You can get some real cheap VMs if you get IBM sales involved. They'll work with your CapEx needs via their cloud, essentially you buy instead of rent.
The article is on point, there's a reason why they aren't making the cloud leaders list.
The point I's trying to make is more that the UX isn't everything - this article is very focused on the UX and onboarding experience, which os of course very relevant and important, but it isn't everything.
Also, notwithstanding that GKE may be better, IBM cloud may still be OK.
You can get some real cheap VMs if you get IBM sales involved. They'll work with your CapEx needs via their cloud, essentially you buy instead of rent.
The article is on point, there's a reason why they aren't making the cloud leaders list.