Provider pricing
IBM Cloud pricing
5 plans across 3 products, read from IBM Cloud's own pages and dated. No current price can be ranked. The most recent sourced price for bx2-2x8 remains visible below at $73.00, but is not used to choose a winner.
The meters IBM Cloud's pricing page does not total for you
A sticker price is compute. These are the charges that decide what the invoice says, and they are the reason two plans with identical vCPU and RAM can bill very differently.
lite services plans
| Plan | vCPU | Memory | Storage | Price | Basis | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiteNot ranked: the source check is too oldn/a vCPU · n/a · no disk | n/a | n/a | none | $0.00free tier, not a monthly pricepublishedchecked 2026-07-25 | published | 2026-07-25 |
vpc bx2 plans
| Plan | vCPU | Memory | Storage | Price | Basis | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bx2-2x8Not ranked: the source check is too old2 vCPU · 8 GB · no disk | 2 | 8 GB | none | $73.00calculatedchecked 2026-07-25 | calculated | 2026-07-25 |
| bx2-4x16Not ranked: the source check is too old4 vCPU · 16 GB · no disk | 4 | 16 GB | none | $146.73calculatedchecked 2026-07-25 | calculated | 2026-07-25 |
| bx2-8x32Not ranked: the source check is too old8 vCPU · 32 GB · no disk | 8 | 32 GB | none | Not publishedquotechecked 2026-07-25 | quote | 2026-07-25 |
ibm cloud kubernetes service plans
| Plan | vCPU | Memory | Storage | Price | Basis | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service standard clusterNot ranked: the source check is too old0 vCPU · 0 GB · no disk | 0 | 0 GB | none | Not publishedquotechecked 2026-07-25 | quote | 2026-07-25 |
2 plans we will not put a number on
These are not omissions and they are not zero. Each one needs an input IBM Cloud cannot supply from a published page, so we name the missing input and link their page instead of estimating.
- bx2-8x32: needs current bx2-8x32 hourly rate in us-south from the IBM Cloud authenticated cost estimator. Check it on IBM Cloud →
- IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service standard cluster: needs current managed master/control-plane charge; IKS worker-node hourly rate; attached networking and storage rates. Check it on IBM Cloud →
Where IBM Cloud runs
We have not confirmed a published region list for IBM Cloud, so these plans appear only when no region filter is applied. That is deliberate: an unconfirmed footprint must not read as global.
How to check every number above
Each price was read from IBM Cloud's own pages, most recently on 2026-07-25. Open the source, read the figure, and tell us if it has moved. Prices change and a comparison that does not say when it last looked is not worth trusting.
- https://www.ibm.com/products/cloud/free
- https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/architecture/storsafe-pvs-da-921f7e70-d116-449c-8b3f-a6263b907c11-global
- https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vpc?topic=vpc-general-purpose-vsi-profiles-gen2-x86
- https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/containers?topic=containers-overview
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