🆚 Google Cloud vs. IBM Cloud

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Google Cloud is much more popular than IBM Cloud.
🌎 Google Cloud is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy.
🌍 IBM Cloud is more popular in Morocco.

Type

Cloud service

Cloud service

About

Google Cloud is a suite of cloud computing services offered by Google that runs on the same global infrastructure used to power its own products.

It includes infrastructure and platform services such as Compute Engine virtual machines, App Engine platform hosting, Google Kubernetes Engine, serverless compute with Cloud Functions and Cloud Run, object and block storage, scalable relational and NoSQL databases, and CDN.

IBM Cloud is a suite of cloud computing services offered by IBM that provides infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and software as a service (SaaS) solutions, including virtual servers, AI tools, data analytics and security features designed to support enterprise workloads and hybrid cloud environments.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States

Armonk, New York, United States

Website

cloud.google.com

ibm.com/cloud #66

Pricing

Free tier ✔️1 micro VM instance with 30 GB disk + 1 GB of outbound data transfer + 2M Cloud Run requests + 5 GB of Cloud Storage per month

Free tier ✔️Free access to 40+ products with Lite pricing plans

Categories

Cloud Services › Rank #2

Cloud Services › Rank #16

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Google Cloud technology is 39 times more popular than IBM Cloud.

Total websites

Market share

Cloud Services

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google Cloud is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy, while IBM Cloud is more popular in Morocco.

United States

United Kingdom

Italy

Australia

Canada

Spain

Germany

Netherlands

Japan

France

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Italy in the Cloud Services category.
🥇 Most popular in the British Virgin Islands in the Cloud Services category.
🥇 Most popular in Gibraltar in the Cloud Services category.
🥇 Most popular in Trinidad and Tobago in the Cloud Services category.
🥇 Most popular in Bermuda in the Cloud Services category.

🥇 Most popular in Morocco in the Cloud Services category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Turkey in the Cloud Services category.
⭐ 9th most popular in Japan in the Cloud Services category.
⭐ 10th most popular in China in the Cloud Services category.
⭐ 10th most popular in Mexico in the Cloud Services category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google Cloud is more popular than IBM Cloud in all market segments.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Education/Reference

Blogs/Wiki

Internet Services

Travel

Entertainment

Health

Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#17

#21

#22

#23

#50

Name

Rank

#66

#230

#1,053

#2,398

#2,439

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Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
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