Jurisdictional context: Applies to any US-headquartered cloud provider regardless of where the data physically sits. Also applies whenever your stack processes US residents' personal data.
Services by category
Monitoring, logging, cost management, compliance, and automation
Virtual machines, containers, serverless functions, and batch processing
Identity, access management, encryption, compliance, and threat detection
Machine learning platforms, AI services, NLP, and computer vision
Relational, NoSQL, in-memory, graph, and time-series databases
Object storage, block storage, file systems, and archival
Container orchestration, registries, and serverless containers
Virtual networks, load balancers, CDN, DNS, and connectivity
Messaging, event buses, API management, and workflow orchestration
Regions
By continent
- North America4
- Asia4
- Europe3
- South America1
- Oceania1
By country
Compliance frameworks claimed
How many services in the IBM Cloud catalogue declare each framework. Coverage varies — flagship services typically carry the most certifications.
Lifecycle breakdown
17 of 28 IBM services carry a free-tier option.