Object storage · RankedIBM Cloud Object Storage
IBM Cloud Object Storage is an object storage service from IBM, integrated with the IBM Cloud ecosystem, for enterprise workloads · ibm.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Backblaze B2 is first at 49%.
Backblaze B2 is first at 55%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Amazon S3 is first at 43%.
Why models recommend it
“Best for: Enterprise workloads requiring high security and compliance”MiniMax M2.5 · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Legacy or Niche Options (e.g., older IBM Cloud...) - Avoid unless you're already deeply invested.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“Classic Infrastructure being deprecated (end of support: August 2027)”Kimi K2 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as IBM Cloud Object Storage, over the 22 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 9 | View → | |
| 20 | 1 | View → | |
| 20 | 1 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 1 | View → | |
| 10 | 1 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 1 | View → | |
| 6 | 1 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on IBM Cloud Object Storage's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- enterprise workloads
- Price stated
- One-Rate Pricing: A single, all-inclusive monthly rate starting as low as USD 10 per TB per month—covering storage, egress, retrieval, and API operations. Standard Pricing: A flexible pay-as-you-go option with no minimum fee.
- Starting price
- 10
- Free plan or trial
- Try IBM Cloud Object Storage for free
- Certifications
- HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR
- Hosting
- Sydney, Montreal, Chennai, Mumbai, Osaka, Tokyo, Madrid
- Customers named
- Netrix Global, ROX Hi‑Tech, National Van Lines, Blendow Group
- Also from IBM
- IBM AI Fairness 360, IBM API Connect, IBM Apptio Cloudability, IBM Aspera, IBM Aspera Managed File Transfer, IBM Business Automation Workflow and 100 more
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 18 of the 22 answers that named IBM Cloud Object Storage and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Forty-two of the fifty-six domain citations in answers naming IBM Cloud Object Storage came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |