiple services running in different medium-performance servers resulting in tight management constraints. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite DW Doug W. Computer Programmer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/16/2023 "great servers" 5/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? robust, upgradeable, minimal downtime, not too much hands on Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? cost is high compared to other servers out there Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? uptime Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Sandeep R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sandeep R.") SR Sandeep R. Network Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/22/2023 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "The Exceptional Performance of IBM Servers" 4/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? IBM servers are potent and fast, ensuring your work gets done quickly and smoothly. They are reliable and can handle heavy workloads without any problems. Thanks to their scalability, They can adapt to your needs and grow with your business. Whether you need to process large amounts of data, run AI applications, or work in the cloud, IBM servers perform exceptionally well. They are a great business choice as they help you achieve your goals efficiently and effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? Limited support for certain emerging technologies. Complexity in setup and configuration. Higher cost compared to some competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? IBM Power Servers address critical challenges in workload management, scalability, security, and reliability, providing businesses with the capabilities they need to drive innovation, optimize performance, and achieve their business objectives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/18/2024 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Tom H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Tom H.") TH Tom H. Executive Vice President of Technical Solutions Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/8/2023 "ISV who supports IBM Power customers running on IBM i around the Globe" 5/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? As an ISV with security, automation, business intelligence and document management software for IBM i and AIX. We need hundreds of partitions for IBM i. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? Over the years, I hate that the market still goes IBM Power AS400 and they consider it legacy. It is IBM i, AIX or Linux on Power. This is a very modern technology. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? IBM Power server has the ability to easily spin up new partitions for testing, demonstration and development of applications on IBM i or AIX. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Security and Investigations](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Security and Investigations") AS Verified User in Security and Investigations Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/20/2023 "Solid Products With Great Scalability" 4/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? What I like most about IBM Power Servers is it's scalability when are company grows or we add new offices IBM Power Servers grow with us also they are very reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? What I dislike about IBM Power Servers is that the onsite servers require electricity even though they are very efficent the electricity cost still adds up as the are running 24/7, compaired to cloud servers which don't require onsite power. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? The problem IBM Power Servers is solving for us is that they run many of are essential systems that are used every day in diffrent department of are orgnization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Ayushi B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ayushi B.") AB Ayushi B. Us it recruiter Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/6/2023 "IBM servers" 3.5/5 What do you like best about IBM Power Servers? IBM Servers are most demanding power server on earth it is data intensive computing it is more flexible and management of resources so i do like these things about IBM power servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM Power Servers? Though IBM power server is good but some of their virtual processors has bad side effects and it doesn't have that much of Realibility and flexible availability so this we can consider as deskike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM Power Servers solving and how is that benefiting you? IBM power server has good level of security so it gives the company a secure environment and we can rely on it and it also very flexible to utilize it's services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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