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I’m slowly becoming an expert at opening support cases with our own cloud provider, and believe me, it hasn’t been easy—there are long hours of frustration behind the scenes #SREFrustrations #IBMCloud
Here's my review of the cloud providers:
1. AWS: Overall solid, but has a UI that's like navigating a maze with one hand tied behind your back. Why isn't IPv6 on EC2 just a default thing?
2. IBM Cloud: Absolute chaos. Had a lovely phone call with customer support for half an hour yesterday (and by lovely, I mean painful). They asked for my NID, proof of life, and possibly a blood sample. Finally, they approved my account and let me add my card. Today, I tried to grab a free HP VPS, but who knows if it's activated or lost in the ether?
3. Azure: Fancy, but pricey! Tried to sign up and got the "down for maintenance" screen instead. Great timing, right?
4. Linode: Didn't even get past the door. Account canceled for fraudulent activities, but verified my payment method. Sent an email to support, but apparently, their support is on vacation.
5. DigitalOcean: Slightly more expensive than Linode, and didn’t like my Virtual Debit Card (even though it's legit and under my name).
6. Vultr: Onboarding was a breeze! But they hit me with a minimum deposit of $5 to activate my account. Sneaky.
7. Google Cloud: Gave it a shot even though I’m not a Google fan, but it's pricier than AWS. The search continues!
Note: I was only playing around with VPS and Cloud Compute (EC2), and it was quite the adventure!
Edit: Linode activated my account today. Although they're yet to respond to my email. Akamai ruined it.
Now, I understand why no one likes IBM Cloud.
It's a mess !
I'll stick to AWS, Linode and DO.
IBM Cloud has a nice UI 
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