# IBM alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 469 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where IBM holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ibm/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Amazon Web Services: 57
- DigitalOcean Droplets: 57
- Microsoft Azure: 41
- Pure Storage FlashArray: 29
- Dell PowerStore: 23
- HPE MSA Storage: 19

## Enterprise storage systems

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name IBM.

- HPE MSA Storage: first choice in 13 of those 84
- Synology NAS: first choice in 11 of those 84
- Dell PowerStore: first choice in 9 of those 84
- QNAP: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Dell PowerVault ME5: first choice in 4 of those 84
- NetApp ONTAP: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Pure Storage FlashArray: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Synology DiskStation: first choice in 2 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 76 of 84 answers did not name IBM (IBM is #7 of 10 at 0%).

- Dell PowerStore: first choice in 13 of those 76
- NetApp AFF: first choice in 7 of those 76
- HPE MSA Storage: first choice in 6 of those 76
- Pure Storage FlashArray: first choice in 6 of those 76
- Dell PowerVault ME5: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Dell Technologies PowerStore 9200T: first choice in 1 of those 76
- Everpure FlashArray: first choice in 1 of those 76
- HPE Alletra: first choice in 1 of those 76

**Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name IBM (IBM is #10 of 10 at 0%).

- Pure Storage FlashArray: first choice in 21 of those 77
- NetApp AFF: first choice in 12 of those 77
- NetApp ONTAP: first choice in 5 of those 77
- Dell Technologies: first choice in 4 of those 77
- HPE Alletra: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Dell PowerMax or PowerStore: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Dell PowerScale: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Dell PowerStore: first choice in 1 of those 77

## Cloud hosting

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name IBM.

- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 41 of those 84
- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Hetzner: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Render: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Cloudways: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Vultr: first choice in 3 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 81 of 84 answers did not name IBM (IBM is #12 of 14 at 0%).

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 27 of those 81
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 18 of those 81
- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 15 of those 81
- Akamai Connected Cloud: first choice in 4 of those 81
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 3 of those 81
- Google Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 81
- Vultr: first choice in 2 of those 81
- Cloudways: first choice in 1 of those 81

**Enterprise**: 67 of 84 answers did not name IBM (IBM is #6 of 8 at 0%).

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 25 of those 67
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 20 of those 67
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: first choice in 4 of those 67
- Azure: first choice in 3 of those 67
- Google Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 67
- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 1 of those 67
- GCP: first choice in 1 of those 67
- Microsoft Azure with an Enterprise Agreement: first choice in 1 of those 67

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